This morning I heard the bitter-sweet news that my Grandma Norbo (my Mother's Mother) went home to be with her Lord during the night.
We do not mourn as those that have no hope. Grandma trusted in the blood of Jesus Christ to save her from her sins, and so we have the confidence of the Word of God that she was welcomed into heaven with her sins fully forgiven. She faithfully served her Lord and Savior for the majority of her 98 1/2 years, and I am sure that she is enjoying a reunion with many family and friends who preceded her into eternity. But most of all she is enjoying the sight of the face of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am sure she was greeted with those precious words, "Well done thou good and faithful servant." I am very grateful that we shared one last Christmas and New Year's holiday with her just a few short weeks ago.
The Memorial Service will be held next Saturday in Three Hills, Alberta. Your prayers are appreciated.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Door-to-door Snow
Thanks to the abundant snowfall, we had a first this year. We had door-to-door snow for our annual Christmas trip to Grandma's house. When we first got a bit of snow over a week before Christmas, we never imagined that it would actually stick around until Christmas! We certainly never imagined that the snow would continue to pile up for over a week!!!! But it did.
When we left our house we had over 12 inches of snow on the ground. Grandma only had 4-6 inches. That's not the way it usually works. However, Grandma did have much colder weather with her snow. Below zero several of the days we were there. But we had fun anyway.
Here's our Christmas Day photo:
And here's a nice picture of a visit to Grandma:
Grandma is looking pretty good for 98 1/2 years old. She was fairly alert and talkative most of the time (even though we did have to wake her up when we visited). She certainly seemed to enjoy our company!
We also enjoyed visiting other relatives while we were there (two uncles and one cousin in the bottom photo).
The weather was snow-filled winter all the way. We had snow from our door until we got back over the pass on our way home (then we hit rain--standard winter weather for us). The roads varied, but were passable. PTL we hit the pass over Snoqualimie when it was open (it had been closed before we got there and closed again the next day after we went through). All-in-all it was a very nice trip.
My favorite part was getting to spend time with my family! There's nothing like a nice long road trip to encourage fellowship among family members.
When we left our house we had over 12 inches of snow on the ground. Grandma only had 4-6 inches. That's not the way it usually works. However, Grandma did have much colder weather with her snow. Below zero several of the days we were there. But we had fun anyway.
Here's our Christmas Day photo:
And here's a nice picture of a visit to Grandma:
Grandma is looking pretty good for 98 1/2 years old. She was fairly alert and talkative most of the time (even though we did have to wake her up when we visited). She certainly seemed to enjoy our company!
We also enjoyed visiting other relatives while we were there (two uncles and one cousin in the bottom photo).
The weather was snow-filled winter all the way. We had snow from our door until we got back over the pass on our way home (then we hit rain--standard winter weather for us). The roads varied, but were passable. PTL we hit the pass over Snoqualimie when it was open (it had been closed before we got there and closed again the next day after we went through). All-in-all it was a very nice trip.
My favorite part was getting to spend time with my family! There's nothing like a nice long road trip to encourage fellowship among family members.
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