~HEATHER'S HIGHLIGHTS~: ~Us cooks at Men Arise, Mary's 15th Birthday party, Strait Creek Church Men do a project.~

Monday, September 29, 2025

~Us cooks at Men Arise, Mary's 15th Birthday party, Strait Creek Church Men do a project.~

Also, I just got these 2 FUN pics of us Cooks from the Men Arise in Seymour, IN.

These are some dear people and we had a blast feeding the men! My nephew-in-law Lucas W. took these pics!

Happy 15th Birthday to our sweet Mary!!

On Friday night we had her a fun birthday / Fall party! We invited her youth group from CNC, and included our Strait Creek Church people as well!

We were delighted that my parents got to come too!!

Here are Lots of fun pics! I was soooo HAPPY to get to use my "party barn" again. As far as I can remember, I have not used it for a get together since Sarah's graduation in 2019!!

Please enjoy these Crumbs from my Camera!

We Decorated the Party Barn mostly on Wednesday, and then ran to church at Christian Nation Church that night.

~THE PARTY BARN~

I mainly used real pumpkins, and went around "shopping my house" for anything that I wanted to use to add a fun touch.

~A banner I made in Argentina.~

~Mary wanted a Western / Fall theme.~

~Noah prayed on Wednesday night at CNC.~

~We were soooo happy that my Parents could come over.

My Daddy preached on Thursday night at our Strait Creek CNC.~

~It was sooo HAPPY that Josh, Sarah, and Adelynn could join us too~

~2 Sweet Cousins!!~

~The girls and Uncle Noah!~

~(Stella had looked really cute at church, but was now in her crawling jammies. :)

~Aunt B, and Adelynn.~

~Gramp visiting with a just-awake little Sweet Adelynn.~

~Exhausted little Adelynn laid down for her nap.~

~Mary Wanted Cookies for her dessert.

These are Mrs. Naomi N's yummy Gingersnap cookies, that I grew up eating in Louisiana.

~Everyone working together to make Mary's party happen!~

~MORE PICS OF THE PARTY BARN~

~We made delicious pumpkin cookies with icing,

Cowboy cookies (choc. chip and oatmeal)

and Gingersnaps with pumpkin dip.

We made LOTS of cookies!

~Sparkling apple cider.~ (1 gallon of apple cider, and 1 two liter of Gingerale.)

~s'mores~

~Becca, Jessica, Eva, Mary, and Lilly Castle.~

~We served my Cappuccino punch, hot chocolate, hot coffee, sparkling apple cider, and iced water.~

~Sweet Mary~

~In June, Jesus gave Phillip one of his dreams...a hay wagon, for CHEAP!!

Ever since Dad D. gave Phillip the tractor, he really wanted a hay wagon to pull his family and church people around.

~I found this rusty piece of metal over by our shop, and asked Elijah to please go get it for me. Mary about despaired, but I told her to just wait, it would turn out cute. :-)

~We had prayed that it would not rain!

It did NOT rain and God gave us a gorgeous, cool, crisp evening with a beautiful sky.~

~Kiimberly snapped these cute pics of our sweet Grandgirls.~

~Cousin Laura Masters sent me these fun pics that she took, Thank you, Laura.

My sweet Moma! She is now 83, and I am sooo blessed to still have her!!!~

~I already had one of these old barrels, but then someone gave me another one recently!!!

I was soooo happy, and knew that I would put the drinks on them for Mary's party.~

~My Pics~

~I got to ride the 2nd hayride.~

~Cousin Laura took this fun pic.~

~And Becca took this one.~

~Coming back to our house.~

~My Sweet Moma and Daddy.~

~Aunt M playing the piano and Sweet Adelynn watching her.~

~STRAIT CREEK MEN DO A PROJECT TO HELP SOMEONE!~

~On Saturday, Our Strait Creek went over to Dave and Teresa's and helped them set up some walls that they had built.

Here are we ladies. We fed everyone lunch.

~And here are the men.

Teresa's 2 brothers and Mr. GaryWayne all worked too. ~

~On the Lord's Day Kelsie and Ben came to our church and I invited them over for dinner.

Saturday night, the kids helped me empty the party barn, Jesus helped me put it all away (or in the garage til later ;-) and on Sunday AM, the kids helped me throw Sunday dinner in the crock pot. After church, I mixed up these quick rolls.