7/18/17...Went to breakfast, Bill had to go to the VA Hospital to a class so he didn't go. We power washed the camper, car and truck.

The car/truck/camper wash was open at our house today

Bill getting the power washer ready to wash my car.  He did the spraying, I did the brushing.

The camper sure cleaned up nice

I went to breakfast while Bill went to his appointment to learn about diabetes at the VA Hospital.

Charlie, Sue, Phyllis, Andy, Sandy, Louise and I were the only ones at breakfast.  I was going to put Ginny's dad on our prayer list but asked Louise for her prayer request first.  She asked me to write down Becky's friend who had surgery and was in Cleveland.  Becky lives in Petosky.  It was Ginny's dad that Louise was wanting prayer for.  Sure is a small world.  Becky was real good friends with Ginny's mom when were young and Ginny is real good friends with Melissa. I stopped at Melissa's for a few minutes after breakfast.  Max and Jack were there alone while Melissa was at the store, so I just walked to the back so they could see it was me.  Max opened the door and gave he a huge hug right away.  Then Jack came and gave me a hug.  I asked Jack to see his lego set he built that we got him for his birthday and he asked Max if it was ok to take me down in the basement.  Thought it was nice how he checked with Max first because he was watching him.  We all went down and they showed me lots of things they build with legos.  They were so cute.  I should have taken a picture.  Melissa, Hailey, Livia, Evan and Connor got home shortly after.  Livia came and gave me a real big hug. She's always happy to see me.  It was birthday so I wished her a happy birthday.  When I got home Bill and I decided to wash the camper.  Sure is nice to have that job done.

7/17/17 Kimmy and the boys came, Vikki and the twins came, went thrifting

Papa Bill, Jacob, Eli, me and Adam

Isaac, Adam, Jacob, Eli and Peyton with Lenny

Lenny decided to lay down and wait for the kids to look at the camera

I went to Sportszone and walked for two miles.  Went to Pat's and hung a flyer for Rock the Island.

Got home and filled the oriole feeders and bird feeders.  Kimmy and the boys got here shortly after.

We ate lunch and then we girls went to thrift stores.  We all found treasures.  This is probably the last time I will see Kimmy and the boys until they get back from Copper Harbor so I got extra hugs.  Vikki got a little walker for Peyton at Underground Railroad Thrift Store.  She does much better with that than she did with her crutches.  They made under her arms hurt.  She sure goes good with this!  The kids had lots of fun with the legos again.  They sure are creative.  Kimmy, Jacob, Adam and Eli left.  Sure will miss them when they are gone, but sure am happy they go and have so much fun with Jared's family.  Praying already for all of their safe trips.  Rody came and brought grilled hot dogs and hamburgs for us to have for dinner.  I made green beans from the garden and salad.  He and Vikki gave us a very nice television and he also hooked that up.  Thank you so much Vikki and Rody.  After we ate and cleaned up, Vikki and I hung our hammocks and relaxed outside.  Peyton joined us.  They are so comfy.  We did have to fight off some mosquitos so Vikki sprayed.  I just closed my hammock up.  They don't like me too much so don't get too many mosquito bites.  

7/16/17...Bill preached at the Nazarene Church in Shields today and did an amazing job sharing God's Word

Bill preaching

Debbie and Peyton....Sue and Rody in the background

Jack with the amazing cake Bruce made him

Melissa, Jack and Bruce

Max, Evan, Hailey, Jack and Tyler

Hailey with Jack while he opened presents

Melissa was cute....she came to talk to me, sat on the edge and fell into the love seat with her dad and I

Jack wanted his mom to send a picture of the lego set we got him put together.  This is the first part of it.

Bill preached today at the Nazarene church in Shields.  Melissa, Bruce, Hailey, Max, Jack, Evan, Vikki, Rody, Peyton, Isaac, Debbie, Dennis, Amy, Sue, Charlie, Cheryl, Arnie, (and his daughter),
Gary Edland and his wife, Chuck Wade, Mark and Marti all came to hear him and support him.  What a blessing to have such wonderful family and friends.  It meant so much to Bill to have them come.  It was a small church, but the people there were so sweet.  The pastor there has a great testimony and is going to come to our Faith Rider's meeting to share it.  Bill's message was on sharing the testimony God gives us and also the way we live is a testimony.  It was a very good message.  We went with Mark,Marti, Arnie and Cheryl and their family to Tepanakki's Grill for lunch.  It was delicious and we had fun visiting.  Came home and we each took a nap.  Went to Bruce and Melissa's in the evening for Jack's birthday party. The cake was amazing and very delicious too!   It was so much fun and Jack was so happy.

