TWINS ARE TEENAGERS

Today our twin grandsons, Brendon and Caleb, are celebrating their 13th birthday. It's such a blessing to have twin boys in our family. I remember seeing them at their birth - those two 4 lb. boys have become quite the young men today. Brendon and Caleb, we love you and are so grateful for how loving, thoughtful, and appreciative you both are. Trusting that you both have a wonderful birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BOTH OF YOU!

GREG IS THIRTY-THREE

Today is Greg's birthday. He is always busy working at his job, helping someone with their computer, taking the kids to all the different activities they are involved in or working around the house.

We appreciate and love you Greg and trust you have a great birthday today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

HOSPITAL HILL 5K -- MAGGIE & GRAMMA

By the fountains in crown center before the race

Maggie, Elisa, June, and myself after the race with our medals

Maggie & Gramma going over the finish line hand in hand

Had a great time Maggie - thanks for running with me

CELEBRATING FORTY-THREE YEARS

Rog and I celebrated our forty-third anniversary on May 27th. We left on Thursday and spend that day at a bed & breakfast. Then the next day we went on to Kansas City and stayed in a hotel at crown center and had a fine anniversary dinner atop the Weston Hotel on Friday night. On Saturday we celebrated Taylor's high school graduation open house. On Sunday we had lunch with most of our kids and grandkids at the Olive Garden which we all love and then moved on to a park to enjoy some more time visiting. It was very hot but Rog & I joined the grandchildren in playing some volleyball. Later that evening we enjoyed a Memorial Celebration just across from our hotel and had some good music and fireworks. It was a very enjoyable weekend.

All of us enjoying Olive Garden

Hudson is patiently waiting

Ella, Raegan, Molly, and Hudson

Evan, Micah, Trey, Trevin, & Owen

Malia, Meryn, Avery, Meredith, Maggie, & Brooklyn standing

Molly, Raegan, Meredith, & Ella

The beautiful roses that were given to me

The chocolate dipped strawberries waiting in our room for us

The hotel restaurant on the top floor

OUR OLDEST GRANDCHILD TURNS 18

Today Taylor is celebrating his 18th birthday. On Sunday he will graduate from high school. We were so excited when he was born because he was our first grandchild and we were taking on a new role of grandpa and grandma.

Taylor, we pray that you will love the Lord with all your heart and follow His plan for your life. It has been fun to watch you grow and mature into a young man and we love you and trust you have a special birthday and great year ahead.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR!

END OF SCHOOL YEAR

We don't get to visit all of our grandchildren's schools but we did get to visit the day that Brendon and Caleb displayed their science projects. Brendon's was about wind power and Caleb's was about electro-magnetics. They had an evening when people came to see them and they could explain their projects. We thought they did a very good job.

OUR FORTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY

It will be 44 years ago this August that I met Rog, my dear husband to be. We taught school together that year and at the end of the school year, we were married on this day 43 years ago. I had always dreamed of being married and having a dozen children(God in His wisdom reduced it to 6 but they all married and I now have my dozen). God has been so faithful in allowing me to realize that dream. I am so blessed and give God thanks on this 43rd anniversary.

Honey, I love you even more than I did on that day, now so long ago. I look forward to someday growing old together.

ELI TURNS SIX

Eli is celebrating his 6th birthday today. The picture is from their Florida vacation and Eli, Evan, and Micah are enjoying the sandy beach.

Eli is a very special and unique grandson and we can hardly wait to see how God is going to use him. We love you Eli and hope you have a very special birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

DAWSON CELEBRATES No. 10

Dawson is ten years old today. We appreciate your seriousness about life and your grateful spirit, Dawson. We pray that God will direct you in His plans for your life. We hope you have a very Happy Birthday and we want you to know we love you and pray you will have a great year ahead.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

EVAN TURNS EIGHT

Evan with his birthday box from Gramma

Our grandson Evan Duehring turns eight years old today. Evan is a delight. He is a kind and loving and thoughtful fellow, and has a lot of fun with his brothers and cousins. He is always asking for Gramma's biscuits and gravy. We love you Evan and trust you have a wonderful birthday on the way to Florida for a family vacation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVAN!

BROOKLYN IS THREE TODAY

Brooklyn is growing up way to fast. She is such a cute little sweetheart and has lots of expressions while she talks to you. She has such a winsome smile. Brooklyn, we are anxious to see what God has in store for you. We love you and hope you have had a wonderful birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

MERYN'S FIRST KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM

Trevin was handing out programs at Meryn's first kindergarten program.

The program was the "Three Little Piggy Opera"

They all wore a piggy nose for the program(even those who helped).

Meryn and her best friend awaiting the beginning of the program

Meryn with her piggy nose

the straw house - the stick house - the brick house
It was an opera with lots of songs and the boy that played the wolf did an excellent job that won the hearts of the audience.

Meryn's class did a great job and we could hear it all.

HOUSE REPAIRS

Our house needed some repair work so this past week our son-in-law Greg set up his workshop in our back yard and put the new sheeting under the edge of the roof.

A PANSY PARADE

This year the pansies have been especially pretty. The weather has been perfect for them and we have them all over our place so thought I would share them with all of you. I love all the different faces.