Precious Gift of Precious MEMORIES

Our wonderful friends from South Africa put together the following lovely pages of pictures of Mickey & I as a gift today - our 57th Anniversary.  

 October 4, 1958 - Flagstaff,  Arizona

 Miscellaneous shots.  The top on is the most recent taken of us at Young-At-Heart Meeting a couple of weeks ago.

More Miscellaneous Pictures the larger one was the last one taken before Mickey's heart surgery year!!  You can tell one of my favorite colors is blue.

October 4, 2012 - San Francisco, California

Thank you for this special gift of photo remembrances on this our special

Anniversary Day 

October 4, 2015

#56 Anniversary #2

October 4, 1958 - 2014

56 Years 

After a very relaxing day Son Marc & Daughter Jacque took us all out to a fabulous meal at

Texas Roadhouse.

Jacque even got there early, and turned our names in for a table, so that when Mickey & I arrived they were already there and as Benny was taking this picture our name for our table was called and we were seated.

(back row) Grandson Aric & Mickey

(front row) Son Marc, Granddaughter Oksana, Daughter Jacque & Susan.

Missing - Son David in Florida-Granddaughter Jessica in Norman, Ok-Daughter Suzette in Heaven

So wonderful to have Oksana with us this year.

After a wonderful meal of 2 appetizers and a delicious meal

Jacque & Oksana headed to the fair

Marc & Aric to their Owasso home

& Mickey & I home to Coweta.

We are blessed with a small but WONDERFUL family that we love dearly 

&

best of all they love us!!!! 

#56 ANNIVERSARY

Mickey and I decided to start off our 56th Anniversary celebration with hosting a dinner party for 9 of our friends the evening before .

 The table is set 

The meal consisted of:  Susan - Beef Strogaoff - black & regular olives - white & red grape                                                       juice - tea - coffee 

                                      Shirley - Greek Salad

                                      Patty - Home made yeast rolls

                                      Dianna - Carrot cake & Lemon squares

                                      Sandra - Toll house cookies & vanilla ice cream

In other words--a delicious feast prepared by ALL.

After a leisurely, wonderful meal we decided to wait until later for dessert.

(because we were all stuffed!!)

Moving to the living room we watched a Bill Cloud dvd 

"Eating From The Tree Of Good And Evil" 

This is an excellent teaching that Mickey & I share with everyone we can. 

 (left to right) Dianna, Jayme, Sandra, Patty, Arron, Danny

 Gary, Shirley, & Shirley 

Yes we had 2 Shirley's and 4 Smiths!!!

After the dvd we had desserts and coffee and talked and visited until about 10:30.

Thanks to these 9 for making our evening a real blessing

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Saturday - October 4th

 My wonderful card and Pandora charm from Mickey

Charm is a Red Heart set in silver on one side

and "love" in Red in the silver on the other side 

The card reads:

Celebrating the day

I put a ring on your finger

and promised to love you

forever...

...and thanking you 

for making that promise

so easy to keep

Happy 

Anniversary

And added in his own handwriting

"I love you so much.  Thank you for sticking with me for 56 yrs."

 The heart charm itself.  

I am a blessed woman!!

So thankful for God truly making Mickey & I "one flesh", as HIS word declares, for 56 years. 

GREAT FRIEND - Great fun & times Visit

My forever friend, Joan, who I've known since the 2nd grade (folks that's 68 years!!!) and is truly like a sister to me, and her husband, Jim, came to visit us for 5 glorious days.

Just arriving at the airport.  They got here just in time for us to all rush home, put up their bags and head for Wednesday night teaching by our Pastor Steve on the 7 churches of Revelation. We ate a light supper after getting home from Church.

I'll be posting a separate blog about our unexpected adventure on Thursday, October 13th!!!!!!

(left to right) Jim, Joan, Susan, Mickey, Barbara & Don

Mickey & I celebrated our 53rd anniversary on October 3rd, but because I knew Joan & Jim were coming we put off "celebrating" it until Friday night, October 14th, with the 2 couples we've know the longest.  Don & Barbara had met Joan years ago in Albuquerque but have heard about her for years.  We had a wonderful time and a wonderful meal at Logan's Road House and then came back to our home and talked and talked for hours.

 Joan having fun with our King's Kitchen crown.

Saturday, October 15th we showed them around Coweta starting  at the Pumpkin Patch.

