Happy Birthday Twins!!

This Wednesday my sisters will turn sweet 16. Here are some pictures of them from when they were little. Stay tuned to see what exciting things they planned for their birthday!
-Emily

The Curtian of Death - From This Life to the Next

-March 5, 2007-

.........Room 422, Room 423.......... Leita Thompson - room 424. Ah, that's where she's staying. Just up ahead.......

Today was a typical wintery day in Oswego, NY, and we were going to visit an elderly woman in the hospital. She had fallen some time ago and had become so weak that she had to be hospitalized on Saturday. Lieta Thompson was a dear lady who loved God with all her heart and lived her life according to his will, a true example of Christian devotion. She attended our church and campmeeting for many years until she was unable to get out. At 97, she was a remarkably strong woman, outliving both of her children......

Daddy, Evangeline and I were going down the hall in the hospital on our way to pay a quick visit to Sister Thompson. It was the strangest thing.....I just had this feeling that we'd be the last to see her. But she's pulled through so many times. What would make me think this time was any different? I turned in at Room 424. And when I saw her lying in bed, so ghostly white I thought, "...uhhh, she's dead..." At that moment a nurse who was standing by her bedside asked us to step outside with her. "I'm sorry, she just passed away."

It had happened just moments before. The doctor hadn't even been there yet. We had just missed her. It was sad and yet, at the same time, strangely happy. There was no doubt in my mind that she was home now - home with her Saviour. No more pain, no more sorrow. Just joy and happiness.

Now, as I look back over the day, I think of what I've learned...... Life is really like a fleeting vapor - it's only what we do for God that counts . When we cross "the curtian of death", we will enter into our eternal reward. Can others say about you what people said about her?

Mom's Birthday - March 5th

You would never guess how old Mommy is today.......and no, she isn't 3. Elizabeth decorated the cake and we got her a cup and saucer to add to her collection.

Morning attack by our little sister.....

Sisters...

Some snow pictures I took on the way home from church........

Fulton Made National News

We have been hearing from people all over the country that have heard on national news about the 7 feet of snow we have gotten this week. All this is lake effect snow off Lake Ontario. These pictures were taken before the latest 3 feet dump.

Winter Fun With the Wilsons

Tripple-decker.(Lucas was on Joshua, who was on Elizabeth, who was on the sled, resting at the top of the hill...........)




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The twins and Lucas about to go down.





Lucas,Evangeline, and Joshua on the way up.

Look at all this pizza shells!
(The Wilsons, along with some friends, were going to make pizzas for a fundraiser.)

Special Dinner Guests

It was snowing and blowing outside, but warm and cozy on the inside. Our table was set with our antique china and silver, waiting for our guests to arrive.
Dr. Mark Humphry, our family physician, with his wife Susan, daughter Rebecca, and son Adam (who takes piano lessons from Elizabeth).

Elizabeth giving Dr. Humphry a few pointers on piano playing.


While the adults were still talking at the table, little Miss Rebecca found some baby powder and proceeded to "Doctor" the doll with it.

We had a great time talking, laughing and telling stories.

Christmas Eve Fun

On Christmas Eve, Evangeline had a very bright idea. It was to get a sleeping bag and slide down the stairs. We had fun despite a few minor injuries.


Grandma freaked us out when she took up my offer of sliding down!
Well, all is well that ends well.

Christmas at the Canfields

Piano Performance at the Corinthian Club

Linda Popoff (she was the one who invited us to play there), with Elizabeth, Emily and Evangeline.

Evangeline and I received an invitation to play for a lucheon at a private womans club in Syracuse, with took place this past Wednesday. It was held at a breathtakingly gorgeous mansion that dated back to the 19th century. The rooms were all decorated for Christmas, which added to the mansion's grandness! The pictures don't even do it justice! (Or course my favorite room was the one in which the piano was located....... Imagine getting to practice 3hrs. a day there!)

Sisters!!!

I'm stuck....plain old stuck. Not because of any physical restraints, but because of a few little words. Yeah, those words that every kid hates to hear on Sunday afternoon. I'm stuck here on my bed because our parents said we have to take a nap. Why? Don't ask. ... Well, actually -though I'm sure this has little to do with it - we kids were having a discussion at the lunch table today. In truth though, it was a little more than a discussion, but we won't go there. It started like this............... Evangeline and I were practicing a piano duet during which she was telling me that I wasn't doing it right, and that I needed to slow down. Now don't go thinking I'm not a cooperative person or anything, but enough is enough. A person can only handle the same criticism over and over again before becoming a little less sweet! The long and short of it was, she didn't like the way I was playing it, and I didn't like the way she was being so bossy! We were soon called for lunch, during which I found the perfect opportunity to get revenge...... Evangeline asked if I would get up and get her a roll. So I did, and on the way back I made sure to "ritardondo" (slow down my walking) like she was so incessently been telling me to do a few moments before. Only this time, I REALLY over did it, till I was slowly yet stelthfully creeping across the floor. She must have seen the intensity in which I was watching her for just as I was about to sit down she hollered. This scared/suprised me so badly that I threw the roll which landed on the bench and bounced onto the floor. She was then without a roll..... (Why do those words sound so sweet?) :) Thus the following conversation ensued...
"You dropped my roll!"
''Well, if you hadn't scared me!"
" It was your fault! You were walking too slow"
"I was just doing what you have been telling me to do!"
"If you would've just played it right...."
"Well, if you hadn't been conplaining so......."

"THAT'S ENOUGH!"

Getting our Christmas tree

The snow covered fir.


The twins dragging the tree.


Evangeline cutting down our tree.


Look who is not working:)


Us standing by the tree.
(minus the photographer)

We had planned to get a real tree this weekend, but because of a big lake effect snow storm warning, we had to get it Thursday.