Angel - Cross Stitch - Birds

Today, your dad wanted to go through the "picture"

boxes in the garage...and make decisions of what we

plan on keeping...and what we are

giving away...

I was thrilled to FINALLY get out...

the "cross-stitch" work that

ANGEL did for me while

we lived in MONTANA...

This is going in the BIRD/KITCHEN area...

I am so excited to be able to

display this beautiful work!

By-the-way...we found the drawing...

that Sarah did for our FREEDOM 

ROOM while living in FLORIDA...plus, Jenny's cross-stitch work

for the FREEDOM room - that was, also,

display in FLORIDA...

and the "saying" that

Angel gave me

for the

FREEDOM ROOM...in MONTANA!

Thank goodness, I didn't use 

that gift on the MONTANA wall...

for it would still 

BE THERE! 

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When we get those DISPLAYED in the 

FREEDOM ROOM...I will be

taking pictures to show

those off, also!

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Jenny and Children's First Day...in Idaho

What started out...on "trying" terms...

the NEXT day...everything was made up and then some...

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EARLY MORNING!

LOTS OF SMILES...! 

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Bubbles...AFTER BREAKFAST!

Children and Horses

These are our neighbor's horses...that connect 

to our property...

  

 Nature brings out the best in little children...

 Then...there was Ben...trying to 

SCALE the wire fence...OUCH...can't be all that comfortable...

if you know what I mean...

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TRACTOR RIDING TIME!

 

Eden...not too certain abut this...

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Loading up in the back of the

pickup truck...heading over to neighbors

to throw rocks in the "dry bed"...

 

 Notice the SNOW...on the other side of the 

dry bed...yet on this day...it was simply

GORGEOUS!

 ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!

 BUSY day...of climbing...tractor riding...and rock throwing!

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Jenny Arrived in Dramaic Fashion...smile

Interestingly, I had "uneasy" feelings about 

Jenny traveling with "4" young children...

alone...concerned she might break-down...somewhere...

It never left me...

Seems..."a mother's tuition" was once, again,

proven - to "come-to-pass"...

Jenny's car broke down...2 hours from our home...

THANK GOODNESS, prayers were heard...

All the possible scenarios...were

far worse...than...simply being...

2 hours from us...

HOWEVER, there were so many BLESSINGS attached

to this seeminly...frustrating moment...for Jenny...

"3" months prior, Chris Joslyn, gave

Dave and Jenny a "AAA" membership...

One of the bonuses of being a "AAA" member...

is that there is NO TOWING CHARGE...

the first 100 miles...smile

YES...her car was towed 97 miles to OUR

HOME...NO CHARGE! 

Next blessing, we were able to drive down and pick up

her and the children...which brought up...

"smiles"...even though it took

two hours to get to her...

We arrived BEFORE the tow truck

got there!

The children LOVED being in the back
of the truck...(they were only back there
temporarily...smile)

Garvin had called Luke...telling him what was going on...

Luke called his brother, Bobbie, who is a 

"mechanic" PROFESSIONALLY!

Bobbie came up to our home...and in the dark...

found the problem...FUEL PUMP was NO LONGER

any good!

So, at HIS DISCOUNT, we were able to purchase a NEW PUMP...

and Bobbie, with Luke's assistance...put her car

back together! SAVED LOTS of MONEY!

Bobbie would NOT take any money

or beef for his SERVICE...

BLESSINGS...BLESSINGS...BLESSINGS...

all the way around...

Father and "angels" were truly...

looking over her and the children!

So VERY GRATEFUL!

Have Courage...and BE KIND...

"Have Courage...

and BE KIND..."

Such was the message of the NEW "Cinderella"...

I have dreamt for a very long time...that I could gather

daughters and granddaughters...and spend

some time together...and do somthing

FUN!

We had an opportunity...and we took it...

"3" of my daughters...

"1" of my daughter-in-laws...

"5" of my granddaughters...

"1" other Mama...

went to see

"CINDERELLA"...

We had so much fun!!!

 Heading into the theater...

 Darling granddaughters!

L to R: Rachel, Savannah, Claira, 

Alayna, and Lillie

 Jenny and Rachel

 Angel, Lillie, and baby Ivy...

 Sarah and her girls...Claira, Savannah, and Alayna

 Granny and her granddaughters...

 Mama and her girls...

 Ramona and Jessica

(took this picture AFTER the movie)

Jessica and Sarah in anticipation...

 

Sarah, Jessica, Ramona, and Mama Smith

YES...we felt like KIDS!

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Jenny took this picture...so I am adding this one in...
Too CUTE not to!
Rachel and Alayna facing us...
the others watching the big screen!
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NEXT TIME...I so hope ALL MY GIRLS...and 

daughter-in-laws...can do something

together in the FUTURE! 

I KNOW we would have 

a BLAST!!!!!

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Part 14 - Smith/Shepherd Gathering - LAST BATCH of pictures...smile

Dear Dear Friends...

FOREVER FRIENDS!

One of the great blessings of living in Florida...

were the brothers and sisters we had the

priviledge of raising our families

together...

These are only a few of the pictures I took...

Wish I had gotten everyone!

 John and Coke Cyrocki

 Caleb came to pick up Garvin and I at the Garretts...

so he and Rose got

to say their hellos...smile

 Mike and Cathy Garrett

 Steve Ebanks

 Calvin Heintzelman

 Linda Evan