Thursday, 10/29/26, Yay, today we found out Bagel is our puppy, we all love Bagel already. Bill and I went to Flint, stopped for donuts in Bridgeport, Maddy and I went to lunch, Bill worked on Jeep light, I researched the rest of people on our ballots for voting, made sirloin burgers for dinner,

Yay!  Bagel is going to be ours!  We are so happy!  He’s 7 weeks old in this picture.  He’s been the girls and Kenzie’s favorite from the beginning.  He’s been one of my two favorite from the beginning.  Biscuit was the other.  The breeder sent me this about his personality.  I know he’s the one for us now for sure.  I prayed God would pick the best one for us to have.

Bagels Brothers and sisters

Bagels dad Jag

Bagel’s mom, Lavi

Cute picture Kenzie made and Rehvyn colored for Vikki for her birthday.

Vikki saw this beautiful rainbow this morning.  It wasn’t even raining she said.  God’s promise to us.

Bill and I got up and got ready to go to Flint this morning to pick up a headlight for his Jeep.  It was a beautiful day and sunny in the morning.  I got an email right before we left from our breeder saying we were a temperament match with Bagel.  We were so happy because he has been a favorite from the very beginning.  I texted a group message to the girls letting them know and sent a picture of the email.  They were just as happy and excited as me.  Kimmy called me right away after she saw the email.  After I talked to her, Melissa called me too.  I couldn’t talk to Vikki because she was at work, but she texted me at 11:19 while she was still at work just to let me know she was happy too.  I texted my sister, Brenda, too and sent her a picture of Bagel and the email the breeder sent.  She was happy and excited for me too.  She got her new puppy a few months ago.

Bill and I traveled along holding hands for a while.  Then he needed his hand to drink his coffee.  We met the person by Applebees, Bill bought the headlight, then we headed back home.  He asked me if I wanted to go anywhere, but I said no.  Then he asked me if I wanted to stop at the Buttercrust Bakery in Bridgeport which is our favorite, so of course I couldn’t say no to that.  We got our favorite donuts called Yum Yums.  They were out of the apple donuts or we would have gotten a couple of those too.  We ate our donuts and drank our coffees on our ride home.  They were Yummy!  

Maddy came over today.  We went out to the shed so she could say hi to Bill.  Then we went to Chic fil A.  She ordered on her phone and we thought it was for pick up, but when we got there they wanted us to go through the drive through.  We did, then after we picked it up, we came back to my house to eat it.  Bill was in the house by then.  I shared my chicken strips and fries with him and shared my fries with Maddy.  She got the chicken tortilla soup.  She let me try a bite, but it was too spicy for me.  Glad I know that now.  We had a nice lunch an a nice visit.  We got specialty coffee drinks with our food, but they were stronger than usual Maddy said, so we added flavored creamer.  After we finished eating, we sat in the family room and visited under electric throws.  Bill wants to keep the heat off until November.  He’s starting to take after Kimmy and Jared lol.  I gave Maddy one of our donuts.  She only wanted a half so cut it in half.  She has lost 30 lbs. and does a lot of running and working out to stay in shape.  Alec has lost 40 lbs.  I didn’t think Maddy had that much to lose, but she showed me a before and after picture.  She is in great shape now which helps with having to carry the baby around.  He’s going to outpatient therapy now and is going to need braces on his legs.  He has started to army crawl around the house now which is nice and helps him build muscle that he needs.  I sure am praying for the little sweetheart.  Maddy left and I read my Bible after that.  Then I did my prayer books.  Also prayed lots for our nation and for family.  

Bill was having a hard time with the light he put in not working.  Maddy and I had prayed he would have wisdom.  He came in and told me he had called Rody and he was coming to help.  Then he figured out what it was.  He has to get a small part and then all should go well.  Praise God!  I worked on researching the rest of the candidates I didn’t know on our ballots.  That took some time, but I got it done.  

I made sirloin burgers, oven baked small potatoes with seasoning, onions and butter on them and corn from our garden.  It tasted so good.

