Monday, December 12, 2016

Howdy, Dear Friends

As Odie already told you yesterday, we are back at the barn and the BoggsMobile and glad to have it so. Kelly Jo and I sometimes have a difficult time adjusting to large time changes but so far we have been sleeping at night and able to function during the day. I was awake in the middle of the night for a few hours the first night but it is definitely better than other times.

I sure appreciate Odie taking care of the blog while we were gone. I have not went back and looked at all the posts she wrote, but I will in the next few days. Hopefully she does not follow my grammatically errant ways, but unfortunately for her, she is my daughter and the nut usually does not fall far from the tree.

While I was awake Saturday night, I did take an hour or so to go through my posts from oversees and straighten them up a bit. When posting from my phone or iPad it is not easy to format fonts or paragraphs so they tend toward sloppiness. 

I wish Google and Apple would play nice together but they seem to thrive on making it hard on each other. When I use the iPhone app for Blogger (A Google Product) I can not control any of these things. If I go to the actual Blogger website on my phone or iPad the features will not work there.

The posts look great in the app on my iPhone but they end up very messy in real life. The lines and paragraphs are either jammed together or have three or four spaces separating them with no rhyme or reason. The last three paragraphs end up looking something like this.

While I was awake Saturday night, I did take an hour or so to go through my posts from oversees and straighten them up a bit. When posting from my phone or iPad it is not easy to format fonts or paragraphs so they tend toward sloppiness. 
I wish Google and Apple would play nice together but they seem to thrive on making it hard on each other. When I use the iPhone app for Blogger (A Google Product) I can not control any of these things. If I go to the actual Blogger website on my phone or iPad the features are unavailable there.


The posts look great in the app on my iPhone but they end up very messy in real life. The lines and paragraphs are either jammed together or have three or four spaces separating them with no rhyme or reason. The last three paragraphs end up looking something like this.

Can you see the difference? That drives me crazy. Anyway, I straightened my posts out and added labels as well. I like for the posts to be labeled so it is easier to find something in a post later.

We did wake up enough to walk next door to church last night and today we should be full steam ahead. We have lots to do before we hit the road on the 30th and we have lots of family and friends to hug and enjoy as well. Oh, and I need to drink some salsa!

Odie did send in some pictures from last night including her trip with Lisa and Debbie to drink some salsa after church.














Thank you for praying for us while we were away. I tried to keep you up to date on the good things happening while we were in Nigeria but I will try to write a wrap up post from the trip soon. We also probably have a few pictures yet to be posted. Stay tuned.

God bless you all.

Davy

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Dad and Mom are Home

Odie here again.

I enjoyed the last part of the Dodds Christmas dinner last night AFTER I went with my grandparents to pick up Dad and Mom at the Dayton airport. Yes, they are home safe and secure in the BoggsMobile! Hopefully they are able to rest from the trip home. Dad says he should be back to blogging tomorrow. It is great to have them back!

Here are three pictures from the dinner last night.




Have a great Sunday.

Odie

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Gaither Christmas Concert 2016 Columbus, Ohio.

Hi, this is Odie checking on this super Saturday. I am excited because my parents are headed home!!it will be great to see them this evening. Please pray for their traveling safety. 

Last night I had a fantastic time at the Gaither Christmas Concert in Columbus, Ohio. The evening was full of wonderful music, extraordinary singing and lots of laughter. I was joined by my cousins Lisa and Deb Isaacs. We had a fantastic time. 
 
The highlight of the evening was seeing my very favorite group The Isaacs!! At a Gaither show you get to see many great artists! Last nights lineup:The Isaacs, The Gaither Vocal Band (Bill Gaither, Adam Crabb, Todd Suttles, David Phelps and Wes Hampton), The Martins, Gene McDonald, Russ Taft, Charlotte Ritchie, Buddy Green, and a local choir from Grove City Church of the Nazerine. 
The band included Ben Isaacs, Kevin Williams, Greg Ritchie, Matthew Holt, Kevin Moore Buddy Green and Jeff Taylor. 

I always love attending a Gaither show and it had been a few years since I had been able to catch a show. I am so glad it worked out that we could go last night. I did not get the greatest pics. I just had my iPhone and the lighting was an issue. Here are my pics from last night. I will see if Deb has any better pics and I might post them later too. 

Have a wonderful weekend. With Dad getting back the blog should be back to normal programming. 

Odie

The awesome Mark Capps

Gene McDonald 

The Martins

Buddy Green 

Several artist joined Buddy on a song

Russ Taft

The Isaacs 

Gaither Vocal band

A sea of lights 

The amazing Charlotte Ritchie 

A hilarious attempt at a selfie of our crew

All of the Homecoming artist