Tuesday, 4/7/26, Bill took the garbage out, then he took his sister, Carol to the dentist, I put all the Easter stuff back in tubs and in the attic, did 3 loads of laundry, we went to Olive Garden and wrote out our vision.

Daffodils are getting taller 

Only found 5 hyacinths poking through and getting blossoms now.  I will have to plant more. 

Lenten Rose- growing but needs warm weather

Some buds are forming

The wing blew off my bluebird feeder.  Sure hope I can find it.

Our yard is dry now. Yay!

I got up first and got ready.  I started a load of laundry.  Bill got up a half hour after me.  He started taking out the garbage right away.  He left at 9:30 to take his sister, Carol, to the dentist.  While he was gone, I put good worship music on and worshipped.  Read my Bible and did my prayer books.  After that I put the left over candy from the adult basket in a big ziplock bag.  I went upstairs and took all the grass out of the baskets, bagged it up according to color, then put it. in the tub.  Put the baskets in a tub also, as well as decorative basket covers.  Then I put all the tubs back in the attic til next year.  

I washed 2 more loads of clothes, then washed down the lower cupboards in the kitchen.  Bill got home and brought me a delicious donut from the Buttercrust Bakery in Bridgeport.  It is our favorite bakery.  Yum!  He worked on our tax stuff since we get them done tomorrow.  It was a very cool day, but we did have some sunshine.  Kenzie got home today.  Yay!  I know Rehvyn will sure be happy to see his mommy!  

Talked to Vikki, Melissa and Kimmy.  Marie called me in the evening.  She wanted prayer for two doctor appointments she is going to tomorrow and for an ultrasound she is having on her stomach on Friday.  We prayed over the phone for each other.  She is such a prayer warrior.  I’m so thankful I have her as a dear friend.  

In the evening, Bill and I went to the Olive Garden.  We worked on writing our Vision for 2026 before our food came and after our food came.  We are kind of late this year, but we have our vision card from last year to look at still.  God has blessed us in so many ways as we see the visions He gives us come to pass.  

I worked on my blog and Bill worked on CMA stuff.  It’s time for quarterly reports to be turned in so he has to make sure all the chapters do that, plus he turns ours in.

 

Monday, 4/6/26, Eli and Isaac slept in Late,, Vikki came first, Kimmy locked her keys in her van with Arnie in it, so Adam had to run her the extra keys, Adam stopped in her for a few minutes, The girl picked Jack up, Melissa and Hailey came after Haileys U of M appt., Regen came over for a while too. We ate leftovers and had a great day relaxing together.

Stare down between Lucy inside and Kit Kat out the other window

We loved having Adam stop in

Eli and Jack playing ping pong...Isaac watching

It hailed out 

Hailey...Vikki trimmed her hair and then trimmed mine today.  Thanks Vikki, great job!

Jack...such a sweet kid

Loved seeing sunshine today.  Male and female cardinal re on the bird feeder hanging on the tree

Bill and I slept in until 9.  We got ready, then Bill drank a protein drink, and I had a couple of hard boiled eggs and my coffee.  The boys were still sleeping.  Vikki came over.  She was talking to Kimmy and found out Kimmy locked her keys in the van, with Arnie inside.  She had called Adam and he was bringing her the keys.  Adam stopped over to see us after he took her the keys.  He could only stay for a short time, but we were sure happy to have him come and talk to him for a while.  Kimmy and Arnie finally got here.  We were so happy to see her.  She had her coffee with her and had eaten a snack at the gas station.  We relaxed and watched the Elevation service from last Sunday and also watched some Elevation worship which was awesome.  The boys got up at lunch time.  Jack had texted me to see if he could come over.  I told him we would come pick him up.  We were all going to go, but then Kimmy and Vikki went, because there would be enough room in Vikki’s car without taking the car seat out.  By the time they got back, I had the sloppy Joes warmed up and potatoes for those who wanted them heated up.  Some just wanted chips.  I also warmed the left over home grown corn from Kimmy’s up.  We all enjoyed the food again today.  Jack and Eli played some ping pong in the basement.  The boys also played some worship music while they hung out in the basement.  We all had a nice group discussion about God and the Bible and how it is the standard we go by, not our opinions or ideas.  We had group prayer at the end for all of us.  Melissa and Hailey came a short time after we ate.  They had came home from U of M where Hailey had an appt.  The appt. went well.  I rewarmed things for them and they ate too.  Hailey said she loved the sloppy joes.  We enjoyed visiting, watching the dogs play, drinking our coffee and eating some goodies out of the Easter candy container.  It hailed out for a while.  Vikki picked Peyton up from Regen’s and brought Regen here too.  Then she trimmed Hailey’s hair here.  She did a really nice job.  She asked me if I wanted mine trimmed too.  It needed it badly, so I had her do mine too.  She didn’t take much off, but it sure made a difference.  It’s just right now.  They left I think around 5:30.  I sent leftovers with them.  Bill and I each ate a sloppy Joe and I had a baked potato reheated.  That filled us up.  We relaxed and I worked on my Easter Day blog and finished the rest of it.  I had posted the pictures on Easter after everyone left.

 

Sunday, 4/5/26, Went to early service at church, Bill stayed for second service, Melissa, Bruce and family came to our church today, Everyone but Kenzie came over to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus. Abi came too! It was a blessed day.

Happy Resurrection Day!  Worship and church was awesome today!

Eli and Adam this morning

Jacob, Abi and Eli relaxing 

Revhyn excited about his Easter Basket

Looking cool in his sunglasses and holding his poppit lamb

Rehvyn with three little trucks that came with the bath bombs papa found online and ordered for him.  The bath bombs dissolve and there are cars in them.  What a sweet Papa. 