I started an album for our new Puppy and moved pictures of him, his mom, dad, and brothers and sisters into it.  I told my breeder that his new name would be Asher which means blessed.  The girls picked it out because I always say What a Blessing and would tell my other dogs they were blessed, they lived in the home of the righteous.  I guess I will be speaking a blessing on this puppy.

Worked on todays, blog and then worked on catching up on the blogs I am behind on.  

Wednesday, 10/28/26, Bill had a VA appt. then went to breakfast at Leo’s with church men, I walked on the walking pad, ate breakfast, did laundry, worked outside cutting plants down, planting mums, digging dahlia bulbs up to use next year,

Still some pretty color on our road

Kenzie made this picture for Vikki’s birthday and Rehvyn colored it.  So sweet.

Vikki drew this cute lamb in her journal Bible.  It’s so cute.

Bill went to his VA shoe appt.  After he got done, he went to breakfast at Leo’s with some guys from church.  I walked over a mile on the walking pad.  I played worship music while I walked and worshipped the Lord.  After that I ate breakfast.  I warmed my left over blueberry pancake with blueberry syrup up and had my coffee with it.  I read what my breeder wrote on her blog about more dog care and helpful tips.  I was glad to see she posted that McCann dog training is good on You Tube.  That is what Kimmy has been having me watch.  Bill got home and we read our Bibles/Prayer books.  Kimmy called me back after I tried calling her and we looked up some beds for small dogs.  I went to look at dog beds at Aldi’s and Walmart. Vikki called me when I went out to my car and said she has a bed I can have that Lucy doesn’t need because she has 3 beds.  Yay!  Money saved is money earned.  I ordered a nice blanket on Amazon and a 4 foot leash that the breeder said I should have to make training easier.  Today the dog brush I ordered and Lamb Chop came.  These were recommend by the breeder because her Havanese love them.  Melissa loves the brush and Kimmy said Lamb Chop was Wyatt’s favorite toy.

I went outside when I got home and cut down all my hostas, my Soloman’s Seal, and the golden rod plant that grew in my garden.  I tried to dig it up but couldn’t.  Bill said later that he will dig it for me.  I dug my dahlia bulbs up and put them in a brown bag to be stored in the dark cool room in the basement til next year.  I emptied the wagon into a Yard Waste container.  I picked up some sticks and put them on the burn pile.  I planted my white mum and my purple mum.  It was a beautiful day for it in the mid 70’s.  I washed off some garden decor and put it away.  Vikki called me and talked for a while.  She wondered why I sounded like I was working hard.  I wonder.

Bill picked Max up and took him to his appointment.  Afterwards they went to Culver’s and Bill texted me to see if I wanted to come.  I called him but they had already left.  He was going to pick me up something after he dropped Max off, but I told him I would just go get Culver’s.  I passed the new Dairy Queen on my way and it wasn’t too busy, so I went there and got a burger and a Blizzard.  They were good, but I like Culver’s better.  

I worked on catching up on my blogs and talked to Melissa for a while.  I talked to Sue and talked to Vikki again too.  She sent me a picture of a motorcycle crashed and said it was the guy from their church who put in their water heater.  The motorcycle was totaled, but he was ok.  What a miracle.  We sure were thanking Jesus.  

 Got two days done on my blog.  

Tuesday, 10/27/26, Did laundry, made breakfast, worked outside lots, went to prayer in the evening.

My Rehvyn FaceTiming with me

Kenzie sent me these cute pictures.  They had all kinds of machinery/tractors for kids to sit on and they gave them candy.  Rehvyn loved it so much,  He and his daddy dressed up and had lots of fun together.  Kenzie too.  

Kenzie sent me pictures of his art project today.  She does lots of crafts and plays lots of educational games with him.  She’s a fun mom.

Bill vacuuming out the leaves from the bricked in area Kimmy and I planted ground cover in.

Worked cutting the hibiscus down and pulling zinnias out.  They were all dead from the frost so I didn’t get any zinnia seeds for next year.

Lucy and me

Isaac, Peyton and Lucy

I took my shower after I got lots of laundry going.  We have 2 weeks worth.  We had our coffee in the morning afterward.  We read our Bibles and did our prayer books, then after that, I made eggs, potatoes, sausage, and toast for breakfast.  We had orange juice with it.  

