Picture Day Prep

 Hey Friends,

As we announced a couple of weeks ago, we are releasing a new music album. Part of the behind-the-scenes work that needed to be completed was photos for the album artwork. 

Our timelines were tight, and we did not have time to travel out of state to visit one of our great photographer friends. Mom and I ran the miles and tried to work the map every way we could, but we could not figure it out. Travel for the photos was not possible!

Thankfully, we had Google, and we found a photographer locally whose work looked really, really good! She is just a few miles down the road. Mom contacted her last week, and thankfully, she had an opening. We were also very grateful that she had a lovely studio. The weather was in the upper 90s all week. We already do not do well with outside photos, and the heat was another major factor.

Mom and I put our heads together and picked out our wardrobe for the photos. Then we had another question. What are we going to do with our hair?

We called in the experts, and they came running to our rescue! They can work miracles with hair, and they came bearing the tools of the trade to get the job done.

Thank you so much to Sis. Valerie Burris and Sis Emily Roberts! We were so thrilled that they were available! I know it took valuable time out of their busy schedules!

I have included a few pictures of the process! Mom and I both enjoyed getting pampered! We were thrilled with the outcome! I made mine last as long as possible! Then I hated to wash my hair!

Here is a selfie that I took with my beautiful mother, post photographs. 

Hopefully, we will get to see the pictures from the photographer soon. Now, we are waiting on an email from her.

Thank you again to our wonderful friends for rescuing us! It was great to get to spend some more time Valerie and Emily. We love you all so much!

There you have a sneak peek into our Picture Day Prep!

Odie

Celebrating Baby Beckham Porter Boggs

 Hey Friends,

It is Odie writing today. I am here to you about a special event that happened this weekend. 

Saturday was set aside for a baby shower. Our family is very excited about a new addition who will join the family later this summer.

We are so happy for Jonas and Kylee! soon they will become a family of three, and we can not wait to meet baby Beckham Porter Boggs! 

My Aunt Holly hosted a beautiful baby shower for Jonas and Kylie and baby Beckham. Jonas loves to golf, so she went a golf theme. The food was delicious and everything was so cute!

Jonas and Kylee were blessed to receive several wonderful gifts from family and friends! I know that will help them starting their life as a family of three!

Below are a few pictures that I snapped during the shower. I hope you enjoy! I cannot wait to introduce all of you to baby Beckham! I know he's going to be a cutie!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit! I will see y'all back here tomorrow!

Odie 

40th Anniversary Of Davy and Kelly Boggs

Hey Friends,

Happy Sunday! Today is a very special day. I have written a few words below, but Mom has written the bulk of this post. I hope you enjoy it!

Happy 40th wedding anniversary to the best parents in the whole wide world! I watched you live out your marriage vows! You were together in the good times and in the bad! You loved each other through it all! 

Daddy, I love you and I miss you! I know you are having the best day ever! Thank you for being the example of a Godly husband and an awesome provider!

Mama, I love you and I am so proud of you! Today is still a day worth celebrating! 40 years is a marvelous milestone and you made it almost all the way! You were committed to Dad until the very end!

Odie

Please keep scrolling there's even more to come! I know you are going to  enjoy hearing from Mom!

40 years ago, I had no clue of the adventure my life was going to become. I was a kid with only an imagination of what life with Davy Boggs would be like. 

On June 29, 1985, we stepped out into the great unknown and began our life together.

As a child I loved traveling for vacation with my parents. I guess they didn’t know they were equipping me for my future.

Davy has taken me around the world in ministry and in travel for relaxation and recuperation. I cannot remember all the years he had traveled and preached over 300 nights a year.

He loved to take me to explore new places whether it be churches or National Parks or foreign countries. We shared a great love of travel.

I lost Davy on this road of companionship a few months short of 40 years. Now my journey has changed a bit. 

I am having to explore and travel in a different way without him beside me leading the way or cheering me on.

As I plan something for the future. I will never stop traveling with him in my heart and mind.

I hear his caution, advice and feel his affirmation as I try to go on. I am grateful for the 40 years he took care of me and I will always carry him with me.

