Slide show-Relay for Life, 2009

Cheryl and her husband Paul came up with a great way to honor our loved ones, that of a slide show that ran continuously showing their pictures. This was a very moving experience, especially to walk into the camp and see my dad's at his and my mom's 50th wedding anniversary party, the year before he died. This impacted others as well and gave us great encouragement to keep walking and praying.

CMA Relay for Life Headquarters

Inside of our tent, you see Cheryl W. and Jim P. They spend countless hours attending meetings and planning for the event. Jim's personal goal is to have some one from our church walking the track the entire 24 hours. I'm happy to report that we accomplished this goal, again! Thank you Jim and Cheryl for all that you do to make this a huge success!

Chapel

Here is the inside of our "chapel'. This was donated for use by one of our church members for the weekend. Hanging on the wall are pictures of friends and loved ones who either have cancer or have died from the disease.

The chapel was a first for Relay for Life here in Coshochton.

Thanks Bill and Shirley!

Luminaries

Here are 2 of the luminaries that we had at our camp site. They have sand and then a candel is placed inside and lit at 9 PM and remain until the morning.
While we walk, we have a "baton" if you would that we carry, it is actually cards with people's name printed on them that we can pray for while we walk.

Relay For Life- May 2009

The past 4 years our church has participted in the American Cancer Society's "Relay For Life". Our team captin is Jim P. and co-captin, Cheryl W. Each year the fair grounds become a "camp" for 24 hours. This year our church provided a mobil chapel for prayer and meditation for those who desired to do so. We raise money by selling luminaries, candy bars and walking the track. Each organization can choose a fundraiser of their choice. This year's theme was "Celebrate Hope". Tim sold candy bars, walked and I sold luminaries, walked and did the graphic's for our church and camp site.

Meet Ruth

As you can see, Ruth has a beautiful smile like Hee-Ran.
Ruth has a beautiful singing voice and sang with her school's chior, having the lead vocal voice.

We miss the girls already, they left a beautiful mark on our hearts.

Meet Hee-Ran

As you can see from her beautful fun smile that she was fun to be with. She blessed us with her beautiful singing voice before leaving for home last week. It was great to watch and see her and Ruth make friends, do well in school and to hear their English and comprehension improve in such a short time. We will miss both girls very much!

"Bear claws"

This past school year we've been blessed to have 2 young women live with one of our church family members. Hee-Ran orginates from South Korea and Ruth from Indonesia. Both girls attended Riverview High School, and you've probably gussed that the school mascot is a bear. For their graduation party at church I made 50 cupcakes for them. We were in CA, so we had to miss the party, but I'm told they were delicious!

Cupcakes

Each month during this past school year, I would theme out cupcakes. I ended the year with "Everybody's Birthday" cupcake. I found a great web site that carries a large extensive candy mold inventory, so I've been able to purchase assorted molds.

Meet "Frankie"

Frankie, joined our family last July. She has beautiful blue eyes, so she's named after Frank Sinatra. She loves to flop down and roll around, enjoys "watching" the birds from the windows or screen doors. Running up and down the stairs and across funiture are some of her fun activities.

"Red" our beloved cat

Tim and I love our cats. We've had many over 31 years of marriage. All sizes, colors and temperments. Red came to our home and hearts from a nephew who had one too many, 12 years ago. He was a "Garfield" type personality. Laid back and cool. One of our vet's told us that he liked orange cats the best because they were "so cool". Red had many redeeming qualities. He liked to play "ball", throw a wad of rolled up paper and he would some times catch it in his paw, then bat it around, and then bring it back to one of us to throw again. He would often wake Tim up 5 minutes before his alarm would go off, he would gently paw at Tim's mouth. He would lay next to me and let me put my arm around him and he would then fall asleep. He even learned to "love" our newest cat, Frankie. Unfourtenly, Red retured to his Creator May 27, the day we were to leave for vacation. He appeared well the night before and then in the morning, was unresponsive, a quick ride to the vet and 2 hours later he was gone. No one is sure what caused his death, doctor did feel a lump on his liver. We sure do miss him, Frankie too.

On Saturday, May 30th, our niece Elizabeth Stogner was wed to David Wainright in a beautiful outdoor ceremony by Canyon Lake in California. Elizabeth's bridesmaids were her sisters, Emily and Laura, and cousin Lia.
Parents of the bride, Gregory and Angela Stogner, were as calm as they were elegant. A wonderful reception followed, bringing their special day to a close. We were so thrilled to be able to share the event with them!