I’m back from a wild and wonderful week in Savannah,Georgia.  We go every year to meet and greet our supporters and meet with the missions committee at Savannah Christian Church.

I’m missing this little man this week.  We had such a good visit with Oz , Suzy and Tim.  We will be home long enough to wash our clothes and repack our suitcases and head out for Chicago and ultimately Canada to visit with Emma, Becky and Jerry.

A big thank you to little sis Bev, who we will visit in Chicago.  She is making it possible for our visit to Canada.  We have not been to Canada since Emma was 6 months old.  We are looking forward to reconnecting with Becky’s world and meeting Emma’s friends and finding out her favorite places and people.

Big Thank you to Becky and her friends for transferring my blog and it’s content since I am not computer  savvy at all.  I enjoy looking over the past 7 years and seeing what I was doing.

I’ll try posting more this week.

Daisy

The Lilacs are blooming now and Oscar likes the feel them and smell them. I can’t blame him, I love to smell them too. There is a big bush of them along side the building at the mission. So we are stopping to smell the flowers now that spring is here.

How do you entertain a wild boy at the grocery store when it’s almost bed time. Let him smell the flowers. Oscar is doing the sniff test to some yellow flowers. He crinkles up his nose and is so cute when he smells. (Not that I’m at all biased in any way.)

Off for more adventures in the land of Oz today. Hope your day is full of laughter and amazement that only children can bring.

Daisy

Don’t think that life is all fun and games at Diva and Poppa’s house this week. No sir…..everybody works even the little guy. He seemed to enjoy sweeping the porch with his momma yesterday. You’ll note that his Diva made sure he had the proper tools for the job. He really seemed to enjoy the adventure and threw himself into the job.

This picture looks like he’s pointing out that Mom
missed a spot. He loves to watch the cars , trucks, and tractors go by our house and loves to run in our back yard. He’s fast too…this Diva is really getting in shape just to catch up with him.

This is Oscar’s concentration face. I know cause it’s mine too! I have to laugh when I see this face. Look for pictures all this week cause I’m snap happy when in comes to my babies and grands.

Hope your weekend was as fun as mine.

Daisy

We took last Friday off and headed to Richmond to see Mr. Wonderful’s brothers. Brother Jay had a knee replacement about a month ago so we wanted to check on his progress.

We were thrilled to be joined for lunch by Mr. Wonderful’s other brother Jim and wife Marilyn. Both brothers have April birthdays so we got to celebrate with them. I made Betty Crocker Gluten Free Brownies (my newest love!) and gluten free chili with rice. Brother Jim is the brother that got us interested in going gluten free after his improvement in energy after years of chronic fatigue.

My mom loves roses and has a beautiful rose bed in front of the house. She normally has roses all summer and going into the fall. I grew up with roses on our kitchen table and all through the house. Mr. Wonderful found these beauties at the grocery store. After fussing at us for being extravagant we later found out she wants to plant a rose bush of this variety.

We did some research on the internet we think this is a circus rose from Ecuador. Now to track down where we can get one for Mother’s Day.

The gluten free diet has really helped Mr. Wonderful. We have been working 6 days a week long hours and entertaining many groups after hours so we are thrilled that he is feeling better . He did go to the doctor about the gastric reflux. The doctor did not seem concerned since he can swallow without difficulty or pain and told him to continue to take over the counter medication.
He has discovered that apple cider vinegar (unfiltered) with honey helps to neutralize the stomach acid so I think we are making progress in that department.

Our schedule is still packed….we are expecting Suzy, Tim and Oscar tomorrow. Suzy and Oz will spend the week with us while Tim is off to a conference. I’m so excited to see my boy who is talking now and have some serious play time with him . You know chick-fil-a will be in my future!

The following week we will be in Savannah staying with my good friend Flip Flop Floozie. We always have fun together and I’m anxious to see her since her bad fall this past December.

We get back into town for a massive work day at the mission with our local church then leave for Canada in May with a stop over in Chicago to see little sis.

Whew! I’m getting excited just thinking about it.

Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated!

Daisy

1. God’s financial provision. Winter months for faith based missionaries can be very bleak. January, and February were especially hard but God is always faithful. We were especially blessed this week with a unexpected windfall from my mom. She told me that God had been nudging her to help her daughters. Thanks mom for your attentive heart and listening ear to the Holy Spirit’s leading. We are indeed blessed by your gift.

1. Some improvement in Mr. Wonderful’s energy level. We have switched to a Gluten-Free diet which includes more whole foods and away from processed foods. We are starting to see some improvements in my hubby’s stamina. We realize this will probably be a gradual improvement so we rejoice in small steps.

1. The gradual return of Spring. It is so nice to start seeing some greening of the grass, buds on the trees, baby animals in the fields, spring flowers starting to sprout and finally temperatures in the 60′s. I am so ready for spring!!!

1. The return of volunteers at the Mission. We will be having volunteers all this month. What an outpouring of service. We are staying really busy just trying to stay ahead of the groups so they will have all the equipment and supplies they need to be able to help us. (It’s a good problem!)

1. Contact with the family. I have heard from all my kids this week, as well as my sisters and my mom . That doesn’t happen very often and always makes me happy and feel blessed.
   

She is composing her own songs that she sings to her baby doll. She loves to jump, run, and loves to be tickled.

We are making plans to come see her in Canada this summer. I thought it would be fun to celebrate her half birthday and have a day for each of the holidays we missed…we might have to invent our own holidays too. What do you think of “Pink Day”?

Miss you my Emma Bug! Your Diva XOXO