I will celebrate this anniversary being grateful for Davy, a wonderful husband, friend and road warrior.

I want everyone to know how good he was to me.

I give glory to God for giving me Davy for the time I had him.

God is So Good.

Kelly Jo

A Monumental Day

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for visiting! I have something special to share with you today. We received a long awaited delivery yesterday. 

Back on Valentine's Day, we visited Maggard Memorials in Lebanon, Ohio. There, we found a wide array of options for the new stone that would mark Dad and Ali's shared final resting place. 

Their customer service was top-notch! We were so pleased. They helped us design a beautiful memorial to mark the grave. 

We placed the order, and it took several months to complete. Miami Cemetary only pours the footers for new stones twice a year, in spring and fall. 

Here is the little stone that had marked my sister's grave up until a few months ago. Dad had always wanted to get a large stone with room for three names. 

We were hoping the new stone would be ready by Ali's birthday in May. The  new stone and footer both were ready by then. 

Sadly, the weather did not cooperate as we had hoped. Torrential downpours had created lots of mud and soft ground in the cemetery. There was nothing that could be done about it.

This is what the spot looked like on Memorial Day. 

It has been sunny and dry for several days. We were hoping that it would soon be delivered!

Yesterday afternoon, my grandparents called to say the stone was in place. We went to the cemetery as quickly as we could to see it for ourselves!

Front- It is hard to get pictures without reflection the surroundings.

The Back that it is facing the road. Mom took this from the bench in our Boggs section.

The stone looks even better in person, than it did on a computer screen! I did not know  that I could think a head stone was so beautiful! Our entire family is thrilled with the outcome!

Here are some pictures after the flowers were added to the vases on either side. 

I love this beautiful memorial for my Daddy and my sister!  This is the inscription that we chose to put on the back. I think it sums up Dad’s life well!

"After a full life of service, Davy has gone home to his God."

The pictures on the front are two of our favorites. We struggled finding exactly what we wanted on the back. Mom came up with a solution that I love! She combined parts of three different photos to get the perfect one. 

The tent was part of a tent setup or teardown in Thomasville, Alabama. The BoggsMobile photo was taken at Bethany Revival Center in Wichita, Kansas. Actually, that is the last place Dad ever preached. The photo of Dad preaching was taken in Mexico. He was preaching under Bro. Larry Landress' tent.

We know Dad and Ali are not at Miami Cemetery in Corwin, Ohio. Only the shells that held them here were laid beneath the sod. I am glad that we can honor their memory! One great day the trumpet will sound, and the dead in Christ will rise to meet Him in the air! I am anxious to be reunited with them! Oh, glorious day!

That wraps up the story of a beautiful memorial. Thanks for reading! I will see you all tomorrow!

Odie

Sunday Night Of Celebrating Babies

 Hey Friends,

Thank you for spending part of your Wednesday with us. I hope your week is going well. We are doing good here at home.

I told you about our Saturday events on Monday and Tuesday. Now I am here to tell you about two wonderful things that happened Sunday evening. One was before church, and the other was after church.

Our church, DRPC, is adding some new members this year. It is always fun to know that there are babies on the way!

Sunday afternoon, it was baby shower time. We were celebrating the upcoming arrival of baby Dotson. 

I am so excited for Darren and Abby. Their baby girl should make her arrival next month!

After church, it was time to celebrate baby Ellis! 

I believe every child is a gift from God! Lauren and Dustin have prayed for a baby for a long time! God has answered their prayers and they have a little one on the way in November.

Sunday night's gathering was to reveal the gender of their miracle!

Our entire church was excited!

Getting ready for the reveal. It is a????

He 💙 or She🩷 what will it be? Dad would say a baby, that is what it will be. 🤣

Yes, that is pink. It is a girl! She is going to be so loved! 

I am thrilled for both of these couples!  I can not wait to meet their new baby girls! Please keep the Dotson and The Ellis families in your prayers! I know both families would appreciate extra prayers, as they begin their new chapters in life!

That wraps up our busy weekend. Thanks again for tuning in! I will close with one more picture from Sunday night. This is Mom with our dear sweet Albany! We love her!

Odie