A Big Surprise!

This is how I found my house when I got home from work one morning after my son and nephew had nothing else better to do. They saran wrapped my doors and drawers shut, and made it difficult to get through the house.I am sure they had fun, and just as much fun "unwrapping" it. "BOYS".........

Just wanted to say how much I love and appreciate you.

Thank you Will, and Thank YOU Lord for Will

So the last few days I have been bed fast again. Yep! The ol' bout with the gout. You know sometimes if we are not very careful, we take the ones we love and care about the most for granted. I never want or ever intend to do that. I just wanted to say again that God in His infinite mercy saw and knew how much I needed someone like Will.He has been so wonderful to me and to my children. So caring and giving. This past week has reminded me of just how special he is to me. I can honestly say that Will has never complained, not one time at all of my request or even some of my wishes. Just for example, I have been so nauseous, and not able to eat anything, but a 3:00 a.m. while he was out on the road I called him and asked him for a particular cold drink, his answer....."just as soon as I can get it there." He drove all night, got me the drink, got ready and took me to my Dr. appointment. Knowing just how sick I have been, he tried and tried to think of something for me to eat.
Now I know a lot of you ladies have wonderful husbands too, Thank the Lord for them. Love them. Cherish them.

Will and I will be married for 9 years next month, after both of us losing our spouses to illnesses. We will always love and cherish our memories of them. They will always be a part of our lives and conversations.  But today, Will, I just want to say I love you and thank you for loving me.

Catching Up

I know it has been a while since I have posted. So here is a little recap of everything since I last blogged. So I believe my last post was of Joseph's birthday. Well then we had to say goodbye to them which we hated to do. I posted pictures of them saying their goodbyes to Mimi and Baba. That was one of the hardest I think I have ever had to watch.  But I think I got ahead of myself, Nate had an early birthday party first. Hannah and Lizzie wanted to have one for him since they are never here on his birthday. Sarah and Scott happened to have had company this day so they weren't able to be with us. The girls gave him his choice of what he wanted to do so we went to a Chinese Buffet and then they went and played laser tag. The guys had a blast while us ladies sat and waited. It was worth it though, Nate had a great day. After Eric and Hannah left, Daddy went back into the hospital again. I posted some pictures of his sister and nephew who came to visit him one day. Daddy loves his family and they love him too. Then lastly, (but posted first) was Daddy's 72 birthday party. He had a great time and so did we. Thank you Lord for touching, keeping and supplying every bit of grace we have needed over these past few months. We owe it all to You!

Daddy's 72 Birthday. We are so blessed!

Celebrating Nate's Birthday (early)

Giving Daniel a bath after a little explosion.

It's not easy to watch them say goodbye

Saying goodbye to Mimi and Baba

Clarke the Clown

For some of you that don't know, Joseph has a very special friend in Pa. Her name is Clara. Clara is a clown that visits Joseph every time he is in Pa. What Joseph didn't know was that Clara has a brother, Clarke. Clarke lives in Cincinnati. Joseph hopes that one day that Clarke and Clara could both be at his party some day. We will have to see.  Want to say happy birthday to one of the sweetest boys grammy knows. Hope you have a fun birthday on Thurs. Happy Happy Birthday Joseph. Grammy loves you so much.

Joseph's early 5th birthday party

 Clarke the Clown came to visit Joseph for his birthday

 Joseph had a few cousins and a couple of his favorite toys Buzz and Woody

Hope they don't mistake Uncle Nate for the pinata

The Kuhns Family Missionaries to Honduras

Headed to Honduras Today

At about 3:00 am Eric, Hannah, Joseph Zaid, and Daniel Laith headed back to their home in Honduras. I know that I had already said our goodbyes several days before, but there was just something about them leaving on that plane. It is never easy to let them go, but as I have always said "It is better for them serving the Lord thousands of miles away rather than living next door not serving Him." I am continuing to trust the Lord for them. He can take better care of them than I ever could. Little Joseph at times said that he was ready to go then at other times he was not. That is so understandable though. When I would bring my kids home from Jordan for a visit, they would say the same things. They missed their daddy and family there, but "America is so much fun" Which is true, but it seems we can lose the vision if we are not careful. I have found that true with myself. Help me, Lord to see the lost and what is really important. Please continue to pray for them, I am sure they would appreciate it so much.

