~HEATHER'S HIGHLIGHTS~: ~Our Lives Post-Stella, Tirzah's graduation party, S. & Kristin's wedding, The kids are finished with school!~

Thursday, June 4, 2026

~Our Lives Post-Stella, Tirzah's graduation party, S. & Kristin's wedding, The kids are finished with school!~

Well, if you have said even one prayer for our hearts...with the moving of Chris, Kimberly, & Baby Stella...I WANT TO THANK YOU!!

We can FEEL the prayers!!! God has been helping us!

Sometimes we get choked up, or still find a random toy laying here or there, or look down at the end of our pew in Church and want to DIE, but over all Jesus is really helping our hearts! And PRAISE JESUS for Face time!! \o/

Some of us get to go and see ....

~~Chris, Kimberly, &~~ S-T-E-L-L-A tomorrow! :-D

(Of course, we are THRILLED to get to see Chris & Kimberly,

but since they aren't as little,

as squish-able,

as huggable,

and always growing and changing,

we are super excited to hug our little Stella-Nutella!!!!) <3

I mean, I don't think Chris would be thrilled if we squealed and hugged him like we will Stella! Ha!

Here are some random pics from our lives in the past few days. We got to go to Samuel & Kristin's beautiful wedding, and Mary got to surprise her sweet friends Tirzah and Brianna at Tirzah's graduation! We have spent a lot of time finishing those PACES, and WE ARE DONE WITH SCHOOL NOW!!!

~LOVE these pics of Adorable tiny Adelynn~

~This is the pretty heart shaped mirror that Josh and Sarah gave me for Mother's Day.~

~I may never put this little telephone away. ~

~Enjoying my yummy chocolate bar from Chris and Kimberly.~

~I am doing so much running, that it is rare that all of the clean dishes are put away. At least they are clean. :-)

~Phillip and I drove up to be with Michael and Beth,

as he had a test done.~

~It is all things RED, WHITE, & BLUE in our home right now!

~God's Beautiful Rainbow!~

~Elijah played a beautiful offertory of,

"Brethren, We have Met to Worship."~

~Found this pic the other day of Uncle Nona

holding baby Stella.~

~MEMORIAL DAY

SUNDAY AND MONDAY!~

~On Memorial Day the kids helped Phillip and I work in the shop. I think they thought we thought it was, "LABOR DAY." :-D

We worked for a couple hours, then the guys were inspired to work a little more, while the girls and I ran to the kitchen and whipped up some pizza crust, made homemade pizzas, and a homemade fruit pizza.

Then afterwards they tossed the ball to Mary and Abigail so they could practice softball, then the guys played a round of disc golfing.~

~Abigail wore the perfect shirt, her pizza shirt.~

~FT Stella.~

~Practicing Soft Ball.~

~I sat in the van by the lake and looked at magazines, while the guys disc golfed.~

~Sarah sent us this adorable pic of

Adelynn watching the parade.~

~And the last few days, we did LOTS of This ...

working on PACES (Schoolwork!)~

~And when STELLA does this on the FaceTime, WANTING US TO HOLD HER...it nearly KILLS us!!

We nearly jump in the van to go see her!

~So, then we all break out in a song that Mary and Abigail wrote about Stella, and that cheers her heart!

~Wednesday night, we ran to church at CNC!~

~Face Timing Adelynn.~

~SAMUEL & KRISTIN'S WEDDING~

~Mrs. Joan, My 2nd piano teacher...when I was probably 6 or so.~

~It was a beautiful wedding & reception!~

~I was seated by the dear girl who has been Kristin's room mate

at GBS, the last 2 years.

I captured this emotional hug between her and Kristin.~

~Helping clean up after the wedding.~

~The next morning, found Mary and I driving 4 hours one way,

to surprise her sweet friends Tirzah & Brianna,

for Tirzah's graduation party. Mary was my chauffeurer.~

~THEY WERE SURPRISED!~

~Such a fun and yummy graduation party!~

~Volleyball~

~My nephew Bryan's sweet girlfriend.~

~Coming back into Cinci.~

~Cousin Laura sent me this pic of me singing Sunday AM~

~A quick Sunday dinner, and then a LONG nap, since I had gotten home at

2:45 AM

Sunday morning.~

~We are looking forward to Our Comargo Camp!~

Dear Mr. Fred has been visiting our church on Thursday nights.

He is a Veteran.

He and Noah get along great.

Several weeks ago, Noah had met him at a yard sale, and the first time they met,

they visited for 45 mins.

~Last Tuesday, Cousin Laura celebrated her 13th birthday in CHRIST!!!

PRAISE JESUS!!!! for His life-changing power to change each of us into Children of the KING!

Laura and I went out to celebrate her Spiritual birthday on the day before. We had a lot of fun running around town together.~

~I have always loved Coke Decor, so I melted when I saw these 250 celebratory Cokes!~

~Took this while still helping Abigail Power through her last bit of School.~

~Little Adelynn had shopped 'til she dropped.~

~Elijah made Abigail a tiny root beer in a medicine cup and cut a stirrer little for her straw.

She loves tiny things, so She melted.~

~Mary's last Word Building Pace EVER!~

~My sweet Mother-in-law introduced Elijah to these Rice Puddings at Walmart. Pretty yummy!~

~Abigail wrote a silly note saying that SCHOOL WOULD BE THE DEATH OF HER...

so here were her last wishes for her things, and who they should go to. :-)

~We don't buy pop much, but I got these to celebrate the kids being done with school.~

~ON MY LADIES' 'MEN ARISE' ZOOM PRAYER CALL.~

~Master bedroom.~

~I used my Mother's Day gift card to Marshall's to buy the little "America" pillow.~

~I wrote and mailed out Thank you notes to our dear mission supporters.~

~Face Timing sweet little Adelynn!!~

~On my Dinning Table.~

~I was pretty happy to find that America sign on my wall,

NEW for $2.00 at a Thrift Store.~

~PARADE OF FLAGS~

~To make a PARADE OF FLAGS, for your table
find small flags,
go to Dollar Tree and pick up a pack of fast drying clay,
roll a ball and place it in a candle holder,
and push a flag just down inside the clay.

Finish off with a bow if you'd like.