Top o’ the
marnin’ to ya! ♣
Birthdays
since I wrote last: Caitlin on 2/18, my brother, Ken, on 3/6, and Kortney
today! Also, Ella and Cody celebrated their 3rd anniversary on 2/22, and
Caitlin and Ben celebrated their 1st anniversary on 3/5. We didn’t have
parties for any of these at my house, but we remembered them all!
Krista and I
had a chance to get away to Niagara Falls late in February for a few
days. My son-in-law, Kevin (Hannah’s husband), has a membership with
Embassy Suites, and he was able to help us get a good deal for a stay at their
hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. We enjoyed going on the Journey Behind
the Falls, walking along the river, romantic dinners (is Rainforest Café
romantic?), and beautiful views.
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| We had reserved a Canadian falls view room, but this was what we saw when we walked in |
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| If you got into the corner of the room, you could see the Canadian falls, so technically they weren't lying |
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| Journey Behind the Falls |
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| Happy couple by the Canadian falls |
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| Happy couple across from the American falls |
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| At the bottom of the Falls Incline Railway |
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| At the top of the Falls Incline Railway |
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| We changed rooms to get a better view. This is from our 2nd room looking left... |
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| ...and then right. Much better view! |
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| My valentine at Rainforest Café with a fancy light-up cup |
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| My valentine in front of the glittering lights of Clifton Hill |
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| Panoramic night-time shot from our room, red lights are the casino, green lights in the middle are the American falls, and green lights on the right (through the mist) are Canadian falls |
On 3/5 our
pastor was away, and I had an opportunity to preach again at my church. I
just learned that there was a problem with the recording, so I’m afraid you
can’t listen to it online. If something changes, and they’re able to get
it, it will eventually show up on our church’s website www.gracebrockport.org under the
Sermons link. Even if mine doesn't make it, there are a lot of other
excellent sermons you could listen to! But if you want, I can email anyone who asks my
notes and slides, and you can try to recreate it on your own. J
We’ve had
some interesting weather around here the past two weeks. Last week we had
a wind storm with winds in the 80MPH range. Lots of trees were blown over
or lost branches, and many homes lost shingles or siding or were hit by falling
trees. Of course, there were power outages too. We had no power for
about a day, and it took another two days before our Internet and cable were
restored. But that, of course, is not a big deal, and we thank God for
how easy it was for us. Several people were without power for over a week
or lost a lot of property. My work was closed for two days because of
power issues.
Then this
week we had two days of steady snow that dropped about 2 feet on us. I had to work from home for two days
because it was not safe to travel. My snowblower finally got lots of
use! Krista, Abigail, and I went over to Abigail’s boyfriend’s house to
help him dig his car out after Abigail and Seth returned from Philadelphia
where they were visiting his brother and her sisters.
While I was struggling to get the snowblower started, my car keys fell
out of my pocket, but I didn’t realize it until about an hour later. God
was gracious to us, and Seth found them on the sidewalk near his house.
He thought they would have been buried in blowing snow in another few minutes,
so we thank God for His kindness!
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| Levi in a little cave he made |
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| You may not be able to tell, but there's a road there |
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| All that fell in two days |
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| Picnic table covered up past its benches |
Also, this
week, right at the start of the snowstorm, Cai and his girlfriend, Amy, and two
of their college friends came to our house for their spring break.
“Spring” of course needs to be in quotes because it’s not really spring, and it
definitely didn’t feel like spring! But they got to play in the snow,
experience the joy of garbage plates (if you don’t know what those are, come to
our area some time and enjoy this culinary delight), and play games
together. Cai and Amy went to Niagara Falls for the day yesterday as well
(their other friends went home yesterday morning).
Hopefully,
when I write next in April, it will be warm!
