On the Farm...

Fun at Granny Joyce & Papa Joe's


This week we are in York, Sc; the town I was born in- visiting dear friends actually we call them family. Luke is off to the Keys for work so he drove the kids and I down on Sat (Miss you Love) . My parents meet Joe & Joyce when my dad first pastored here in the early 80's and well we've loved them every since. SC is a special place to us, my grandparents lived here for a number of years and many special friends from Cornerstone (the church here) are still here. I got to visit the church this past Sunday and Mom and Dad, those that are still there from when daddy pastored were still singing your praises. Oh how they love and miss you guys! Thanks for investing so much.

What special memories SC holds for me, it is such a nice place to come back to. Thanks Joe & Joyce for your southern hospitality. I love sitting on the porch sipping ice tea, eating yummy pies and visiting with old friends.

We also got to meet lil Micah. Joe & Joyce nephew Brian and his lovely wife Kimberly named their lil boy in after our lil man. What an honor! How it has blessed us. The kiddos have loved playing with him this week, just hearing his name, giving him nicknames, tickling and squeezing him! What a blessing especially for my Braeton. Brian and Kimberly thank so much! Can't tell you how much it means. May the Lord continue to bless you and that lil man!!

All week long it has been a field trip!! The kids have tremendously enjoyed their time. Last night I asked Braet what were some of his favorites things this week, to which he replied," Fishing, eating oatmeal cream cookies (who knew) and having an indoor picnic with Micah & Cianne on a rainy day. CC on the other hand has loved the barn and the Popsicles! Each morning when she wakes up she wants to go to the barn, see the doggies and eat a Popsicle.

Here are some pics from our time~

Braet Drawing under the tree

Braet's drawing of a Billy Goat

Fishing w/ Dadda!

Braet & Baby Micah chillin in the hammock

Baby Micah
My toothless boy!
CC
Granny's Flowers

Braet caught a fish- Don't worry, "No fish were hurt in the making of this photo"
Swinging!
My city boy trying to feed a goat
flowers of the fields

Cool Finds

We love our new home and the fact that it backs up to the woods is wonderful!!! The only down side is the snakes (thank the lord we have only found 1 baby one- oh I hate snakes!!!!)
So let me think so far we have seen...
butterflies, deer, rabbits, a baby snake ( I could have done without), chip monks, a box turtle that peed on Braeton, spiders -another yuck, more insects than I knew existed and the latest to add to our list an Indian Walking Stick

Channel 9 at Rick & Meg's Wedding

Like I said before, Channel 9 was there to cover Rick & Meg's special day. It certainly made headlines, they even got girlie coming in. Too Fun!!

To check out the story go to (the video clip is in the upper right hand corner) : http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=75934&catid=188

Happy 8th Anniversary my Love

Wedding in the Rain

Well on Sat while most of DC was preparing for the down pour, Rick & Meg were about to be married on the Danndy in Alexandria. It made for a day to be remembered! CC was too cute in her lil dress, all the fam was there, even channel 9- so what was a lil rain. Even though the boat couldn't leave the dock we still had a good time being togther! Here are a few shots from the day!

80's Hair

Well it curled but didn't really turn out like I thought, good thing we tried this before the wedding!! It would have been great for the 80's, you can't really tell in the pic but it is really big, frizzy hair! Oh well back to the drawing board!

Getting ready 4 the Big Day

Luke's oldest brother, Rick, is getting married this Sat, oh I hope we have good weather, I so hope the hurricane changes course and goes out to sea!!! We have flower girl practice tomorrow and as you can see her hair is "done up" I am trying to see if it will curl! =)

More pics to come!

School days, School Days

School Days, School Days

Well it looks as if almost all the guys in our house are going back to school...

~Cameron is off to Maryland, he has a year 1/2 left of mechanical engineering

~Brandon is finishing up at Montgomery College and then will apply for Maryland, he is studying Criminal Justice

~Braeton is entering first grade--- toothless (he just lost his second front tooth- you should hear him talk!! I again have the privilege of homeschooling him~ look forward to another year with you, son!

~ and well Luke was chosen by SAIC (his work) and then accepted by George Washington to pursue his Masters!! He is very excited for this opportunity to get his Master for free. I don't think Braet quite shares his Dadda's excitement over school!!

It is so neat to see the way God has provided for the guys. Both Brandon and Cameron have gotten more scholarship money than they had anticipated. One story of God's faithfulness to provide: At the beginning of the summer Cameron's truck died and needed a new engine, it would be cheaper for him to replace the engine rather than to replace a car. So a long story short he was a bit disheartened that would mean that all the money he would make this summer would go to fixing his car and then he would still have to pay for the summer class he took. Well in God's kindness Cameron got enough money to pay for all of this Fall semester and money to pay off the summer class he took!! Isn't that cool! B's semester is also paid for and well so is Luke's, how wonderfu to watch God provide!