Wed., 9/23/2020, Worked outside, Shampooed carpet, sat by fire in the evening

 

Beautiful fall morning.  Tree is starting to change color

Cut down my plants by the shed today.

Enjoying my outside plants while they last

Cooked squash from the garden today

Handsome grandson, Jacob

Bill and I enjoyed sitting by the gas fire pit tonight

Nice Fire on the deck tonight

It was just a beautiful morning.  We ate our oatmeal and read our Bibles.  Got my oriole feeder and two hummingbird feeders washed to put away till next year.  I left one hummingbird feeder out just in case one still comes around.  I filled the hanging bird bath Vikki made me and saw chickadees drinking from it.  Bill mowed the lawn, and I cut down my plants by the shed deck.  After lunch, I shampooed the carpet in the big bedroom upstairs.  I also did the stairs.  Bill worked on the downstairs bathroom door.  It wouldn't latch right and wouldn't lock on the bathroom side.  They didn't have the part the lock goes in in the right place, so he moved it,  and it works perfect now.  I am sure happy to have that done.  I always locked it with the other lock from our bedroom side.  I cooked potatoes and chicken breasts on the grill for dinner.  Had yummy squash too.  We sat out by the fire pit in the evening.  It was so nice and relaxing.  Talked to Vikki a couple of times today and talked to Kimmy for a while.

Tues., 9/22/2020, Fun day with Peyton and Isaac, Bill went to Detroit for MRI of shoulder, Walked 3 miles, went to prayer at church

 

                                                Isaac and Peyton while we were playing 3-13

                                            Some pictures of Hailey with her friends!

Peyton and Isaac were up when I got up.  They were so quiet I didn't even hear them.  They made their bed before they came down.  We ate breakfast and then worked on spelling.   They both did good on their first test before seeing the words.  They wrote the ones they missed 5 times and then we did a test on those words.  I read our book, The Hideout, we've been reading and then they read the picture Bible to me and also Pony Pals.  They did great reading.  We played 3-13.  They do a good job adding their points.  Vikki came after work and we all ate lunch and visited.  After they left, I cut down my peonies, washed my oriole feeders and a couple hummingbird feeders, and filled my other feeders.  Bill got home from his MRI appointment in Detroit, and we went for a 3 mile walk down our road.  When I got home, I had to get ready to go to my prayer group at church to pray.  It was an amazing time of prayer.

Monday, 9/21/2020, Happy 20th Birthday to Great Niece Ahmeh, Reorganized shelves, worked on cleaning out closets, Peyton and Isaac spent the night

Love my niece and how she has turned out.  Very proud of her.  Happy Birthday to Ahmeh!

Jacob practicing driving...love that smile

Adam's handsome school picture

Eli's handsome school picture

Slept in until 8.  Read our Bibles and prayed.   Wished Ahmeh Happy Birthday! Cleaned some more on upstairs closets.  Did all the laundry from the camper.  Getting stuff ready to donate.  Put all the stuff I had to take out of camper away and packed some in plastic containers in the attic.  Organized the shelves in the utility room.  Bill and I went on a 3 mile walk down our road.  Vikki, Peyton and Isaac came.  We played 3-13.  Vikki won!  We ate kettle corn and later had some huge green grapes.  Watched  two Family Maters episodes.  Read the Action Bible to the kids, prayed with them, and then tucked them in.  They went to sleep so fast tonight.  

Sunday, 9/20/2020..Packed camper and headed back home. Got home around 5:30, Unpacked

 

We got home today and this is the only picture I took...Bill is reading his book and I am catching up on my blogs!

These are some nice pictures I borrowed from Melissa's page of their camping trip they just got back from

                                               Evan, Bruce and Jack working on 3 D puzzles

                                                                           Jack

                                                                     Melissa and Bruce

                                                                               Evan

                                                                Bruce and Max

                                                                    Max and Abby

                                                                              Max

                                                                                 Evan

                                                                                 Jack

                                                                           Evan and Jack

                                                                   Evan, Jack and Max

                                                                Evan, Jack and Bruce

                                                                  Evan, Jack and Max

                                                                              Jack

We packed up and headed back home.  We got home around 5:30 and unloaded the camper.  We emptied it out because that's our last camping trip of the year.  We had beautiful weather the whole time, even though it was cool at nights (in the 30's).  Always nice to get home.  Melissa called me when we were almost home.  They took Jeffrey, their guinea pig camping with them, and he was dead when they got up.  He was good at 2 a.m. when Melissa was up.  At least he went peacefully.  I feel bad for the kids because I know how much they loved him.  They always took such good care of him.  They stopped at Kimmy and Jared's.  Jeffrey used to be theirs.  They buried him where all their other pets are buried and got a special stone to mark the grave.  I know that had to help them feel better.  Melissa loved Jeffrey too and so did Bruce.  They were always giving him special treats and sharing their salad.  He even got Christmas presents.  They are sure going to miss him.  I'm sad too because I liked him too. I liked Melissa's camping pictures so I borrowed some.  

Saturday, 9/19/2020, Went for a ride in a military helicopter

Sammy Davis speaking...He is the only living veteran in Indiana who has received the Medal of Honor                                                                                    

Pastor Barkley speaking

Bill talking to Pastor Mark Barkley after he spoke at the Veteran's Reunion

Campground

Bill

Bill playing pinball

Bill and I on our helicopter ride

Bill and I (our knees) on our helicopter ride

Flying over our campground...our camper is the 5th wheel right in the center in the back row parked sideways

Me after our helicopter ride...Guy behind rode with us to make sure we were buckled in.  He photo bombed me....I had no idea he was behind me lol

Bill after our ride

That's the field we took off from

Bill on our helicopter ride

Bill with Sammy Davis and his wife

Steve, Jim, Diana, Bev and Bill visiting

 Read our Bibles, then went down for breakfast.  Pancakes and scrambled eggs with ham is what they served.  At 11, we went to hear, Sammy Davis, the last person alive in Indiana that was presented the Medal of Honor.  It was nice listening to him and his wife share.  Then, Pastor Mark Barkley spoke.  He shared about Jesus, about patriotism and did a great job.  Bill went up to him and he told Bill he remembered him.  We visited his church several times when our kids were little.  His church is right down the road from Kimmy.  Later, we went for a helicopter ride.  Bill really wanted to go and wanted me to go too.  It was so much fun!  I talked to Vikki a few times today.. We just ate at our camper tonight. Had chili and cabbage buns.  Bill didn’t want to go for their ham dinner they were serving tonight.  We went for lots of walks! Sat at our campsite lots too!