Tuesday, December 9, 2008

OUR HOME FOR NOW











THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TILL MID JAN...IT IS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT OVER A MILLION LIGHTS...YOU CAN RIDE THE ARTIC EXPRESS AND GO TO THE NORTH POLE AND VISIT SANTA AND GET A HAND MADE WOODEN TRAIN(THAT THEY MAKE HERE) AND COME BACK AND HAVE HOT CHOC ,A COOKIE AND CANDY CANE ALL FOR $10 ,SOME TIMES JIM AND I HELP WITH THAT...JIM HAS DRIVEN THIS 7GAGE YOU SEE HIM ON HERE AND THE DESIEL (FOR BLUEGRASS, LIKE TONIGHT) BUT NOW WOW WOW HE HAS DRIVEN THE STEAM ENGINE "DAME ANN" WHAT A PRIVILEGE..THIS IS THERE BUSIES TIME OF YEAR SO ALL ARE VERY BUSY, WE HAD A BUNCH OF WORK CAMPERS LEAVE AND IT REALLY HURT HAVING HELP....
THIS WEEKEND WE ARE REAL EXCITED TO BE GOING BACK TO TC TO SEE OUR FRIEND AND THE BOYS THERE IS A COWBOY SHOOT AND BQ AND NEXT WEEKEND
WE WILL GO FOR GRAD...ITS OVER A 3 HOUR DRIVE BUT A FRIEND BETTY WILL GIVE US AND SAM A BED FOR THE NIGHT SUCH A BLESSING SHE IS...
GOTTA GO GETTING COLD, I WAS WARM BECAUSE I WAS CLEANING FOR 3 HOURS BUT NOW AT THE COMPUTER I NEED MY SWEAT SHIRT...STILL TRYING TO WORK CLASSMATE AND FACEBOOK AND NOT DOIN VERY WELL
BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL AND MAY HE KEEP AND GUIDE YOU

still at wales west/back to visit tc sat







these are the houses being made for by the lake they worked alot on them and i got to help set them in place...they reflect on the lake and ae beautiful there are flowers and trees they made the same way too, lots of lights i have a hard time with my camara getting a good pict at night
as i have ridden the train many times now i love it, but my favorite part is when we come back to the station there is a little white shidsue in the window of an rv that they hold up and she waves to all the children on the train and me...such joy from something so small

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

how i miss my family wow

well i dont have a clue how to turn karen right side up, opps


anyway these are my
kids and grandkids
that i miss totally,
some days i am
sure i am having withdrawel, my heart hurts...but i know i am doing what God has chosen for me....so that makes it all ok we are at wales west which you have seen from pict below..
it is now there busy season and we are short handed so jim and i are helping as much as we can...sometimes i get pretty warn out ...but God put us here to love em and they need help..
as you all can tell i still dont have this typing words right yet they keep moving on me..
it has been alot cooler than we expected but nothing like you all up
north...we are deco with a million plus lights you all should see this it is really something...we are praying (with the econemy the way it is) for more business for them...and more rvs for the park...but HIS will is what we all really want and sometimes that is hard to work through......i am missing mom and daddy and buster and leola alot and our friends and boys from TC in Bonifay..this will be
a very different christmas, but different is not bad...jesus is jesus where ever we are and we are so thankful....and very thankful that when we got hewre we found the owners born again, we really did not know what we might get in to with workcamping and not maps....i am not on the computer alot here it is not in the rv but we do have cell service which is real nice...and if i can come up with the time there is a whirl pool and great heated pool....but i am just too busy ...cant even catch up with my house and bank stuff ( i am alot slower though these days too. i am also sort of on face book i am looking up alot of the boys from tc i miss my boys too



i wish so much all the people in the pictures could come visit us here, they would be a big help and they would love the trains etc etc...but that is not for now
jim and i have been having bible study in am and it is really great
we went to dinner on my birthday with ann and ken(the owners) at the shrimp shack where their son junior works...it was a real nice night and pap had my toenails done for me...that was GREAT my feet hurt sooo much so much of the time


i am so grateful to be able to talk to my children and grands
free since we all hav e att cingular what a blessing thank you jesus
jim has not made up his mind where we go from here...right now we will be here till mid jan to help get all the deco down huge job
ken would like him to stay...and joe needs him at tc...we need to know what Gods plans are so we can follow them
we have been studying how it is not about us but about him...helps to give you a better perspective...when you focus on eternity


