December 2020

We made it!  Phew 2020 crazy hard year

Our boys are bonding quite nicely.

It was hard to imagine this day when

we first brought Ara home.

Judah would hiss and growl at him.

So glad it worked out for them and us. 😺

Facebook had a little fun post that I participated in:

Met 2004

Dating 2004

Engaged 2006

Married 2007

Still Together 2020

I have been working hard on my exercise program.

For several weeks the scale never moved.

That was hard to stay the course.

But I persisted and I am starting to see results

13 LBS down since 9/28/2020

Pastor Jordan said this one week:

There is a CROSS in the way 

of every CROWN worth wearing.

Attempted selfie with Mr Judah HAH

December 7th

I will never forget when Gary and I visited Pearl Harbor.

Standing on the platform over top of the ship and knowing

the remains of the brave men and women were below

me in the deep.

Something that will stay with me forever

This type of sacrifice has no words.

You have to be very careful ~

look who snuck in and tried to steal

our Christmas

We were really missing our Christmas Extravaganza 

fun stuff we normally do.

Broadway shows

Rockettes

Christmas Tree

So we hopped in the car and figured we

would do drive by of some of the NYC sights

Here is the tree

Even the Lion at the Library is preparing for 2020.

It was strange and sad how empty NYC was.

Praying for the livelihood's of all these folks.

Then I was heart broken to hear of 

Charley Prides passing.

He was a part of my childhood.

I remember driving in my Uncle Bills

truck and both of singing along with his CD.

RIP Charley Pride

Kiss An Angel Good Morning

We went into the thrift store at my in-laws

Armenian church.

I feel in love with these Christmas balls. 💓

A sad day. I lost a dear former coworker and friend

to this horrible virus. Thank you Bob for being such a kind man.

For making me laugh everyday. When I started my job at 18 a

scared insecure young girl it made such a difference to have

supportive coworkers. And you were one of them. Oh that

super messy desk that made me nervous leaving you a note.

You would tell me "NO" to my customer inquiries and make me laugh

Yet you never let me down. We enjoyed talking all about your beautiful

Russian blue cats. And teasing you about driving those corvettes.

Thank you my friend Bob you were one of a kind

and my life was better for it.

Then we lost sweet Francis

Dearest lady ever. Here she

is in the pink hat with Lyn. 

Some one got caught in the act !

Cat bunk beds HAH

I love this photo

Says it all

What to do - What to do with this boy ?  

This year I made a Christmas tree with

our cards !

We had some snow!

Oh gosh the trees were beautiful.

Decided to get a little

festive for church today.

Still love my avatar HAH

Stopped by our office to exchange gifts

Our church always looks so beautiful at Christmas.

I look forward to it every year.

Its always consistent and brings comfort. !

I have been doing on line study with

Liz Curtis Higgs and it has been wonderful

Spoiled boys each have their own cat tree now

No more stressing who is on the top

Hubby completely surprised me with

the most beautiful bracelets

This one has my name in

Armenian

This boy enjoyed his "bird"   

See the feather HAH

Judah loved his bee

I made a pot roast in my crock pot

It turned our really delicious

My hope for 2021

I won't bow to idols, I'll stand strong

and worship You

And if it puts me in the fire,

I'll rejoice 'cause You're there too

I won't be formed by feelings,

I hold fast to what is true

If the cross brings transformation

then I'll be crucified with You

'Cause death is just the doorway

into resurrection life

And if I join You in Your suffering,

then I'll join You when You rise

And when You return in glory with

all the angels and the saints

My heart will still be singing,

my song will be the same

Oh! Christ be magnified

Let His praise arise

Christ be magnified in me

Oh! Christ be magnified

From the altar of my life

Christ be magnified in me

New Years Eve

We decided to make an

Armenian Feast

It was so good

I stayed up and had an on line service with our 

Pastor Jan and we shared communion.

It was a beautiful way to bring in the new year 2021

Hope in Him ♥

 

November 2020

What - November ?  

How did this happen so fast!

Staying away from carbs and found this chick pea pasta!

I love it  💓 So delicious

And this one ~ he's a challenge.   Ball of LOVE though

He is catching up to big brother also.

Couldn't resist this little guy for my gingerbread collection

Oh 2020 !

I got a little crafty - saw this on Hallmark

Made mine much smaller 

See the little lights ?

