~Chris, Kimberly, and Stella's go away Snack, Rachel's baby shower, IHC Part 2, celebrating E's 18th, Ashlea and family here~

Lord willing, we will be moving Chris, Kimberly, and Stella THIS Friday to PA! 

PLEASE PRAY AS WE HELP CHRIS, KIMBERLY, AND STELLA PACK UP AND MOVE!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR A SAFE TRIP TO AND FROM PA!!!

We will help them unload and then on Monday, they will come BACK TO OHIO with us while Chris works out his 2 week notice.  We are excited to have them for 2 more weeks.

I decided to do a Go-Away Snack this past Sunday at church, so the last 2 weeks we could just relax and be together.  

I was happy with how Jesus helped the snack to turn out.  It was such a fun evening with our church people celebrating the Klines! 

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I have 1,000 things to do, 

so I'm trying to blog at 

RECORD SPEED!  

So, please excuse any grammar errors. :-) 

~My Sweet friend Emily A. found these fun pics from years ago and sent them to me.  This is when her sweet mother Mrs. Albertson and Elizabeth came to visit Jeffrey in college and we had them over.

~Mrs. Albertson holding baby Abigail.~

~HELPING THE KEMPS~

Last Wednesday found our family rushing to help the Kemps with some work on their church before their revival 

started the next night.

They gave us an offering for coming to help them, and took us out for a yummy supper. 

It was so fun to be with them.

~Hanging the HEAVY Church sign.~

~Sis. Kemp did a great job painting the sign!

All done and hung up!~

~SO NICE!~

~Our yummy supper!  Mine was ALL THINGS SHRIMP!!!

(Can you tell I spent 4 of my teenage years in Louisiana?!  

Love LA and Shrimp!!!)

~Love our dear friends!!  They started attending our church in Phoenix, AZ when Sarah was a baby.~

~We have a new store nearby in West Union, OH.  

It is Called, "The Bargain Barn."

It is overstock from stores like Target, Bath and Body Works, food, etc. 

I was soooo happy to find these cute little trees from Target 

for CHEAP!!

~Elijah & Mary went to VIP day, 

to hang out with their cousins and friends.~

~While they were gone, Abigail and I went over to help Kimberly with packing!

I love their beautiful driveway!  

So picturesque!~

~When we got to Kimberly's, Stella just clung to Aunt Abigail!!!~

~Going on a walk.

Stella LOVES to walk down their driveway, so the kids have been taking her on a lot of walks.~

~Stella watching Papa preach, from under the bench.~

~....Look at the Abigail WALKING ON THE GUARD RAIL...ACROSS THE CREEK!!!~

~And then, it is hard to see, but Noah joined her!~

~I love to coffee at home!~

~Counting my blessings....

Jesus, Salvation, Sanctification, My husband, My kiddos, my grand girls, all my extended family, my home Jesus gave us, all my dear friends, our dear church people, Life! 

~We've had company recently, and did we ever have a blast! 

Now, the Towels are all squeaky Clean and back in the cabinet.~

~And the blankets are all scrubbed and on the ladder.~

~Chris working hard in their barn.  

We are going to miss seeing this neat place...and 

OUR DEAR CHRIS, KIMBERLY, AND STELLA!!

We are VERY GRATEFUL to Jesus for every minute we have been able to enjoy them!~

~Sarah sent us this pic of adorable little Adelynn helping her Daddy and Mamma garden!~

~I had to do some running Saturday, and I was so grateful for the coffee gift card that Dave and Teresa had gotten us for Foothills!

It was a FREE pick-me-up coffee!~

~I love every season!!

Look at the pretty purple clover growing!~

~I've been trying to bring over food to help Kimberly, so we are eating a lot of fast meals with Chris and Kimberly.  

Enjoying every minute.~

~Cousin Laura was such a BLESSING doing the children's story last Sunday morning, 

PLUS, SHE HAD US OVER FOR A YUMMY DINNER, 

and sang a special Sunday night! <3 ~

~Baby Stella LOVES babies!!

She always borrows one of the A. Girls babies to carry around.

Here, she has theirs and hers.~

~I guess she was letting the babies see the flowers.~

~OVER TO UNCLE BILL AND COUSIN LAURA'S 

FOR A YUMMY SUNDAY DINNER!~

~It was so nice that Rose and Willow could be there too!!~

~Laura's Pretty table!~

~So Delicious!~

~And we topped the meal off with Laura's yummy peach cobbler and ice cream.~

~Phillip praying over Chris and Kimberly.~

~THE GO-AWAY SNACK FOR CHRIS, KIMBERLY, AND BABY STELLA!~

~I was so happy to find a D-I-Y banner at Dollar General that comes with all kinds of letters and symbols, so you can make it say what you want.

