~Part 2 of Making Last Minute Memories with Chris, Kimberly, & Stella!~

I HAD WORKED HARD TO EDIT THIS POST, AND THEN HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND TOOK AWAY A LOT OF MY POST.  :-( 

SO, PLEASE EXCUSE ANY ERRORS.  

Like I said in the post before, we moved Chris and Kimberly's things to PA, but then they came back to OH for Chris to work his 2 week notice...so they lived in our 5th wheel and we had such a blast making last minute memories that will 

LAST A LIFE TIME!!! 

Here are some more pics!

~Abigail and I turning the old chicken coop into her little house.~

~WHERE'S STELLA?!!! :-D (under the BIG ball.)

~Grandpapa reading a story to little Stella.~

~Last Music Lessons in Cinci.~

~Kimberly and Stella wanted to go to Cinci one more time, so it made the last lesson day Extra Special!~

~Martha...our dear music teacher.  She was my piano teacher when I was in college and was by far my favorite teacher that I had at GBS, and I am soooo GLAD that she can teach my girls.

Love her to pieces!!!~

~Entertaining Stella while we grabbed some groceries.~

~Jesus helped Abigail and I to see these fun little Patriotic jumpers at Once Upon A Child for our little girls.~

~Look at my baby Abigail...where in the world does time go?  This was the summer she turned 2, while we were visiting Hobe Sound.~

~Our French Fry snack the other night.

Someone gave me a HUGE bag of fries, so I just fried hamburger and seasoned it with taco seasoning, then sprinkled the pre-baked fries with some cheese and the hamburger, put it back in the oven to melt the cheese, and we serve it with salsa and sour cream.

~On our Front porch.~

~Wednesday night, May 13th, Kimberly wanted to go to the Big Christian Nation Church one more time, to say goodbye to everyone.

We were thrilled that Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn could join us that night too!!~

~We grabbed 2 of our dear friends from CNC 

(We have lots from there) and snapped this pic.~

~Sadly we were missing Chris who was at work.~

~Elijah found these glasses, put them on, and made us laugh.~

~Then he put them on Stella~

~Going to The Queen Beanery one more time, and to show the girls the new stores in West Union.~

~It was fun to show them the Lace and Grace store.~

~And the Bargain Barn.

Stella always ROARS really loudly when she sees a bear.~

~ELIJAH TURNS 18!!!~

On Thursday, Elijah turned 18, 

but we weren't going to be able to celebrate him until on Friday.

So, while the girls and I were in West Union, 

Dear Josh hung out with Elijah, they got free drinks, he bought him some fishing gear and 

they went fishing. 

~He also bought him this fun cup.~

~This fish was larger than appears in this pic.~

~Thursday night Church at Strait Creek.~

~Elijah's gifts.  They were mostly simple drinks or gummies, chips and salsa, because cash was his main gift.~

~The boys and their adorable nieces.~

~Taking a selfie...:-) ~

~I found a little boy's Americana shirt at a Thrift Store...for $1.00!  

I loved the flags and stars it had all over it.

So, I cut it up and put it in a white frame for our coffee bar.

~My fun Mother's Day gift from Sarah.  (The kids and Phillip got me nice gifts too.) 

~CELEBRATING ELIJAH'S 18 BIRTHDAY~

And Memorial Day a little early.

~Elijah wanted to celebrate his birthday by:

Going disc golfing 

taking a picnic at the lake,

Going to 50's Dairy Bar and playing Putt Putt 

and getting ice cream.

SO! THAT'S! WHAT! WE! DID!

~We wore Red, White and Blue.~

~Even Noah's disc bag matched.~

~Abigail picked me a pretty little bouquet.~

~Dear Aunt Sarah brought bubbles to blow to entertain the girls.~

~we Love this disc golf course...it reminds us of Flagstaff, AZ.~

~Disc golfing teams were:

Elijah & Josh

Phillip & Chris

Noah & Mary

~Chris, Kimberly, & Stella~

(Stella is wearing citronella bands around her ankles to keep the bugs away.)

~Josh, Sarah, & Adelynn~

~These 2 are our adorable Dollies.~  

(Reminds me of the picture of the 2 little farmer boys asking each other, "You've been farming Long?"

