March 2015 photos of the family

Here are some photos of the family from our birthday celebrations in March.

Birthday boys
Pete Paul
Pat

John & Pat

Pete, Anne, Gen & Vivi at bottom

Luke

Matt & Grandpa

Rajah

Christmas 2014

We have not posted all year so here is an overview of 2014.

Christmas 2014 from Marlys & Larry Wilson

Christmas blessings – Larry has come through a bout with prostate cancer and is looking forward to a clean bill of health in January.  He has recovered almost fully from the procedure to freeze the prostate.  It is a fairly new alternative treatment.

     Marlys survived being the ‘nurse’.  That is not her forte.  All the prayer support we received during this time was a great help.  We felt God’s presence in every step of the way.

Our extended family is all working.  Paul is teaching health care careers in Chaska, Pete is at the Camera Shop in St. Cloud and Pat is still a computer programmer at Excel Energy in Monticello.  Right now Leslie is working overnights at a group home in Minnetonka, Anne is working part time at a title company and Anna is working with a deaf girl (and others) at a group home and also working at the Scout Store in Sartell.

The grandchildren are growing up.  JP is in a fifth year at the U of MN in Minneapolis and working part time.  He has moved to an apartment in St. Paul.

Mark is living in Cass Lake and working in Bemidji.  Skyler is working at Target in the deli in Maple Grove and taking classes at North Hennepin Community College.  It is exciting to see these young men embarking on their own.

The next group of kids are still in Middle School and High School.  Rajah (6^th grade) and Spencer (10^th grade) attend Buffalo schools.  They just had their first after school skiing time at Kimball.  Rajah comes to our house on Wednesdays and stays so she can attend Hang Time with some of her classmates who go to our church.  Luke (8^th grade) and Matthew (10^th grade) go to Becker schools.  Luke’s band concert is next week.  Matt is also working at the nearby Christmas tree farm.

The last two grandchildren are Pete and Anne’s daughters.  Gen is in 3^rd grade in St. Cloud and Vivi is in pre-school.  They are princesses and artists.  Gen is a great reader and a smart student. 

Year in Review – Larry has videotaped many couples this past year.   We interview them and prepare DVD’s for their family.  It has been such fun to find out more about their life and family history.

Marlys has started visiting one of the older ladies from church.  Normally she goes on Tuesdays from 4-7 pm.  Both of them like to play Rummy Cube and then they watch Wheel of Fortune. 

We square danced at the MN State Convention in Grand Rapids in June and stayed with Ron Goodman overnight at his cabin.  In July, we had Rajah and Gen with us at Grand Camp which was held on the church grounds.  We had a new tent for the occasion.    In August, our good friends, Ed & Mona Sischo, visited for a short time.  We also went to the State Fair with several students from Taiwan – fun day!

On the sad side – Denise Hofner (Larry’s second cousin) lost her battle with cancer.    Soon after that, his cousin, Jerry Wilson passed away in Beloit, WI.  Marlys’ mother’s cousin, Rabs Anderson and then, in December, his wife, Audrey, passed away too. 

We praise God that Jesus came to bring us close to God and to die for our sins and rise to glory so we have a future with Him.  That is the Good News of Christmas.  We hope that you know the Hope of Christmas – Jesus – as your Savior, Friend and Companion, so that you too can face growing older and eventually passing on to eternity with Christ.

We had two great gatherings with our kids and then with Marlys’ cousins, Ron and Lyle and Ron’s boys.   Then Marlys got a sinus cold and is still coughing three weeks later followed by the stomach virus.  Now that is over and I am feeling like writing again.

So now we are sending our greetings in January with wishes for a joyful New Year.