~April Happenings, Easter, Chris, Kimberly, & Stella are MOVING, & IHC PART 1!~

Let's play a quick catch up game.  I'll post as FEW pics as possible (which if you know me by now, will be at LEAST 150 - 250 pics ;-) and you grab yourself a yummy drink and come along with me.   

:-) 

I just realized that I have over 600 pics to Post :-D

...so I will split IHC up in Part 1 and Part 2! 

THANK YOU FOR BEING A FAITHFUL READER OF MY BLOG!!

EARLY Saturday AM, before IHC, Phillip made a quick 7 hour drive to Michigan (on only 2 1/2 hours of sleep) for his dear Uncle Nate Burley's funeral.  

Phillip loved him! Phillip told me that he and aunt Alberta had done so much for him and his parents and his brother Michael, when they lived in Michigan.  He was so glad that he got to go to his special service and see all of his dear family! After the service and meal, Phillip turned around and drove straight back home, getting home around 11:30 Saturday night! 

We had a wonderful IHC.  We LOVED being with FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!  It was soooo wonderful to have Kimberly and baby Stella with us!!! We made a ton of Fun Memories!! 

It was a tad different IHC than normal, in that some of us got sick during IHC, but we enjoyed every minute we could.  And God's sweet presence was close! 

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CHRIS, KIMBERLY, & STELLA ARE MOVING!!

Back in Late August or early Sept. Phillip and I found out that Chris and Kimberly were feeling like God wanted them to move!  Our kids did not find out until November!

I have cried BUCKETFULLS!!!!  And so have our 3 youngest! 

Chris, Kimberly, and Stella have lived 1/4 a mile from us since they got married, they were a BIG PART of our new Church plant at Strait Creek, we have to pass their driveway TO GO to our church, AND we are together several times a week.  They have eaten nearly every Sunday dinner here, because it gave us a time to "catch up" on all of our week's happenings and to get STELLA SNUGGLES!!! 

We absolutely CANNOT IMAGINE life here in Ohio without them!!!!!  

We will MISS THEM terribly, But, if God is calling them to Pennsylvania, then we won't stand in their way.

And God is giving me some promises that just as He is going to Go With Them, 

He is also going to BE Here with us and our church!!! <3

PRAYERS APPRECIATED FOR OUR HEARTS AND OUR CHURCH PEOPLE TOO!

So, we are enjoying every Stella snuggle (and Chris and Kimberly snuggle too) and helping them pack and get ready to move soon. 

~My Sweet friend Kimberly N. sent me this sweet pic of her Mother, Dear Mrs. Naomi, with our little Abigail. ~

~The Burleys.~

~Dad D. and Phillip with the Burleys.~

~All the guys together.~

~Phillip, Mom, Aunt Alberta, and Dad.~

~Sweet Adelynn.~

~Teresa sang Easter Sunday morning.  Thank you, Cousin Laura, for these pics.~

~Love this pic of Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn.~

~Sweet Adelynn.~

~Our Tiny Abigail~

~On the Tuesday after Revival, Kimberly, Stella, and us, went over to IN to SURPRISE my Daddy and Moma!!!  We pulled up and saw Moma raking leaves in the back yard. 

We quietly parked and started walking toward their house, when THERE STOOD Daddy in the door!  He had seen us pull in!! :-)

It was SOOO GOOD to see them!!!! <3

~Sweet 83 year old Moma, still working, having NO IDEA that we are behind her.~

~She was so surprised!!~

~Dear 83 year old Daddy pushing Abigail, his youngest Grandchild, on the swing he hung.~

~Little Stella smelling a flower.~

~I brought food and we had a picnic with Daddy and Moma!~

~Sweet Moma and Baby Stella, named after Moma's mother, GG!~

~Removing an old stump for Moma.~

~Then we drove to see my in-laws, Dad and Mom D!  It was so fun that the cousin got to come over too.~

~Baby Stella giving Great Grandpa a kiss.~

~The promises that God gave to me regarding Chris, Kimberly, and baby Stella moving.

These verses are from Isaiah 66:13 & 14!

"As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you!!" <3

~Love where we live!~

~We had a missionary service at the Roop's church and they asked Elijah to play the bass that night.~

~We had fun going out with the Leslie's afterwards.~

~I took this one morning from our front porch. 