~Elijah's picnic table.~

~We enjoy going to this lake in Bainbridge.~

~So pretty and peaceful~

~Then we headed to the 50's Dairy Bar on Route 50, just outside of Hillsboro, to play putt putt golf and to enjoy some of their flavor burst ice cream cones.~

~Putt Putt~

~Josh and Sarah's Sweet gifts to me, the cute bow cup and the stripped creamer pitcher.  (and they got me a nice heart shaped gold mirror too.)

Phillip and the kids gave me a nice card and a gift card, 

Mary and Abigail gave me a fun Mother's Day sweatshirt, 

Noah gave me some Eos chapstick, a Poppi, a very nice card and a promise to take me out for coffee. (He did, see pics below.)

Chris and Kimberly gave me a fun shirt that says, "Mommy" and a Lily's salted Carmel chocolate candy bar.

~Noah's gift to Elijah.~

~S'more time~

~Stella and her Buddy Noah~

~Sticker Time~

~Stella loves to be rolled on this big ball.~

~Reading to Stella~

~Playing hide and seek with Stella.~

~Chris, Kimberly, and Stella's last Sunday at Strait Creek Church.~

~At last minute, I threw together A Patriotic table for their last Sunday with us.~

~Stella riding the little spring horsey that Phillip rode when he was a little boy.~

~Stella loves her puppy Chiquita!!~

~Pepperoni rolls and s'mores.~

~S.'M.O.R.E.S

~How we are going to MISS these 3!!!

Not only were they a HUGE part of our Strait Creek Church, but since they lived 1/4 a mile from us, they were a HUGE part of our everyday lives!

~Chris, Kimberly, and Stella were pulling away for PA this day!  

So, I quickly set a fun table for our last breakfast.

(I love cheap pretty paper plates like these from Walmart.  They make making a pretty table FAST!)

~ENJOYING EVERY LAST SNUGGLE THE DAY 

STELLA WAS 

MOVING TO PA!!!!~

~Finding pretzels and pork rinds in all the places.~

~Toys laid everywhere.  :-(  

I might never put them away.~

~Right before they pulled away, Grandpapa and I gave 

Stella a wooden Magnadoodle to draw on. (We have one for Sweet Adelynn too.)~

~Lots of hugs and Lots of tears!~

~Stella and Chiquita all ready to go to PA~

~We waved until 

THEY PULLED OUT OF SIGHT!!~

~After they pulled away Mary made us a fun drink.~

~And later on I made myself some hot tea.~

~On Tuesday, I was getting ready for my talk to the ladies in Danville, OH, (See post before this)

when Kimberly FaceTimed us so we could see our Adorable little bit.

Lord willing, we are taking Mary to GMYC in PA in June, 

so some of us will get to spend some days with Chris, Kimberly, & Stella in PA! 

Just 12 days...until we get to see them!

BUT WHO IS COUNTING?! ;-) 

~I was dreading the first service at Strait Creek Church without our Chris, Kimberly, and Stella!

But Jesus sent in a visitor and we had a good service!~

~Friday found the girls and I driving in the rain to celebrate Andy and Kylie's baby! 

It was a fun baby shower with yummy food!

~I won a fun gift.~

~Sweet girls...Family!~

~And our guys went to help Anson Celebrate his 50th birthday.~

They had a nice time as well.

~Noah had told me that he was going to take me out for coffee for my Mother's Day gift.

He told me that I could choose where I wanted to go.

I chose Sassafras Kitchen in Hillsboro.

~But first I told him that I had seen a new Antique Mall in Hillsboro called, "Malita's place" and that I wanted to go by and check it out.  

We did and it was so nice with reasonable prices. 

I am so happy to have it in Hillsboro.~

~It has lots of booths similar to this one.~

~Sassifras Kitchen in Hillsboro.~

~Our coffees~

~Noah's Huevos Rancheros.~

Chris, Kimberly, and Stella got some pretty special visitors yesterday!!

Pastor and Grammy E. were in PA and went by and saw them and took them some fun things.

~I cannot handle this little SAD face when she looks in the 

camera, holds her arms out to us, and gets SAD 'cause she cannot come to us! :-( ~

The kids are trying to finish up those PACES, since summer is almost here.  

But it was nigh to impossible to do school the last few weeks, with that Little Stella here...and knowing that she was leaving.

We are ramping up for a busy summer of activities and services at Strait Creek Church, 

youth camps, camps, singing for Mt. Zion Camp, etc.

THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR SWEET COMMENTS, ON MY LAST POST. BLOGGER WAS ACTNG UP AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME COMMENT BACK, BUT I WAS ABLE TO COMMENT NOW.

~HEATHER~