December 18 – 31, 2022 Christmas in Colorado and enjoying time at Selah Acres

We’re headed out to see our nearby families and spend some precious time together!

Yikes! We’re leaving balmy Guffey to Fort Morgan, Rocky Ford, and then Laramie. Grab those coats and turn up the heater!! But it is beautiful out there – we love the landscape!

We’re looking forward to visiting our family and friends during this Christmas season. We really like the advice on the upper left, good things to always do! And the reminder above (Is 9:6) is the reason we can celebrate and live joyous lives – Forgiven! Joy to the World!

First Stop: Fort Morgan, Colorado

We enjoyed a day of stories, laughter, and of course some great homecooked food. It’s always a joy to spend time with Mom, Kay, Gary and Wanda. We are blessed with their love.

Dennis made some gifts out of some “Selah resources”. Hand painted scriptures with branches and pine cones. We are thankful that God’s Word is always an encouragement!

2nd Stop: Rocky Ford, Colorado

Wow, the changes in Colorado weather as we traveled South. We left Fort Morgan below 0 and by the time we were near Rocky Ford it was 48. We were loving the sunshine!

We joined Ben, Heather, Josh, Jeremy, and Jayden at their Christmas Eve Candle Light service. It was full of great songs and scripture and then we experienced sharing the Light!

Ben & Heather invited anyone who wanted to come over for a Christmas Open House Party.

So many goodies! The gals set the tables while Josh and Papa did the taste testing.

There was a great crowd – it was fun for us to visit, share stories, and get caught up with so many old friends from when we attended the RF Church. Good times for sure!

We woke up to a bright Christmas morning – with coffee and presents!

Carl, Beth, and Anya came down from Colorado Springs to join us for Christmas dinner and a fun afternoon. It was a very nice day, talking, laughing, and learning what everyone is currently doing. We also connected with Nick & Rachel, Jon & Becki, Tate & Kimberly, and Ray & Sarah – sharing pictures!

It was a great Christmas Weekend – we love our family. We are so proud of the way they all seek to honor and glorify God with their lives – and for passing on the heritage we received from our parents and grandparents to our grandchildren. What a great godly legacy to have.

3rd Stop: Laramie, Wyoming

We can’t remember the last time we traveled north! Lots of prairie and wide open spaces in Wyoming! We brought a surprise with us – Jayden! The girls didn’t know until we got there – they had a great time together over the next three days! How fun!

Whew! the time went so fast. We opened presents, ate great food, played a lot of games, had some terrific conversations, & learned all about Jon & Valerie’s trip to Israel – they even cooked and fed us some authentic Jewish food they had while they were there. Their sharing brought back great memories to us as we relived the time we traveled to Israel in 2018.

Heading home we talked and relived some of our fun & close times with our family. It’s been wonderful to share Christmas with our friends, our church, and especially our family this year. We’ve decided that we will stay at the cabin for one more month (January) before headed out to work more SOWER Projects. So – are there more adventures in store as we enter the new year?

Beautiful – CRAZY beautiful landscapes as we enjoy the drive back to Selah Acres!

2023 HERE WE COME!

November 27 – December 17, 2022 Back in Colorado – life at the cabin and our 50th Anniversary!

Its a good sign! Welcome to Colorful Colorado – HOME! We also saw a great sign painted all over the back of a car we were following – someone’s driving around being positive and encouraging others! Both of these made us smile 🙂 And then God’s beautiful sunset painting – covering the immersive skies – JOY coming from so many directions! After traveling over 24,000 miles this past year – we were ready to just settle a bit, rest…

…and enjoy our 50 years of memories. Selah!

This time at home gave Lorree opportunities to engage with her partners, customers and training in building her Juice Plus Business. Time is always valuable and while not traveling for a bit, she could have fun encouraging others and teaching the benefits of nutrition!

We even did some decorating at the cabin – a first!

Something we dearly missed while on the road was being involved and connected to our home church. Just down the road from us, we joined Four Mile Community Church – teaching the Word and loving the people! The people here have a heart to share Jesus with the local community by helping neighbors and activity creating events to do just that!

The church decided to host another “Bethlehem Revisited” this year and invite the surrounding neighbors. Since we are “home” we were able to help our church family construct the “town”, the manger, corrals, and other preparations for the upcoming night.

We had a great evening – Dennis became a “Wise Man” and Lorree helped serve in the kitchen. We had a fair turnout (the weather was in the teens that night – pretty chilly!) It was a new adventure for us – sharing the Christmas Story live to our mountain neighborhood friends!

God blessed all of us with a beautiful full moon darting in and out of the winter clouds!

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December 17, 1972 – 2023 Celebrating our 50 year Anniversary!

“Haven’t aged a bit!” We enjoyed a quiet evening with a delicious homecooked steak meal. We’ve had fun looking back on our early pictures and trying to remember life back then!

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We are so grateful to God for the precious moments we can cherish over these past 50 years! Now lets get to more adventures ahead!