7/16/17 Bill did the wedding ceremony for Bev and Jim. It was beautiful.

Bill married this sweet couple today

Peyton on her crutches

 Picked beans and dug up some plants for Kimmy which Bruce and Melissa picked up and took to her because they were taking Eli home.  Got ready for the wedding Bill was doing.  He me this couple at the Shield's fest where we had our Faith Rider's Booth set up.  He talked with Jim and then they started coming to our church and then asked him to marry them.  We got with them to go over wedding plans on Wednesday night and Bev was so sick she needed to go home.  She has been battling cancer.  We told her about all of the miracles we have seen God do and then we prayed for her before she left.  Well today she did amazing for her wedding and she got a report from the doctor that we had prayed about and she is in remission.  We are praising the Lord!  God is Awesome!!!  Bill did a wonderful job on the ceremony.  I was blessed because my friend Ruth Ann was there who I haven't seen in a long time and we got to talk, share, hug and tell each other we loved each other.  She has been in my prayers, but I didn't know how to contact her.  God is so good and so amazing!!!
We are continuing to pray for Peyton's foot as it is swelling and hurts her.

7/14/17 Vikki, Peyton and Issac went blueberry picking with me. Kimmy and the boys came over and a later Melissa and the kids came. It was a fun cousins day and the girls and I had fun too. Kimmy cut Melissa's boys hair and also her dads. They look really good with their nice haircuts.

Peyton and picking blueberries

Peyton and Isaac

Peyton showing me her berry is as big as her eye.  Isaac picking blueberries

Peyton, Jacob, Eli and Adam

Hailey and me

Jack and Adam playing

Isaac and Aunt Missy playing

Evan climbing the tree, Eli in the tree and Isaac watching

Adam, Peyton and Eli on the ground, Jack in the tree

Peyton and Issac playing

Jack and Eli...Eli is going to go home with Aunt Missy and the kids to spend the night.

Vikki, the kids and I went blueberry picking at 8.  Nice big berries and the kids sure did good picking.  We all had fun there.  Came home and Kimmy wasn't here yet, so we went to get Lenny.  Kimmy and the boys were here by the time we got back.  We visited and then Jacob was going to watch the kids for us while we went to Michaels.  Bill got here before we left, but we still had Jacob watch them.
He's a great kid who is very responsible.  We picked up Ice capps from Tim Horton's too since I had coupons.  Got one for Melissa too as I called her and she said she was coming over.  We had fun and the kids loved cousin time.  Kimmy cut Melissa's boys hair and did a great job.  She gave Bill a haircut too.  Peyton slipped and twisted her ankle.  Vikki took her to med express later and found out she fractured the tibia in her foot.  Poor little sweetie.  We prayed for her when she hurt it and Papa prayed when she went in the house.

7/13/17...Got my haircut, went to Vikki's, Went to our Faith Rider's meeting

Went to Catherine's at 10:15 and got my hair cut.  She always does a nice job and is fun to visit with. After that I went to Vikki's for a little while.  I was happy to see Peyton, Isaac and Max.  Lenny was really happy to see me.  He must miss me camping with him.  Vikki's tooth was aching so I prayed for her.  Came home and added something to our Faith Rider's Newsletter and then ran off copies for the meeting.  I had to take the big trophy to show everyone so I took the car and left.  Bill was riding the bike.  It started raining when I got a little ways down our road, so I turned around to see if Bill wanted to ride with me.  HE DID!  We got to Pizza hut and then Wes, Gayla and a new person that rode with them got there.  They started out dry and then it started raining.  They were soaked.
There was another downpour so many coming in, were wet even though they didn't ride their motorcycles.  It was nice and sunny by the time the meeting got over.  It was a great meeting and there were 33 there.  Our area reps were there from Owosso.

7/12/17....Went to Bill's Marine Corp League Picnic

Bill filling the Pi'nata with me

Cooking the Brats and Burgers

Bill is a good looking Marine

I was so happy when Julie and Ralph came to the picnic.  I didn't know anyone else there.

Lots of people came