Worship Leadership

Life on Vacation!!

I would love to say that life is a vacation...but it is not. That is what makes vacation with my family SO special!!! We were @ the beach for 7 full days and did not eat out once. It was great. We love it that way. We stay in, the kids sleep in, Cheryl and I have long periods of quiet time in the mornings, we love the beach and pool, we play, and then we play games every night until late!!!!!

We went to the Track, we always go crab hunting, and we went parasailing!!! that was great! I will try to post a pic of that soon.

I am headed to work. I am sure there are a lot of things waiting there for me. Today I am excited to start it out with a big bang. But before I go in I have to shake the sand out of my shoes!!

"Arvil the Coon Hunter"...Strikes Again!!!

You may not be able to see it but this one is really big.  I did not get a pic of her standing up but when she did she is huge!!  I guess all of that dog food she has been stealing from us has helped her bulk up!! 

Mattie set the trap this time.  She put the food in and set the latch.  I'm crediting this catch to her.  So I guess she is my "little coon hunter".  This has been a fun thing for our kids.  It is something like Christmas morning...we wake up excited to see what we caught this time.  I woke up while it was still dark to look out the back to see if we had another one.  I got back in the bed and told Cheryl "we've got the momma!"  She was pleasantly excited for that early in the morning!  Cheryl and I are funny because we have been in our back yard talking to these raccoons, taking pictures, while in our pj's.

I have been warned by a friend who put out a trap to catch one of these and got a skunk instead.  Let's hope that is not the case for us!!!  We did take this one to the exact location we let the 2 little ones to yesterday.  It is my children's belief that they will hook up with their momma!!  Truthfully I hope they find each other.

Well we will try again tonight to see if there are any other "family members" out there that want to take the "F150 road trip to the woods".      

I Love My Family

My sister Terry and her 3 boys Daniel, Matt, and Andrew have been with us for the last week.  I truly love spending time with them.  It is a great time for us all to reconnect.  Obviously my parents love having their children and graqndchildren together.  We especially love watching our children connect with each other.  It is cool to see how they pick up just where they left off the last time they were together.  Many people ask what do we do for a whole week together.  Wev just hang out.  We don't have to entertained (even though we love to play games almost every night)...we like being together. 

This is a picture from Sunday @ church.  I am so proud off each of them.  I love my family!!!

This is a great picture of mom and dad with a few of their grandchildren!!

Savannah fell and hurt her leg...ie. the red eyes from crying.

My sister Terry is one of the most talented people I know.  She has always amazed me with her ability musically, organizationally, and administratively... she is a great parent...okay that's enough.  Really she is so talented.