~My Man is HOME!, My HAPPY birthday, Counting my blessings.~

 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!  

God brought my man back to me SAFELY!!!  

WITH ALL THE PLANE CRASHES,

It is A huge blessing that he arrived Safely, and one that 

I DO NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED!  

Thank you, Sweet Jesus, for keeping your hand on Phillip!!

And God has answered both of my unspoken requests!  

Thanks for praying! \o/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~The girls and I went to the Local IHC in Loveland, OH, and then drove to the airport and sat in the "cell phone lot" 

in our van drinking hot chocolate and eating snacks, 

until we got the text that Phillip had landed safely.

~We are so happy to have him Home!~

~Here are a couple more pics of Phillip in Medellin with Alberto and his family. 

Phillip hopes to post more pics from Bogota soon.~

~Adorable baby girl!~

~Voting~

In 2016

(I was Freezing standing outside, 

so am wrapped in a blanket.)

Voting in 2025

(Phillip was in Colombia)

~LOCAL IHC AT CNC~

Last Tuesday night, We went to the Local IHC at our CNC.

The Lord really helped Nate Kline and God's Sweet Presence was super close!

~A pic of the young people after church.~

~Pastor and Noah~

~For my Birthday,

Sweet Cousin Laura gave me a sweet card and a nice gift card to our local coffee shop

...The Queen Beanery...

so I used part of it with Kimberly.

We enjoyed some yummy seasonal coffee together.

Thank you, Sweet Laura, for your sweet gift.~

~CHRISTMAS THRU THE EYES OF A CHILD!

We were at SAM'S and little Stella was so 

ENTHRALLED WITH ALL THE LIGHTS!!~

~Loveland IHC...

the night Phillip was flying back to Me!~

~MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~

~After we picked Phillip up from the airport on Wednesday night, then the clock struck Midnight, and

PHILLIP WAS THE FIRST TO WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Thursday, on my Birthday, we didn't do much.

(We were exhausted from being up so late the night before picking Phillip up from the airport.) 

But it was a fun day to just catch up on all his stories and our stories from him being gone!

(Also, my other children had given me their gifts early, 

some money to spend, the weekend we went to Amish Country.)

~I had more $ on 2 gift cards to the Queen Beanery, 

so we took Mary, and Abigail with us, and went and enjoyed some coffee together for my birthday.~

~A sweet gift from Abigail~

That night,

Cousin Laura surprised me with a nice cake for my birthday.

Thanks so much, cousin Laura!~

~We also opened all the nice gifts that our Dear Colombians sent us!

And some gifts that Phillip brought back to us.~

~So much LOVE represented in this photo.  

Such yummy treats and Nice gifts 

from our Dear friends in Colombia.~

~MIL GRACIAS, HERMANOS, POR TODO SU CARINO!~

THANKS A MILLION, BROTHERS AND SISTERS FOR 

ALL YOUR LOVE! (CARE)~

~Phillip brought these home for the kids.~

~On Friday, Noah had off work, so he took me to town.

He took me out for a yummy coffee.  <3

Take my advice, Young Mommies, 

Raise your sons to Love JESUS FIRST and Love you next!

Because, how a young man treats his Mom and sisters, 

is a good indication of how he will treat his wife some day.~

~And then Noah got me a gift card to "Foothills Coffee" 

in Hillsboro. 

I believe it may be Christian owned, because their cups say, "Grace upon Grace."

~I have a very sweet friend that wrote to me and 

asked me for my Venmo, and said 

that she had felt that the Spirit 

was asking her to send me a gift of Money.

She told me that I was so "Loved and Known in Heaven."

After reading her text,

I'm not going to lie, 

I became a puddle of tears right there in my kitchen. <3

She sent me a sweet gift ...

and with it and a gift from my 

Sweet Daddy and Moma 

for my Birthday,

Noah took me to Lowe's and 

I got myself a light-weight vacuum 

for my hard floors.

