Beach Cottage Christmas 2024

Hey Friends,

Thank you for spending a moment of your time with me this Thursday. It is bitterly cold here in Ohio. Winter has set in. I do not enjoy the high temperatures in the 20s like we have today. The wind chills make it feel much colder!

 

We are supposed to have a little bit of snow this morning. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 

I thought I would give you a little glimpse of what the beach cottage's Christmas decor looks like this year.

 I still have a couple of things that I want to fix up. The lights on my bedroom Christmas tree went out after I got it decorated, but before I could take pictures.

My cousin Lauren came over and did the tree in my living room for me! She is very talented, and I think it looks beautiful! Thank you so much, Lauren, for your help! I love you, and it was fun to spend some time with you!

I will leave you with the inside pictures of my beach cottage Christmas 2024.

See you tomorrow!

Odie

Alcapulco Is Now Known As Unclepopo

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in for this Tuesday. Mom and I are still doing good, by God’s grace. We definitely have our moments. We feel like our new reality of life without Dad is not real! God gives us strength for each moment. 

We greatly appreciate the prayers from our family and friends. All of your calls, text emails and comments have encourages us immensely!

Saturday we met Aunt Karen and some of the family for lunch at Alcapulco.

Little Miss Chloe Jean gave the restaurant a new name. It is now known as Unclepopo. We think that is a fitting name, in memory of Uncle Davy The Great.

Uncle Davy taught Chloe Jean to love salsa at Alcapulco. She still loves it, and he was so proud of his accomplishment.

The salsa and food were extra good on Saturday!

It was to cold for an outside group photo. Charlie and Chloe wanted a picture with the horse. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit. 

Odie

 

Davy’s Celebration Of Life Service Scheduled For Youtube

Hey Friends,

Our friends and family from far and near are gathering to celebrate the life of my dear Father. We continue to be humbled by the great outpouring of friendship, love, and support that we have been shown!

Mom and I want to include our online family as well! I know many of you will not be able to make the trip to be there in person. Tomorrow’s funeral service will be live and archived. You can find it on the Boggs Family Ministries YouTube channel.  

Click here to view the service. It begins Thursday at 11 AM Eastern, 10 AM Central. Please share with others who may like to attend virtually as well!

Below are the funeral arrangements, if you are local and would like to attend, you are welcome. 

Overflow seating is set up in the fellowship hall next to the church. Thursday’s services can be seen and heard there. 

Services for Davy Boggs

are scheduled at 

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

3201 Dryden Road Dayton, Ohio

Visitation Wednesday 

 November 20 4-8PM EST

Funeral Thursday 

November 21 11AM EST 

Procession to Miami Cemetary, Corwin, Ohio, immediately following.

6379 Corwin Ave

Waynesville, OH 45068

Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to help us make this service a reality! Many of you have been working behind the scenes! We can never say thank you enough. We greatly appreciate your help!

Odie

Odie Reporting From Home

 Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in from my Waynesville, Ohio, beach cottage. I was discharged from the hospital Monday morning. It felt so good to be headed home. 

Thanks to my Uncle Steve, I had a smooth ride to and from the hospital on Friday afternoon and Monday morning. He was there with a smile and lovingly holding my hand the whole way. 

Uncle Steve, Aunt Karen and our family have covered us with love and help. We can never say thank you enough for your kindness. People from Dryden Road Pentecostal Church and Dodds Pentecostal Church are ensuring we are well fed and cared for! We love all of you involved!

Now, on Monday night, I am snuggly tucked into my good bed. I am ready for a nice uneventful night of rest and healing. 

Thank you for your continued prayers. We feel them getting us through this uncharted territory of life. 

Odie

Friday Check In

 Hey Friends,

This is just a quick blog for today. We are doing okay. God is giving us strength because of everybody’s prayers. Ironing out the details of Dad’s service next week is keeping us busy.

Please pray extra for me. I am battling an ailment that flared up yesterday. My prayer is for God to set me free totally!

I had another post planned for today, but that can wait for a different day. Thanks for checking in. 

Odie

Traveling Home

 Hey Friends,

This is Odie checking in from the road. Mom and I should be home in Waynesville this evening. Yesterday’s travel day went smoothly, and we are thanking the Lord for safety and great weather.

Thank you to my Papaw Danny, Uncle Danny and Aunt Jeanna Morgan. They made the trip to Kansas on Monday. They helped us get the Jeep loaded and travel to Ohio! We love them dearly. They have made this trip much easier. 

Before I close, Happy Birthday to my beautiful Aunt Theresa Osborn. We love you!

Odie

Celebration Of Life For Davy Boggs

Hey Friends,

The arrangements have been made for my Dad’s Celebration Of Life. They will take place next week on Wednesday and Thursday. The viewing and the funeral will be held at Dryden Road. Pentecostal Church The details are listed below.

Services for Davy Boggs

are scheduled at 

Dryden Road Pentecostal Church 

3201 Dryden Road Dayton, Ohio

Visitation Wednesday 

 November 20 4-8PM EST

Funeral Thursday 

November 21 11AM EST 

Procession to Miami Cemetary, Corwin, Ohio, immediately following.

