2019 catch up blog #1.

  I am just putting together a couple fast blogs to try catch up a bit from 2019. First off , we were all together for our Christmas 2018 Christmas celebration and worship.  Charity and Family and Melissa and family came to SD.  It was such a blessing.  In February 2, We traveled to Havre Montana to a friends wedding.  Melissa, Tim and family came too.  It was lovely but we traveled back to Melissa's in a very bad storm and stayed the next few days with -30 degree temps. We did have good weather to travel home where it was much warmer.        We did some home improvement.  We got matching new bow windows installed in our family room and Livingroom.  they have certainly helped with the heat bill.  Keeps our home so much warmer and draft free.  

 Jeff and I with our lovely daughters. Christmas Eve 2018

Our friends Ground Hog Day wedding in Montana.  Josh and Liz. 

Old Family Room Bay window that was so warped that one side window would not shut properly.  They had served their purpose in the 20+ years that we had it..   Jeff installed it after He retired from military when we changed our garage into a family room.   

March 2019  the new windows are ready to be installed. 

Top and bottom picture is our old living room window from when our home was built. 

This Hagen Glass is a very good responsible company to work with.  We chose 

 A high light for me was when we got to go to Bear Country so greet all the  new baby bear!  It was so much fun.  I got to touch and pet them, learn all their names and watch them be fed the bottle.   

Jeff built 2 wood raised gardens. 

Melissa and their 2 children,  our grandchildren, . 
came to Rapid to attend a number of High School Graduations, students that she had taught in first grade.  Time goes by so fast.   We did a bit of touresting with going to the Hot Springs Mammoth Site. We stopped by some big president sculptures. 

Fun painting with water!

 We got to go to NE to watch our youngest granddaughter play soft ball.  We had tried other years but their games always rained out.  This time we got to watch 2 games.  

Our grandson in NE has gotten very good at Organ and here he is playing the postlude at Church.

Our youngest and oldest granddaughters.  Sisterly love is great. 

Our beautiful middle granddaughter.

Papa enjoying special porch swing time with our oldest and middle granddaughter. 

Jeff and I at Angostura ,  below is good friend Donna.  We had been to a anniversary celebration at Bethesda Lutheran Church.