~Happy 18th Anniversary....to us! =) ~

~It's Been 18 W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L. YEARS!~

 Since I'm traveling down the road and trying to blog at the same time, I'll write a shorter than normal anniversary post. =)

We were visiting with Bro. Winfield Poe recently and he said something like this.  

For a good marriage to work it just takes 2 unselfish people!!! 

Phillip is VERY unselfish and a very giving man!  I'm VERY HAPPY with my wonderful husband that Jesus B.L.E.S.S.E.D. me with, and I'd say" YES!!!!!" all over again.  

Phillip is a careful Christian, AWESOME husband, and wonderful Daddy!!!!!  He is such a caring man, and has BLESSED my life more than I have words to express.  Out of all the other ladies in the world Phillip could have chosen, I'll be ETERNALLY GRATEFUL that he chose ME!!!  =D

 Phillip, I love you!!!!  Thank you for believing in me, for loving me, for helping make me who I am today, and for the AWESOME 18 years we've had together!  Let's be together until Jesus comes!  =)

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So remember in one of my last posts....we were eating our lunch that the NE church packed for us and driving 4 and 1/2 hours to our evening service in Colorado Springs, CO?  

Well, after I took a long nap, I woke up to see THIS!  Pikes' Peak in Colorado Springs, CO!!~

 ~That night at our service... we were privileged to meet the Jonathan Lucas family.  Here we are together in a photo.~

  ~Sarah and her new friend~

 ~And we got to stay with our dear friends the LeFevers.  When Sarah was little, she called Bro. LeFever..."Grandpa Froggie!"  =D

 ~Then on Monday we went to meet/stay with the Albertson family.  We've "met" them through our blogs, but were so GLAD it worked out for us to meet them.  Here are our boys enjoying their trampoline.~

 ~Bro. and Sis. Albertson and Mary.~

 ~And Kimberly and I enjoyed playing instruments with Emily and Jason.~

 ~They took this picture of our family.~

 ~Sarah, Emily, Kimberly, and Mary.  (Beth was at work. =( ~

 ~They had planned a yummy fun picnic to take to the mountains, but then it got to windy and chilly, so we had their yummy picnic in their nice home. =)

 Having family devotions together.~

~The Albertsons were just as nice as we had thought they would be!!  They are a dear family and we enjoyed our visit with them! =) ~

 ~Sarah, Emily, and Emily.~

Part of the Alberton family

Since I don't have my camera, I don't have all of the pics that I took while there at the Albertsons.  Sis. Albertson did a blog post about our visit.  So, For more pics, go HERE.    =)

~Then we headed to Mitchell, S.D.  We arrived at midnight on Tuesday.  

Here is the corn palace in Mitchell.  All the designs you see are made with ears of corn.~

 ~On Wednesday Bro. and Sis. Winfield Poe had us over for a yummy fish fry.  He caught and fried the fish and she made the hushpuppies. It was a fun lunch!!  I'm glad that they can still cook lunch together since they are both in their 80's.  I hope that when I'm in my 80's I still have the energy to cook.  =D~

 ~Bro. and Sis. Poe. They are Dear saints!~

 ~Phillip and Bro. Poe.~

 ~Bro. Poe talking to Kimberly.~

 ~Bro. Poe with Sarah, Elijah, and Noah.~

 ~Then we got to go to our DEAR friends...the Arnolds....house for supper. It was so FUN being with Bro. Arnold and some of his kids.  (We missed seeing Sis. Becky. =(
We feel like they are family....ever since our FUN days in AZ together.   [I took pics of Clarrisa and I and of Olivia and Kimberly and Sarah, but that was on my camera that we lost and then was FOUND...and is being mailed to AZ.]
So I'm posting pics from Phillip's phone.  THANK THE LORD he took some pics on his phone, or I wouldn't be able to blog!!
Bro. Arnold and our Mary.~

 ~We had a service there in Mitchell, S.D., and then afterwards came back over for ice cream at the Arnolds.  Sam, Bro. Arnold and Mary, and Phillip.~

 ~On Thursday we headed to Sioux City, IA, and had a house service at the Mitchems.  Our younger kids singing up front.~

 ~Kimberly took a pic of Hannah and I, but don't have it with me.  =( ~

 ~Phillip and I loved their neat ol' tabernacle on their grounds there.  We stayed in a fun old cabin and I fell in LOVE with their old dressers, and mirror in that cabin.  I told Phillip, I'd love to go to Walmart and buy them a mirror and trade them for this OLD one.  =)  (But, I didn't!) ~

 ~Our family.~

 ~Bro. and Sis. Mitchem, and Phillip and I.~