Happy Fathers Day to a very special Father.

I just wanted to say how much I love and appreciate my Daddy. Being the eldest of seven children, I thought I always was just a little more special to him, but if you ask the other six children they would tell you they thought that they were special too. That is just the way Daddy makes us feel. Daddy worked hard all of his life providing the best he could for such a large family. Daddy raised us children up to serve the Lord after he got saved. He lived a life  where there were no question marks. You knew that Daddy was real. He taught us that no matter what happens in life, we have got to live holy lives in order to make it to heaven. Daddy is a man of faith. I can remember so many times calling him in the middle of the night to pray about something, or taking one of my children to him when they were sick, and daddy would lay his hand on them and no sooner call on Jesus name, and they would begin to quieten down and sleep
One time Daddy came to visit me when I lived in Jordan. We had been praying that God would give me a son, Daddy did not know that, I don't think, but another couple had asked my dad to come to their house to pray and ask God to give them a child. We went. Daddy prayed. God's Almighty Presence filled the room and Daddy was just sure that God had answered prayer. A couple months later, daddy called and asked if there was any news about the couple he had prayed with and if there was a baby on the way. I told him I had not heard from them but that God had answered our prayers and was giving us another baby. It was a little boy! How Great is Our God!!!
If I would write about everything and everyone my daddy has touched and influenced it would take for days, but I feel I need to tell this. In January of this year, my dad started losing his balance and vomiting. We took him to the doctors and in Feb. he was diagnosed with a benign yet inoperable brain tumor. The only thing the Dr's could do is put a brain shunt in,and we thought this would take care of the problem. During his hospital stay, his brother came to visit, and while he was there visiting some other relatives were visiting too. I think my daddy had been talking to his brother about the Lord before the other relatives came and my uncle had felt that he had no hope of getting back to the Lord. Well, my daddy asked if he wanted to pray, and he said he did. Others began to pray, Nurses were standing outside the door listening and Jesus came and saved my Uncle. Praise be to God!
Daddy went home a couple days later, but he wouldn't be there for long, he somehow got an infection in the shunt and the Dr.'s had to do a second surgery to remove the shunt, placing a drain to drain off the fluid the tumor was causing to build up. During this time, We almost lost him. Daddy never changed, keeping his faith, and testifying to the dr's and nurses and asking them if they knew Jesus as their personal Savior. It was during this time that my sister was in the waiting room waiting on me to come out. I looked at her and she had tears in her eyes. I said what is wrong Sis? She said I'm under conviction. So right then and there my sister repented and Jesus saved her.! Glory be to God!!!. I said now let's go tell daddy. We did, and you can imagine...as sick as daddy was you couldn't stop him from Praising God. I believe it was the next day he said something like well I am having my third surgery in a week, I wonder who will be next and looked at my other brother who is not in victory yet. But God promised Daddy that all of us children would get in so we are still praying. Daddy is still struggling every day. Pain, vomiting, weakness, but he keeps on going. I know that he would really appreciate prayer. I have so much to be thankful for. God has given me the best father he could give. I am so glad he chose him to be mine. Love you Daddy.

Happy Fathers Day. I love you Daddy.

 You are such a godly example and live it before your family everyday.

 Certainly a man of faith

 .......and prayer

 You love your grandchildren

 You love your children

 and especially mommy

You always take time for even the littlest of us all. Your great grandchildren

Vacation Time with The Whole Family

It was so nice having all the kids under one roof for vacation. Hotels are ok if it is only a couple, but when you have several families it is just nicer to rent a house or something where we could all be together. That is what we did. It was so nice to have everyone together just enjoying one another company.  I cooked some of their favorite meals and we just kind of made plans as we went. That's the way we do things pretty much in our family. I was pretty much in my glory having them all with me for awhile. THANK YOU, LORD.

Some Pictures From Vacation

 Deciding what we will do for the day

 The boys loved the hot tub and so did the adults, but didn't think they would want their pics on here:)

 The pontoon we thought we would go out on.

 The guys loved playing pool .

 A beautiful view of Lake Cumberland that my grandson, Ethan took for me. (He is only 3.)

 Everyone is always up for a game of miniature golf

The boys loved the fishery

I think Nate was the winner

Nice evening of playing games

Grammy's Boys