There Aren't Many.....

 There aren't many occasions to dress like this in the south.

(Me getting ready to take our puppy for his 5am winter walk)

 There aren't many men who will get up at 4am and work all day without complaint to provide for his family.

(Hubby & I recently celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary, so that makes a total of 18 years that we have been a "couple")

There aren't many women who can eat a cookie off of her forehead, without using her hands.

 There aren't many young people who would take the time to mess up their pretty hair do's to entertain a bunch of old people at a Christmas Banquet.

 There aren't many gals as sweet as these.

 There aren't many brave, intelligent, & charming young men any more.

(These guys are really more brave, intelligent, & charming than they appear)

There aren't many young people who know how to go out and have good clean fun.

I am so proud of our young adults (only a few shown here).

They love God,

they love each other,

&

they know how to enjoy the life God has given them.

Love & Prayers,

What An Amazing Week.....

We Can't Wait Till Next Year!

P.S. For those of you who are members of the Sister Melody fan club, I have added a link to her blog on my side bar.

~Me~

What a week.....

This past week we attended Camp Meeting.

It was wonderful.

On Friday night we all cheered as Brother Fason got up and pushed his wheel chair across the front of the sanctuary and his wife and teen aged daughter looked on with tears in their eyes. Word quickly spread to the children's church and Eloise came running to witness the miracle. Unfortunately the crowd was so thick I couldn't get a picture, but I did manage to get this dark photo(above) of some of the praise singers from our church and the tail end of the crowd that was following Bro. Fason.

I was raised an only child and I have an only child, so for me it is always exciting when we get to hang out with all of our friends who have several kiddos. All week wherever we went to eat our group took up a major portion of the dining area. There were also large groups of friends from other churches that took up the rest of the seats.

Eloise made lots of friends from all over the place. The two girls on the right are friends she met at Junior Camp. Come to find out, their mother attended camp as a teenager with sister Terri. They realized it after only a few minutes of conversation. It truly is a small world.

We did hair styles and matching outfits.

We played with babies.

The girls started the sister Melody fan club.

I must mention that the Banana Pudding Pie that you see in the picture below was delicious!

I almost forgot to get someone to take a photo of all of us so that I could prove that I actually went on this trip. LOL

On the way home from Mississippi, we stopped in at Plain Old Kristi's place for a 4th of July get together.

These two pictures (above & below) are of two of my "adopted" nieces and a friend.

Yes....those are soda bottles.

I forgot my manners and took a bite out of the brisket before I took this picture. All was delicious, but I really enjoyed Byron's mushrooms and Kristi's salad with pecans, cheese, heirloom tomatoes and her home made blackberry dressing.

After Lord Byron and Allen of Electrical put on an amazing display of pyro-technics we all went our separate ways and went to sleep.

THE END.

Yes!...Fall is finally here!

Today our Little Eloise got to wear her fall colors instead of her uniform.

Yesterday I got to wear my jacket!

(Where we're from that's a big deal. LOL)

Sunday we had an awesome "Pastor Appreciation Day."

The service was beautiful.

After church we had an old fashioned Pot Luck.

We ate till we were busting at the seams.

The children played on a jumbo slide and a space walk.

This coming Friday we will have a bonfire/hayride/weenie roast.

I LOVE THE FALL!!!

As Promised....

Here we are...the three amigas! As you can see the accommodations were lovely. I had a wonderful time thanks to these two ladies and the Lord. The sisters we ran into from Bro. Wilbanks church were a blast to be around. Sis. Loretta you're the greatest! What A Woman! What A Burger! ;-) Inside Joke Sorry. On a more serious note, the messages really hit home. There is just something about getting near living water when your spirit is thirsty! This was the first opportunity I've had to hear Sister LaJoyce Martin speak for an event.....What A Woman! Her gift is truly from the Lord. I couldn't replay the whole thing if I tried, but I wanted to leave you with this comment by Sister Martin that really stuck with me: "...you ladies say you want to know the will of God for your life....well here it is......In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God concerning you." (I Thessalonians 5:18) WOW! That'll Preach! ;-)

It was truly an honor to meet such a great pillar of faith and holiness!

Sister Loretta Giving Thanks...This was definitely a "God Thing" LOL!

We said our good-bye's at the retreat and then ran into each other at a Panera's an hour later......it must've been the will of God is all I can say!

;-( ... ;-I ...;-) ... ;-p ... LOL!!!