Family Anniversaries And Food

Hey Friends,

Thank God we made it safely home last night! We are always so thankful for His protection. God is so good!

We were not in any hurry yesterday, so we could take it easy in the morning. After spending two long days in the studio recording, it was a reward day!

Our travel day was smooth! We were craving a good steak dinner to cap off our trip. Several of our family members were already planning to meet up at Longhorn. They invited us to join them, and we gladly accepted! That was the perfect way to end our day!

Yesterday was Mamaw and Papaw's 62nd wedding anniversary. Today is Jay and Theresa’s 33rd wedding anniversary! Happy Anniversary to both lovely couples.

We were celebrating their marriage milestones with an excellent meal and great family time! It was a precious evening!

I can never stress enough how much I love my family! I am so blessed and thankful that God gave me a wonderful family! I love all of them so much!

Now we are home and gearing up for the next adventure that starts soon! Here are a few pictures from last night's dinner.

I will see you all next time!

Odie

Foodie Friday 5/2/25

 Hey Friends,

Welcome to this edition of Foodie Friday. Here is a peek at some of our meals from this week. Have I ever mentioned that I love food?!

The star of the show is yesterday’s lunch. We had a great meal at Alcapulco with Mamaw and Papaw. 

On Monday, they also went with us to an appointment. Somehow, a lunch stop was included in our plans. 😆

I was not complaining! Cheddars was on the menu for that day. It was absolutely scrumptious!

Now for few a yummy meals at the Beach Cottage. 

Finishing it up with a great Chick-fil-A car lunch while running errands. 

Just one question, are you hungry yet? I am! 😆 I will let you go eat now. See you tomorrow.

Odie

Foodie Friday Dolly’s

 Hey Friends,

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you are having a great Friday!

Man, do I ever have a yummy Foodie Friday for you? We visited Dolly’s for the first time yesterday. Below is the backstory for my non Ohio tri-state readers. 

Frisch's was a local favorite restaurant for many decades. Late last year, all but a couple of locations closed. We were all saddened to lose a staple restaurant in our area. Frisch’s was always part of our lives! What were we going to do?

There were rumblings of Big Boy restaurants moving into the Miami Valley after Frisch’s closed. Big Boy and Frisch’s were competitors. Their menus were much the same. Big Boy would not move into Frisch’s market while Frisch’s was still open. A huge uproar took place in local courts and media. Frisch’s was trying to block Big Boy.

They came up with a different plan, and Dolly’s was born. I have heard that over 50 old Frisch’s locations will now house Dolly’s by summer. They started opening last month! We are excited to have something like Frisch's again!

A Big Boy character is the mascot for Frisch’s and subsidiary restaurants. A Big Boy statue was usually out in front of the buildings. Dolly was Big Boy’s girlfriend in a comic in the kids menus.

Now you know about Dolly’s. The food was very good. We got the Big Boy, aka The Signature, at Dolly’s. It is slightly different but delicious. The onion rings and fries were good. The Hot Fudge cake was out of this world scrumptious! It was hand-dipped in ice cream, and you got the choice of vanilla, chocolate or strawberry ice cream!

I will close with my Dolly’s pictures. Aunt Theresa, Mamaw and Papaw joined Mom and me. We enjoyed our time with them!

See you tomorrow.

Odie

The Bog Boy statue was gone. Mom posed in his spot. 

Ellisville First Assembly Visit In Pics

 Hey Friends,

We are having a great time on our trip with Gran and Papaw. We have been blessed to spend time with family, friends and some of our dear road family!

Pastor Kenny Morris has been our friend for almost twenty years, since summer 2005. 19 years ago that we first visited him and the First Assembly in Ellisville, Mississippi. 

The Morris family adopted us, and First Assembly became a home away from home for us. We love our Ellisville family dearly and have looked forward to every visit. 

Often, our revivals at First Assembly have coincided with an annual fundraiser for their Christian school! We loved attending the wild game supper. It was a highlight of Dad's year. 

The Morris' invited Mom and me to visit them again. We were excited to make the trip to Ellisville one more time.We decided to plan our trip around our annual visit. It felt good to have something a little closer to normal.

We were in Ellisville last Friday for Wild Game Supper 2025. It felt right for us to be there to honor Dad’s memory. We had Ohio and Alabama family join in the fun this year too!

Below are pictures from that event. Ethan Morris helped me capture these memories. 

Ethan thank you for the selfies too!🤣

First Assembly also had revival this week. We attended 2 nights of the revival. Our road family received us with love and open arms! It was healing for all of us!

Below are the pictures from revival that I took.

Bro. Roger and Sis Joan Luke were the evangelist. We greatly enjoyed being in the services with them too. The Lord encouraged our hearts!

I am thrilled we got to see our Ellisville road family! We  love them so much. Words can not express my appreciation for their love, friendship and dedication to our family! It was a pleasure to introduce Mom’s parents to these extraordinary people!

Thank you for joining us today. See you tomorrow.

Odie