Joleen Willis

UMMen’s Newest Member

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Look who’s the newest member of the Manor Hill United Methodist Men (UMMen)! Wednesday evening, Ethan and I visited the 42nd annual building of picnic tables. They made 93 tables this year. The 6-foot tables were sold out before they were ever made! However, there are 8-foot tables for $110 and 10-foot table for $120. … Read more

First Steps

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Last Saturday, Ethan took his first steps. He usually only takes a few steps at a time, but once on Saturday, he walked between the love seat and sofa, which is at least six feet! On Sunday, we happened to catch him in action in this photo.

Bitter Sweet

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A few weeks ago, 12th Street UMC scheduled a gathering for May 4 to welcome Ethan. In the meantime, we learned of our new appointments, so the welcome also became a farewell. Although Randy will continue to serve 12th Street through the end of June, it was probably the last time that Ethan and I … Read more

Striving Forward

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Ethan continues to make great strides forward managing to amaze us. Sunday, April 20 was our first Sunday back to our churches. Randy left a little after 8:00. I dropped Ethan off at Dick and Joann’s at 8:30 and went on to my first service at 9:00. Joann and Dick took Ethan to Faith at … Read more

Round 2

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Today, Mom came to our house to spend the afternoon with Ethan while Randy and I went to State College to run some errands. Round 1 involved a lot of separation anxiety, but in Round 2, Ethan had a wonderful visit with “Grandma!” They played together. Ethan had one of his favorite snacks — yogurt. … Read more

Ethan Meets the Twins

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My cousin, Kevin, had twins twelve days before Ethan was born. Ethan got to meet Steven and Evin (corrected spelling!) and the family on Friday. The twins have each other to play with (or steal toys from), but this was the first time Ethan was around any babies his age. The 10-month-olds were cute together. … Read more

Separation Anxiety

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Last Wednesday, Randy and I had our first time apart from Ethan. Mom volunteered to babysit while we went to Altoona to pick up our pictures at JCPenney Portraits. We had a few other things to pick up, as well (formula was at the top of the list!). And, Randy and I planned to have … Read more

Got Milk?

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Sometime ago, a local dairy farmer/parishioner was in our home and noticed the gallon of milk in our refrigerator–something that is the norm in our house, so I didn’t think a thing about its presence, and was surprised that she had noticed! (Probably it’s like me, a pastor, going into someone’s home and noticing their … Read more