My Ma...

Ma has been in the hospital today for 10 days..Bless her heart!!She has come along way since Friday before last..She is still very slow but is now eating and drinking more than she was..She has even been sitting up in her chair some..Pa and Ma are hoping she will be released tomorrow..We are praying for that..and she keeps asking us to pray for her to go home..She is such a blessing in my life..She may not remember everything you tell her today that happens today but she sure knows what happened way back when we we were all little and when she was little..If she tells me the same story over and over it really don't matter because at least I can hear her tell me the same story..I love her so much and pray for God's will in her life..I'm thankful to HIM that she seems to be soo much more peaceful and at ease the last several days..That in itself is answers to prayers..I took a couple of pics from our visit this weekend..She loves her family..that's for sure..And we love her.

Amusement Park Fun

Friday was our last Family Day before School Starts...We wanted to do something fun with the kids..Our original plan was to take them to the Washington Zoo and then to an Orioles game that night;however the rain forecast prevented us from doing that..So Matt's idea instead was to take the kids to Kings Dominion. We have season passes to Busch Gardens and Water Country and have been many times this summer..Matt was wanting a change of "scenery" so that's what we did. The kids had a great time..It was not many people there, in fact Matt and I said it looked like a ghost town..But that made it even better for waiting in lines..It was a fun filled day..Here are some pics of our day:
"Our family pic"

Me and Gracie with Spongebob:)

"my faves"

view of the park

kiddie ride..caleb was thrilled!

Gracie driving..

me and my love

gracie in the wave pool

"he never got wet..storm came up:("

my guys

brother and sister love

me and my loves

Daddy's little girl

carousel fun

matt and caleb on shockwave

cuties

Pastor Appreciation Sunday

Yesterday GB West honored Matt and our family with a special pastor appreciation day. It was a great service. We are so blessed to be part of such a wonderful congregation of people and to serve alongside them in the Kingdom of God. After church we all went out to the 4H center for an afternoon of fellowship. The food was great and the fellowship was just as great. I wanted to share a slide show of the pics from yesterday..The ones from the church service are kind of blurry and not very good quality but the ones from the picnic turned out alittle better. Thanks to all who made yesterday such a special day..You all are great and we love you dearly.

Friday Night Happenings

Last night Matt and I attended the GBCOG Pastor Appreciation Dinner/Movie in VA Beach. It was a fun night..You never know what to expect with those folks:)We get there and find out we are paired off into three separate groups of 4..They sent us on a scavenger hunt..We had to leave in a car and had an hour to get everything done on the list..all people had to complete 2 tasks and all tasks had to be videotaped by another person..Some of our tasks included:
1)getting a stranger to give us 38 cents
2)buy 1 grape and get a receipt for it
3)go thru a McDonald's drivethru and tell the person "I Love U".they had to say "I Love U 2"
4)do a chinese firedrill at a stoplight
5)get a policeofficer to give u a hug
6)get a sales associate in a store to sing Amazing Grace with you
THere were several others..
It was a trip to say the least but was all fun.

We got back to the house and had a great Steak Dinner..The volunteers who helped with this did a great job..Everything was wonderful.

After dinner we got to watch the "movie"..All of our video taped tasks..It was a trip..The winners ended up being Group 1 which did not include myself or Matt but that's okay..They all got $25 a piece..

It was a great night!


Me and Kelly on the scavenger hunt

My dinner-was soo good

Pastor Wooden and Kathy

Movie time

Hanging Out

God's Handiwork

Today while I was out at lunch I looked up at the skies and saw how beautiful the skies were today..Gorgeous they were..God's handiwork is amazing..So I called Matt at home and told him to get my camera and snap some pictures...Here they are:


Psalm 57:9-11 (New International Version)

9 I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.

10 For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.

Still Having Fun in the Sun....

Fair Days...

Wednesday night Gracie and I ventured out to the County Fair..Mamaw went with us..Caleb didn't want to go so he stayed with Cameron..Matt was actually working at the ticket booth that night..He volunteered to help out a couple of nights and I think he actually enjoyed doing so..We watched the cloggers, ate a good BBQ sandwich and watched the queen's pageant(what we could see of it) and watched some of the talent show..(Gracie and I even watched some of the little circus they had over at the Midway Rides)It rained just a little bit but wasn't too bad..It was actually a nice night..Here are some pics.
Matt working the ticket booth


Gracie and Mamaw eating their BBQ sandwiches..yum yum


Gracie saw one of her friends from school


Me and Gracie got monogrammed cups


Gracie dancing around at the Talent Show

Day at the OBX

Matt and the kids got to go to the OBX this week just for the day! Matt's mom and sister and family are down there this week so they went to join in on the fun for the day!(you guys get to see yourself in my blog..yay!!) They had a great time..Matt said the ocean was so calm it was like a lake. The cottage they were staying at had a swimming pool so the kids got to enjoy that too..Gracie thought it was neat that it had different lights in it at night time. They made a day of it and got home like 12:15 am on Wednesday morning..Wish I could have gone with them but I had to work instead..Here are a few pictures that Matt took.

Saturday Fun..

This past Saturday we took the kids to Water Country USA. We have only got to go a couple of times this year and the last time we went we had to leave early due to a storm that came through. We woke up Saturday morning to rain but ventured out anyway after looking at the weather. As we drove toward the ferry we could see blue skys..The day was perfect..We all had a great time..Caleb invited Jacob to come with him..They both enjoyed the day and rode just about every ride there..Here are some pics I took that day..(by the way it poured down rain as soon as we left the park..kind of strange..but it was all good)