Grandchildren are the Best!

Our grandchildren have been a treat to have at the house. Little Bram and Colbie enjoyed the
toys.

Grandpa and Grandma enjoyed showing off, our little guy at St. David's Church, although he was Mr. Shy. Grandpa enjoyed making the train track and trains, with little Bram. What an enjoyable time!!

Let's do London!!

Trafalgar Square and Big Ben are definite sites to see in London.

Little Bram was amazed with the subways (the tube). Of course, we also got to see the Parliament building (right). So much to see, so little time...........
With Bram, Sherri, little Bram, Colbie, Grandpa and Grandma, we all enjoyed our visit to London.

Pie Contest Final Tally!!

Above you can see the 3 judges and the 4 pies being judged. The photo on the right are the gifts that we all received for participating. The chef, Tom Bridge, is a local celebrity and has been in cooking for more than 30 years. The young gentleman, with the blue and grey sweater on was the overall winner. He competed against 3 moms. We also got a photo in the Lancashire Evening Post today (Feb. 18th) with all the pie makers and Tom Bridge. I tried to get a link to it, but had trouble accessing it. Oh well!! These photos will have to do!! Thanks for the prayers everyone!! It was fun and I made some new friends, especially Debbie, my competitor!!

The Pie Competition!!

This is the start of the pie contest. My competitor, Debbie, is an American from Kansas. Her husband was born and raised in Cottonwood, AZ. His job with the police department, here in England has kept them in England for 18 years. We had great fellowship talking about things of the Lord.

The 2 ladies in the photo above, the one in the black dress, Sue, organizer of the competition. The lady with the apron on was one of the judges (head pastry chef at Barton Grange).

Ashmolean, Oxford with Hubert Allen

The Ashmolean Museum was a sight to behold, but as you can also see that in Mr. Allen's home. He has many artifacts from all his travels over the world, that are precious to him and his family. In fact, on the wall next to the fireplace, he showed us a painting done by a Chinese man that was influenced by his grandfather's mission work in China. Steve and Hubert are in the shop, just outside the Ashmolean Museum.

Monday Night singing with the Brownies

Monday evenings, during the school year is Girls Guides.
Samuel has given the girls the opportunity to learn new songs. Some of his songs are translated from German into English. There's one that is about a rabbit, that the girls love to sing. The evening ends on a note of singing. It's fun!!

St. David's Club

The service was such a delight to watch the interaction of the children with Rev. Steve. As you can see below, one young boy, as his mom said after the service, said, "You know he is working the reverend out of his job."
To the right, in the St. David's Club room, is Ms. Barbara, doing the teaching and Ms. Pearl is at the keyboard. The children learned "I will make you fishers of men."

After the service, one of the little girls wanted to go back into the St. David's Club room and color again. I asked her, "How about coming back again next week?" Her reply, "Ok!" That was encouraging!!