March 2017

This Bible belonged to my mom.  It's the one I carry to church but I don't use it for my Bible study at home.  Recently our pastor began a sermon series in Genesis, and I noticed that Mom had written several dates on the beginning page.  At first I couldn't figure out what they meant, and then I realized that those were dates she had begun reading through her Bible. This Bible is a treasure to me, not only because it is God's Word but because there's so much of Mama in it.

Hannah had a Where the Wild Things Are themed baby shower.  This cake was perfect, and delicious.  We ate it up.

 

 It was a fun day and she got some very nice gifts for baby Thomas.

Jonas, Lilly, Lucy, and Catherine wore their Wild Thing crowns.

After such a warm February we had a March snowfall.  

Lilly helped her grandpa plant potatoes.

For a long time, Phillip has talked about taking a pottery class.  He finally got the opportunity and has found that he really likes it.

And he made some lovely things.

February 2017

Vintage February Calendar

My banana bread stuck in the pan

  Getting ready for Thomas to arrive in April.  Phillip painted the crib.  

Abram

Catherine

January 2017

My mom loved calendars.  Every year she bought several and she kept almost every one.  A few years ago I discovered that I could find the past year whose dates coincided with the current year and reuse some of Mom's calendars.  This year it is 1995's calendar.  It brings back sweet memories.

Jonas had his sleepover this month. We dug out our old game of Kerplunk.  Jonas wasn't a fan after he realized that the one with the most marbles was not the winner, but it was fun playing with him.

We were able to spend a couple of days in Virginia helping with Catherine.   She is thriving and growing. 

 Our washer sprung a "flood the laundry room" sized leak.  We used every towel we had to stop the flood.  Since I use my steam mop, we don't own a regular mop.  Maybe I need to keep one for times like this.  Phillip was able to fix it but it was a mess!

Abram spent a day with us. He is growing up so fast and becoming  quite a climber.  

Hannah's last day of work was January 30.  Her co-workers gave her a very nice baby shower.  She's going to continue working  PRN, filling in when they need her until the baby is born.

  

December 2016

We began the month with a family trip to Old Salem.  

Lilly, Lucy, and Jonas on the star bridge

An important historical marker

Abram staying warm

We paid $10 for a sad little tree at our local tree lot.  It turned out to be one of our all time favorite trees.  

We celebrated Laura's birthday.

Time with family is one of the Christmas traditions we cherish most.  

Jon and Emily

Caleb and Daniel

Jack and Sam

Jaclyn and Catherine

Mark and Devin

Sydney and Ashley

Abram

Jonas

Lilly

Lucy

Phillip

Catherine

November 2016

We began this month with our family camping trip.  It was a little warmer than we'd have liked and we had to contend with yellow jackets, but we had a great time.

After telling Phillip not to walk around the campground without a flashlight, I did exactly that, tripped on a tree root and landed on my face.  This is not a camping experience that I want to repeat.  Next time I'll take my own advice.

We had  a baby shower for Catherine.  What a blessing to celebrate this little girl!

We were thrilled to hold Catherine for the first time, and to take a picture of the three Thomassons together.

We said "Goodbye" to Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Catherine came home at last.

We celebrated Jimmy's birthday

and Lilly's birthday.

We celebrated Thanksgiving.

Catherine had her first Thanksgiving.

Lucy spent the night with us and ate the leftover Cool Whip.

She polished our fingernails.

Then we celebrated Lucy's birthday.  

We'll end the month with this beautiful face.  How thankful we are to God for His blessing to our family.