Mary put this together for me to say, "We Love Y'all!~

~CVS prints off pictures while you wait!

So, Saturday, I ran and got these pics printed off for my centerpiece.~

~For cards for the Klines.~

~We set it up on the side of the church.  

I was very GRATEFUL that it was not supposed to rain.~

~The ladies all helped bring some yummy food too help 

with the snack!

Mrs. Fields brought yummy sloppy joes, and her 

DELICIOUS CORN PUDDING!~

~Cards and gifts.~

~Cousin Laura brought the yummy donuts, and Lisa brought yummy cookies from Sam's and a DELICIOUS FRUIT SALAD! 

I brought the peanut butter cookies and Oreos, plus potato salad, chips, and a veggie tray.~

~Cousin Laura sent me these 4 fun pics.~

~It was a bit Chilly that evening, so Phillip is helping U. Bill with a blanket.

It was so nice to have Mr. GaryWayne join us. 

His own church did not have a service that night.~

~The sweet Avery Girls got Stella a BABY DOLL!!!!~

~She came over to our house that night and promptly pushed 3 baby dolls in the stroller!

She'll be a good Mommy some day.~

~Rachel Campbell's Baby Shower.~

Mary, Abigail, and I got the privilege to set up the coffee bar / drink station at Rachel's baby shower.

We were an hour and a half from home, the shower was almost all decorated, ...

when Abigail spotted this Fence STAPLE in our van tire!!!

Thankfully, it was in there good, and the tire was not leaking!

A friend of ours happened to come by and he looked at it, and said he thought if we drove slowly, we could get home, and Phillip could fix it the next day.

(PRAISE JESUS! We did get home safely that night!

And we were able to get buy a used tire today.)

~Here are some pics of my table and the pretty Baby Shower.~

The sign says:

"Mother"

1. Secret keeper, friend, peace maker, teacher, angel, 

boo-boo kisser.

2. Keeper of the family (& home)

(see also: maid, chauffeur, chef, saint. :-)

~Love these antique baby scales, and 

Abigial's little "Ralph Lauren" patent leather shoes.~

~DURING OUR FAMILY DEVOTIONS THIS AM, 

I SPOTTED THESE LITTLE 

S-T-E-L-L-A HAND PRINTS 

ON MY LIVING ROOM WINDOW.

I MAY NEVER WASH IT AGAIN. ('~')

(I DIDN'T REALLY DRINK 3 CUPS OF COFFEE. )

~My pretty flower I got at Rachel's baby shower.~

~"God be Praised"~

~IHC 2026 PART 2!!~

~WEDNESDAY~

~Iced Mama Mia....delicious!~

~Sweet ladies~

~Women of Worth~

~So glad I could sit with my girls and their girls.~

~Dear "Mom Sankey" did a great job talking to us and then praying.  Her true funny self came out, and 

She made us all laugh so hard.

~The Lord helped Mrs. Marie Plank as she spoke to us.

Her favorite hymn is, "Living for Jesus."

by Thomas O. Chisholm and C. Harold Lowden.

The chorus goes,

"O, Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee;

For Thou, in Thy atonement, Didst give thyself for me.

I own no other Master;

My heart shall by Thy throne.

My life I give, henceforth to live,

O Christ, for Thee alone."

~2 sweet girls.~

~My Sweet friends and me.~

~My Sweet Ashlea and I.~

~My Sweet girls, their girls and me.~

~Olivia, Kimberly, Sarah, and their sweet babies.~

~Cousins Kimberly, Natasha, and Sarah and their adorable girls.~

~Coming in for a hug...~

~Lucas took this of my Sweet sister Laura, and her Natasha and Eva, and Kimberly, Stella, Sarah, Adelynn, and Me.~

~Elijah and his friends.~

~Sweet Sarah J. and Me.~

~Coffee-ing with Our Men Arise Ladies' Prayer Team.~

~Fun to meet up with Jamie too.~

~And Joanne.~

~Children's Church.~

~Time of Discovery in the main sanctuary.~

~I got to sit with my dear brother Andrew, sweet Vonnie, and her sweet Mom, "Mom Sankey."~

~So fun to see U. Dan.~

~The Lord helped Our cousin Evan Burley as he preached.~

~Trying to get a family (& Friends) selfie~

~Celebrating Elijah's 18th in our hotel room with 

family and friends.

If I counted right, there were 52 of us.  :-)

We had a lot of fun!~

~I didn't go "all out" just got a few touches here and there for our hotel room.

I got these light up numbers (18)

cheap at Hobby Lobby...

and turned the hotel ice bucket up-side-down for a 

"stand."

:-D

(Thanks, Kimberly, for these fun pics.)

~We hung a 25 cent birthday banner on the wall, 

and filled an cardboard "E" full of candy.

Elijah LOVES candy!~

(Thanks, Ashlea for these fun pics.)