i have to get going i understand the bathrooms need cleaned am and there is a group of kids coming at 10 am we need to get ready for they get a train ride and hot choc and cookies and candy cane...a visit and pict with santa and a handmade wood train they can paint and if they want to they can even blow the horn in the steam engine and play on the plalyground and with thomas train train tables...they really have a good time...and ken the engineer has a real gentel heart with them


boy nick i wish i knew for sure how you are , i miss you tones who loves ya nick (jesus and grandma)





you 2 are growing up so quickly
i am proud of how you are comin in school, hopefull we can cook together when i get home and read together at night grandma loves you guys i miss you
did you find silverhill al on your map look by moble al mom will help you...........blessings to you all and to all who are reading this and a merry CHRISTmas...keep HIM in it...he is the only reason we have it at all HE WAS BORN TO DIE FOR YOU wow wow wow






















Saturday, November 15, 2008

WE HAVE BEEN HAPPY
HERE ESP. JIM HE IS IN
LOVE WITH THIS PLACE AND
THE TRAINS...AND WE HAVE
MET SOME RELLY NICE PEOPLE
AND SOME NEW CHRISTIAN
FAMILY TOO .
2 MAPS CAME TO VISIT US
LAST NIGHT AND WE HOPE
MANY OTHERS WILL COME
IT IS SO DIFFERENT AND
FAMILY ORIENTED.
THIS 1ST PICT IS THE DIESEL
AND JIM GOT TO DRIVE IT
THE OTHER TRAIN PICT
ARE OF THE STEAM ENGINE

IT TAKES ABOUT 2 HOURS TO GET THE BOILER READY AND IS REALLY NEAT I GOT TO GO ON MY 1ST RIDE LAST WEEK .I LOVE IT AND I GOT TO RIDE IN THE ENGINE .
IN THIS PICT OF KEN SR AND GRANDMA YA CAN TELL I AM TRYING TO GROW MY HAIR OUT: WHAT A PAIN!!! THERE IS ALOT OF STEAM AND SOOT EVERY WHERE, KEN ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOIN STEALING HIS SOOT HAHAHAH, I WAS HANGING DECO FOR CHRISTMAS. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD 2 POT LUCKS. I START WATER AROB ON MON AND WED AND WE WILL ALL HAVE THANKSGIVING POT LUCK TOGETHER,,I AM GLAD WE ARE HERE ,THEY NEED ALOT OF HELP ,TO GET UP 1 MILLION LIGHTS IT WILL BE A GREAT EXP. I AM SURE....WE ARE CONCERNED FOR JOE AT TC ,HE REALLY NEED A FARM HAND OR 2 TO HELP HIM AND WE MISS HIM AND THE HORSES

TRAIN STATION
ONE OF TWO

ENGINEER AND GRANDMA


THE DAME ANN



KEN JR AND PAP




THE GULF WE DID GET TO THE GULF 1ST WEEKEND WE WERE HERE AND THERE IS A WAL MART ABOUT 10 MIN AWAY...AND WE GOT TO SEE MOBIL BAY TWICE.
OUR HOURS ARE BASIC 9-12 BUT WE DO VOL OTHERS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE DONE..WE FEEL THE LORD DIRECTED US HERE EVEN THO IT IS NOT A MAPS PROJECT..
WE ARE MISSING OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN AND FRIENDS AND WISHING YOU ALL COULD ENJOY THIS PLACE IF ANY OF YOU GET SOUTH YOU REALLY NEED TO SEE IT...AS WE GO ALONG I WILL TRY TO GET MORE PICT OF ALL THE DECO ETC IT HAS A PLAYGROUND AND GREAT POOL AND WHIRLPOOL HEATED INDOOR POOL IT IS GREAT WELL, LAUNDRY IS DONE I HAVE TO GO ND ON TV PAP NOT HAPPY CAMPER..
I CAN ONLY GET INTERNET DOWN HERE NOT IN RV BUT I WILL DO MORE BLOG SOON...WWW.WALESWEST.COM IS A GREAT PLACE TO LOOK CLICK ALL THE BUTTONS AND LOOK AROUND....TELL ANYONE YOU KNOW COMING SOUTH OK..PTL OUR CELLS DO WORK AND HAVE FREE MIN ON SAT SUN...
I AM TRYING TO BE ON FACEBOOK TOO HAVE FOUND SOME OF MY BOYS ON THERE SO THAT IS NEAT.. BUT NOT WORKING IT TO WELL YET,
LOVE TO ALL





