Miscellaneous

Back in November, we attended a Wycliffe Associates Banquet in Ft. Collins. The missionary speaker, Kris Russel, did the chalk drawing below as he spoke. We were given the chalk drawing as a gift for the "work" I did coordinating the calls and reservations for the banquet. Recently, we got it framed and installed in our family room. It is a large picture, and needed to be behind glass because of the chalk dustiness. It is a beautiful reminder of the price Jesus paid so that we can be in right relationship with God.

A picture of us girls on the entry stairway of our home.

Gentle cream and plum raisin: our new living room wall colors. When we get the pictures hung, there will be more pictures. We have to get it back together soon! Jeffrey's party is next week!
This is very different for us, to have all of our walls painted other colors besides Country White!

Springtime on our mound with the bulb flowers we planted last fall.

Our lilacs in back are in bloom and so pretty!


Our neighbor's ornamental crab tree that we always enjoy in the spring.

Couch time at the end of a long day. We don't have our curtains and blinds up in the living room yet because the window woodwork is not finished being painted. I'm not embarrassed, just sunburned from PE that day.

Jeffrey's senior pictures--taken Easter weekend in Colorado Springs

Jeffrey is graduating with CHESS (Colorado Heritage Education School System), our private school umbrella for our homeschool (Country Acres Christian Academy) on May 13, 7 pm at the United Methodist Church in Greeley. On Friday, May 14, we will be having an open house celebration for Jeffrey from 6-9 pm at our home in Johnstown.

From the back of Jeffrey's graduation announcement:

To Mother and Daddy: Thank you for loving me and loving God. Your consistent, godly lives taught me how to love the Lord, and I believe that was the most effective part of my upbringing. Thank you for loving God, and living your lives completely for Him. Mother, thank you for paying attention to my textbook work; for making sure I understood it. Daddy, thank you for the practical instruction in areas like working on the car, building a shed, painting, plumbing, gardening, and many other things.
To Randy, Tim, Beth, Jason, and Emily: Thank you for being my loving siblings. Thank you each one for what you have taught me!
Most of all though, God is worthy of my praise! If He had not blessed me and personally worked in my heart and life, I would not be here. I thank Him for redeeming my life, and saving me from sin. He is my Hope.
My future plans… I am currently working at Johnstown ACE Hardware, learning more than I ever imagined. I plan to start an online course from God’s Bible School in Cincinnati, OH in August, working toward an Associates degree. I am most interested in a life work in missions.

- Jeff Albertson