I am so grateful!

THANK YOU, SWEET FRIEND, 

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

CONSIDER YOURSELF HUGGED!

~DEAREST WIFE & MOMMY...

~Biscuits for our brunch.~

~Saturday evening Elijah wanted to go for a quick game of disc golf with Phillip and Noah.

So I rode with the guys and while they played disc golf, I sat in the car and read my good book,

"CALM MY ANXIOUS HEART" by Linda Dillow.

I recommend her book.  

It is a book on Contentment!

I got mine off of thriftbooks.com for less than $5.00.

~The guys disc golfing.  Noah aced his first throw.~

~SUNDAY AT STRAIT CREEK CNC~

Phillip telling the Bible Story.

~Elijah played offertory for us this AM and it was beautiful.~

~I love using my Fall dishes I got 

at Kroger back in 2009.~

~Enjoying my 2 scarves sent to me by 

Loved ones in Colombia!~

~Happy Birthday to our son-in-law Josh Stamper.

How we love him.

And look at this cute pic I got from his Mommy's FB.

Sweet little Adelynn and her Daddy.

And Today is little Stella's 1st birthday.

But, sadly, she has been sick, 

so we can't celebrate her yet. :-(

~We were going to celebrate little Stella tonight with 

Cheesecake bites,

but since she was sick,

and these wouldn't last,

we ate them and sang to her, 

though she was at home. :-(

~COUNTING MY MANY BLESSINGS~

~OF COURSE AT THE TOP OF MY BLESSINGS LIST:

I AM THANKFUL FOR 

JESUS, 

MY SAVIOR.

HE HUMBLED HIMSELF AND CAME TO THIS 

EARTH TO DIE ON A CRUEL CROSS 

TO SAVE ME FROM MY SINS.

AND WHAT A LOVING, PATIENT, & CARING 

HEAVENLY FATHER WE HAVE!

~ ~ ~

I AM SO GRATEFUL TO JESUS FOR MY 

WONDERFUL HUSBAND PHILLIP!!!

He would roll his eyes if he were to read 

what I am going to say about him ;-)

...but if someone were to rip open Phillip's shirt,

On his t-shirt...

there would be an "S"

for SUPERMAN!

HE LOVES JESUS WITH HIS WHOLE HEART!

AND LOVES ME AND TREATS ME LIKE A QUEEN!

HE IS A WONDERFUL DADDY (AND GRANDPAPA) 

AND LEADER OF OUR HOME!

DOES HE MAKE MISTAKES? 

OF COURSE, HE DOES, 

BUT SO DO I.

PHILLIP IS DOING HIS DEAD LEVEL BEST TO 

PRAY FOR US 

AND LEAD OUR FAMILY TO HEAVEN!

In case you haven't seen this, 

My Sweetheart Phillip drew a picture of me to ask me 

to Marry him!

This type of art is called "Pointillism"and it took him 50 hours to complete it (During mid-term exams at GBS.)

They are all DOTS!

Needless to say, I was so SHOCKED 

when I opened the box and saw myself!

He did an amazing job on it!

I LOVE IT!!!

(It doesn't have non glare glass, 

so it is hard to get a good pic of it.)

~I love this pic of us taken in Argentina.~

AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL 6 OF 

OUR WONDERFUL CHILDREN!!

I LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEM BUNCHES AND OODLES!!!!!

AND AM THRILLED THAT I GET TO BE THEIR MOMMY!

AND THOSE 2 GRANDGIRLS...

ARE THE ICING ON THE CAKE!!! <3 <3

THANK YOU, DEAR JESUS, 

FOR ALL YOUR 

BLESSINGS ON ME!

I AM TRYING TO WRITE DOWN SOME MORE 

OF MY BLESSINGS IN OUR THANKFUL BOOK!

LET'S

COUNT OUR BLESSINGS!

Let's  

Catch the Gratitude Attitude.

~HEATHER~