Sunday, 11/16/25, Went to early service at church, went to Kroger, Ben came and picked up his kite, Made a roast, carrots and potatoes, Fred and Lourdes came over, , Wes and Gayla came over, Vikki and Peyton came over

Peyton, Rehvyn and Jacob....Jacob has flowers to give Abi after her dance recital

Rehvyn loves pushing the shopping cart through the store

2nd floor at Jacob’s apartment building

The Third Floor....even the girls in the elevator look the same lol

                 Vikki, Abi with her flowers, Peyton, Kenzie and Rehvyn.  They forgot to tell me about it and I invited Bill’s brother Fred and his wife Lourdes over.  We had lots of fun and lots of laughs.  I would have loved to have been at Abi’s dance, but thankful I got to see videos.  She’s a great dancer!

Jacob and his Aunt Vikki

Adam and Peyton

Eli, Rehvyn, Kenzie, Peyton, Jacob at the concert

Kenzie and Peyton

Abi is 3rd from the left in the front row

She is in the front row

When Vikki and Peyton stopped in Peyton showed me her gynormous water bottle

I got up early and got ready and also read some of my Bible.  We drove separate to the early service.  The worship was absolutely awesome!  The message was amazing!  It just gets better every week.  I talked to some people after the service, then I left and Bill stayed for the next service.  I went to Kroger to get some carrots, some creamer, and some Squirt.

I came home and peeled the carrots and potatoes, browned the roast, then added the potatoes, carrots and some onions to it and covered it.  The house sure started smelling good.  

I vacuumed in the family room where some dried leaves had fallen off a couple of plants.  I looked out the window and saw Ben walking on our deck looking for his kite.  I had told him I put it on the deck.  When there was a wind advisory today, I moved it back in the house.  I hollered at him out the door and told him to come inside.  He got to meet Bill which was nice.  We all talked for a while, then he got his kite and left.  He told us to let him know if we ever need anything because he’s just around the corner.  That was nice of him.  There sure were a lot of God moments in that kite adventure.

I sat down to relax for about 20 minutes, when Fred and Lourdes got here.  They had asked if they could bring their two dogs, Pekae and Fritzy.  We told them yes.  They are beautiful white Goldendoodles and are very well behaved.  We played 3-13 while we waited for dinner to cook.  We had played it one time with them a long time ago.  Lourdes got terrible cards and would show them to me sometimes to see if I could help.  She only got to go out one time.  At the end, I was negative and Bill was just a little positive.  I ended up winning.  Then his brother (he’s just like Bill when it comes to games) said we should play one more hand of 15 cards and have 2’s and jokers be wild.  Bill was all for that.  All through the game he kept looking at their score added together and saying the boys are ahead.  I told him  he needed to put an Asterix by my winning score first.  We played that 15 card hand and Lourdes got a pat hand winning hand and went out right away.  She stuck Bill with 40 some points and Fred with 60 some points.  It was sure the grand finale!  I was the winner, but the best part was the girls won when our scores were added.  It was so funny the see the guy’s faces.  

We ate after that.  They loved the food and it disappeared quickly. We were all hungry!  Afterward everyone helped clear the table and I loaded the dishes.  Then we had warmed up apple or cherry pie with ice cream on it.  We were all stuffed when we got done.  Bill was such a great help to me the whole time, making coffees for everyone and getting waters.  Also dishing up the pies and warming the pieces, then putting the ice cream on.  We sat and talked for another hour, then they had to leave because Fred remembered the Lions were playing at 8:20 and he wanted to be home to watch the game.  He wanted to be able to take his time because of all of the deer out right now.  

They had just left and Wes and Gayla came.  She had called me and said they were stop in after they took Joel home.  They both had pie and Bill had another piece with them.  I just finished my coffee.  Bill made them coffees too and I dished their pie up.  While we were visiting, Vikki and Peyton came.  Vikki had pie, but Peyton just wanted ice cream.  She doesn’t like pie.  Vikki left and then Wes and Gayla looked at Bill’s Honor Flight picture book they sent him in the mail.  They did such a great job on it.  Everyone has loved looking at it.  

They left around 9:30 and then I just started working on the blog.  I basically just put the pictures on after writing the heading.   That way I can remember what happened in the day lol.