It is Monday evening, around 9:45 p.m. Everyone has settled down for the night. It would be so good to go to bed as well, but I need to write this column. Tomorrow will be a full day, and I do not see how time will allow me to get this in the … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Spends Time Bonding with Her Grandchildren
First of all, Happy 30th Birthday to son-in-law Dustin! His birthday is today, October 8. Wishing him many more happy, healthy years!
Dustin and Loretta live across the road from us, and he has been a great help to us when we needed something done around here. It is also … Continue Reading ››
Lovina Recommends a Delicious Twist on a Familiar Recipe
Happy third anniversary to daughter Loretta and Dustin on October 1! I wish them many more happy, healthy years together.
It is still so hard for me to believe that five out of our eight children are married and have homes of their own. In the back of my mind, … Continue Reading ››
Welcoming autumn with zucchini cake, cowboy coffee, pumpkin spice, and other fall comforts
I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a piece of zucchini coffee cake that a lady from our church district dropped off here for us. It is delicious, and I would like to ask her for the recipe. I do hope it doesn’t have many calories! Isn’t it always comforting to yourself … Continue Reading ››
A Monday’s day-in-the-life diary
4 a.m. My alarm rings and I get up to start another day. Daughter Verena gets ready to go across the road to stay with daughter Loretta and her boys until Dustin comes home from work. I always watch at the door to make sure she gets across the road and to their … Continue Reading ››
Gathering with family for Joseph and Grace’s wedding
Son Joseph and Grace had a nice day for their wedding day. The temperature was cooler, making it nice for the cooks.
The food was delicious! The menu consisted of bread, butter, jam, mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, green beans, lettuce salad, and barbecue chicken. Dessert was ice cream, pecan, blueberry, … Continue Reading ››
Final Preparations and Visiting before the Next Family Wedding
Sunday was baptismal services in our church for two young souls. Church attendance was bigger than usual due to relatives coming in honor of the two getting baptized.
Monday was Labor Day, so no one here had to go to work. It was also son … Continue Reading ››
Counting Down to Son Joseph and Grace’s Wedding
We are having some warm days after a week of cool weather. I am hoping this heat will be gone, so we can have cooler weather for son Joseph’s wedding next week.
Yes, it’s only ten days until Joseph and Grace’s wedding day, Lord willing.
As the … Continue Reading ››
Enjoying Moments with the Grandchildren
It is 5:15 a.m. and the house is very quiet because my husband Joe and sons Benjamin and Joseph have already left for their daily jobs.
Daughter Verena left at around 4 a.m. to go across the road to help daughter Loretta while Dustin is at work. Those two little … Continue Reading ››
Lovina and Her Family Celebrate an Anniversary and Birthdays
We are in the middle of August already. Happy ninth anniversary (on August 14) to daughter Elizabeth and Tim. May they have many more happy, healthy years together. God has blessed them with four sweet children: Abigail, 7, Timothy (T.J.), 5, Allison, 4, and Andrea, 2.
Grandson Byron turned a … Continue Reading ››