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February Birthdays!

February 20, 2025 steph Leave a comment

We had a couple of family birthdays this week, so it seems appropriate to wish them both a big Texas Happy Birthday!

Grandson Taran turned 10 on Sunday! Yep, another one hits the double digits!
His heart is a big as his smile – and I’m excited that we’re going to see him (and the rest of the family) this weekend!
These kids are growing up so very fast!

But today is Tammy’s birthday – and she doesn’t seem to age at all!! As I was looking for a recent picture of Tammy, I realized I couldn’t find any of ‘just’ her. Her heart is always for her family, her friends and her Jesus. We are so thankful we get to claim her as one of our beautiful Daughters-in-love.

Our other February birthday, Ellie, was back on February third – but we already talked about that!

How blessed we are!

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Happy Birthday, Jimmy Carter!

October 1, 2024 steph Leave a comment

WOW – 100 years old! That’s quite a milestone for anyone – and a first for a past President of the USA! The nation celebrates with you!

But in our little corner of the world, we are celebrating this guy –

who is turning ELEVEN today!

As I was looking for pictures for his birthday card, I realized I had never done a blog post about Reis’s Lake George Adventure! This past summer (right after our big family reunion) we snagged Reis for his “The Summer that You’re 10” adventure. On the recommendations of friends, we concentrated our time at the Lake George RV Park. And let me tell you what – it was a little pricey, but with three pools (one of which had a great splash pad with a fabulous slide), a sweet snack shop, paddle boats, nightly entertainment and free bingo (a surprising hit for a 10 year old!) it ended up being money well spent! We started the trip with a stop at the Montshire Museum (excellent science museum – if you have kids, go there if you can!), and ventured off of the campground for some mini-golf and local eats, but by and large, the campground was the bomb. (Are old people allowed to say that?) Here’s a little slide show of our time – starting with that early start from the cabin, and ending with the RV heading back to Ohio! (Although, as I preview this, they seem to be in no particular order. Ah, technology!)

It was a very special week – with a very special grandson! Happy Birthday, Reis!! We’re so glad we get to be your grandparents and are privileged to watch you grow up to be the man God wants you to be!
We love you more than you’ll ever know!

Grams & Pops

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Three September Things

September 3, 2024 steph 4 Comments

1. Today this happy little guy
  turned 14!
  
  What a delight it has been to watch him grow into manhood! He’s smart and kind, helpful and funny, and handsome and tall. (Yes, another grandchild has grown taller than me) Happy 14th Birthday, Noah! You’re our favorite 14 year old on the planet. We love you so!
2. These youngun’s
  are celebrating their 53rd anniversary today!
  
  We’ve re-upped for another year – so we’ll see how it all goes!
  (still with that goofy grin!)
3. We started work today at Camp Nathanael! We are the only SOWERs this month, but there are lots of other volunteers here all getting ready for the Pioneer Days/Outdoor Education program which begins on Thursday here at the camp. Looks like this month my days will be filled with cornbread, quilting and kids! I’ll let you know how it all pans out!!

So it’s been a pretty good start to the month! Family celebrations, interesting SOWER activities ahead, and the part for Lizzie has been ordered!! There is so very much to be thankful for, isn’t there?
Thanks for stopping by!

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Sabbath Rest and Happy Birthday!

April 28, 2024 steph 2 Comments

Today my driver turns 74! And he spent it driving the 450 miles to get us from here

to here –

His gift today was an uneventful drive that only needed two of these –

so that was a good thing!
In honor of his birthday, our Sabbath Rest hymn is one of his favorites – Fairest Lord Jesus. This video also gives a little history of the hymn. Enjoy!
(If you want to skip right to the hymn, it’s at 1:11)

1. Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,
O Thou of God and man the Son;
Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor,
Thou my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.

2. Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,
Robed in the blooming garb of spring;
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,
Who makes the woeful heart to sing.

3. Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight
And all the twinkling, stary host;
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels heav’n can boast

4. Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, Praise, adoration,
Now and forevermore be Thine!

Words: Anonymous German Hymn, Munster Gesangbuch; st. 1, 3 tr. Source unknown, st. 4 Joseph Augustus Seiss
Music: Schleische Volkslieder

Vocalists: John and Lisa Martin
Instrumentalists: John Martin – Piano

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One week in

April 6, 2024 steph 2 Comments

Phew, it’s been quite the week! We’ve been busy with our SOWER work here at the office

along with continuing the “settling in” process of home ownership! Thank you to all of you who commented either here or on Facebook about this step (however tentative it might be) into our new adventure! And thank you also for sharing in our joy of a new little one arriving at the end of the month! We’re looking forward to meeting our little “tiebreaker”!
But tonight I wanted to share about the sweet visit we had last weekend with our Texas kids (one of the reasons that this whole House-in-Texas thing is happening!). It was short – barely more than 24 hours – but we packed it with lots of love and snuggles! There was a birthday to celebrate (with pizza, not cake!)

How did this baby of mine get to be 43? And the Daddy to four precious little boys?

We met the day-old piglets

and joined in a little Easter egg hunt watching!

And I also got to deliver the latest bed quilt – made with love and prayers, especially for Anderson!

(When I started with this particular quilt tradition it was “When they move into a Big Bed”. Now it’s hopefully before they turn seven! Those grands were coming fast and furious for a while!)
As we said our goodbyes after the egg hunt, we made plans for them to come to OUR HOUSE before we head back east towards the end of April. And believe me, it’s been a very, very long time since I’ve been able to extend that invitation!
It felt pretty good!