JANUARY was our river cruise which I wrote a blog about.
FEBRUARY was a month of contrasts
MARCH started out the same as February
| We now have 2 cats that drink from our rain "barrel" |
APRIL was Easter and BMM conference in LaRodde
| Easter 1982 in Scotland on our way to France. |
| Beautiful countryside in LaRodde |
| Steve and Beth Gault-BMM administrator for Africa and Europe |
MAY and JUNE we were in Bordeaux filling in for the Bixbys
| The church is on the bottom and the living quarters on the top |
| Preaching |
| Teaching |
| Our anniversary |
| Ladies' meeting |
| I did 2 of them while we were in Bordeaux |
| We ate lunch at an old relay post on the Chemin de Compostelle |
| These shells mark the path |
| A trip to the Atlantic coast |
| Just before the waves made her sit down!! |
| Another aspect of filling in |
JULY and we're home!
| Making s'mores |
AUGUST terrorism strikes close to home
| The black of mourning on the city sign! |
SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER we were in Brive La Gaillarde filling in for the Allardices
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| A small group of people who love the Lord |
| A new Bible |
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| Fall has arrived |
NOVEMBER I was in the US
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| Taking the Greyhound bus from TN to MI |
| Bus breakdown in Bluffton OH |
| Finally made it 25 hours after leaving Chattanooga |
| A visit from some Mr Pleasant friends |
| What does he have in his hand? |
| Sunday lunch at Dad's house |
| A visit with John and Jean |
| My daddy! |
| Snow!! |
| Time to say goodbye. It was a good two weeks! |
| I was able to be there for Emma's birthday |
| Thanksgiving with friends |
| I got to help pick out the Christmas tree!! |
| I took a nap and when I woke up it looked like this!! |
| A trip to the Aquarium |
| Waiting in the crisp weather for Marc to bring the lunch cooler. |
| Over a 1000 pictures were taken between our 2 cameras. It was a very nice aquarium and worth the visit. |
DECEMBER is Christmas
| Rock City in GA |
| Looking over the city of Chattanooga |
| Seven states can be "seen" from this vantage point |
| A sleepover at Mamie's "house" Picnic first |
| Then games The cellophane ball game |
| Then Hot potato |
| We talked about Christmas traditions and then sang Christmas songs |
| We made gingerbread houses |
| Christmas lunch |
| Showing off our new scarves |
| Merry Christmas!! |
| Our village church with the heavy frost that lasted for 5 days |
| Our new year's eve dinner Cream of celery soup with scallops |
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017!!





2 comments:
You packed a lot in one year!! Happy New Year!
Ha. It's March and I just found your "new post". I loved looking at a summary of your pictures for the year. What a great way to remember. Thanks for sharing. Love you, Elva!
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