A Beautiful Fall Day!!!

We must now accept the fact that Summer has officially ended and Fall has fallen!!! We are seeing a few leaves fall as well. Very soon we should have some beautiful, vivid colors to enjoy. Our weather has been picture perfect---cool nights and warm days. We are promised a high of 68º tomorrow. That will still be nice.

Our house is getting a new roof. We have had some leaks inside and have had enough hail damage for the insurance company to give us a new roof. Can't ask for more than that!!! Perhaps it will be finished tomorrow.

I have refrained from blogging to give others an opportunity to relate some happenings. That hasn't happened so I will resume posting even though there is nothing very interesting to report. We did enjoy seeing Ryan for a few short hours last Sunday. I do not know what his orders will be since he is now back in CA. He looked very handsome in his Marine Uniform and seemed very pleased with his decision to become a Marine. I understand the boot camp training was extremely difficult and yet he passed with flying colors. It will be nice if he can come home at Thanksgiving time and again for Christmas. If he is stationed at Pensacola, FL, that will be much closer to us than CA.

Merrel had a near tragedy at our church 2 weeks ago. His Guardian Angels were certainly on guard when a car backed into him and knocked him to the ground as he was walking to his car. We are sooooo thankful that he was able to crawl to safety and avoided being run over by the back wheels. The lady who was backing out from her parking space apparently did not see him but stopped backing when some 'walkers' caught her attention to stop. Merrel was a bit sore and had a terrible head ache the rest of the day and night. He explains that his condition was the reason the ladies beat the men at the card games that night!!!

I thought Sherlyn or Jan would want to post some pictures of Ryan but if they don't do that soon, I will post some.

I am going to watch a program on TLC at 9:00 of a family who lives close to Bentonville where we lived before moving here. They have 17 children and are expecting # 18 on New Year's Day. They are a beautiful family and the children are so well behaved. The oldest boy was married recently so now they have added a daughter-in-law. All the children's names begin with 'J'.

Thank you, Kim, for adding the 'hit counter', also your picture and name as a member of holland central. It is interesting to see the numbers change even though I have no idea who logs on.

That is all for now.

Love you,
Dortha