April was full of people, flowers, walks, school, work, and busyness, but it was a good month.
April 6th, after work, my friend Natalie came from her college (Cedarville) to go hiking with me in the Mt. Airy area.
We had a sweet and special time together and the weather and woods were just beautiful!
The trial started out like this...
But we ended up hiking in the riverbed too.
We got a rock to take a picture for us. ;)
After the delightful hike, I got to take her by GBSC and show her around my campus a little!
A fun picture that Natalie took of me in front of the Music Hall
We went back to our house for supper on the deck. Danette and Jimmy got to join us as well.
On Sunday, the 7th, a lady in our church took pictures of everyone for a new directory, and I snuck this picture of our dear pastor and his wife, the Stetlers, whom we love so much!
A quick snap of a sweet moment before church. Little Kalena A. loves the Sankeys and smiles at them and talks with them all the time.
For Sunday dinner, we had over Anna W, Jorden M, Jimmy and Danette.
At the park with my Harms kiddos!
Enjoying the beautiful spring weather by eating supper on the patio.
I love getting to hold little Daniel Harms when I get the chance. He's a sweetie.
We had such a gorgeous spring on campus and around Cincinnati, so if you don't like flower pictures keep scrolling, but if you do, here are a few to enjoy.
What would the campus experience be if lizards weren't scrambling by you all the time?
These are flowering trees at Eden Park in Cincy.
The White Way of Delight (Anne of Green Gables)
My friend Melanie by campus tulips
Melanie, Jenny, and I
So much beautiful-ness!
My friend Rebecca and I got to enjoy a nice spring walk one evening when I was on campus later than usual.
On a walk on Palm Sunday
Daddy and Elizabeth
We noticed this thorny tree and thought it was appropriate for it being Palm Sunday.
We have enjoyed the Redbud trees so much!
Kentucky greenness in April
On Easter Sunday our church had a special kids' program. Here are some kids from the community who got to participate in the program. They colored while they waited for the program to begin.
Some other sweet kids waiting for church time: Nathan, Wilson, Marshall, and Kari with Sherilyn
Bro. Stroud praying before the kids' program started.
Easter Sunday Jason and Karen came for dinner, as well as our friend from GBS, Bryanna S.
I took some pictures of Jason and Karen afterwards in our yard.
I took a picture for our friends, the Arender family, after church on Sunday night.
Emily W. up in a bush, surrounded by flowers!
April 22nd, our friends the Lucases, traveled from CO to our home on their way to IHC in Ohio that week. We had supper and an evening with them catching up.
Visiting on the deck
We ladies went on a walk to enjoy the evening further.
IHC was April 23-25 this year. Mother, Elizabeth, and I got to go up for it all day Wednesday. Our friend Retha was there advertising her puppets!
SWSE and GBS's choir sang and played in a service on Wednesday, as well as joining in the Mass Choir on Thursday.
Waiting till it was time to go on the platform.
During one of the IHC services.
We were so glad to see our friends, the Barnards! We enjoyed visiting with Merilee different times.
Bro. Stetler preaching a message at IHC on Wednesday night.
Bro. Daniel Melton had a booth for his Honduras coffee! It's so good.
Our friends, the Hodnetts (who will soon be moving away), walking through the booth area. We will miss them so much.
Elizabeth and I both got to meet and hold baby Ansel, our friend Jonelle's baby boy!
Sweet girls, Maren and Mary.
This was a phone picture that I snuck during the practice for the Mass Orchestra and Choir. (Mass = the 5 Bible School choirs and orchestras all together)
Waiting!
We got to see many friends and a few relatives. This is
Janice, my brother Randy's mother-in-law, Mother (
Janet), and
Jan, my brother Jeffrey's mother-in-law.
Our friend Mikah L. and her friend Katie spent a night with us on their way home from IHC.
Sunday, the 28th, we had 6 GBSers over for dinner: Danette, Jimmy, Chandler W., Jake S., and Austin and Anthony P.
Volleyball Intramurals went on during the majority of the school year, and this was my team on our last night of playing.
A Saturday drive-thru picture of some of my sweet co-workers!
Mother enjoying another darling baby in our church, little Levi W.
I snapped this picture the last Sunday night in April because on the 2nd of May, the Stroud family grew by 1, so it would never be just like this again.
Well that's about it! Here's a last picture for ya'll of our little KY family as we continue doing the daily thing and trusting God to lead us every step of the way!