That evening I fixed my beef strogenoff dinner for the family.

  

Marc & Jacque with "Aunt" Joan who they'd not seen in a long time.

 (left to right) back row- Jessica, Benny, Jacque, Jim, Marc - front row - Joan, Mickey, Aric

 Shot of Mickey as 6 of us (Mickey, Susan, Jacque, Joan, Jessica, Aric) were playing Phase 10 - the rest were watching sports on TV.

 BEAUTIFUL flowers, a gift, along with a lovely card, from Joan & Jim in honor of our 53rd.

Jacque, Susan, Jessica, Joan (3 generations)

So missed Suzette & David not being here.

Sunday, October 16th, we went to Bro*ken Egg for a fabulous breakfast before taking them to the airport for their flight home to Albuquerque.  They promised to come in 6 years to celebrate our 59th!!!!  Believe me, I will hold them to it.

HAPPY VALENTINES and HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

I know it's a few days early for Valentines but since 3 of our favorite people also have anniversaries I'm post this today.

(picture from 2 years ago on his birthday)

FIRST, Don & Barbara, our dear friends of 36 years, celebrated their #45th yesterday, February 11th.  We love you guys and are so thankful for our long, important friendship.  We've been through the good & the bad together, travelled much of our beautiful country together and most importantly, share the Love of our Savior and Lord together.

Happy Anniversary!!

SECOND, Son Marc and daughter-in-love Deann are celebrating their FIRST, yes 1st, Anniversary today, February 12th.  It's been a difficult year for these two, as they blend two families and 5 children together.  We love you so much and wish for both of you nothing but the VERY BEST.  May this year #2 be all that you hope and dream it can be.  You are a pure joy to us, Marc, and we are so very proud of you.

THIRD, these love birds, our wonderful daughter, Suzette, and son-in-love, Dave, will celebrate their 17th Anniversary on Valentines Day.  This picture was taken just 5 days after Suzette's diagnoses of cancer.  The past 4 1/2 months have been a real testing time in their lives but they are passing this test with flying colors and we are so very proud of both of them.  We believe year #18th will be their best year ever.

We thank God for the wonderful friends and family He has blessed our lives with. 

CELEBRATING OUR 52ND & UPDATED PRAYER REQUEST

This is what being married 52 years looks like. I wish for each and everyone of you the happiness and joy in marriage that Mickey & I share. God has truly made us "one flesh".




We opted to celebrate by going out to dinner with our oldest daughter, Suzette, and son-in-love, Dave. We were going out to The Kin*gs Pa*lace for a nice steak dinner.
but it being a Monday they were closed so we ended up at a BBQ restaurant. The food was good and the company fantastic and we had a delightful, enjoyable, actually fun time.

Dave smooching Suzette. Happily married 16+ years and facing the battle of their lives but yet with a smile and a kiss. We are so proud of these two.

Updated Prayer Request For Suzette

God has opened the doors for Suzette to be interviewed for acceptance at the Nat*ional Inst*itute of Hea*lth at Bethesda, Maryland on Tuesday, October 12th at 1:30 p.m. This in itself is truly a miracle and a GOD THING.

This interview is to see if she will be accepted by the Cancer Institute of Health for their aggressive, cutting edge treatment for that purpose. All of her medical information, including the MRI, petscan & blood work have already been received by NIH. She & Dave will be flying out of Tulsa at 6 a.m. Monday, arriving in Bethesda at noon. She will have this interview on Tuesday and they will return to Tulsa by 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday. They are having to pay for their airline tickets, motel and car rental for her to go.

Please join us in praying:

1. For a safe, easy, uneventful flight up.
2. For a nice afternoon and rest for both of them on Monday night.
3. FOR GOD'S CONTINUED FAVOR as her healing is being manifest.
4. FOR HER ACCEPTANCE IN THIS PROGRAM
5. For rest for both of them on Tuesday night.
6. For a safe, easy, uneventful flight back on Wednesday
7. For whatever the next step it.

If she is NOT accepted into this program on Tuesday she will immediately begin Chemotherapy on Thursday here in Tulsa.

