Sunday, 5/18/25, Happy 18th Birthday Adam, went to early service, taught aSunday school, went to prayer, went to 2nd service, got Subway for lunch, took Bill to Sam’s Club to help with fundraiser, went to Jack’s concert, went to Kimmy’s to celebrate Adam’s birthday

Adam with his yellow cake with chocolate frosting.  He laughed after the candles were lit and half of them went out.  He had to relight them.  Happy Birthday Adam!  We love you so much!

Butterfly Bush is coming up finally

Columbine plant I moved has lots of blossoms

I think this is my Butterfly Weed...it is finally coming up too

Grandma Schmidt’s 100 plus year old Irises

Azalea plant from Bruce and Melissa back in 2004

Evan right before leaving on the bus for his Washington D.C. school trip

Evan and three of his friends

Evan with his class

Picture of the kids with their chaperones

Jack in his band concert...straight under the word Our

We couldn’t see Jack completely most of the concert.  Melissa got this good picture of him

This is how we saw him for most of the concert.  His face is between the clarinet player and the flute player

Jack after the concert.  We had to leave early to go to Adam’s Birthday Celebration, so didn’t get a picture with our talented grandson.  Great Job playing the French Horn Jack !!!

Jack and his friends

Jack and Jacob

Adam trying on his hat from us

Pictures Melissa’s friend who is chaperoning sent her of the kids on the bus.  Evan is in the back on the left

Evan in the turquoise shorts in Washington D.C.

Evan at his destination city

Nice group photo

Vikki FaceTimed me to show me Rehvyn doing motions to I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee and Itsy Bitsy Spider.  He was so cute.

We went to the early service. Bill prayed over pastor with the elders. Hailey, Rody, Peyton and Rehvyn were there.  I visited with Tina and her daughter Rachael for a while and some others.  I taught Sunday School.  I went to prayer between services.  Visited with Nancy in the lobby. We prayed together and gave thanks to God for both of us having our eczema symptoms gone.  We sure were rejoicing.  

Went into the second service. Worship and the message were so good.  God moved in an amazing way.  We prayed for people afterward.  Visited more, than when and picked up lunch from Subway. Ate it at home.  

Took Bill to Sam’s Club to help with a fundraiser the Marine Corps League was doing.  I picked up a thing Kimmy ordered at Best Buy for Adam.  Then I went home, shampooed a spot in the family room, got Adam’s card and gifts ready, filled jelly bird feeders, fed the fish, and checked out some plants.  I left to pick up Bill and took the route to go by my mom and dad’s house.  I picked Bill up and he drove us to Frankenmuth.  Melissa, Bruce and Hailey got home there shortly after.  Golden voice choir was absolutely amazing as usual.  Jack was in the Wind Ensemble and did a great job.  We could only see him through a little peek hole between two kids. I was happy for that.  We couldn’t see him at all at first so moved down a few seats til we could at least see his face peeking through.  Melissa got a couple of good pictures after we left.

We had to leave early because we wanted to get to Kimmy’s to celebrate Adam’s birthday.  Jack was finished so we were able to.  I thought it was going to be an hour concert, but it looked like it would take 2 hours to finish.  We thought Jack was done, but he did another song with the band at the end.  

We had fun celebrating Adam’s Birthday.  He showed us his cool room with all of his lights and cool things.  He opened his gifts after a while.  He and Hope hung the lights for his room we got him.  They go with the ones he already had, but they could make a bigger pattern with them.  We had delicious angel food cake with strawberries and cool whip.  I also tried a piece of the yellow cake with chocolate frosting and had some ice cream.  Everything was delicious.  There was a couple of strawberry spills, one on the carpet and one on the chair cushion.  Kimmy and Jared got it cleaned up fast with the shampooer.  Weird two more spills of strawberries so soon after Kenzie’s strawberry spill on my couch.  

I was happy to get to FaceTime with Vikki and Rehvyn.  Such a cute little dancer and does motions to songs so good now.  Grammy teaches him lots.  Got to see Peyton and Isaac a little on FaceTime too.  I let Papa watch some too.

I was happy to talk to Melissa about Jack’s concert and also happy she had received pictures from her friend who is on the Washington trip.  Nice to see our boy at his destination all safe and sound.  Can’t wait to get daily updates.