Sunday, 9/21/25, Angie went to church with us, everyone came to our house and we had pizza, watched Memorial service, We had Kenzie’s chili for dinner and chicken salad sandwiches, lots of visiting

 

Peyton, Rody and Jared 

Watching the Celebration of Life for Charlie Kirk.  It was so awesome, many Born Again believers worshiping with amazing Worship Leaders and honoring the life of Charlie.  His wife did an amazing job speaking and included that she forgives the person who murdered her husband.  Such love that Jesus has put in her heart.  There was so much love in that room and so many great testimonies.  It was 

Rehvyn, Isaac and Vikki

Jack

Max and Melissa

Bruce

Melissa, Bill and Angie

Rehvyn and Aunt Angie

Rehvyn giving papa hugs

Eli sent me this with som other pictures...they took Rehvyn outside and put him on Papa’s tractor, on the motorcycle and then took him out and played basketball with him.  They were so sweet with him.

Bill and his sister Angie

Angie came to our house in the morning.  We went to the late service at church.  Angie wanted to go with us because she has been watching online for over a year now.  She really likes Pastor Ken’s preaching.  Bill went back to prayer and I introduced Angie to some friends.  The worship was awesome and Pastor gave a really good message.  Lots of Scriptures to look up and write down, and notes to take.  We prayed for people after the service was over.  Then we saw Angie talking to Pastor Ken.  We introduced her to his wife Joan after we got back to where she was.  Then we came home and Vikki, Peyton and Rehvyn were here.  Kimmy and Jared and the boys were on their way.  They picked up the pizza’s I ordered for me and brought them.  Rody and Isaac came and brought their pizzas and later Melissa and her family came and brought their pizzas.  We had lots of bread sticks too.  We all ate and visited than some of us watched the Charlie Kirk memorial.  I visited with Angie lots so didn’t get to see it all, but what I did watch was amazing.  God is moving.  Everyone gave all the glory to God for everything.  There was such awesome worshippers there and the worship was amazing.  The speakers were great and there was so much love in that room.  It was packed!  I cried several times because I am so sad for his wife Erica and their children.  I just can’t imagine anyone thinking that was ok for someone to do.  She gave an amazing talk and I know it was God helping her.  What an amazing person and Christian.  

It was probably 7 hours long.  I will be watching it all so I watched what I missed. Rehvyn sure was a good boy and was just as cute as can be.  I sure do love him.  All of the kids had a good time together and were so helpful with Rehfyn.  I sure do love my family.

After everyone left, Angie, Bill and I had some of Kenzie’s chili and a chicken salad sandwich.  We stayed up late visiting and then went to bed at the same time.  It sure felt good to get some good sleep.  It rained again during the night.  Angie said she heard thunder and saw lightening, but I didn’t hear a thing.

 

Sat. 9/20/25, Our niece Amanda had her baby girl today. She’s beautiful! Went to Breakfast West Branch Chapter made, it rained hard, lined up for group ride, 4 from the Tawas chapter came, it rained, went to Buccelli’s for pizza buffet, came back to campground, hung out with Marsha and Russ, Chili Cookoff, Kenzie’s chili won!, Yay

Prayer before the ride

Lining up for the ride

It was a rainy, wet ride for 50 miles

The Tawas chapter pulled into a parking lot because they couldn’t see good while riding.  It was a cozy restaurant where we all warmed up and had coffee.  Gary and Marie, Russ and Marsha and Jeff W. came back 40 minutes later.  Gary was leading the ride and didn’t stop for us to put our rain gear on.  

Bill and I in the restaurant

Bev and Jim

Our group leaving to go to Buccelli’s in Houghton Lake after the rain stopped.  The Tawas group were wet and were just going to head back to Tawas

At Buccilli’s for pizza buffet and salad bar.  It was delicous

Kenzie made my chili for the chili cookoff the day I ended up in ER for back pain.  I froze it and thawed it and cooked it tonight.  Her chili won the chili cookoff.  I’m so happy for her.  I renamed my recipe, Penny’s Award Winning Chili after I won 2 times at the Harley Dealer and 2 times at the CMA Leadership campout.  I had the recipe on the cupboard, but wouldn’t have been able to make it to take.  It was so sweet of Kenzie to make it for me.  She deserved to win for sure.  Thank you Kenzie.
 

