Please pray

Yesterday, November 29th, my great-nephew, Elijah James Nance was born. His mother is diabetic and he was early and had low blood sugars. Later in the day they put Elijah in intensive care because he has a blockage. They were able to find the cause, and today they are operating. Below is an email from my sister, Elijah's grandma..Thanks for praying!!

"Hello all,
Thanks for your prayer support!!!

Elijah will be having surgery today some time this afternoon. He has a deformity of his trachea and esophogus. His esophogus is not attached to his stomach. His trachea has an extra turn or something so that things tend to back up into his lungs.

He has an IV that is feeding him. Nathan and Tara seem to be doing pretty well. They have been able to hold him and spend time with him, even with the various wires and such. Elijah seems to be peaceful and doing well, considering.

Lenard will be flying down from Ketchikan to here on Sunday evening.

Again, thanks so much for your prayers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TTFN
Love Debbie"

PS..Debbie called around 9:45 Friday night..the surgery went well..Tara, Elijah's Mom will be released tomorrow and Elijah will be in the hospital 1-2 weeks...

Dinner for two

On Saturday, November 24th, Reg and I officially became empty nesters. David moved out and in with his friend, Sean Rowan. While excited to see him move, it was also hard to say good-bye. When he was ready to leave with his last load, we prayed him on his way out..it was so special as Reg, David, my sister, Debbie and I prayed and cried..

Enjoy my tribute to our son, David...

Busy weekend

Thanksgiving weekend was a busy weekend for us..Thanksgiving itself was on the quiet side. Our normal guest list topped off at 17-18. This year there was just 7 of us. It was different. The stress level was much lower, that's for sure. More leftovers and less dishes! :)

My Martha Stewart moment..the table
This is my brother-in-law, Lenard.

This is Erika..she works with me!!
My sister Debbie having a Chiropractic exam with Dr. Morson. (See Debbie, I told you I would put this picture in).

This is my best friend from high school, Anne! She and I turn 50 in January..She's the older one! By 12 days. She and her husband Steve were visiting from Virginia. Their youngest is stationed at Ft. Lewis so Thanksgiving was a perfect reason to come visit. After a lunch of turkey sandwiches and soup, Anne, her Mom Kay and I visited both my Mom and Dad.

While we were visiting my folks, Reg and Steve visited. They always have such good discussions. They have lots of common interests.

For Christmas my sister and I have decided to make our Mom a lap quilt. The plan was to sew on Saturday. I had gotten the pieces all cut out ahead of time. So, sew we did..

Here I am hard at work, pin in mouth!

I am so grateful that our Mom thought it important that we learn to sew. Debbie and I had so much fun doing this project. We sewed most of the day.

My sis!!

Look!!! It's almost finished! Well, at least the top part.

I think we were getting a bit punchy by this time!!

Here is the nearly finished top. We aren't sure how to do the mitered corners. Debbie has taken it home to finish it. I hope she figures out the mitered corners!!

There is more to our weekend, but I have to pull that posting together..It involves my scanner..keep watching!!

Oh, and Mandy, Elisabeth, Becky and Kristen...hahahahaha!! The above project is why your little escapade wasn't successful at my house!! TEE HEE!!

Guess Who Came To Visit

Tillie came to visit! She came with her parents!!!

Reading "Goodnight Moon" with Grandpa! (You should have seen her climbing all over Reg..it was pretty funny..He had to work hard)
There's nothing sweeter than a sleeping baby!

Saturday Happenings and then some

This past Saturday we went up to Kirkland to Emily's first concert with the Woodinville Community Band. Of course, we went early enough to go visit the Maier's at their apartment...
After the concert, we went to our friend's Jeff & Tammy Keith's for pie..it was nice to arrive home and set the clocks back an hour..

What would a visit be without new pictures of Tillie...What a go-getter! That child gets into EVERYTHING..she walks everywhere...

Like an idiot, I forgot my camera, but these did ok with my phone..it was hard to keep her still long enough to take the picture... :)

Here is Tillie on Halloween...She was a turtle!!

Saturday was a great day!!