Bill finished 2 Bibles he has been reading in a year.  Wow!  That is a lot of reading.  I am proud of him.  

My breeder said I can pick up our puppy on November 7.  All three girls are going with me.  It will be a fun girls day out.  I am so excited.  So are the girls.  I am hoping she makes the appt. early enough so I can make it back for the Marine Corps Ball.  

Today, dog shampoo, conditioner, and nail clippers. A couple of things I need to have when I pick the puppy up came too.

Bill and I worked outside lots.  He mowed the grass and blew the leaves.  Then he vacuumed them up with a big vacuum.  He worked hard.  I worked at cutting stuff down, and picking up sticks.  Filled a Yard Waste container.  Picked up subs for dinner.  Vikki stopped over with the kids.  I was so happy to see them all and get hugs.  Lucy came too.  She was super excited to see me.  I gave them their two bags of Beaver nuggets from Buck-ee’s.  We had a nice visit, then they had to leave.  

I went to prayer in the evening.  It was so awesome and amazing how the Holy Spirit moved.  Such an awesome group of interceders.  What a blessing!

I came home and worked on catching my blogs up.  Slow and steady wins the race.

We went to bed at midnight.

Sat. 10/24/26, Packed up everything, Bill hooked the trailer up to the motorhome with my guidance, he loaded the bike on the trailer after Ziggy brought it up, Ziggy prayed for us and then went to the morning service, we took off after we were all ready, had a beautiful ride on a beautiful day. We stopped at Lamberts again in Sikeston, Missouri. Then we drove til we got to Effingham, Illinois, then stopped at a Cracker Barrel for the night. I was around 9..

There was a big ole wasp on the top of the mirror on the right.  I couldn’t wait to get going so he would blow off.  I sure wasn’t taking him home with us.  

Bill in the phone booth at Lambert’s in Sikeston

  

Me in the phone booth

We both got chicken strips dinners 

I got 6 huge chicken strips, cottage cheese and chunky applesauce, Bill caught us each 2 rolls which are huge, then they bring around pass around bowls of fried okra, fried potatoes with onions, macaroni and tomatoes, and black eyed peas.  We didn’t eat any black eyed peas.  Bill didn’t have any fried okra either,  Everything was so good.  The waitress brought us 2 extra rolls to take home, plus we had 2 left we didn’t eat.  We took 4 of our chicken strips home and I took some fried potatoes.  We ate left overs for 2 days.

Bill did a great job driving all day and into the evening.  The country side was beautiful.  We only stopped for gas/potty breaks.  We ate lunch in the camper while we were going.  I cut up chicken strips for Bill and he ate a roll.  I had the same thing only had potatoes with mine.  We snacked during our drive too and listened to Christian music I had on my playlist on my phone.  We enjoyed our stop at Lambert’s for dinner again.  Such a fun place with great food and friendly waitresses and waiters and roll throwers.  We called Bev and Jim while we were waiting 30 minutes to get seated.  It ended up being 20 minutes.  They were 45 minutes behind us and we were just getting seated, so couldn’t wait for them.  We drove a couple of more hours and stopped to stay in a Cracker Barrel in Effingham, Illinois.  We didn’t even play a game after driving all day.  We relaxed, then went to bed early.  Thankful to the Lord for keeping everyone safe today.  We talked to Cindy and they were staying in a Cracker Barrel in Terri Haute a ways ahead of us.  Bev and Jim were staying in a town about the same distance behind us.  Russ and Marsha were staying in Indiana near Indianapolis at a hotel.  Travel will be resumed for all of us tomorrow.  Gayla texted me during the day to see where we were and how we were doing.  I kept her posted all day and let her know where we stopped for the night.  

Friday, 10/23/26, Went to the evening service, 1,881 was the final registration total. What a blessed week of worship and teachings, fellowship and great food. We have much to thank God for. Now we are ready to get home to our family.

Thursdays total registered

Friday’s total registered..praise God...so awesome worshipping with so many believers in Jesus!

This whole area and both sides of it were full and the whole back area behind us where we have meals was completely full.  

