Christmas 2009 with family!!

Sisters Sandi and Sue Sue have thier hotel Christmas Tradition!
Grandpa Great and Tenton!

Christmas Morning with Taylor and Maddi

Angie and Auntie Sandi. Angie is wearing her Grandma Reed's red sweater and fancy sparkly tie!

Preston and his Mama Mandy

Christmas 2009 with friends!!

My friend Marlene from High School with our annual Christmas lunch while in Deer River

My 27th Annual Christmas Breakfast for my St. Luke's Friends!




Dinner out with the Post Coronary Gals. On the left is Betty Anderson who trained me in on the night shift on PCCU in 1974. She has 8 children, the oldest is my age, she always said I was her 9th child and I love her to death! In the middle is Joanne Yoki, my first head nurse! She is also from Deer River. We work together now on the Nurses Alumni Board and I think the world of her!

My friends Barbara and Vicki from nursing school days at our annual Christmas dinner at my house. We have only missed 1 or 2 years when Vicki lived in California, not bad for 35 years! We always have the same salad and dessert but have a different Entree! There is nothing like old friends who have traveled the same road as you have!

Susan and Barbara, she is cheating by stepping on her tip toes for the picture!

Christ Bell

Christ Bell

THE BELL I KNOW WHO I AM

I am God's child (John 1:12)

I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )

I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)

I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)

I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)

I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)

I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)

I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)

I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom 8: 1-2)

I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3 :20)

I am free from any charge against me (Rom 8:31 -34)

I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)

I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)

I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)

I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)

I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor 1:21-22 )

I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8:28 )

I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )

I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13 )

I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)

I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)

I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)

I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)

I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)

I have been redeemed and forgiven ( Col 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph

1:5)

I belong to God

Keep this bell ringing...

pass it on 'The LORD bless you and keep you;

The LORD make His face shine upon you

And be gracious to you;

The LORD turn His face toward you

And give you peace...Numbers 6:24-26

Merry Christmas!

Happy 11th Birthday Hannah Sue Reed

Here you are with your Grandma Reed in 2006. She loved it when you came to visit her!

Here you are with your Grandpa Reed just a few weeks ago!

I hope you have a very special birthday, try not to grow up too fast, it is making the rest of us get old! Love you lots from you Auntie Sue Sue

The Older I Get.....

The Older I Get....

The simpler my holiday preparations become....

the closer I feel to old friends as I write my Christmas Cards....

the more I cherish the older ornaments....

the more fondly I remember Christmases past...

the longer I hold on to a holiday hug....

the more I realize that Christmas is a matter of the heart...

the tighter my throat gets when I sing "Silent Night"....

the more I enjoy giving instead of receiving....

the more I try to see Christmas through the eyes of a child....

the longer I sit at night in the glow of the Christmas tree....

The more wondrously beautiful the Christmas story is...

the deeper my awe at God's infinite love....

the More I Love Christmas!

~this was in a Christmas card I received today and it is just how I feel so I wanted to share it with you.......susan

Jesus~Ever Near, Forever Glorious

Jesus, ever near me, ever looking on; seeing my intentions before He beholds my failures; knowing my desires before He sees my faults; cheering me to endeavor greater things, and yet accepting the least; inviting my poor service, and yet, above all, content with my poorer love. The humblest and the simplest, the weakest and the most encumbered, may love Him not less than the busiest and strongest, the most gifted and laborious. If our heart be clear before Him; if He be to our chief and sovereign choice, dear above all, and beyond all desired; then all else matters little. That which concerns us He will perfect in stillness and in power. –H.E. Manning

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How lovely are your branches......

My Christmas Elves came today and put up my Christmas Tree!

Their names are Jerry and Steve!

We shared many a laugh

and a good meal!