Baby Shower for the Hershbergers

Delilah, Nita and I did a baby shower for Ruthie in February. Reiley Kate was born January 12th prematurely but healthy. She is gaining weight and off of everything except the feeding tube today. I pray she can come home soon!

Reiley footprints, pamper and nuk







Table full of goodies







Ruthie enjoying opening the baby gifts

DC Outing #2

This was in February and such an awesome day - we took Janina with us today.

Ben's Chili Bowl

oh what bad food but yummy - chili dogs and fries

The Old Post Office

From the 9th Floor

Botanic Garden

This is the day that the Lord hath made I will rejoice and be glad in it!

Starbucks on way home

DC Outing #1

This year we are making day trips to DC or around the area - Nita has not seen a lot in there so I am taking her around to see lots of places.

We started out with Breakfast at Cracker Barrel


















FDR Memorial























me and the not so "alive dog"
















this cracked me up....

Lincoln Memorial on a COLD Day!

Korean War Memorial

Smithsonian American History Museum - we want to go back there and cover more floors. The one floor has the First Lady Dresses & Photos




BEAUTIFUL DC after the cloudy morning!

SNOW

SNOW this week and then ICE - What a joyous time, the first one of the year for us!

Pete hard at it!










Merry and Linda - Happy Moment

Twins

Nita had the twins at our house for the night - it is always fun to see these gals! :)

Sowing Seeds

I came across this the other day and it really touched me

Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12

Want to see a miracle? Plant a word of love heartfelt in a person's life. Nurture it with a smile and a prayer, and watch what happens!
An employee gets a compliment. A wife receives a bouquet of flowers. A cake is baked and carried next door. A widow is hugged. A gas-station attendant is honored. A preacher is praised.
Sowing seeds of peace is like sowing beans. You don't know why it works; you just know it does. Seeds are planted, and topsois of hurt are shoved away.
Don't forget the principle.

"NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A SEED"

By: Max Lucado

Pondering Thoughts

There seems to be a lot to process at the present time....
My assistant at work is pregnant not due till end of March and ended up in the hospital yesterday for at least 24 hours and not sure the extent of possible bed rest and not able to come back to work! I plan to go see her in the hospital this evening.

This morning my sister called and said they took my brother Jonathan to the hospital - lately he has been having some spells and not sure what is going on. They checked him out and things seem to be ok so he came home again.

My cousins wife has been battling cancer for some time and passed away last evening so I expect the funeral will be this weekend and Lord willing planning to go to that if it works out. If it is not on the weekend I may not be able to go.

Here are some verses that I had in my devotions this morning that I am leaning on:

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you , says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

As the heavens are higher than the earh, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause - who does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous things without number.

Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works which you have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.