Visitors

We've had some fun visitors recently!  Having people around sure makes the days go by quicker.

We had a visit from Danny and his sweet wife Kati and their two darling girls.  They live in Moscow.  I first met Danny on a mission trip we went on together - many years ago.  Before they were married, Kati lived in our basement for several months.  It was such a treat to have them visit!  I was so excited, I didn't get a picture!  BUT I found this one from way back when........

Some of my cousins on my mom's side were here for a family wedding.  My mom made a yummy lunch for all of us.  It was so great to catch up with these girls!  Now it's my turn to get to their stomping grounds.

Brielle lives in Phoenix.  She made a point of spending an afternoon with us when she was visiting "home".   We are family friends from way back, so we spent some time watching old home movies.  Oh dear, hilarious!!  Thanks for taking the time Brielle!  It meant alot to Les (and me!!)

My cousins from the eastern side came for a visit.  Les went on a hunting trip with Jody before we were even married and those two formed some sort of bond on that trip.  People say Debbie and I resemble each other........that's not a bad thing in my opinion!!  We had a great visit - thanks so much for taking the time to hang out with us! 

Les' brother Howard came again for a week.  He stayed with us.  He was a big help with cleaning some stuff up - washed vehicles - helped with Les' care - took Les out for drives.  His wife Vicky must have given him a speech when he left home; he was very good about helping himself with meals and cleaning up after himself - even did his own laundry!  Pretty cute!!  It was a hard good bye.  You are a good big brother Howard.

Friend Dan gave a tour of the new cold storage in town!!

My baby sister Becky was back recently.  She took her daughter Jenae along and they also stayed with us.  Her hubs Darrell came later for a couple of nights.  Again, they were very helpful to have around.  Becky even cleaned out my fridge and some cupboards-- cleaned up some nasty sticky stuff in the fridge that has been there for awhile and we finally dumped the Christmas cookies in the cupboard that were waiting to get frosted!  My brother Don, his wife Sue, and Gretta and Nick also came up for the weekend, but again, I was so excited I didn't get a picture of them!

Sweet nieces!

If you have a couple of minutes, please don't hesitate to just pop in for a quick visit.  If it's not a good time, I will let you know.  Les has long days and he loves it when people just stop to say hi.  Please pray that his left hand doesn't get any weaker.  He continues to deteriorate but we are praying that he can continue to use his hand for communicating.