High Plains Children's Home and Family Services, Inc.

*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Can you spot any familiar faces!? This photo was taken at the "groundbreaking" of HPCH's first transitional living cottage back in October of 2014. It was specifically designed with our older kids in mind...the first of its kind on our campus! It is now lovingly known as the Christy Cottage. If you've never seen it, we invite you to come out for a personal tour! We'd love to show you around! 🔨🏠🥰

Myla and Myra, as well as the rest of our kids at HPCH, are excited for the new school year! New school supplies, new clothes, making new friends and meeting their new teachers are always some of the highlights for our children this time of year! Lots of new! Thank you for loving our kids and always keeping them in your prayers! 📚🚌❤

Journey (pink shirt) and Jealousy (blue shirt) enjoy some hot chocolate and cookies with their friends on the deck of the dining hall at Camp Blue Haven! Our children had such an incredible summer making lifelong memories and ultimately...they were encouraged in their faith. Tomorrow, all of our sweet kiddos will head back to school. We humbly ask that you keep our children in your prayers this week as they return to their studies and begin a new chapter in their lives. We are so excited to see what this new school year will bring! ✏🍎🥰

Happy Monday, everyone! Excitement is definitely in the air this week at HPCH as our kids are getting ready to go back to school! Where did the summer go?! Ka'miyah shows off her beautiful smile while watching a movie in the Williams Cottage living room! 😀🍿

Happy Friday! Hope everyone has had a great week! Yasmani and James prepare to launch a "Wubble Bubble" (a huge inflatable orb) across the Owen Cottage front yard. We're not sure it has come down yet! "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." - Romans 15:13 🟡🚀

🪁*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Does anyone recognize this popular HPCH campus landmark that opened back in 1980? In this 44-year-old photo, the finishing touches are being made to the road and parking lot outside. If you guessed the Mayer Gym, you are CORRECT! What a great blessing this building has been to our campus throughout the years! 😀🏀🏐

Our children returned this past weekend from another incredible trip to Camp Blue Haven! So many special memories were made, and our kids are already talking about how excited they are to go back next year! Journey had so much fun on the ropes course while she was there! She even mastered the art of balancing...on stacks of milk crates! 🥰

Lane is such a hard worker around the Axe Cottage! He especially likes to help with meal prep and has become a master at making juice, Kool-Aid, lemonade and iced tea! If you ever get thirsty while visiting the HPCH campus, we know someone who can solve that problem! 🧃🥤😀

To say that Myla gets excited when she gets to eat at Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers might be an understatement! Her toughest decision is what to eat first...the fries, the burger or the custard! Judging by the photo, I think we know what her favorite might be! 🍟🍔🍦😋

Happy Friday! Ka'miyah proudly holds a beautiful bouquet of flowers following her dazzling ballet recital! Have a great weekend, everyone! "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” - Joshua 1:9 💐🥰

*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Back in October of 2014, the Home was honored to host the Wednesday Ladies Bible Class from the Mary Ellen & Harvester congregation in Pampa, Texas. The ladies experienced a wonderful outing including a complete tour of the HPCH campus coupled with a delicious lunch served at the Blanton Place for Encouragement. Just before their departure, more fun was had when the ladies discovered the Home’s electric “golf cart” donated by a generous supporting family in Oklahoma. Thanks again, ladies, for loving our kids! 🚗🥰

- Roy & Karen Davis -

(14 Years - 3 Months - 21 Days) That's the amount of time that Roy and Karen Davis have been a blessing at High Plains Children's Home! Countless lives have been changed for the better because of Roy and Karen's presence at HPCH. The eternal difference they have made is hard to fathom. They have been such a light on our campus and have always been a constant source of love and encouragement. Today, we honor and celebrate Roy and Karen and their many years of service to all of our sweet kiddos! Today is also their last day with us and although we will miss them terribly, we are so excited to see where the "retired" life takes them! Roy and Karen, we love you...and we thank you...for everything! 🥰🎉🎊

