Good time with grandchildren

Sue enjoyed getting time with our grandchildren in Pennsylvania recently. Are loves to read to them, do crafts, play games, and just be with them. Fun! 

Good time with niece

Sue had a good time with Andrea her niece this week. Birthday dinner in Andrea's birthday, then crafts and stuff the next day. They painted and made a windsock together. Fun!

Enjoyed art workshop

Sue had a good time at an art workshop this weekend. She went over to Alabama and got to be with her online art teacher/mentor Pam Coxwell and others for a time together doing art and fellowshipping. She said it was really nice to get to be with them livec and in person. Good stuff! 

A recent painting

One of my wife's recent paintings. I asked her to do something larger than she normally does to put above the piano. Turned out great! 

36" x 24" canvas

First book republished

 

Sue's first book "50 Days of Preparation for Missions" has been republished in ebook and print format on Amazon. 

 She wrote the book back in 2010 after going on a mission trip to Nicaragua. There are 50 devotions focused on things that she wrote as she prayed and thought about all that she did on that trip. The cover (above) is a picture of our daughter Megan playing on the beach with one of the girls they spent time with in Nicaragua.

Check it out at https://a.co/d/8XkKrhY

 

#book #missions

Caring Crafts group on Wednesday nights this semester

 Sue will be having her Caring Crafts group on Wednesday nights this "semester" of groups at church. She and a her ladies will be meeting in our rumpus room in the basement to make things and learn about Jesus as they do it. They always have a lot of fun. 

Contact Sue for more info!

Sue's art on Etsy

 

 

Sue really enjoys painting and she continues to hone her skills. As she has gotten better she has said that she would love to offer her art to people on cards and other things. So I investigated a couple of different print-on-demand services and we settled on Etsy as a way to get her art out to the world.

 You can check it out at 

https://adventuresingrace.etsy.com 

Shower curtain art

As Sue has painted pictures she has commented a few times that she would love to have one of her paintings put on a shower curtain. 

So after we started her Etsy site https://adventuresingrace.etsy.com I ordered a shower curtain for her. I chose this butterfly and flower picture because it was so bold and colorful. She was delighted! 

One of her latest paintings

Suehad a good time with her Sisters in the Spirit group recently. Here's one of the paintings she did after that trip. Beautiful!

#art #painting

Adventures In Grace published!

 Sue's book "Adventures In Grace" has been published and is available on Amazon.com. This book is a collection of stories, devotions, and adventures that she has written over the past few years. You can pick up a copy at https://a.co/d/gHY5ONb. Enjoy!

Another painting

Sue did this painting today. She was trying some ideas from a different online instructor and enjoyed learning a couple of things.


Beautiful!

Recent painting

Sue continues to paint. She's been trying new techniques and images and really enjoys the challenges. This is one of her recent paintings. Beautiful! 

Good time at Deaf Expo

Sue had a good time at the Deaf Expo this past weekend. She saw lots of old and new friends, made some new contacts, and even helped interpret for a little while. It was really good to see her in her element! 

Elected band chaperone coordinator

Back at the end of the school year in May a lot of the band graduated high school, the band director left, the flag team leaders left, and things were looking bleak. But one of the good things that happened was that Sue got elected to be the chaperone coordinator for the band!

She's jumped into this role with gusto, and is the "experienced" one on the team. Since we've been involved with the WHS band since it started in 2006 Sue is able to tell people (including the new band director) the way we've done things in the past, some of the mistakes that were made, and all of that.

She's enjoying the challenge. Go, Sue!

Sue stays busy

Sue is rolling into 2019 with lots of things going on. Her interpreting career is going very well - she has assignments all week and enjoys what she does. She continues to be involved with swimming with The Swim Center, continues to paint beautiful pictures, visits people in the hospital, and is hoping to start a sign language class this spring. Go, Sue!

Done with air cast!

Sue had a good visit with the doctor.  He said her bone is about 60% healed and she no longer needs to wear the air cast. So long, Enrique! (that's what we nicknamed the boot :-)

Good visit with Mom Emery

Sue and Kevin rode down with Claudia so they could pick up the car we are buying from my mother.  Then they drove the car up to Penney Farms to check in with Mom Emery after her fall.  Mom Emery is healing well and is in good spirits.  Her memory loss and mental faculties are such that everything stays new, but she is happy and taken care of well by the people at PRC.

Good trip to PA

Sue helped Megan move to Pennsylvania this week.  She, Megan's fiance Booker, and Megan drove two vehicles packed to the gills with Megan's stuff up to Krislund Camp and Conference Center. Megan starts her full-time position as one of the camp directors there this week. 

They got moving early on Sunday morning because Megan and Booker wanted to stop at a church in Roanoke, VA, that they had read about.  It was a good church service but it was via satellite and there were some technical difficulties, which was sad. 

Once they got to the camp Megan showed Sue all around, showed her where Booker proposed to her, and showed her the cabin she will be staying in.  It's a very nice camp and should be lots of fun for her. 

Remember, Sue did this with her new friend Enrique, the air cast the doctor told her to wear.  Sue put the foot up when she could but didn't let it slow her down very much. 

They met up with Booker's mom and some other family to go and see some of the scenery near the camp.  Pennsylvania is a beautiful state when you get out away from the cities, and Sue enjoyed it very much. 

On the drive home Sue stopped and visited the Natural Bridge in Virginia, one of the places we went camping when the kids were young.  It had been closed for a while but was open again and was just as beautiful as before. 

Good job, Sue!

Sue broke her foot!

 She was walking our dog Mickey and hit the curb the wrong way.  As she went down she felt a huge "pop" in her right foot.  The ortho doctor explained that the muscles in her lower legs are so strong that as she tried to regain her balance two of them were pulling so hard on one of the bones in her foot that it broke! She gets to wear an air cast for the next six weeks with orders from the doctor sit with her foot raised as much as she can.  I doubt that she'll do that enough!

Enjoyed a medical interpreting workshop

Sure has been interpreting college anatomy classes for a while so she was excited about learning more techniques to improve her skills. She enjoyed all the learning as well as being with her professional friends.  Good stuff!