We hugged friends and told them goodbye as we will be leaving in the morning.  Lew and Cindy, Bev and Jim, and Marsha and Russ are leaving tomorrow morning too.  Marsha and Russ are riding their motorcycle all the way back to Alma to his brothers and then loading it on their trailer and driving the rest of the way home.  We are all praying for each other and all who will be leaving in the days after us.

We went back to the camper and visited with Ziggy.  We made our plan for the next morning on when we would be leaving.  Ziggy is going to pick up our trailer from the field and bring it up for us.  It is a little rough on a motorhome going down there.  He always does it for us.  He is staying another day and sleeping in his Jeep.  He has a mattress in it so said he will be fine.  I told Gayla he was staying and she said he could stay with them.  She told him the next day, but he said he would be fine in his Jeep and was leaving at 5 in the morning, so he didn’t want to wake them.  We went to bed at 10:30 and the plan was to leave at 9 in the morning.  

 

Thurs. 10/22/26, 2nd day of the Colors Rally, we went to the morning service, It was awesome, Good messages and awesome worship,

People had to sit in the dining area because so many were there

Jerod and Jennifer sharing total registered Thursday

Jerry and Darrel...awesome worship again

Paul on left, Gayla, Wes, Cindy and Lew in the back.  Getting ready to pray

Ziggy took this right before we gathered to pray

Beautiful day in the 80’s and sunny with clear skies

It was such a cool restaurant....

Our nice waitress took our picture

Ziggy took this picture.  I’m walking out the door because Bill forgot his phone on the bike, so I went to get it for him

Took a group picture before the evening service of those of us from Michigan attending the Colors Rally.  Pam and her husband front left, Me and Bill,
Second row...Gayla, Betty, Bev, Marsha, Lew,Cindy, Al, Lucy, Barb, Debbie, couple we didn’t know
Back row...Wes, Mel, Jim, Maverick, Russ, Ziggy, Ron, Paul 

Guys wearing Purple hats the color of royalty.  Sons of God the Father.

National Evangelists ready to pray for people

Ziggy came back to the camper with a purple hat.  I got my purple hat out that I got the first day goodies opened.  Ziggy wanted to take a selfie.

The morning service was really good.  We got to go because Debbie and Paul volunteered to go prepare the meal today.  They only needed one couple.  After the morning service, we looked at Run for the Son sale Tables, and went into goodies.  Looked at silent auction stuff.  Bill has a bid on a half helmet, Russ has a bid on an old jean vest with an indentation of the CMA logo instead of a patch, and Ziggy has a bid on a half helmet.  Russ saw someone with the jean vest on and thought is was so cool, but knew it was very old so didn’t think he would be able to get one.  There were 3 and two were his size.  Marsha and Russ came to visit, then at one, we left to go on our ride.  We lost Wes, Gayla, Betty and Mel, when they had to change lanes and were behind big semi’s and had a semi on the side of them.  They missed the turn.  We didn’t notice they were missing until, Wes called me and I found out they were in Mt. Ida.  It was too far to turn around and come all the way where we were, so the four of them ate in Mt. Ida and we ate in the train car.  Bummer they weren’t with us.  

Wes, Gayla, Betty and Mel at a cute restaurant in Mt. Ida.  I’m glad they at least had each other’s company when we got separated.

We got back to Mena and all went for ice cream in town.  When we were leaving, Debbie looked for her phone and couldn’t find it.  Paul checked his phone finder app and her phone showed up in Oklahoma at the restaurant parking lot.  They went to their motel, got their truck and drove 60 miles back to the restaurant.  We went back to the camper and got ready for the evening service.  Bill and Ziggy wore purple hats.  I lent Bill mine.  

 

Ziggy and Bill in their purple hats at the camper

Bill and Jay, our National Evangelist

Me and Jane without hats lol

They found Debbie’s  phone.  It had tracks over it, but it worked perfectly.  Yay!  They headed back and a group of deer crossed the road in front of them.  God protected them.  They made it back to the evening service in time to get in the group picture we were taking.  God sure worked everything out.  We were all thanking Him and praising Him. 

The service was so amazing and the worship was so amazing too.  The Holy Spirit was present and moving.