Friday 9/19/25, packed stuff we needed, loaded bike onto trailer, got to St Helen, went to Hen House for lunch, did some challenge rides, went to Steakhouse for dinner, campfire,

Nice ride but a little cool

Some fall color but not much

CMA Challenge Ride at Irons Park Bridge with Bill,  me, Sue Doug, Andrew, Jeff and Pauletta

 

On our way to Prudenville

 

Houghton Lake in the background

Bill and I at Trestle in Prudenville

We left home and headed to St. Helen.  Not much to pack in the morning because we left almost everything in the camper.  We left around 10:30.  We got there and got set up on lot 5.  Lots of room on this big lot.  We were parked next to Mel and Betty.  Sue and Doug came and said hi.  We went to the Hen House and had breakfast.  Julie and Phil had already ate, so they didn’t come.  Sue, Doug, Russ, Pauletta, Jeff, John, and Andrew all came with us.  Russ had to leave to go back home.  After lunch (although most of us had breakfast) we went and did two of our challenge rides for CMA.   Such a fun thing to do together.  We came back to the campground and relaxed and hung out.  In the evening, We went to the Steakhouse.  Julie and Phil were just leaving when we got there.  Their eating schedule was earlier than ours today.  Brenda, Jerry, Sue and Doug, Bill and I, Mel and Betty (later Kathy and Jeff W. came too). Some lady made quadruple chocolate cupcakes.  She just gave each one at our table one.  They were delicious.  Our food came.  It took a while, but it sure was good.  Bill had Chicken Tenders and I had French Dip.  Jerry sang a song when they started Karaoke.  He did a great job.  We left and when we got back to the campground, we sat around a campfire between Mel and Betty’s camper and ours.  It was great visiting with everyone.  Bill and I played a game of 3-13.  I lost.  I slept really good which was great because I didn’t sleep hardly at all last night.  

Thursday, 9/18/25, went to the food tent, walked through buildings, back to camper to pack up, Bill rode bike and parked it by our trailer, FaceTimed with Kenzie and Rehvyn, left campground and loaded trailer with motorcycle,

Bill did such a great job driving back from Indiana
 

Bev petting this nice dog named bear.  He was so sweet!

I saw a beautiful rainbow on my way to Vikki’s

Rehvyn loved playing with the remote control car at Grammy’s

Me and my sweetie Rehvyn

He started doing the song Wheels on the bus so cute when Vikki turned the song on.  He sure gets into it and knows the moves.

Rehvy sure knows how to keep busy!  He loves to play!

Kenzie sent me this cute picture today!

Vikki took this cute picture 

He loved playing with the remote car and was really good at it!

We got up and went to breakfast with Bev and Jim at the food tent.  We met a nice lady who was a worker and sat at her table.  They served breakfast burritos today.  They were good, but not my favorite!

We walked through some buildings again.  The guy who owned the beautiful dog in the picture let us pet his dog.  He talked to me a long time in front of the big pole barn, and shared his testimony.  He has been set free from alcohol for 5 years now.  He seeks the Lord and quoted lots of scriptures.  Now his ministry is to go where the homeless are and take blankets and hand out water.  His dog is a therapy dog so he takes him and touches a lot of lives.  He sure touched my heart.  I met another brother I will see in heaven.  

I caught up with Bill and we decided we should go find the guy that said he would dump our tanks today.  Bill finally called him and he said his son would come.  They are pretty slow, so we put our slide outs in, Bill put the jacks up which are automatic and then I pulled the boards out.  Because the boards were attached to what Kimmy, Vikki, Melissa and families got him for his birthday, I went around and just grabbed the long handles and pulled them it so easily. No more getting on the ground to do it! Yay!  This camper is sure fast and easy to get ready to go.

Bill rode the trike over to where our trailer was parked and left it there. He was walking back and someone gave him a ride in a golf cart. I had prayed that would happen because it was a long way away out of the area we were camping in and down the road.  We decided to dump our tanks at a Loves gas station on the way a short distance away.  

We said goodbye to Bev and Jim and headed out!  We drove straight home only stopping to dump the tanks and get gas once and stopping at a rest area to use the bathrooms once.  I read my Bible and prayer books on the way.  Tried to nap, but only rested.  We snacked on the way.  

We got home at 4:30 and looked very dark in the direction of our house.  It started raining right after he got the bike off and I drove my car back to put the stuff we needed to take in the house in.  

After we got everything in, I went to see Rehvyn at Vikki’s. I got to see Peyton and Issac too because they were home from school.  Saw Rody too.  

I stayed until 8:15 because Isaac did an update on my phone.  He showed me a lot of new things this phone does too. He’s always so helpful!

I came home and Bill had dried the load of laundry I washed and had it folded and ready to put away.  He had already put his stuff away.  I washed the sheets from upstairs, dried them and then we both went upstairs and made the bed.  

We relaxed after that.  Bill read his Bible while I was gone and power washed the camper and motorcycle.