"I have heard thy prayer. I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shall go up unto the house of the Lord." II Kings 20:5b

speaking of the righteous..."He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is secure, he will have no fear, in the end he will triumph on his foes." Psalm 112:6-8

#52 AND COUNTING

Today is our 52nd Anniversary. I was 20 & Mickey was 25 when we were married in Flagstaff, AZ. on October 4, 1958. It was the best decision we ever made......second of course to making Jesus our Lord & Savior.

Here are previous years posts , if you care to read them: 2009, & 2008, & 2007.
Two years ago we were dealing with emergency hospital visits in Flagstaff,AZ, Grants, NM, & Oklahoma City trying to get home and Mickey having double bi-pass heart surgery. He recovered swiftly and is going full steam!! God took care of that for us.
This year we are dealing with just learning of our wonderful, beautiful, first-born daughter, Suzette, getting a diagnosis of lung cancer.......BUT God will take care of that for us, too!!!! She will be healed and have the victory and go full steam.

"For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him are Amen, through the glory of God through us." II Corinthians 1:20

THREE FOLD CORD

"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him, and a three fold cord is not quickly broken." Ecclesiastes 4:12

HAPPY 51ST ANNIVERSARY TO US!!!!!!

October 4, 1958 - October 4, 2009

Then

Now

More in love today than ever and enjoying every moment of every day together.

Last year we were at Grand Canyon celebrating our 50th Anniversary where we had spent our wedding night. BUT, as often happens, plans sometimes go awry and Mickey ended up spending the night at the Hospital in Flagstaff. We headed home early, and he spent the next night, October 5th, at the Hospital in Grants, NM. He had double bi-pass heart surgery on October 9th.

He is fit as a fiddle - we have had a wonderful year and we look forward to celebrating #52 next October 4th.

That three fold cord, God - Mickey - Susan

It's the only way to live!!!!!!

MY HUSBAND - MY LOVE - MY FRIEND - MY OTHER HALF

I had done this post which was SUPPOSE to post on October 4th and didn't!!!

Due to the events which occurred it got lost in the shuffle of things but I found it today and wanted to post it anyway as a tribute to him, even if 25 days late and a repaired heart!

1958-2008

Golden (50th) Anniversary

My Husband, Mickey Wayne Joyce

Husband & Father Extraordinaire

We are celebrating our 50th today!! When we return from our trip I'll share that with you but for today I wanted to tell & show you about this wonderful man, my husband.

October 4, 1958

This is a meme I've seen on several blogs and thought it would be a good way for you to learn a little more about my man.

1. He's sitting in front of the TV; what is on the screen? Preferably John Wayne or some other western

1960 - Juarez, Mexico with his built-in family of girls he loves!

Suzette, Jacque & me!!!!

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Blue Cheese

1964 - The addition of our first son, David.

3. What's one food he doesn't like? Boiled Okra

1971 - The addition of our 2nd son, & youngest child, Marc.

4. You go to a bar. What does he order? We don't go to bars....

1977 - The girls are grown & not at home so this is our little family.

5. Where did he go to high school? Humboldt, Tennessee

1979 - In his Real Estate Broker days

6. What size shoe does he wear? 11

1980 - With new hot air balloon - Suzy Blue

7. If he was to collect anything what would it be? Bees & Gold Coins

1983 - 25th Anniversary

8. What is his favorite kind of sandwich? Cheeseburger

1985 - Struggling to hold our marriage together.

Don't ever give up on your marriage!!

We are living proof of this as we celebrate our 50th.

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? Steak & potatoes

1988 - Renewing our wedding vows - 30th Anniversary

10. What is his favorite cereal? Oatmeal

1995 - Addition of 2 granddaughters, Jessica & Oksana

11. What would he never wear? A dress

1996 - David is home after 10 years!!!!

12. What is his favorite sports team. He doesn't have one

2002 - We've add our 1st Grandson, Aric

13. Who will he vote for? McCain/Palin

2000 -David, Marc, Mickey, Suzette, Jacque, Susan

14. Who is his best friend? me!!!

2007 - Our entire family

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? Tell him how to drive & spend too much time blogging

16. How many states has he lived in? 9 & travelled to all 50 and the Providences of Canada

17. What is his heritage? Irish

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind of cake? German Chocolate

19. Did he play sports in high school? Football 1 year and then Marching band (tuba)

20. What could he spend hours doing? Watching westerns

It was hard to find pictures of just Mickey because his life revolves around His Lord & His Family. I am so thankful and blessed to have shared 50 years with this wonderful man.