Hello Everyone! We had a great time camping this week with Curt and Barb. Look at that blue sky. We had a thunderstorm Wednesday night and early morning with gentle, rolling thunder and light rain on the roof. I love that when we're camping. No more severe weather here all week, which has been a relief for those working at cleanup from the tornadoes. No fatalities here in the Omaha/Elkhorn area although there were some serious injuries. Minden Iowa is about 45 miles from here and the same tornado destroyed completely over half of the town. It's all so sad. Back to camping. I made a big crockp ..read more

 Thank you for those that have contacted me find out if we’re safe.  Tornado warnings are still going on just east of us. Dennis was at the doctors and they put him in lockdown and I came to Mandy‘s house because they have a basement. This picture is about 5 blocks from our apartment that we lived in last year. Lots of places damaged and destroyed. This is the tornado that went close, very close to Mandy and Brad’s where we were hunkering down. I took the next two photos off of the news just a few minutes ago. They are still swirling about 50-100 miles east of us in Iowa. Som ..read more

I have no idea how it got to be so long since I posted. Time just seems to be flying by at lightening speed these days. We have spent more time than usual with Mom as she has had some challenges for a few weeks, but she does seem much better, just a bit weak. We're hoping to get her back to the dining room tomorrow instead of trays in her room which have been sporadic because she's not really sick and is supposed to go to the dining room. It's hard to convince her that she won't get stronger if she doesn't get out of her chair and walk more. We're planning to go camping this Sunday after chur ..read more

Hello! It's another Friday and we've survived another week. There is so much happening around the world and even here in the United States. I know that I can't do much about the bigger picture of the world. War, rumors of wars, hate, lies and more lies. But, and it's a BIG but, I can show love where I am. In a world where it seems people are getting ruder and, to use a grade school word, meaner, I want to be a light, shining God's love to everyone. He loves and cares for everyone on this earth. That's why He came to earth, to die an ugly death for us. So I want to do the small bit I can do whi ..read more

Hello and a very happy Thursday to you all. Are any of you in the path of the eclipse? We're supposed to be at 80% darkness, but since I don't have the special glasses I won't be looking at it. I do remember the last one though. I was at the lake by myself and it got very dark. The crickets started chirping like they do at night and the birds were silent. It was very, very eerie. I've heard that storms are predicted across a big swathe of the viewing area on Monday, but I really hope they hold off so all of the people traveling to see it are able to view it first. Then the rain can come ..read more

HE IS RISEN! Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday! Love, Betsy ..read more

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Today is Maunday Thursday, which is the day that Jesus had the last Passover supper with his disciples in the upper room before he was betrayed by Judas. It is a very solemn day in Christianity. Our church used to have a Maunday Thursday service, but unfortunately the tradition has died away in many areas. This is the beginning of a very solemn Thursday night, Friday and Saturday before the big celebration of the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ on Resurrection Sunday! We had a funeral this morning for a lovely lady from our church. Sherry was only 75 years old, and a young 75 at that. She found ou ..read more

Happy One Year Birthday to baby Hope the giraffe! Piper was on spring break this week so we took her to the zoo on Tuesday, the warmest day of the week. It was a perfect zoo day with temperatures right around 66F. We wandered through the aquarium and the jungle before making our way to our main attraction for the day. We wanted to wish Hope a Happy Birthday. There was a constant stream of well wishers through the giraffe house where Hope was greating each person with a smile and look of contentment. Just look at her!   Our zoo, The Henry Doorly Zoo was voted the best zoo in the Unit ..read more

Hello  and happy Friday. I'm writing this at 11:00 Thursday night thinking you probably won't see it until Friday! As always, we've had a very hectic week with Mom and all things related to her care. The assisted living is now trying two new medications to hopefully help her anxiety, and based on the past two days, they do seem to be helping. Praise the Lord! It has been SO stressful and anxiety ridden for all of us, especially Dennis. Maybe we should all be taking those drugs too! :-) We had rain all night and most of the day today. It just stopped an hour or so ago. There are no compla ..read more