A really good Sunday

This will be my second post in one day!  If you did not see my earlier one about our trip to Indianapolis over Labor Day, I hope you go back and see it!  

Of course, as soon as we returned home I was eager to see how our flowers had survived while we were away.  I was delighted to be greeted by this big orange rose!!

What fun to have a FaceTime visit with this sweetie a few days after we were back home!  I want to kiss her so bad!!

Sunday morning was so good.  There was a welcome-back party for the kids during the service, so a lot of my choir members were involved with that.  So my friend Melanie (who plays cello when the band is there) sang a special.  She chose the song "Blessings" by Laura Story.  It could not have fit more perfectly with Pastor Jim's message.  My soul was filled up by both.  

After church Dick and I drove to Manheim (about 2.5 hour drive) to visit Grandma Arlene, Dick's stepmother.  She recently moved from her apartment at Pleasant View Retirement Community to a lovely room in Personal Care.  She's still getting over how odd it feels to welcome people right into her bedroom.  Bless her heart.  The view from her large window is spectacular - so much better than from her apartment.  We are so very happy for her.  

We had a really fun time visiting with her.  94 years old!!  So amazing!!

Then we drove the few miles to Bjorn and Jess's house.  That little Linnea is growing up so fast already!!  And she looks SO much like Bjorn did as a baby!   I could just eat her up!!  

The boys are a very lively duo!  Charlie goes to preschool two days a week now.  Little Louie is really a handful, but thankfully very gentle with his baby sister.  

Enjoy!!!  We just couldn't stop taking pictures of her!!

What a good day!!

Monday was Destiny's 26th birthday.  I was at her birth, coaching her mommy.  That's me holding her afterward in that middle picture. 

This week's flowers.

Over the weekend Anthony and Lori and her nephew William got things put into place in his little studio apartment in their basement.  

First I'm showing you old pictures of that space being used as a playroom. 

Here's a picture during the renovations.  

And here is the picture I took yesterday.  Unfortunately you can't see his little kitchen very well.  In his bathroom the toilet is usable, but Frank still needs to install the sink and maybe a shower if they decide there is enough room.   It's so nice for William to have his own space.  There is a door that opens right out to their outdoor patio.  William has been sleeping on their living room sofa ever since his mother died in early May!  So it's nice for them to have their space back as well.  

I have a LOT of choir work as I get ready for a new season and also the Christmas cantata.  We're actually redoing one from 2018, so it won't be as hard as learning a new one like we did last year.  

Hopefully I'll get around to visiting you now!