Vikki and Rehvyn

Travis and Rehvyn....Travis sure was loving and good with Rehvyn.  Kenzie had to go to an art show and sell their stuff

DJ on the left, Travis, Bill, Bruce and Max and Vader

Evan with his Basket

Kody with his basket

Going through the stuff in his basket

Kody with his cross necklace that came late for his birthday

Peyton with her basket

Jack and Wookie.  I didn’t get a picture of him with his basket...Kit Kat is in the window

Max and Vader

Hailey

Melissa

Stacie

Adam

Jared, DJ and Stacie

Melissa, Hailey and Kimmy

Jacob, Abi, Vikki, Rody, and Peyton

The kids getting ready to go out the front door to do the egg hunt.  Evan, Jack, Eli, Hailey, Jacob, Abi Peyton and RehvynThe back yard was too wet, so decided to do the front yard.  Jared put all the eggs out by himself.  What a blessing he is!  Bill and Travis went to look at a car for Travis and Kenzie, Bruce had to run home and wasn’t back yet.

Abi, Jacob, Jack and Evan during the egg hunt

Peyton gathering eggs

Grammy and Rehvyn hunting for eggs.  I love Hailey laughing and gathering eggs in the background

Yay!  Hailey wasn’t being bugged by Jacob and Adam this year.  Nana didn’t even have to help her get more eggs.  

Jacob, Peyton and Abi

Eli gathering eggs

Abi and Jacob

Rehvyn

Eli and Rehvyn

Melissa and Adam

Jacob and Abi going through eggs and counting their money and sorting their candy.  They did some trading with Hailey.  Hailey, Rehvyn, Peyton and Vikki are in the background going through their eggs.

Bill lost the first game when he, Melissa, Jack (playing for the first time) Jared, Jacob and Abi and I played.  Here he is doing his Hee Haw

Max playing Donkey for the first time with Papa, Melissa, Kimmy and Jared.  It was a wild game with Melissa and Max going back and forth giving each other wood tiles.  Max ended up winning and going out,  Melissa went out next because she gave Jared a lot of tiles, then Bill gave Jared lots of wood tiles too, Kimmy went out too.  Poor Jared got stuck with the donkey, and had to wear the hat and say Hee Haw

Jared and Max playing.  Max really liked the game and did lots of laughing

Jacob and Jared.....Jared’s stack was so high

Jared did a great job hee hawing and wearing that donkey hat. Abi thought it was pretty funny

Jacob and Arnie

Arnie and Isaac!  They match!

Jacob, Abi and Rehvyn

Hailey and Rehvyn...Rehvyn giving her a kiss.

Peyton and Rehvyn

Nice family picture of Melissa’s family...Evan, Hailey, Melissa, Bruce, Max and Jack plus family pets, Vader and Wookie

Evan and Hailey...Her baby brother is bigger than her now

We drove separately to church.  I only went to the early service and Bill stayed for both.  I had to get home and prepare food for dinner.  Jacob and Abi came early, so it was a good thing I came home.  I was so happy to see them.  They asked what they could do to help so I washed potatoes, Abi forked them, then put olive oil on them, then Jacob salted them, wrapped them in foil and put them in the big oven roaster.  We were a great team.  When I finished washing them, I offered to take one of their places, but they said they were having fun and wanted to finish.  They were such blessings and such a great help. They sure saved me a lot of time.  Jacob carried them out and put them in the roaster.  I started the roaster, figuring it would be about 1 1/2 hours before they would be done.  I had watched a video on it and she had said around an hour.  I had the sloppy Joes going in 2 crockpots already and had a sheet cake baked.  

All the girls and families were going to church, than coming over later.  They all got here close to the same time.  Melissa brought chips, Hailey made guacamole salsa, and cheese its that tasted amazing, Stacie brought deviled eggs, Vikki brought buns an Kimmy brought freezer corn from their garden.  The potatoes took longer than the lady said so after 1 1/2 hours, we decided to have the dad’s hide the baskets and let the kids find them.  I handed envelopes with money or gift cards from Bill and I to each of the grandkids and Abi.  Only six kids wanted baskets this year.  Those over 18 don’t get baskets anymore, but get gift cards.  They did get to eat out of the adult age candy container that I made up.  They were pretty happy about that.  I also put a bowl of colored hardboiled eggs out.  Kimmy had started the cooking the freezer corn in the microwave too and that took longer than we thought too.  That and the potatoes ended up getting done around the same time.  Finally we put things on the table, then prayed as a family and ate. We ate dessert afterwards.   Everything tasted good.  Travis and Rehvyn had left before we ate to go to Omi’s for her egg hunt and dinner.  He came back in time for our egg hunt and he ate before we did that.  He left with Bill to go look at a car.  Vikki fed Rehvyn, because he didn’t eat hardly anything at Omi’s.  Then all the kids lined up and went out the front door and did the egg hung.  Isaac, Adam, Kody and Max didn’t do it this year.  It was cold and windy out so the kids were fast getting all those eggs.  I took extra buckets out to them.  Rehvyn was really cute finding eggs.  They all came in and opened the eggs and counted the money they got.  Eli got the most with getting $10.50 in quarters.  

We had a great day hanging out and playing games.  It was so nice having all the family here and having Abi as a bonus. (except we missed Kenzie) The kids all enjoyed hanging out together.  I am so thankful we have a close family.  It was late when everyone left and Eli and Isaac spent the night at our house.  Jack and Evan wanted to also, but they had things going on in the morning.  Bill and I went to bed at 1:10 and the boys had to be in bed at 2 a.m. their moms said.  Phones went on the kitchen counter while they slept upstairs.  They are great kids and follow rules well.  I’m so glad they still like to spend the night.