Andrew & Sandy Smith NEED prayer!

A few of you reading this may know Sandy (Walker) Smith and her young son Andrew. She was a teacher at MMBA in the 90's. Sandy was diagnosed with breast cancer and her son was diagnosed a few days later with a Pontine Glioma brain stem tumor.



I know the family would appreciate any and all prayers.She has a website that she updates almost daily. The website is:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/aws

Will it EVER stop snowing!

WOW, is all I can say! What a winter this has been. I think the snow total has been 50 inches of snow so far! I will be so thankful to the Lord when spring finally does arrive. And I hope that is soon!

My cousin Jake and his wife Mindy moved her late last year. I am sure they are ready to move back to warm territory! What a welcome to Chicago that they got!

Friends loveth at ALL times!

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.



A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17

Secret Sister Revealed, And new ones for the year!

We were finally able to reveal our secret sisters this past Sunday night at church. My secret sister was my good close friend Cindi Brandeis! I would like to say I was shocked, but I really was not. I guess because she is such a good friend...I was able to figure it out. :) She was a blessing to me not only as my secret sister but also as my friend!

We also picked out new names for the next year. I had been praying that the Lord would have me pick out someone that I could be a blessing to. To my amazement, I picked out someone that I know very well. This could make it very hard to keep my identy a secret! :8)

For those of you that know Cindi and her husband Frank they are moving in early summer/late spring to Greenville South Carolina.....I AM SAD!

Happy Valentines Day & Happy 5th Birthday to Benji

Happy Birthday to Benji who turns 5 today. The pictures are from when he was here and we celebrated his birthday early before he went home on Saturday!

A Merry Heart doeth good.............

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

2Toots Train Whistle Grill

I took Benji to a really neat train restaurant today called 2 Toots. Benji had soooooo much fun! They even played a Happy Birthday song and gave him a really cute cupcake with a train whistle. Benji will turn 5 on February 14th! He is getting so big!



www.2toots.com