~Our HAPPY Easter, & Josh & Sarah got ENGAGED!!~

 This will be a quick post to catch you up on our HAPPY HAPPENINGS, before we go to IHC!!!  Super excited about worshipping Jesus together with fellow believers at my Beloved IHC!!!

Jesus gave us a wonderful Resurrection Lord's day and weekend!!! 

HE IS RISEN....HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!!

Chris and Kimberly came home on the Friday before Easter and SURPRISED US TO PIECES!!!  They walked up to our front porch and rang our door bell and SHOCKED US BEYOND MEASURE!!!!  I WAS SOOOO HAPPY!!!!

I started squealing and squealing and clapping my hands!!!!  I think it was worth their effort to see how HAPPY we were to have them home with us for Easter!  

On Friday, we had a Birthday party to celebrate my sweet Mother-in-law!!  

And the Monday after Easter, 

Josh proposed to Sarah.  

He wanted both families to be a part of the occasion, so we got to run down and help decorate the gazebo, and then sneak away while he proposed, and then come back to Congratulate them!!

Here are some Fun Pics!!!!

~Walking over to Grandpa and Grandma's 5th wheel to surprise Grandma that Chris and Kimberly were home.  Our men were gone right then.

~Sarah set a pretty and fun table to Celebrate Grandma's birthday!!!

~I made up some cupcakes and a cake in the shape of a cross, and Sarah and Kimberly decorated them so beautifully with springy flowers!  Grandma LOVES Flowers!~

~Visiting~

~Sarah's Beautiful cake.~

~When Elijah found out it was Grandma's birthday, he ran over and carved her a little bear. :-) ~

~Kimberly and Sarah did such a great job on the little flowers on the cupcakes.~

~On Saturday we went sight seeing with Chris and Kimberly, Josh and Sarah.  Abigail was sad and decided that she wanted some alone time.  (She is very much a people person, so it was cracking us up!!)~

~Chris and Josh went over to sit with her, and she cheered right up! :-) ~

~Then everyone joined her.~

~Serpent Mound.~

~RESURRECTION LORD'S DAY!!~

~My Dear In-Laws.~

~We found these 2 fun cups for Grandpa and Grandma for Easter.~ 

~Phillip sang in a quartet on Sunday morning.~

~Mary and her friends.~

~Sunday night was a Mission's Service at our church.

Sarah and Phillip gave us a report of how God helped them on their trip to Colombia!!

Side note: We bought one of these Easter Lillies in Memory of Sweet GG and Sweet Aunt Carole!!

~Kimberly and Sarah and some of their friends, including the Stamper girls who were visiting our church that night to hear Phillip and Sarah give a report on their Colombian trip.~

~Josh and Sarah Got ENGAGED!!!~

~So Josh wanted to propose to Sarah in a gazebo in a park that was special to them!  

He thought it would be nice to have his family and her family involved in their special day!  It was so exciting and fun to run down to Cincy, help decorate the gazebo, and then sneak away just MINUTES before Josh and Sarah were to arrive. :-)

~I brought this sign down with us.   It is the sign that Sarah and I painted for her Graduation party years back.~

~The Little Sisters.~

Josh hired Nathan Dahler to take their engagement pics.  

He did a Beautiful job.  

These are some of his pics!!

~It was so fun working together with the Stampers and Chris.~

~Phillip did a great job drawing the chalkboard.~

~It was so fun working with Kelly to make our kids' special day!!!~

~When GG passed away, Sarah wanted her porch swing.  

But another cousin wanted it, so Sarah wanted them to have it.

Sweet Josh heard about that, and decided that he wanted to get her a porch swing. <3

Isn't this the most BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT porch swing you have ever seen?

It looks just like  Sarah...a true Princess!  :-) ~

~So glad that Nathan captured this pic.

The Parents...

L to R: Phillip and Heather & Kelly and David. :-) ~

(It was a very windy day.)

~Josh and Sarah coming up to the gazebo.~

~The rest of us snuck around the corner to Wendy's and enjoyed lunch.  

Minutes later, Josh texted us and told us that she said, YES, and that we could come back to the gazebo to see them!!!!  :-) ~

~Sweet Kelly captured this pic of Sarah and I hugging!!~

~Me hugging Dear Josh!!~

~Such a sweet pic of Kelly hugging Josh.~

~SHE SAID "YES TO THE DRESS!"~

Jesus helped Sarah find a beautiful wedding dress and she looks so radiant and gorgeous in it!!~

~It was so special that our whole family could go with Sarah. 

(minus Kimberly who was in NC) 

~Dear Patient Josh waited outside...and then...~

~We all went to Cici's Pizza for lunch to Celebrate!.~

~Congratulations to cousins Sarah and Brittany!!!

They both engaged last week.  

Sarah got engaged to Josh Stamper on Monday,

And Brittany got engaged to Scott Craig on Thursday!!

So happy for both of them!!!~

~Phillip and Kimberly talking to Juan Carlos and his wife Luz in Medellin, Colombia.  This is one of the young men that Phillip disciples on Sunday afternoons.~

PLEASE PRAY FOR IHC!!!  

HOW WE ALL NEED A WONDERFUL OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!! 

~HEATHER~