September 2020

September was a month fully back into the swing of school! September 1 was the college picnic day at Miami Whitewater Forest park.

Blessed to be getting to go our Jr. year of college together!

My friend Gaby took this one!

Jenny, Melanie, and me

Playing Cornhole

These chefs always do a great job with all the hamburgers and hotdogs!

Patiently waiting in line for food!

Yummy picnic food and friends!

It was a perfect day for it! We thanked the Lord for that because most picnic days, it usually rains.

Studying with mi amiga, Gaby!

Studying with Melanie in the sunshine!

September 5th was a 60th anniversary party for Bro. and Sis. Sankey!!
Here they are with our friend Heather

Sweet little girls having fun together!

Sweet friends having fun together!

The Sankeys with the Stetlers and Strouds. We love and appreciate these people so much!!

This couple is so precious. They have served the Lord faithfully and are wonderful examples to everyone younger than them in our church family. Congrats on 60 years!

One Sunday we had all GBS students over for Sunday dinner. We are enjoying getting to know new students along with ones who have been to our home before.

September 6, after church several families who had brought their supper along had some fellowship time together!

It was a sweet time.

September 7 we went to see Elizabeth in Indiana since we were off work and school for Labor Day. It was good to see her again and help with projects around EFM.

We helped to frame a window, which was a first for me, but we learned a lot.

We got to have 2 meals and the afternoon with her, then headed back home.

A pretty sunset on the way home.

Mother helping to hand out scholarships at GBS during a chapel service. We praise the Lord for all the scholarships that are able to be given out each year.

The 2nd weekend in September was Revival services.
Ms. V

Pres. Loper

Bro. Rollin Mitchell

After revival on Sunday night I found these cute girls together! They're growing up too fast.

The next weekend, my aunt Marlene and uncle Tim came from MO for a short visit. It was so good to see them!

Us girls

For Sunday dinner that day we had 3 GBS students, Marlene+Tim, and friend from church, Retha, who also knows Marlene.

We went to the evening service at GBS so that Marlene and Tim could see a little bit of campus.

Sunday night before bed, playing Chicken-Foot

Elizabeth came home for her birthday weekend, and Jason and Karen came over for her birthday meal!

That Sunday we had all GBS students over for dinner again so Elizabeth could see some of her college friends!

Gaby and Rebecca matching on our swing

Teaching Rebecca how to play Clue.

Melanie and I matching one day :)

SWSE has started up again - very different than it used to be because of Covid19, but at least we're doing something again. The strings meet for practice on Mondays, woodwinds on Wednesdays, brass and percussion on Fridays.

Jenny and I matching one day :)

September 28 I took Meagan out for coffee at a new place near GBS.

We liked it very much!

Our division had an evening of outdoor activities on campus, which was really fun and relaxing! Melanie and I taught these girls how to play croquet.

Donut day at GBS! These faces are so sweet! And these triplets are busy loosing teeth left and right! When did they get so big?

Playing Cornhole at the end of a class one morning.

I've been trying to run with some ladies from campus every week. One morning my friend Dasha got to go along too!

The Riverfront early in the morning...

A suppertime with sweet friends!

Gaby and me

My ASL classes from Cincinnati State are still being held online, which means turning in recorded homework online. I've been trying different set-ups for recording myself. Here's one of them.

One evening we went to GBS where they were streaming the Live SightNSound Theater's production of Esther. It was really cool!

Gaby and I went on a bikeride at Lunken Airport one Friday evening. The weather was perfect!!

So much fun! We've been wanting to do this again ever since we went May 2019!

Men in our church praying around and for Chris, who injured himself at college in FL and had to come home for serious surgery.

Jr. church time! (This was during a review game)

Precious little girls in our church!

God has been helping us in our Jr. church time so much!

The last Sunday in September we went to a park to take some graduation pictures of Jason and Elizabeth together since they couldn't be together on actual graduation week.

They graduated highschool together too, leaving me to finish alone! :) Here they are doing it again, but it's okay. ;)

There's been construction work going on at our church the past 2 or so months. So much has happened! I took this little gif one evening last week of the kids jumping off the roll of carpet that was waiting to be installed.

Daddy and Bro. Tallman working on the tiling for the new entryway. 

Brave men painting the high ceiling.

Regina and Sherilyn who have worked so tirelessly on all the projects that have been happening!

And of course, a few Chick-fil-A photos! :)

Pretty little flowers in the landscaping at CFA.

I always look forward to sunrises on Saturday mornings.

A coworker, Elisa, has been doing an amazing and beautiful job with scripture art in the kitchen every week. I am just amazed at her talent. She uses it to bless all the coworkers with God's Word!

Well, September sure flew by! Thanks for coming along on the journey! We'll see ya next month!