Saturday, December 6, 2014

Thankful Hearts

RETIRED!!
 You can enjoy my mix of photos....we finished our cabin with a complete wrap around porch....stained the whole cabin....worked from Spring until August....Put it on the market...sold at a Auction.....God's perfect timing.....traveled several times to and from SC farm....Kevin had his transplant with his older brother Steve giving him "new life" on November 14th, between 8:30 am to 12:30 pm God held our sons in His hands....Steve woke with joy and pain on his face....joy that Kev was doing so well with his new "kidney"  we have a tendency to call "steve"....amazing grace.......God has shown it over and over.....now we are finishing up our SC farm.....my hub is amazing....I am so in love with him after knowing him 50 years now and married 45 that it does "hurt"....his heart beats and the blood flows in my veins....God blessed us with 3 kids....all married many years now themselves...8 grandgals and 1 grandson...some in college now....one in Kindergarden.....it just goes "on and on"...blessing after blessing....mending down to our "family quilt" as needed with "love".....Joy!!!.....  God bless you if you are still reading...the pictures tell "some" of our story this past year.......grateful hearts in ALL  things......K&G......may your Christmas be blessed.......In Him........
NEW POND!

My View.......over 7000 miles total :) just sayin'


Work In Progress!!
Our Haven....Now married almost 45 years!!!

Gary The Builder!!

Indiana Pond Sunset

A Year BEFORE Transplant

Love House My House Quilt

Notice Golden's Posing!!

Fall Colors were Awesome this year

Peace and Joy.....a Gift....

Saturday, July 12, 2014

Our Blue Ridge

 The Blue Ridge Parkway is  the most favorite place that my Gary and I love to go too....we even had our Honeymoon in the Smokies in December 1969....just after Christmas, it was perfect....babbling brooks with snow....crisp air.....and new love...

The Blue Ridge
 
Our love seems to keep its' freshness, and we are thankful!!  God has entered our life since we were first married through His precious Son; and we are His followers and we belong to Him.  We are grateful!!




  We are completing work on the outside of our cabin this summer and have been working
very hard. I am sharing a few older pics...we have added 2 side porches and so we have a great wrap around porch. He also added my great kitchen shelves last winter.
  So, with all the construction staining,  I think this is a getaway to the Blues' day for me....it is suppose to rain so I will be quilting and doing laundry and sorting......but my heart will be wandering to those great lookouts!!......hoping to hike them this fall......and my Gary?.....oh he wants to complete his pilots training and eventually fly us OVER them in the fall.
  What do you think about that!! ........ I say  cool!!  and enjoy the link and small picture video there.   I want to say  Quilted Blessings as I do on my quilt blog  In The Sewing Basket as I close; it is just who I am as much as Gary is a carpenter and fixer upper of anything!!......Love, Karen and Gary