I LOVE IT THAT GOD'S MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING!!~

~An old GBS Christmas Choir practice pic that was posted recently.  That is me leaning against the window...The camera caught me with my eyes closed...I guess I was "meditating,"  or catching some MUCH NEEDED SLEEP! HA!~

~Pretty red buds on our property.  I love Spring and all of God's creation!!~

~So blessed with fresh asparagus and fresh eggs.~

~I brought a fun snack for after service one night.~

~Sparkling or Soda Water, Slices of lime, and red raspberries.~

~My Easter Tablescape! ~

I HAD SO MUCH FUN setting this table!

I found the blue and white paper tablecloth at Walmart for $2.98, and had all the rest to pull it together!~

~"It's about the Lamb!"~

~I loved how the ribbon pulled out the pink of my plates and the blue of the tablecloth and napkins.~

~Chris & Kimberly's Easter gift to us.~

~Dear Cousin Laura gave this fun gift bag full of yummies to Abigail for Easter. 

Thank you! <3  (She gave the other girls at church fun little Easter baskets too.) 

~Dear Dave & Teresa made fun Easter Baskets for 

Abigail, Baby Adelynn, and Baby Stella.  

And they also gave us the nicest gift bag full of goodies! 

~The goodies in Abigail's basket.~

~These fun dish towels were in our gift bag from them.~

~The Candy I purchased to make goody bags for the young people at our church.~

~I wanted to make up Easter baskets for the young people, 

But, by the time revival was over, and I ordered the Easter baskets, they did not arrive on time.  Thankfully, I saw this idea on Pinterest and made these cute little 

"backs of bunny gift bags" to fill for all of our church kiddos.~

~Backs of Bunny dinner rolls for our Sunday dinner.~

~Our kids gifts were their Spring clothes and Peeps.~

~I made these "Empty Tombs" to pass out on Resurrection Lord's day. ~

~Cousin Laura gave the younger kids at church such nice Easter bags.  

Stella loved her cup from Cousin Laura.~

~The Empty tombs I made.~

~Dave and Teresa and their sweet grands.~

~Josh, Lisa, and their sweet girls.~

~Our family, minus Chris who was sick.  :-(

(And of course Josh, Sarah, and Sweet Adelynn were at their church they pastor in Crooksville.) 

~Grandpapa, Stella, & Grammy~

~Grilled Mascarpone cheese and prosciutto wrapped Aspargus.  YUM!~

~The Justin Steen family surprised us and showed up at our church on Easter.  It was fun to have them. sadly, I did not think of getting a pic of their whole family.

 Justin and Noah are on the same Men Arise Word Group on Monday nights. 

~Brooke and I. ~

~Kimberly made yummy kimchi eggs.~

~Stella's little Easter basket from us.  <3 

Adelynn had the same things, but her doll was dark headed.~

~Little Adelynn with her doll.~

So yummy!

~The Steens and our family.~

~My tres leches Cross cake.~

~All of us working in the kitchen preparing the Easter meal.~

~Little Stella found this little towel wrap and wanted it on her head. :-) 

~Communion~

~Little Stella has a BIG FAN CLUB that lives here.  

This night she was in rare form, making us all laugh.~

~Stella opening her Easter goodies.~

~Moma's answer to prayer!~

~Before I was born, when my sister was a baby, my Moma started praying that Jesus would send her an idea of how to make her little girl modest, yet she could still run around and be barefoot.  My Moma had been raised in East Tennessee and had gone barefoot 8 months out of the year, and she wanted the same for her girls. 

A friend of hers shared a bloomer or pantaloon pattern with Moma, and that was Moma's ANSWER TO PRAYER!! 

Moma made cute bloomers for Laura and then later for me.  We wore them until we were around 11 or 12 years of age. 

Laura and I made them for our girls too.

A few days before IHC, Sarah called me and asked me if I knew where my bloomer pattern was.

I had NO IDEA, but prayed that Jesus would help me find another pattern on Pinterest.  I was able to find a pattern to buy, that arrived in my email and we printed it off.

So, Jesus helped me whip up 2 pair of bloomers for little Adelynn and 2 pair for little Stella. <3 <3

~Music Lessons in Cinci, the Tuesday before IHC.

