Surprise Visit to Oregon

We flew out of Atlanta on Saturday, March 27th, to Seattle. My sister Trisha met us there, and on Sunday we drove down to Oregon to surprise my parents with a visit. And boy were they surprised!!! (The 2 sisters that live in the area only had 2 days notice that we were coming.)

So now all 5 daughters and all 9 grandchildren are here at the farm. We plan to get some family photos taken tomorrow, assuming the rain lets up. If not, they will have to be taken indoors instead of in the spring garden.

Licensed Liturgical Ministers Installed

Five people were installed as Licensed Liturgical Ministers (LLM) at the church yesterday. LLMs are specially trained to serve home communions, serve as chalice bearers during church services, and assist a deacon or priest. Jon Paul was one of those installed. From left to right in the group photos: Richard & Christi Thompson, Nancy Wine, Jon Paul, Donna Turner.

Bishop Epps commissioning Jon Paul.

The group holding their certificates.

Grades

Mid-terms and finals (for Denise) were this week. Here are the grades:

Jon-

JROTC -100%

Health -94%

English Lit/Composition (Advanced) -97%

Physics (Advanced Placement) -84%

Naomi-

Driver's Ed/First Aid -98%

Accel Math II -88%

JROTC -100%

European History (Advanced Placement) -85%

Denise-

College Algebra -104% on finals, 100.92% total

Intro to health- grades not posted yet, but mostly like an A.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Please click on the link to go to a beautiful presentation.

http://www.andiesisle.com/ThisBlessingIsForYou.html

Weight Goal has been achieved!!!

I weighed in at my weekly Weight Watchers meeting today. I had lost another .6 pounds this week- bringing my total to 40.2 pounds. So I have now achieved all 3 goals that I had set for myself.

1) get off of the high blood pressure medicine (done in early Dec.)
2) be able to wear my wedding ring again (done about 2 1/2 weeks ago)
3) lose 40 pounds (3 months early!!!)

Now I have 6 weeks to learn how to maintain the weight. Hopefully this will be somewhat easier now that the weather is improving so I can do outside to exercise in the sunshine.

Senior Photos

Happy Sweet 16

Feb 16 is Naomi's birthday. She has grown into a lovely young lady and her parents are very proud of her.

She is an accomplished poet, a caring friend, and the cadet who can organize a very disorganized supply room.

Happy Birthday!! We Love You.