We said our Au Revoirs and headed north yesterday for a visit with Son #2 and his Fianceeā¦Ā 
Leaving the prairies for theĀ formidable passesā¦ 
with their freshly fallen (and falling!) snowā¦
And awesome roadside fortressesā¦
We were glad when the day brightenedā¦
ā¦making for Spectacular Viewsā¦
But the end in view was thisā¦
–LS
āHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.ā Pr.19:14
āA wise son makes a glad fatherā¦ā Pr.10:1
Every time we make this trip, I marvel how far a dayās drive can take us,
and how different the trip would have been not so many years back, in the days of wagon trainsā¦
Weāve travelled back into the heart of winter ā¦
ā¦but for a good cause!
We finally got to meet our newest grandsonā¦
And itās always time to catch-up with the restā¦
I wake up earlier here (hmmā¦ I wonder why?).
The house is louder and busierā¦
And the morning view from my window not what Iām used toā¦
(Houses, lots of housesā¦)
But itās good to be plunked in the middle of this busy, happy family!
And to cherish the momentsā¦
–LS
May you see your children’s children! Ps. 128:6 ESV
The pages of another calendar have become obsolete.
The seasons have cycled āround once again through a familiar succession of bloomsā¦
to the less familiar territory of settling into being just the two of us againā¦
ā¦after 30 years.
With our last child leaving home, my homeschooling career ended.
My own travels took me to the two largest states in the Union this yearāAlaska and Texasā¦
ā¦in pursuit of family, the best reason to travel!
Boating was minimal for us this year.
āChase Meā has changed hands and been fitted with new sails for racing that proudly bear the name of our first grandson, Chase, born four years ago when we purchased and christened this Cal28.
Her new owners love her and eagerly relate their latest exploits every time we bump into them around town!
Ironically, No sooner had we sold our sailboat, then we joined our progeny for a house boating vacation– hopefully just the first of many happy reunions, now that weāre all so grown up!
And the year concluded with my Grandmom quiver expanding to include one more little guy–Cedrick!
whom we have yet to meetā¦Ā 
A New Yearās priority is to travel to see him and his happy siblings!
What else will the year hold?
Ā Canāt quite see from this vantage pointā¦
Hopefully more ridesā¦
more moments for reflectingā¦
more noticing the small things that brighten a dayā¦
And always, the glorious hope of better things yet to come!
May your New Year be crowned with blessings
such as only the Giver of all good things can give!
–LS
āBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the worldā¦āEphesians 1:3-4 KJV
āLooking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christā Titus 2:13 KJV