Look at my new driver. <3

~Look who SURPRISED us at GBS!

Sweet Sarah and adorable little Adelynn!!!~

~One Wednesday night, Noah preached at Christian Nation Church.~

~For Thursday night, I made some Reeses cup Peanut Butter cookies for Strait Creek Church.~

~My Heart cannot HANDLE that this sweet view will CHANGE in just a few days, and our Chris, Kimberly, and baby Stella will be living over 10 hours away!!!  

Pardon me as I go WEEP!~

~Little Stella senses that something is different, she is more clingy and gives LOTS of hugs right now!  We were so happy that she wanted to go to Uncle Bill too.~

~Thank you, Dear Jesus, for fresh eggs!  What a blessing they are.~

~Uncle Noah, or "Nona" as she calls him, pushing Stella in the swing.~

~The Sunday before IHC.~

~It was fun to have the Tierney children with us...just missing Jonathan.~

~Carrying the big barrel of pretzels around.~

~MEN ARISE MERCH!!~

~ON OUR WAY TO IHC!!!!~

~Elijah helped drive.
Noah and Phillip came in Noah's car a few hours behind us.~

~MY BEAUTIFUL SMOKY MOUNTAINS THAT I LOVE!! 

I was raised about 30 mins. from these!!

~Elijah is always surrounded with lots of friends!~

~Cousin Ava, Abigail and baby Stella.~

~Yours truly, Beth, and Kimberly.~

~Sophia, Stella, and Aunt Mary.~

~Kimberly, Stella, Heather, and Karen, (Chris' sweet mom) 

~Stella and her Nana Karen.~

~We loved our IHC hotel this year.  

I was praying that we would get creek side, and we did!!! 

(Noah always helps out by paying half of the hotel room cost!) ~

~It was so relaxing to sit on the balcony and listen to the creek and see the mountains!!~

~And it was fun to have an extra room with a pull out couch this year. ~

~IHC 2026!!!~

We love the yummy hot breakfast at the hotel.  

A lot of times that is our breakfast and lunch...because it is so filling.

~We were on the 6th floor.~

~Enjoying my coffee and bacon and some time with Jesus ...out on the balcony.~

~Fire pit and chairs below.~

~Stella in her cute dress and little bloomers that Grammy (me) made for her and Adelynn.~

~All ready to go!~

~GHM Missionaries Gathering.~

~Out to eat with our Global Holiness Mission (GHM) Missionaries.  

It was so nice to eat together and have some good heart to hearts.~

~Yummy!~

~Kimberly stepped out to call Chris, and Phillip snapped this fun pic.~

~Sadly, I only got to see the back of my Dear Uncle Carson!  I was SURE I would see him and Aunt Linda later on, but I never did.  

:-( 

~My Sweet Ashlea, my Sweet sister Laura, and sweet Michele.~

~Yummy 6:10 coffee.~

~Maren, Macey, Sophia, and Mary.~

~Phillip and Steven A. worked the Men Arise booth together.~

~We got to hold sweet little Adelynn.~

~Alyssa and Abigail held Stella.~ 

~My sister Laura sent me these fun pics.~

~SOME OF THESE PICS WILL BE OUT OF ORDER...~

~Dear Bryan and his quartet singing.~

~Baby Stella's first IHC~

~Stella and her Aunt Hannah and Uncle Quint.~

~COUSINS!!!!~

~It was soooo wonderful having nearly every one of our family there at IHC, but we missed Chris who had to work!!~

~Kimberly and Breanna~

~Sarah and Breanna~

~We got the little girls the $3 bears from IHC.~

~Our friend Jim prayed.~

~R.B. Kuhn, the pianist for IHC, was my piano teacher when I was 11 and 12.~

~feeding each other.~

~CURLSSSSS for days... All natural!!~

~Baby Stella would ROAR each time she saw one of these stuffed bears in the convention center.~

~Stella inside the cabinet, playing peek-a-boo.~

~Wearing Aunt Mary's crocks.~

~This is Laura's pic...she got to see Uncle Carson and Aunt Linda.~

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY....

I plan to post PART 2 of IHC soon!

~HEATHER~