May 2026

 May has flown by so quickly this year! Here are some highlights of the month that I don't want to let slip away.

Shine Women's Gathering at Waycross Conference Center

May 8-9

Theme: Detours (when God takes us a different way than we expected)

My table group

Detours often lead to things we would have 

missed had we stayed on our preferred route.

My teammate and my good friend playing their guitars, 

my son's girlfriend using her beautiful voice to sing

I love it when everybody wears pink for my birthday. :)

May 11

My new computer they all pitched in to get me for my birthday

Look at that sweet baby

My new birthday slippers :)

My peonies bloomed!

Birthday/Mother's Day flowers

My sixth grade team singing to me with cinnamon rolls on my birthday

6th Grade Camp at Bradford Woods, May 11-13

Such a great group of kids God blessed me with this year.

Ziplining

Our cabin

Late night talks

My bed at camp

Roasting our own hotdogs

Our side porch where I was able to spend the mornings

 with the Lord before the girls got up and ready.

Craft time--I made five of these and gifted them to students who didn't come to camp.

Roasting marshmallows for s'mores

Our camp speaker for the campfire talk

Bonding time in the cabin

6th grade celebration on the day of their Recognition Program

With some fun photo props

6th grade helping with Pre-K graduation

When your church family and school family come together

More puzzles in the evenings

Field Day/Game Day

Celebrated again at our spring/summer Bible study launch, Jesus and Women

Last day of school class selfie, the last few moments we were still all together

Wrapping up year #23!

My first rose blooms at my house, 

plants we just planted on Easter after ripping out some ugly bushes that had become eyesores. 

First summer outing on my first day off!

Purrrrrfect!

Now to prop my feet up, relax, and read a book. :)

Another year to adventure together

For year 27, we decided to follow some friends' suggestion to go on a Riverboat Cruise down the Ohio River in Cincinnati, OH. Since those friends happened to have lived in Cincinnati years ago, they also gave us some other suggestions of things to do while there, so we took them up on all of their suggestions and loved the new adventure of it all. 

In no certain order, here are pics of the things we did and saw: 

Coming in to Cincinnati

A pretty park we visited, where we sat and played cards 

(while all the healthy people jogged by us)

You can't tell in the pics, but I was intrigued by the different flags displayed on each end of the suspension bridge, one leading into Ohio, the other leading into Kentucky. 

The Cincinnati side of the river

The first restaurant we went to the night we arrived--the Montgomery Inn Boathouse. It's the only restaurant right on the waterfront on the Cincinnati side, with four restaurants on the Kentucky waterfront side. 

They are specifically known for their ribs. So we split a King Rack.

It was neat to see how a different state lies on either side of the river, and it was interesting to learn more about the history of all that's built up on both waterfronts. I was fascinated to learn that most of the Ohio River actually belongs to Kentucky.

Our lunch provided on the Riverboat cruise. 

A different boat that does the dinner sunset cruise. 

We opted for the day one, and we were blessed with a beautiful, sunny day. :)

That's me, the River Queen. LOL.

A little sightseeing before/near the cruise departure sight. 

Some neat history happening on our special weekend, with four astronauts making it back safely from their trip around the moon. 

A nice hotel room, thanks to our son who earns a lot of points from traveling so much for work. 

Wish I had time to write more about it, but we returned to reality and have work to do now! It really was a fun adventure, and I look forward to whatever we choose for the next one.