Shalom Friends!
Is it just me, or has this year really seemed to fly by?!?! I can hardly believe that we are starting 2016!
I am sorry I didn't post last month ... there were not many pictures to share, but here are a few!
My parents had to deliver a puppy to FL and on their way back, they picked up my Grandmother and brought her home for a visit!
I love these pictures of Lydia reading the Bible to Natan'el!
We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving at home with Clinton, Sharon & Natan'el.
Abigail putting the rolls to rise.
Ruthie putting the stuffing in a bowl & Abba carving the turkey.
Everyone ... except for Tommy (he took the picture)!
Clinton, Sharon & Natan'el.
Abba & Ima.
A teething baby ;)
Lydia's birthday was at the beginning of December and we have a tradition that Abba makes pizza for her! Abba makes the best pizza!
Happy Birthday Lydia!
During the middle of December, our whole family went on a delivery trip to the Northeast and we also went to visit my Grandmother!
While at my grandmother's, Abba took Sam to the local Barber Shop where 5 generations of Ima's family has gone! It is pretty neat and they said that we are the only 5 generation family that they have served!
We also went to the beach one day! It was pretty cold ... but Lydia was our brave one and put her feet in ;)
For the last several years, Abigail has caught a seagull when we go to the beach, so this year Abba and the children tried yet again!
Finally ... one was caught!
We had a very nice time visiting our Grandmother, Uncles, Aunts & Cousins and on our way home, we stopped in Virginia to see the Grand Caverns. We children had never seen caverns before, so it was pretty neat!
After going to the Caverns, we went to a hotel for the night and the children had fun playing in the pool!
Tug-of-war!
Here is a little skit that Sam & Lydia did ... we sent it up to Hannah (who was in the room) and she replied, "Is that the Two Stooges Lifeguard?!?"
This past weekend we finally had time to put the hardwood flooring down in our "stove room" ... here is a "before" picture of the old, paint-splattered flooring.
We pushed our table to the side and our dining-room & kitchen became a work zone once again!
Organizing the flooring for quick & easy pickup!
Almost complete ...
We ran out of flooring right before the hallway ... so we called it a day! Abba & Ima just got more flooring to finish the room & hallway though ... so we'll probably be working on that soon :) We are SO thankful for this place ... but it is a work in progress!
Recently, our whole family has been going out to a nearby field where we were given permission to cut down the trees! We have been getting firewood as a family for so many years now and I really enjoy it! It's a fun family activity ... and a very useful one too :)
Goofing off:)
Timber!
A trailer full!
Stacked in the shed.
Well, that is all for now! I pray you all have a very blessed 2016! Shalom.
I would ask you to make complete teshuvah and abandon idolatry for Judaism. I was overjoyed by your pictures until I saw that you are one step away from truth. A big step. It is hard to abandon things that have been normalized. But ask yourselves: would the same G-d who blessed you with a beautiful family and children, the same G-d who spared the only son of Avraham - would that same G-d, HaShem, would that merciful G-d we call HaKodesh Barrachu ever break a promise and ask you to disobey the precepts He laid out in Deuteronomy 18?
ReplyDeleteG-d said no alien worship, no matter how spectacular the "magic show" may be, so be not like the Egyptians who strain their necks for wonders in the sky, be like the Hebrew who stands on one side, with G-d, while the wicked, who have no god, stand on the other.
I invite you to make complete repentance and become Jews.
I invite you to be my brothers and sisters.
I invite you to Judaism so that we may share in the glory of the coming redemption.
But you, and only you, can make that first step and I can assure you, from my own experience of lofty miracles from the Most High G-d, that if we take one step towards the Creator, He will take two towards us.
I pray that this message is well received and that your family is doing well as there has not been much activity here.
Sincerely, respectfully, I bid you farewell in peace and b'ezrat HaShem you truly come home, first to Torah, and THEN, then to Jerusalem. :) But first become Jews!
- Yosef
Wow! I just saw this comment. If you can contact me, Yosef, i would like to talk with you further about some of the things you mentioned. Slalom
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