6379 Corwin Ave

Waynesville, OH 45068

One of Dad’s passions was the Goodnews Christian School in Abeokuta, Nigeria. We want to carry on his vision of supporting the school. In lieu of flowers, Boggs Family Ministries will send all specified donations to the school. You may donate by PayPal at this link here. You can also mail them to our mailing address.

Boggs Family Ministries

PO Box 28

Waynesville, OH 45068. 

 

Odie

One More Odie Mishap For The Books

 Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting from BoggsMobile. I hope you have had a fabulous week. Thank you for joining me for a short visit. 

I remembered a blog worthy story I had forgotten to share. This is a story that makes me laugh and shake my head in disbelief all at the same time. 

This moment happened on September 24th this year. I was flying back to Alabama from Ohio at 7:30 AM, which required me to set my alarm for 3:30 AM. My ride to the airport was scheduled to arrive at 4:30 AM. My prep work for the crazy early morning began the day before, making the morning a tad easier. 

On Monday evening, I marked several things off both my get ready and house shutdown lists. I set my alarm, laid my clothes out and tried to go to bed early, knowing everything was ready to go. 

At home, my Echo Dot wakes me with the news. Tuesday morning, I heard the news kick on and I jumped into gear. I knew my time was valuable that morning and I had to be ready on time. I made my bed, got ready and had just a few more steps to be completely prepared. I grabbed my phone to check something and realized it was only 1:00 AM. I was nearly ready 90 minutes before my wakeup time. 

Oh, I was so aggravated! Every second of sleep that is possible is important to me. I just grabbed a blanket to lay across my made up bed and tried to get more sleep. I do not know why my alarm went off so early. I had triple checked the time before I went to bed. 

It is better to be ready super early instead of late. At least I could have peace of mind that I would be on time. It just made my really eventful day longer. Thankfully I napped some on the plane. 

Dad often likes to say the day I was born 2 months early was the only time that I have been early. Well, that is not always the case and this story is proof!

Hope this Odie moment brought a smile to your day! I think I will go take a nap. Reliving this real nightmare moment to write it all made me tired again.

Thank you for reading. See you next week!

Odie

More of Odie’s September Ohio Visit

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting in for this October Saturday. We are in Arkansas thru tomorrow. I hope you are having a great weekend. Thank you for stopping by to visit with me. 

I was able to spend a week at home. I shared my travel day to Ohio two weeks ago. Last week I posted about the wedding of Jonas and Kylee Boggs. Click here and here to see those posts. 

The wedding was the main reason I made the trip home. I was thrilled to be home for a week to see family and friends. Wheelchair issues and other things hindered some of my plans while there. But I am so glad for some great moments! I have some pictures to share with you today to wrap up my trip. 

My Aunt Theresa and Uncle Jay helped me so much while I was home. I appreciate them so very much!

Mamaw, Papaw and me. 

It was fabulous to see both sets of my grandparents. They both came to visit me and bring lunch to me! 

Gran and Papaw

Friday night I joined Uncle Steve and Aunt Karen's family at Papaw’s barn. We celebrate my cousin Isaac's 30th birthday. 

 

My beautiful girl JoJo! 

Arlo is getting so big. 

Papa Great and Baby Carson

Nana Great got her snuggles from Carson.

Steve and Karen’s 3 children, Isaac, Deidre and Victor

I was thrilled to love on Carson again. 

Carson was meeting all the family. Uncle Victor was a big hit. 

Enjoying family time on a beautiful Friday evening. 

Theo discovered his baby cousin Carson.

 

Carson, my handsome buddy boy!

 

Nap time for Theo. 

Papaw Steve and Theo. 

Theo is a growing boy. I love this little guy!

Aunt Emily and Carson. 

Alcapulco salsa, oh  it was delicious. 

It was great to have Alcapulco! Thanks to Papaw Eugene for making sure I had my Mexican food!

That concludes this trip home. I love my family! Thanks to everyone for helping me get where I needed to be and that I was well fed!

Congratulations Mr. And Mrs. Jonas And Kylee Boggs

Hey Friends,

This is Odie coming to you from Mississippi. I am happy to be able to spend some time this week and tomorrow with some of my favorite road family.

My time at home last week was for the wedding of my cousin Jonas. When Jonas and Kylee got engaged earlier this year, I decided to be home for their big day.

Their wedding date was September 21st, 2024. The festivities took place at our church, Dryden Road Pentecostal Church. I was thrilled to be there as Jonas and Kylee started their new life together.

It was a beautiful wedding celebration for the happy couple, and it was great to see lots of family and friends! Below are my pictures from the wedding day. My photos are from before the wedding and during the reception. For the ceremony, they requested that no pictures be taken except by the photographer. 

I hope you enjoy seeing the day through my camera lenses. Thank you for joining me for part of your day! I will see you next time!

Odie