There are so many expectant mothers in our church right now. The first one born is Levi Glen Wilson on October 29. Rowen and Janet went to see them (over into Indiana) on November 3 and took a meal to them. Levi is a very sweet baby, the most well-behaved one we have seen in a long while! He joins a precious family whom we love!
The brave mother Pam, who endured being over a week overdue and had this 10# baby at home with her brave husband assisting the birth!
On November 4, we had our "adopted" daughter, Danette, and her guy friend Jimmy Garcia over for dinner. We had already done preliminary preparation for the flooring project, and figured only "family" could handle the mess we had going on. Danette qualifies as family, since she is in her second year of being adopted into our family. We had the rectangular table as small as it could go, because of all the other things we knew would be stuffed into the family room in the coming days.
We took a walk in the afternoon at Pioneer Park.
Elizabeth
Janet and Elizabeth
It was a crisp fall day.
Danette took this for us.
Elizabeth
Emily
The couples
We were privileged to have Jeffrey and Lesa with us November 5-16.
On November 9, the local travelling IHC service was at our church Burlington Bible Church. Our friend, Rowen's Budget Blinds co-worker, freshman Josh Stamper preached in the preservice, which gave two GBS student preachers the opportunity to preach for ten minutes.
One of the GBS quartets also sang in the preservice.
On Sunday, November 11, we posed for an annual "Christmas Card" photo. This time we stood by our church. It was a COLD day. We took off our coats to take the picture.
Our precious daughters
Ro-Jan
Jimmy and Danette came for dinner. We were eating on the new floor for the second time, having finished it late on Saturday night.
It was a little warmer in the afternoon when Jeffrey and Lesa got their picture made.
That evening we went to Loveland Wesleyan Chapel in Loveland, Ohio for the GBS choir service.
On November 13, Lesa's siblings Olivia and Elliot were traveling through
and stayed the night with us.
We taught them how to play Ticket to Ride.
On November 16, Jason and Karen came over for supper with us.
After supper, we had a few Christmas gifts. Jeffrey and Lesa won't be back for Christmas, so we had early Christmas gifts with them.
The last four children we were blessed to have in our family...
and the beautiful daughters-in-law added in.
We are thankful for all of our children, and that some of them got to be together for these days. Jeffrey and Lesa left the next morning and drove back to Iowa.
On November 18, we had Monte and Connie Stetler and their girls, Abbey and Maddie, and Brian and Lois Harvey over for Sunday dinner and wonderful conversations and fellowship.
On November 19, Natalie Heppner drove here from her college in Ohio and spent the night with us, and then flew home to Colorado the next day to spend Thanksgiving with her family. Natalie has been a dear friend to our family and especially Emily for several years. We are so happy to have Natalie in college close by so we can see her sometimes!
The girls enjoyed studying together that evening.
Natalie flew back to CVG airport on November 26
and stayed with us again before heading back to college.
For Thanksgiving Day, we joined with some of our church family and friends to eat together in the Church Fellowship Hall. There was plenty of food and fellowship.
Some played Dutch Blitz
Janet visiting with Marvin and Joyce Cooper and Retha Elger.
Elizabeth visiting with friends of the Wilson family.
There was rock painting activity available for the budding artists.
The adults also played Beyond Balderdash.
We also sang some Thanksgiving hymns and read about the history of the songs.
On "ThanksFriday," we (Rowen, Janet, and Elizabeth) and Jason and Karen went up to West Carrollton, Ohio to visit Ron and Becky Profitt.
We are happy that Aunt Becky is doing so much better now after recovering from several surgeries.
Emily was gone all of Thanksgiving break on a trip to Liberty, Kentucky. She will likely blog about that when she gets time. She keeps really busy with her college work, but Christmas break is coming! Keep a watch on her blog: joyforthejourneyemily.blogspot.com
When Natalie came back on November 26, we also had Seth Stevenson for supper. He was visiting BBN radio supporters in our area, so we had him come over. He has been one of our "adopted" sons for many, many years, so it was good to have him "home" again.
When Natalie came back on November 26, we also had Seth Stevenson for supper. He was visiting BBN radio supporters in our area, so we had him come over. He has been one of our "adopted" sons for many, many years, so it was good to have him "home" again.
A picture with sweet Natalie that night.
That's about it for November!
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