The Emond Family Gazette
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Italy Part Three
Tuesday, September 20. After another breakfast of croissants and coffee, we headed to our first destination of the day. The Bell Tower. We took an elevator to the top of this very tall building. Galileo was on the top of this tower and showed the Doge his telescope. That’s actually really cool to think about.…
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Italy Part Two
Monday, September 19 We had our first “Italian breakfast”. This was much different than we expected. Coffee shops there do not have places to sit. It’s normal to just go in, order your croissant, your “shot” of coffee, eat it standing up at the counter, then pay and head out. It was good though. This…
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Italy Trip Part 1
Trevor and I had an opportunity to go to Italy this month. He was asked to perform a wedding ceremony for a friend of ours and so I decided to go with him. I’ve never been overseas before and I was nervous and excited all at the same time. We left on Saturday, September 17…
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Late July – Early August Updates
Trevor is recovering from his surgery very nicely. He had to be at home for 2 weeks. He couldn’t be in a car at all and pretty much spent the time reading and resting. When we went to the 2 week check up, the doctor said he was free to drive and return to work,…
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June and July updates
June and July have been very busy months. In June, Zion turned 21. He is still enjoying his job (and working from home) and he is loving the fact that he’s officially done with collage. He has recently decided to add guitar playing to his list of instruments he wants to play. So he bought…
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Happy (Belated) Birthday, Azariah
This past weekend we went to South Carolina for some youth meetings. The kids knew several kids from the church there and really enjoyed hanging out with them. While the kids were hanging with some of the youth on Saturday, Trevor and I did a little shopping . The hotel also had bikes you could…
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Happy Birthday Glorianna!
And just like that my baby is 16. How has time flown by so fast? We are so very proud of Glorianna and the beautiful young lady she has become. She loves the Lord and loves to make people smile. She has a very kind and loving heart. Azariah gave her a new game for…
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Zion Graduates….again….
Zion has officially graduated from collage. He also has started a full time job with CQL doing computer programming. It’s a remote job, so he gets to work from home, which makes him super happy. We are very proud of him. He has worked hard and it has paid off. Congratulations Zion!! He also graduated…
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Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day was nice. We had two great church services and my kids spoiled me by cleaning the kitchen and doing the dishes for me. Trevor grilled some really good steaks and we had a wonderful lunch. The kids bought me some flowers, a necklace, my favorite candy and a gift card. I’ve been truly…
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A Reception and A Concert
We had a wedding reception for Aaron and Rebecah, here, for those that couldn’t go to the wedding in Florida. Trevor brought back outfits from Africa, as did Jonathan, so the 4 of us wore our outfits to the reception. Glorianna and Charity looking all fancy. Some of the young people who came to the…