WE ARE NOW AT WALES WEST-WISH YOU ALL COULD COME SEE IT

HOME SWEET HOME ALABAMA

TC AND THE BOYS ALWAYS LOVE

4;30 AM COMES EARLY BUT THE BOYS ARE WORTH IT..THIS WAY I CAN BE IN THE
KITCHEN WITH THEM..AND BOY DO I MISS EM"
WELL AS USUAL I CANT
SEEM TO GET MY WORDS WHERE I WANT THEM TO GO BUT ANYWAY I AM TRYING!!
WE WERE ONLY BEING THERE 2 WEEKS I DO NOT HAVE THE PICT I USUALLY GET!! HERE ARE SOME OF OUR BOYS WORKING ON THE FENCE JIM STARTED LAST YEAR IN 2 WEEKS IT WAS FINISHED AND A FEW OTHER THINGS TOO PTL AND THANKYOU JIM..


JOE AND DIANNE HARDY ARE VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS AND WE GOT TO SEE THERE GRAND SON RIDING ONE DAY AND HE LOVES THE LITTLE COLORED MARSHMELLOWS I HAD AND COMING OVER TO COLOR...VERY NICE DAY


THANKS BABY..LEOLA AND BUSTERS OLD DOG DOES NOT BARK ALOT BUT CAME BARKING OUT SIDE OUR DOOR..AND HERE IS WHY....THANKS BABY THANKS


WE DID NOT GET TO SEE ANY OF THE BABIES BORN WHEN WE LEFT LAST YEAR BUT HERE THEY ARE 6 MO OLD IT IS SO GREAT TO GO IN WITH THEM THNKS JESUS ANOTHER SPECIAL TIME



MORE FENCE AND MORE FENCE AND ......BET JIM NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD END












Saturday, October 25, 2008

TIME TO DOWNSIZE THE STORAGE UNIT AND MOVE STUFF..AND











WELL, ITS HARD TO GIVE UP SOME THINGS, LIKE DADS AND MY PICTURES BUT I THREW THEM AWAY, LITTLE KAREN SAID TAKE PICT OF THEM SO I DID...GOT TO HELP BELLA MAKE COOKIES ANDWATCH SYDNEY LEARN TO DIVE..SURPRISE, SHE DID NOT EVEN PUT HER HEAD UNDERWATER LAST YEAR...AND LOOKS LIKE BELLA GETTING READY FOR QUADS LIKE THE KIDS HAVE.







NICK LIVED WITH KARENS AFTER BEING AT LISAS


I REALLY MISS NICK AND HOPE HE IS OK HE IS IN NEW YORK NOW, HE CALLS ME GRANDMA AND I AM SO GLAD, BUT HE IS REALLY MY X'S SON....HE IS VERY SPECIAL AND WE ALL LOVE HIM

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

2 new rooms for birthday gifts



FOR BELLAS THIRD BIRTHDAY THINGS TURNED IN TO TINKERBELL AND FOR SYDNEYS EIGHTH BIRTHDAY
SHE GOT A PRE TEEN WILD ROOM, ITS GREAT HER MOM HAS SUCH GOOD IDEAS AND THEIR DAD IS AN ARTIST...SPECIAL ROOMS FOR 2 SPECIAL GRAND-GIRLS
I STILL AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PICT AND WORDS WHERE I WANT THEM SORRY PENNY







Monday, October 20, 2008

WE GET TO SPEND ALOT OF TIME WITH ALL OUR GRANDKIDS





IT IS SUCH A GIFT FROM GOD
THAT IS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS ABOUT BEING IN MAPS...BEING AWAY FROM THEM....MY NECK IS REALLY HURTING AND I NEED TO GET JIMS DINNER
SO I WILL TRY TO DO MORE LATER
WE ARE NOW AT TC IN BONIFAY, BUT ONLY FOR 2 WEEKS.
BLESSINGS TO ALL WHO READ THIS AND GODS JOY DAILY