One Divine Moment

After a delightful morning worship service in Seymour, and a great welcome home from the congregation, we jumped in the car and headed back to Tulsa... Jan and Sharlotte's church presentation of the Christmas story was to be at 6:00. Shannon, their son, was in charge of building all the Bethlehem set which covered the sanctuary stage. He is so talented, working for ORU and taking classes to finish his degree. The performance included a cast of over 200, live animals, and special video presentations. Shannon gave us a tour backstage where we met many of the actors.
Again we stayed with Jan and Sharlotte enjoying many laughs and family stories. All 5 of our kids called on their cell phones to find us. They couldn't believe we were back in Tulsa!
Monday morning we drove home, unpacked, got back in the car and went to Springfield to attend Julie and Jessie's magnificent Christmas Choral Concert. There were 300 students involved. The evening was capped with delicious Braums' ice cream.

Home Again!

We are back in Seymour. After church, Nov. 22 we drove to Tulsa, stayed all night with Jan and Sharlotte (Benny's brother) and left for Seattle on the 23. It was exciting seeing the Isoms. It had been over a year since we had admired our darling granddaughters. There was fun cooking for Thanksgiving, preparing the turkey, and pumpkin chiffon pies plus other yummy things. Russ and Judy Isom came too. Friday, Scott left for Nashville to finish last minute tour planning. He and Debbie were tour hosts for 31 people celebrating Christmas in Nashville and surrounding areas. We enjoyed taking care of the girls...what a delight! Hannah with Bokaw's (Benny's) encouraging painted her first oil painting which was framed for mom and dad to see when they returned. Both Hannah and Haley practiced piano with Bokie (Elaine) every day and can play their whole Christmas book like a professional. Hope sang all the songs in her book and played along with Bokie...great fun! Scott and Deb came home on the 9th and we left the 12th...not before spending a day at the beach though...cold as it was we played in the water, collected shells, and had clam chowder, a must do!! Our trip home was long since we had a 4 hour unplanned lay-over in Denver. Jan was there with our car though and we continued the trek home arriving four hours later. Yes, we were on time for church the next morning. We were blessed...God is good!

December Is Here!

Our computer was not working forever so November came and has gone and here it is the first of December and I'm just getting back to the blog. We are in Puyallup, WA with Debbie, Scott, Hannah, Haley, and Hope. We arrived November 23, after spending the night with Jan and Sharlotte in Tulsa (Benny's brother). They are taking car of our car. Our flight was from Tulsa to Denver, to Salt Lake City, and finally Seattle...an all day excursion with packed flights.
We hope you had a great holiday. We enjoyed a fantastic Thanksgiving with the Isoms from Oregon. It was wonderful having all four grandparents here for several days. Debbie and Scott will guide a Christmas Tour of 31 people for a week in the Nashville area. We will have fun with the girls. The tour starts tomorrow. It has been fun visiting with you this morning...have a tremendous week I know we will.