Paul and Silas

Happy Tuesday friends! Here in Colorado, it feels like winter in northern California; I always compare our weather to what we grew up with in Ca. It started raining last night with lots of thunder and lightning; parts of the state got hammered with hail-in fact, several feet of small hail. No bike riding today; rain is in the forecast for several days-yes I am a wuss, don't want to slip and slide on my bike. Yesterday, I told you about the play our grands were in-Paul and Silas; here are the photos. There will be lots, because we have loved ones that weren't here. Enjoy!

 

Jesus,played by our oldest grandson, healing the woman with the issue of blood.

 

Jesus blessing the loaves and fishes; the children gave out sandwich bags filled with gold fish crackers.

 

Love the guard!

 

Paul in prison, as played by our second grandson; our oldest granddaughter is in the back, with the white head covering.

 

 

 

The apostles, filled with grief after Jesus was crucified. The little girl on the chair is our Peanut, who had serious health conditions to overcome-it is such a blessing to see how far she has come and how well she did acting in this play.

 

Peanut is the one of the far right.

 

The apostles being told that Jesus has risen, just as He said.

 

Even as Paul and the prisoners sang and worshiped while behind bars, it was fun to see our 10 yr old grandson singing in front of such a large audience.

 

I have to say this next photo is one of my favorites! After Paul was freed from prison.

 

 

Front and center, the two girls in the blue dresses are two granddaughters; look at the smile on our girl's face on the left, it was so infectious.

 

Just in case you think we had something on our lens, do not fear-it is makeup on our oldest granddaughter's face.

 

Our Peanut

 

A big thank you to my wonderful hubby who took these photos, even with a younger grand in his lap. I was also holding and helping with several younger grands; to be honest I thought I might not be able to take pictures if I started crying.  Let's just say there were lots in the audience who were shedding tears. We are so proud of all the hard work the children  and parents put in.
 I'm starting to feel disappointed in our photo editing program, because even when the photos are sharp and clear in Picaso, they never come out the same on blogger.
I hope you have a great day!
Noreen 

Good Morning Chickies, I hope you all have a blessed weekend!  Ours was great but to be honest, I'm a bit tired this morning.  On Saturday, I hit our neighbors garage sale and scored when it came to clothes for our two youngest grands.  In the afternoon, hubby and I ran to a local farm stand and bought two dozen ears of corn; we brought them home, clean & shucked them and then cut off the kernels and bagged them.  We  have about 15-17 bags of corn for the winter-yeah!  I started doing this about four years ago; the corn was some of the sweetest I'd ever had and knew we'd enjoy it throughout the cold months, if we froze some.  Yesterday we watched two granddaughters for the afternoon-you see, our daughters church was putting on a children's production called Paul and Silas; the children have been working on this play all summer.  The final dress rehearsal happened yesterday afternoon and the play was last night.  Let me tell you-it was incredible!  I'm not saying it just  because 6 of our 11 grands were in it, but truly it was amazing!  I will post photos tomorrow; I know there will be a u-tube video out there somewhere. 
Right now I'm taking Hunter for a walk and then will ride. I'm anticipating helping my girl out this morning-thinking they will all be tired today.  I can tell fall is here-this morning it is cool and should be 10 degrees cooler today, tomorrow is supposed to have rain and be twenty degrees cooler. 
Have a energy filled day!
Hugs to you~
Noreen & Hunter

School At Nana's House

Happy Friday to you! This morning hubby went over to our daughter's house to supervise a company replacing their front window, that was damaged by the summer storm. It made sense then that our grands would come here for school. My girl knew that I hadn't posted yet so took this picture for me. I hope you have a great day and wonderful weekend.
Toodles,
Noreen & Hunter

Morning Patrol

Happy Thursday Friends~Ever since little Bentley left us, the dogs have been pretty mellow. There are times when they play and wrestle but they haven't been doing their Blitzes as much as usual. I think the little guy tired them out! Whenever I leave, both dogs perch on the chair looking over the porch and street. Since I hadn't gotten many pics with just Hunter and Lily, decided I needed to this morning. Do you think they'd turn and look at me? Nope.

 

 

Hunter finally gave in and posed for me.

 

Hope you have a splendid day; I'm off to go to a brunch at a friends house-what to take as a thank you? A beautiful fall colored Mum.
Hugs,
Noreen & Hunter

Fall Blessings

Good morning friends and Happy September! I so love this picture and although I know it is much too early to see these colors, a girl can look forward to the changing leaves. We had a lovely bbq on Monday night with our daughter and sil, their five kiddos and their mini Schnauzer; to be perfectly honest though, having four dogs(even small dogs) running through the house made the noise level so much higher. Their pup Petrol and Bentley got along famously-no surprise since both of them are terriers. Hunter loves Petrol too; there weren't any arguments within the pack. Yesterday, Bentley went home and I can honestly say our house is so quiet now. Hunter and Lily play throughout the day but also have lots of naps. It feels so good to be back to normal!
I've tallied up our miles on bikes as well as walking for the summer months-here they are:
June: Bike rides total 96 miles, walk 13 miles (this is just walking Hunter, I think this number was fairly low).
July: Bike rides total 130 miles, walk 28 miles.
 August: Bike rides total 85.50 miles, walk 45.50
Grand Total: Bike rides- 311.50 miles, walking 86.50 miles.
 I am hoping to continue riding as much, but we will be traveling for a week so know I won't be clocking up the miles then.
As our season changes, I pray you will find delight in the cooler days, array of colors and blessings from above.
Hugs today!
Noreen

Small Town Parade, USA

Happy Labor Day! This morning bright and early, hubby took chairs and a blanket over to a street near us, where our annual Labor Day Parade was going to take place. This parade could be in any small town USA; it is one of the things we love about our town. I am only sharing a bit of the parade; you will notice the focus on Agriculture-specifically tractors and horses.  There are also floats that honor our military, past and present.  It covers about 6 miles and lasts more than two hours. Here is our daughter and her youngest.

 

Hubby and oldest granddaughter.

 

Our Peanut

 

 

 

 

 

This fellow was a young 89 yr old WWII Combat Veteran. It is hard to read his sign but he got a round of applause from the folks watching.

 

A local Square Dance group.

 

 

Jews For Jesus, now called Completed Jews. Love the energy of this group!

 

The horn is called a Shofar.

 

This following picture is for our friends, Murphy and Stanley, two great mini-doodles. Looks like it could be one of  your cousins.

 

Loved how this truck and float were decorated-with sunflowers, so cute.

 

Can we say these gals were hot!

 

For Auntie Susan-just to show our boy's silly side.

 

Apparently, this was one of the many activities in our town that he liked. The Hot Air Balloon dawn patrol failed, the car show failed, the craft fair failed. Maybe it was the variety of things in the parade. We did miss having Carrie and her family with us; seems they always take vacation at this time of year.  The rest of the day will be relaxed until dinner; Kim and her family will be coming over for a bbq and games.
I hope you've had a wonderful weekend and great Labor Day!
Blessings,
Noreen & Hunter