We had an amazing Labor Day! Mom, Dad, Mamaw, Daniel, Robyn and Thomas all came down to see us. There were eight in our house and we loved it! A good weekend of playing at the house, having a good time at North Park here in Jackson and going to church together! We realize how blessed we are with family!
Last weekend Kyle and I celebrated our fourth year of marriage by spending it with friends in Nashville! We had a truly amazing weekend. On the spur of the moment Friday night we decided to drive to Nashville. We met Kyle's roommate Chris for dinner at Mellow Mushroom which is always such a good meal and enjoyed seeing his wonderful new home! We found a room at the Park Hyatt near Opry Mills and stayed the night just relaxing and watching movies. Saturday morning we shopped at a used bookstore and then met Joanna for lunch at Fido. After hanging out with her for the morning and early afternoon we headed to do a little shopping at Opry Mills before enjoying dinner with the Mercer's. All around it was a wonderful anniversary! We are so blessed to have had the last four years together and thank the Lord that He has increased our love for each other and our love for Him!
Somewhere in the midst of things...July was lost so I thought I would post a few updates from July and maybe I can do better since we have moved on to August!
The first few are from VBS - which was amazing while at the same time completely exhausting! We had over 75 children total to register and over 50 adults to help! Praise to the Lord who supplied every need for help and assistance throughout the week. There was a huge volcano and a lot of island talk throughout the week.
The second set of pictures are from our much needed trip to Louisville! I got to visit with my family and my AMAZING nephew! It was a blessing to receive each hug and hear the words "I love you!" The Lord is Good!
The month ended with a trip to Six Flags St. Louis with our youth! We had 16 youth and four adults! It was a quick trip but a break from reality before the kids headed back to school!
So July came and went before we knew what to do! Updates on our anniversary and family life to come wiki-wiki (quickly, quickly for those of you who are not familiar with this year's VBS music)! Love to you ALL!
Kyle and I spent the rest of Saturday evening fishing - and boy did I catch a big one! On Sunday our friends Josh and Jamie came over for lunch and to spend the day with us! We had such a great time just talking and hanging out over lunch. Colonel enjoyed having all the company this weekend and everyone spoiled him with loving, I think he may be more sad to see everyone go than we were!! It was sad to see the holiday weekend come to a close but back to work we go...
What an amazing Fourth of July we had. My parents came in on Thursday night and brought all of the VBS stuff Robyn had collected for use to use (THANKS TO ALL!) and we had a great evening together grilling out! On Friday, we spent the day with the Hoppers for the fish fry enjoying all of the fish that Kyle and Mike caught this spring. Drew (our nephew) was full of energy and life as he had a good time on the swing, cut the grass and drove the wagon all day! We sat around the table and enjoyed a great time with the Clem's, Hopper's, Yaun's, Short's and Evan's! It was a great day! After shopping on Saturday, my parents headed back to Louisville and we settled in for the night. More about our weekend to come...thanks for reading about our holiday!
Here are some photo's from Jonathan Creek. We recently took 13 youth to Kentucky to attend an amazing camp. We feel so blessed to be at Ararat! Our youth are great and we have a great time with them. Hope some of these can bring some smiles!
Sorry for the lack of posts lately! We have been at Jonathan Creek Youth Camp over last week and have been insanely busy! We had an amazing week with a great group of youth! Kyle and I are blessed to have such wonderful youth to work with. We are trying to get back into the swing of things as we prepare for my parents to arrive on Thursday!
We have finally set up a family blog in order to keep you updated on the craziness which is life for us these days! We hope that you will enjoy our Tales From The Lilypad as we share what is new in our world!
