January 15,2011

It has been 2 weeks since I wished all our family & friends a Happy New Year.
The weather is really nice now. We have had upper 60's and 70's all this past week with sunshine every day. It has been great weather to get out and walk daily. I am going to water aerobics at least 4 times a week plus doing our wobble exercises. Mel is walking about a mile a day and does his wobble exercises as well. We are doing pretty good for us. We enjoy our park very much. We have such nice neighbors and friends here in the park. We enjoy going to church at the club house. We had 45 at church last sunday, which is more than last year. Today we had 36 come to our block party. It was great to visit and get together in our gazebo area. I have been going to my quilt classes every week. As well as playing games at the club house or with our friends. We are looking forward to Joan & Alan coming to visit us next Saturday for a week.
God's Blessing to all our family and friends.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Happy New Year to all our family and friends.
We are enjoying our time in AZ. The past few days have been cold. It has gotten to 30 degrees one night and last night to 32. It is supposed to be better this week, but still below normal temps. We still enjoy getting out walking, sitting on our back patio, playing games, enjoying activities with our park at the club house. I have an amaryllis I got from Allene that has 4 buds on it and another one just starting. I'm hoping for pretty flowers before long. Our park is nearly full now. So there is a lot going on. God Bless each of you who read this.
Mel and Glenna

Merry Christmas to all family and friends.

Harvest Wiener Roast with family Oct. 10, 2010

We had a wonderful time with our family last night. We gathered together for a wiener roast. The weather was very warm, but once the sun went down the fire felt good. It was so good to see our greats and grandchildren and children. Here are some pictures we took. This was a full moon picture just rising in the East.

Here are pictures from our family time.

Family time Memorial Day

Here are some pictures from our family time during Memorial Day and a cook-out at Matt and Rachel's. Thought you'd enjoy our little birds that built a nest in my hanging basket. Summer is flying by so fast, so thought I should update our blog. Our family is all doing well. We thank you all for your prayers.

Back in Illinois

We are back in Illinois. It has been 2 1/2 weeks already. We had a safe flight back and sorta hit the ground running. All my tulips and daffodils were done blooming already. The yard needed mowing again. Jacob and Samantha had mowed it twice and it was ready for the next mowing. We had garden coming up, thanks to Alan, who tilled the garden and planted us some early garden. We now have most of the garden out and it is started to come up. Mel has enjoyed being home and doing little things around the place (like starting the motors up and seeing that they are going)
He did find a problem with our boat motor. He found that mice had gotten in it and it was all packed with their chewings. After he removed that he found that they had chewed the gas line in two and some other wires. He had to take it over to Chenoa to be worked on.
So we are keeping busy, the asparagus is growing and needs picking almost every day. We have had lots of rhubarb sauce, which is Mel's favorite.
We attended Mary's senior recital last Saturday which was awesome. Tuesday I had a colonoscopy and esopogoloscopy, which I am very glad it is over. We were glad to be able to be back at Salem church as well and to see all our church family.
I have a few pictures to put on but somehow I can't make it work, so will try later.
Love and prayers to all our family and friends.