Vacation Bible School

We had Vacation Bible School at Lakeview on yesterday (Saturday) and the kids had fun, the theme this year was the Crossing Guard, which is why the volunteers had the safety vests on.



Norman Frey was the "Hot Dog Chef"



All had a great lunch to work up the energy to finish the day on the ...



SLIP & SLIDE! Too much fun and too cool on such a hot day.


Ethan Trammell


Mason Norwood

Thanks to all the volunteers who made the event a great one for all the staff, you are all Super Hero's!

Weekend with the Grandkids!

A couple weekends ago, we kept Mason & David overnight, it was a busy time, but we had fun too. We started out eating dinner and then getting ready for bed as they came early in the evening.

Eating home made blueberry pancakes and strawberries on Sunday morning.

Nana didn't even have time to get dressed yet for the day, and then we had to take a group nap, YEAH! (Notice the gate in the background to trap us all in the living room).



Mr. David Sunshine, his future is so bright he needs shades!




A good time was had by all.

Almost Friday & Reminiscing

I am so ready for it to be Friday @ 5:00 p.m., which I am wishing way too much anymore, yep, wishin' my life away, AGAIN! Mason is coming over to spend the weekend and going to Vacation Bible School on Saturday at our Church.

Vernon and I were sitting at the dinner table tonight saying that we can't wait to see the Grand kids again, and how I don't think our Grandparents could say the same thing. I know they loved us, but we didn't do really fun things with our Grandparents. I only remember staying with my Grandpa & Grandma Schrecengost one time when my Mom was in the hospital having my youngest sister. However, my Grandpa & Grandma Rupp, I spent most of the summers with them because I picked strawberries, red & black raspberries which came into season throughout the summer. We only went to Church on Sundays, went to town once a week, or went to a funeral. But I always had a blast with them because they lived on the farm, and there was always stuff to do there, fun stuff. There was always lots of work, but as I look at it now, bailing hay, shoveling grain, feeding & watering the calves, cows & horses, pitchin' poop, putting up corn, cleaning the milk house, putting the cows out to pasture, leading them to the watering trough, mowing the grass with the riding mower, those were great times in my life. I got to know my Moms folks for several years. We would always come in for lunch and have leftovers from the night before, but always have home made bread & butter. Grandma always made about 15-20 loaves of fresh bread every week, some to trade the neighbor for fresh churned butter, or the egg lady for farm fresh eggs. But the rest was for breakfast, lunch, dinner & a bed time snack. Could that be the pre-curser of my weight problem today??????

Well I was about to collapse in bed from the weeks exhaustion, and then started remembering & reliving what my Grandparents meant to me in this posting. I really, really miss them, those were some of the best days of my life, and I didn't even know it. Imagine that. I know they are watching over me from their heavenly home along with my darling David. Good night to my heavenly angels, please always watch over my family and myself and keep us safe from harm. I have always loved you all dearly.

Good Night to All, until the next posting. Sweet Dreams!

Rain & Cooler Temps!

We have had over 4 inches of rain in the last 2 days. Everything is starting to turn back to green again, instead of burnt orange. And that is 84 degrees, at 8:00 p.m. YES!

Potluck Bon Voyage to John & Myrna

Lots of goodies at the potluck at Church on Sunday for John & Myrna Schroy. They are dedicated and faithful servants for Our Lord, and have been such a blessing for our Church, and now they will be blessing another Church in Missouri. Best of Luck to you both John & Myrna, and we will miss you so much. Thank you for all the wonderful things you have done for Lakeview Christian Church. We will see you when you are visiting!

Treasured Church Family

June, Ginger & Merle

Some of our dear friends & treasured Church family. We said so long for now to a couple from our Church, who are retiring and moving to Missouri. John & Myrna Schroy will surely be missed at Church, but fortunately they have to come here to visit their family, so its "So Long, for Now". This picture was of another couple from Church and my dear friend Ginger, the Church held a pot luck lunch after Church for John & Myrna.

Davids New Toy

My Brother-in-Law, David got a beautiful new Camaro. We are all salivating over this beauty. It sounds awesome and is one big and bad to the bone car. Boy is it gorgeous! Congrats David, it is soooooo you!