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone's week is off to a great start! Yasmani prepares himself for the "Tour de High Plains"! He loves riding his bicycle around the HPCH campus, especially when it's warm outside! 🚴🌞

Peace, Love and Tie-Dye! Myra gets ready to add drops of different colors to her white shirt in hopes of the ultimate tie-dyed masterpiece! She, along with the rest of the Williams Cottage girls, had so much fun learning how to tie-dye their shirts! If you ever get a hankering to add a splash of color to your wardrobe...we know just the crew for the job...and yes, they do accept ice cream as a form of payment! 😎☮🍦

Happy Friday! The Williams Cottage girls had so much fun visiting the Oklahoma City Zoo! Their favorite part was seeing the lions! They also enjoyed learning about elephants and couldn't believe how big they actually are! 🦁🐘

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." - Hebrews 12:1-3

*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Did you know, back in 2014, the Harding University men's basketball team made a special appearance on the HPCH campus and spent some quality time with our kids in the Mayer Gym?! Our children were in complete awe of these talented young men and had so much fun hoopin' it up with one of the best collegiate teams around! 😀🏀

Our sweet kiddos in Axe Cottage continue to refine the art of keeping cool in the summer heat! Front porch swingin' + watermelon eatin' = 😀 Is there such a thing as too much watermelon?! 🍉

Who says you can't taste-test the batter of your own birthday cake?! After some experimental research and a careful examination of all the chocolaty goodness, Jolise gives it two thumbs up and a smile of approval! 🥰

Myla showcases her red, white and blue masterpiece that she worked really hard on for the 4th of July! Myla won second place in the Laird Farmers Insurance Agency's coloring contest and was even awarded a $25 gift card! 😀

The young ladies of Williams Cottage have decided that roller skating is the only acceptable mode of transportation around the HPCH campus! Anybody need lessons?! Happy weekend, everyone! 🥰

*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Can anyone guess the names of these three HPCH social work staff members from the late 1980s? Here's a hint...one is a current HPCH board member! 😀

What to choose...what to choose???? Cesar carefully ponders his most difficult decision of the day so far...M&M's, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups or Rice Krispies Treats?! Thanks to everyone who helps keep our commissary full and for the occasional sweet treat! 🥰

The early morning light begins to fill the sky as a new day begins at High Plains Children's Home! We hope everyone's week is off to a great start! "Because of the LORD'S great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." - Lamentations 3:22-23

The Williams Cottage girls wave hello from Palo Duro Canyon! They always have so much fun exploring and hiking the numerous trails and features of the park! Did you know that Palo Duro Canyon is our nation's second-largest canyon after the Grand Canyon in Arizona?! They can't wait to go back! 😎

It's Friday! We hope this weekend will bring you as much joy as this photo of Sandra riding on a big carousel! 🥰 "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:4-7

*THROWBACK THURSDAY* Paving the way! Road construction (circa 1974) on the east side of the HPCH campus in front of the (then new) Southwest Cottage! This road would later become the famous Thelma Lou Lane, named after the late Thelma Ingram, who was HPCH's original administrative secretary, bookkeeper, chief cook and bottle washer! 🚗

Happy Wednesday! We hope everyone is having a great week! Sisters, Ka'miyah and Ta'niyah, share a joyful embrace in the Williams Cottage kitchen while on the hunt for a snack! Anyone have any strawberries!? 🥰

The goat ate my homework! Hallie absolutely loves working with the HPCH goats as long as they aren't too hungry! She's so good with them and it always puts a smile on her face! The opportunity for our children to spend time with these animals is such a blessing and is therapeutic on many different levels!

Yasmani explores the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. store before a delicious seafood feast while visiting the Kemah Boardwalk on the Gulf of Mexico with the Owen Cottage! Watch out Forrest...there's a new world champion ping pong star on the rise! 😀

It's Friday! Raise your hand if you think it's hot outside! The Williams Cottage girls agree! They sure know how to keep cool with their portable pool parties in the front yard! We hope everyone has had a great week and stay cool out there! 😎