MY AMAZING NEPHEW!!!

Congratulations to my amazing nephew ALEX for bagging his first deer this morning!!!!!!!! It is a 118.5 lb. doe.... not bad!

Here is the proud dad.... about ready to bust!

Alex, we are so very proud of you!!!! Looking forward to hearing the story of the amazing first deer!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!

Just sending a shout out to our fabulous son Adam, who turned 12 today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADAM!!!!!!

There will be pictures later, but I had to get the wish out there!

I gotta tell you, though... we went to Sears today to buy him a suit (pinstripe) for his birthday, as that was what he wanted, and he had to be with us to get it. We found one for $64.oo, marked down to $44.95. Sweet price for a suit. Fit him perfect, so we took it to the register....... guess how much it rang up for?????

$16.99!!!!

Yes, you read that right. He got a beautiful pinstripe suit from Sears for $16.99! God is good! This morning, we took him to Libby's for his annual birthday breakfast. He got his annual strawberry belgian waffle, and the entire restaurant sang to him! Tonight is a pizza party with two of his best friends. One more year.... he'll be a teenager. Yikes.

Urgent prayer request

Please be in prayer for Henry and his family. Go to www.henryschallenge.blogspot.com for details of how to pray. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much! May the Lord's will prevail.

New Pictures of the guys

Ladies and Gentlemen, Here are the latest school pictures.....



Original photos for family will soon be in the mail, but I just couldn't WAIT to show them off! Aren't they great??

Also, tonight was Nick's football awards ceremony, complete with pizza, popcorn, soda, and ice cream (can you say "healthy"?? NOT!) He got a really cool football trophy and we received the team photos tonight... here is Nick's..... (click on image to see it larger).

Again, the individual photo of him we got in wallet size, and family members will be receiving theirs in the mail soon.

Now that football is over, we can focus on NORMAL life again. Phew!

Have a great day y'all!

Technology makes for a "small world"

I am excited! I love technology! When my mother-in-law and her husband moved away to Denver 3 weeks ago, I was really bummed. Now, I know that they are in the Lord's will and that makes me happy. But I miss them!

So, Julie and I can easily keep up on things by cell phone and email, and we also both have a blog... hers is on my sidebar... Grammie Betimes! So we can share pictures and such. I just posted wedding pictures for her to see, and she has been posting pictures of her new apartment, the Denver area, Jack's sister, etc. It's been really cool.

But the very best thing was tonight! The church they attend has a live stream webcast of their services. SO... being 2 hours behind us here on the east coast, we came home from our evening service, and found an email from Julie with a link to the church's website. We clicked on it... it's only 7pm out there.... LOOK!!!! Service is going on RIGHT NOW! They have a fantastic choir, and the preacher is preaching along similar lines to the message we heard in Vermont this evening! The Holy Ghost is MOVING! Then suddenly, THERE'S JACK! Where's mom? THERE SHE IS! It is like being in service with them! It was exciting for us. :)

Back before the invention of the automobile, families stayed close. Now we are spread out all over the globe, but technology has made a way for us to "be there" nonetheless! It truly is a "small world". Thank you Lord for affording us the opportunity to worship you with the saints in Denver! YOU ARE GREAT, JESUS!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, MOM! HOPE YOUR DAY WAS GREAT,
JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!!

Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married!

What a fun day! Our longtime friend Ruth King got married today to a dynamite guy named Ben, and the wedding was so wonderful! Here are some pictures of their big day.

The wedding was co-officiated by our pastor and Ruth's uncle from Missouri.

The bridesmaids were beautiful... Kelly was emotional...

Dad made it down the aisle with Ruth on his arm, but the tears flowed after he sat down. :)

This picture of Ben and Ruth doing the unity candle is blurry because I zoomed in too far.

You may kiss the bride!

I LOVE this picture... it is the true Ruth! She looks soooooooo happy!!!

Ruth's mom Karen looked absolutely beautiful as well!

They did an excellent job decorating a gymnasium for a wedding! It was very nice!

Kissing after sharing the wedding cake.....

Don't they look terrific????

Here's dad... chillin' now that it is all over. A very proud papa. :)

And the coolest thing??? For their honeymoon, they are going to GENERAL CONFERENCE in North Carolina! That is totally cool! I'll be watching online in my living room... maybe I'll see them....? Or not... :)