Category: family fun

  • Winter Youth Retreat 2024/2025

    Winter Youth Retreat 2024/2025

    The kids went to Winter Youth Retreat right after Christmas. It’s a 4 day long camp and it goes over new years. This would be Zion and Camille’s last camp. Zion was asked to lead one of the devotions and he really enjoyed that. They had a great time and they loved the services and…

  • Christmas 2024

    Christmas 2024

    We had a wonderful Christmas. We delayed the opening of gifts a day so that Zion and Camille could join us, but we enjoyed the time together, the food and the wonderful feeling of family and togetherness. Making Gingerbread Men Thank was exhausting. haha. Spoiled Dog Time to decorate the gingerbread men. Glorianna’s Cookies –…

  • October – We’ve got news!!

    October – We’ve got news!!

    October brought in some exciting news. This has been in the works for a while but we were all sworn to secrecy. But now it’s no longer a secret. Our boy’s engaged!!! Zion planned a really nice proposal and had the help of Glorianna and Camille’s sister, Grace to set things up. Afterwards, they showed…

  • More September Randomness

    More September Randomness

    Glorianna was asked to make a cake for a friend’s baby shower. This was her very first custom cake and I think she did an amazing job. She also made custom cupcakes. ———————- So the story behind these next two pictures…. When Trevor was in Arizona at the beginning of the year, there was a…

  • Labor Day Weekend

    Labor Day Weekend

    Labor Day weekend, Trevor preached for Bro Joel in Canada, so he wasn’t able to be home for our church meetings. But we had a great time anyway. Trevor trip went well and a lot of people were blessed by the services there. There was a balloon glow the weekend before Labor Day, and Camille…

  • August: Michigan Trip and our Anniversary

    August: Michigan Trip and our Anniversary

    In August, Trevor, Glorianna and I traveled to Michigan. Trevor was asked to preach at at a family camp, so off we went. The boys couldn’t get off work (they were saving time for other camps), so just Glorianna came along. We had never been to this camp before and really didn’t know what to…

  • Zion’s Birthday – Indianapolis Zoo Trip

    Zion’s Birthday – Indianapolis Zoo Trip

    June brought the beginning of summer. And now that I have no more kids to school, all that means from here on out is that it’s hotter than the rest of the year. haha. No more school. Just doing the things that we always do. Zion’s birthday is this month and because it was going…

  • Azariah’s Birthday

    Azariah’s Birthday

    Well, another of my children reached a new milestone. Azariah turned 21 this month. I’m starting to feel old. It was bad enough that my baby turned 18. By now my middle child is 21. Where’s my cane? Azariah wanted to go to Nashville and do an escape room for his birthday instead of having…

  • Glorianna’s Birthday and Mother’s Day

    Glorianna’s Birthday and Mother’s Day

    Where do I even begin? May is always a busy month for us because of birthdays and Mother’s day, and this year was even more so because Glorianna was finally getting to have her graduation party. So lets just take it one event at a time. ————————– Glorianna turned 18 this year! Crazy. I now…

  • March and April

    March and April were both busy, but more with local things and not as many out of town trips. A little back tracking….back in February of last year, my kids all pitched in and bought me a hutch for my birthday. I needed a place to store extra decor as well as some extra kitchen…