~We had lots of dessert choices, but donuts were 

where the candles landed.~

....We interrupt this party to bring this adorable RETRO 

pic of my sister Laura and I.~

~Besides sweets, 

I had an assortment of foods, mainly corndogs, 

local pizza, and chicken salad.

Some of the people brought snacks too.

~U. Daryl holding Adelynn.~

~Elijah knew something was up, but didn't know to what extent.

He was pleased with the party and the friends and family that showed came.~

~Elijah and a few of the friends gathered.~

~The tape had given out on the banner.  :-) 

~I found these glasses for 25 cents, 

and asked E. to wear them for a silly pic.~

~THURSDAY~

~Chapel of the children.~

~Poor Joanne.~

~Harry Plank~

~My girls' other sweet Mamma's and Me.~

~So fun to get a family pic.

Just missing dear Chris.~

~We've changed quite a bit and grown by 2 grand girls since 2021.~

~During IHC, I began to pray that I WOULD SEE A BEAR!!!

On Thursday night, after service, I was standing alone in our Hotel parking lot, waiting for someone to come and get Stella's car seat out of our Suburban.

When All of the sudden, I turned around, and there was this 

HUGE BEAR about 6 1/2 feet behind me 

WALKING STRAIGHT TOWARD ME!!!

Kimberly was walking up right then, and so I quickly motioned her to NOT COME CLOSER, 

and I walked toward her and whispered that there was bear behind the Suburban!

Sure enough, the bear walked out from behind the Suburban, 

RIGHT WHERE I HAD BEEN STANDING!! 

I was HAPPY that Jesus let me see a bear.

But, I guess next time, I will pray more specifically 

AS TO HOW CLOSELY I WANT TO SEE A BEAR.  :-) 

~On Thursday after IHC, it has become Tradition for us to 

go out with the Stampers and Stampers to Mel's Diner.  

So fun to have Kimberly, Stella, and Noah with us this year.~

~Then we drove to the Island to sit and talk.~

~Phillip loved this little church and it's red door, and wanted to get a family pic there, but we never were able to make it happen.

So, thankfully, he grabbed these with Abigail, Mary and Noah.~

~FRIDAY, AFTER IHC!~

(Some of these fun pics came from Ashlea.)

~SWEET ASHLEA AND HER CHILDREN 

CAME HOME WITH US!!~

~Addi and Mary made these yummy choc. chip cookies.~

~The Lord's Day.~

~My "Prayer Warrior" sticker I got at IHC.~

~At 4:40 AM, Sunday morning, I woke up remembering that I wanted to set a pretty table.

So, I got up and had a blast setting this fun tablescape.

Then I went back to bed by 5:45, for a little longer.~

~I got 8 of These checkered plates at a Consignment shop for a 

TOTAL of $3.50 FOR ALL 8 PLATES!!~

~Elli and Abigail did these face masks. :-) 

~MONDAY~

~My girls and I were soooo happy to find these stores while we were in West Union, OH with Ashlea and her girls!! <3

Right Beside that new 

"THE BARGAIN BARN" store in West Union, 

there is also this fun Ladies Store that has a lot of nice dresses and things called "LACE AND GRACE."

~OUR FUN PICNIC~

We finished off our FUN days with Sweet Ashlea 

and her dear kids with a YUMMY picnic, 

and the guys went disc golfing. 

~Sparkling lemonades from Aldi's.~

~The girls all sliding down the slide together.~

~Ashlea sent me this fun pic.~

~E and Jax. Imitating someone they had seen eating.~

~After our picnic, 

My kitchen was a WRECK, but we were all together 

and the girls were making some YUMMY treats.~

~YUM!!!~

~Poor Ashlea and Elli were exhausted.

And so were some of the rest of us, so we went to bed.

But, it has become a tradition for her 3 oldest, 

and our 3 youngest kids, 

TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT LONG, 

talking, playing games, and enjoying the last few hours together. 

#wishtheydidn'tlivesofaraway

~THE NEXT MORNING, WE SAID OUR SAD GOODBYES, AND E, M, A, and I RAN TO CINCI FOR THEIR MUSIC LESSONS!!!~

~FREE BROWN BUTTER CHOC. CHIP LATTE!~

~Time with Jesus and coffee in my IHC mug.~

~There, that island is looking much better.~

~Giving Stella fist bumps.~

~SOME OF ASHLEA'S CUTE PICS SHE SENT ME!~

(Me being silly wearing those cake time glasses.)

~Sunday dinner~

~AND THAT IS A WRAP!!!~

THANKS FOR READING ALONG!!!

PLEASE PRAY AS WE HELP CHRIS, KIMBERLY, AND STELLA PACK UP AND MOVE!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR A SAFE TRIP TO AND FROM PA!!!

~HEATHER~