Ara you are just so cute !

This just made me belly laugh.

A Facebook game 

"What would your baby version look like".

And the funny part is it really looks like I did as a baby.

And I would be sporting that PINK bikini. HAH

No one tell Judah he is too chubby for this.

Bless his little 💓

Our attempt at a family photo

We put up our tree 🎄 with fingers crossed that 

Ara would not climb and topple it.

Aunt Rose and I did our annual tradition 

of packing our Samaritan's Purse Shoe boxes

🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁

I love this Richard Fuller writes: “This, Christian,

is what you must do. Sometimes, like Paul, you can

see neither sun nor stars, and no small tempest lies

on you. Reason cannot help you. Past experiences

give you no light. Only a single course is left. You

must stay upon the Lord; and come what may --

winds, waves, cross seas, thunder, lightning,

frowning rocks, roaring breakers -- no matter what,

you must lash yourself to the helm and hold fast to

your confidence in God's faithfulness

and His everlasting love in Christ Jesus.”

This precious little curious boy.

So far he has not knocked it down.

But he sure likes to get under it. 🎄

Using up my vacation days

A great afternoon with my Grinch and nice

hot cocoa from Starbucks  ☕

Due to virus we all stayed at home for Thanksgiving 

Hubby and I had a delicious turkey meal all cooked 

from Shoprite.

                  🍁🍂

Hubby got this amazing pie from

Whole Foods. I am not really a cake

or pie person. I prefer ice cream or

chocolate candy. But this pie won

me over !  It was the most delcious

pie I ever ate.

Mom sent us a nice greeting 

Love 💓 her avatar looks just like her HAH

And here I am HAH

This is what the boys did for Thanksgiving and

they didn't even eat turkey.

Hubby found this guy in the dryer at the laundromat.

Ara had slipped it in his dirty clothes bag.

I ordered a new book for 2021 !

Oh gosh I love it so much !

Where has this been all my life ?

And this boy still loves his Mommy.

Doesn't matter how old he gets.

💓Judah💓

November has been blessed in this

different kind of year.

So thankful we are still safe and healthy

So thankful for Jesus 💓 

Hello December bring on the JOLLY !

 

October 2020

Oh October 🎃🍁🍂 ~ my favorite month

Birthday ~ Anniversary ~ Fall fun

Started off with an on line women event

While I hate covid and all the pain and suffering

I am enjoying all the on-line Christian events

Hubby and I went to Amys for breakfast

Enjoyed it

First time I ordered this diet delight - it was so good !

QVC Skeckers  ~  Pink Sparkly  woo hoo

This boy is growing like a weed !  

I cannot believe how fast !

Window time with Mommy  - every Saturday

They are making progress in getting along and growing

closer as brothers.  💓

Up early for a road trip with hubby to PA.

Just like that I turned 61 yikes  🎈🍰

My sweet friend Jim is an artist

and sent me this great painting 

on facebook

Then I celebrated a good cardiologist 💓 appointment ! 

It was a lovely birthday

So many beautiful wishes sent my way  

We celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary 💓👰👫

We went to one of our favorites restaurants - MP Taverna

As you can see the food is fabulous.

Then I had a GOD WINK 👍

I have always loved Michael Psilakis the Greek chef from food network. 

Years ago Gary took me to Kefi his restaurant in NYC. I kept saying do 

you think he is here. I was to embarrassed to ask

Low and behold on the way out I bump into him coming in. 

Saw him for a second. 

 Well today years later at Mp Taverna his other restaurant 

I see this guy and swore it was him. Gary said he didn't think

 it was him. Hard to tell with masks. Suddenly he is at our table 

asking us if we need anything this time I was bolder. I said are 

you Michael he said yes. Then I proceeded to gush HAH 

We chatted a bit.

He could not have been nicer. GOD WINK

This boy is obsessed with my water cooler and

the bubbles it makes and he loves 💓 his Father 

Found the cutest pot holder

Can't wait to get baking for the holiday 🎄🎅

Due to covid I have not seen my co-workers

since the beginning of March.

Working with folks for 36 years it is hard.

But on Oct 30th we all came in for Inventory

It was so nice to see everyone.

Go away covid 

Doing a Sunday night study with this gal. She is the BEST

Lis Curtis Higgs we love you !

Women of Christmas 🎄 ~ its awesome !