Friday, January 9, 2009

Weekend


Just a quick note to wish ya'll a happy weekend!! We are ready for our family night. We have had alot of fun playing with all the new board games the kids got for Christmas. It brings back alot of childhood memories to play Chutes and Ladders and memory again. Hope you enjoy your weekend!!!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wednesday

Happy New Year to all. Sorry its a little late posting again but I have not had a minute to spare. We had a great Christmas in Virginia. It was so good to see my mom and brothers. We made some great memories. We were so glad to see all our friends at Hyles Baptist Church. Thank you so much for all the gifts for the kids and the love offering. It is always so encouraging to be around all of you. Thank you so much for all you do for our family. We truly are blessed with your friendship. So glad I got to hear Talley sing my favorite Christmas song. Great job.
Well we finally made it home last Tuesday around 4 a.m. It was the trip that never ends. Darren was sick all week but finally got over it.
The kids are back in school (Home) as of Monday. I am trying to do some extra fun things with them so it doesn't get boring for them. I am trying to get them started on piano lessons but really have no clue myself.

Friday, December 19, 2008

We are Virginia Bound-Home For The Holidays!!!!




We are heading out Sunday after Services heading to Virginia. We are sooooooooooo excited to be coming "home" for Christmas. We are now counting down the hours. We will be there until next Monday. We are looking forward to seeing all our family & dear friends at Hyles Baptist Church.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Visitors in Church


Last Sunday we had 6 visitors at church. Four were kids- and my kids we so excited to have more kids in Sunday School. We had a great time. It was such a blessing to see new faces. Since the church here is without a Pastor, Darren has been filling the pulpit and doing a great job. Satan is fighting but God is still on the Throne.

Chipmunk in Church


Last night before service started Zachary ran and said theirs a squirrel in the church office. We all went to see but all we found was its stash of pecans. Darren moved the couch and saw that it was a chipmunk. We didn't think to much about it until this morning. We all came to the church with Darren and Zachary went into the bathroom in the office and came out screaming- "I found the chipmunk!!!!" We all came to see and sure enough it was in the toilet. Darren was preaching last night that Christmas can be the saddest time for some people and the suicide rate is higher-well guess we saw our first victim of unhappiness!!!! Ha!

We got Snow!!




Last week when those states that should have gotten snow didn't----We did. In MS it rarely snows or even gets ice. It was mostly a wet mess but the kids managed to make a few snow balls.










Here are a few pictures of the kids. They are growing so fast. We have had a lot of fun trying to explain to Nathanael(only 2) about Christmas being a time to celebrate Jesus' birth. We told him that we give gifts to others to show our love for them but that it is not about the gifts. Well he came back a few minutes later and said "Jesus said he is going to give me two presents-cars & Thomas the train." Then as we were putting up decorations Makayla saw the Nativity scene and asked who all the people were. We explained that there were Wise Men that brought gifts. Well she got the story of the wise man and the foolish man mixed up with the Three wise men and pointed to one and said "Is that the foolish man?" Out of the mouth of babes.