Cook-Out

Saturday was James' birthday party cook out and we were invited to it. It was a beautiful day for it and just perfect since their house overlooks the river. It did get chilly as the evening wore on but mostly because of the breeze blowing in off the river. Rachel had made all kinds of food for it and we all enjoyed it so much! There was everything from Hamburgers and hot dogs to ALL of the trimmings!! It was a nice time of fellowship for the church people too. Sunday went pretty well. The Lord really came and helped in our services and there was such a sweet spirit. Our kids were low again even though they all said they would be there... I guess that's just how it goes when you're working with children. In other news...LOL Sarah Palin is going to be in Va Beach and Richmond today. Wish we would have known about it ahead of time!! They said there's just crowds and crowds of people. She's not scheduled to speak in Richmond until 2:00 pm but at 10:00 am they said the streets were just bumper to bumper with cars going to the center where she will be speaking. At least that's encouraging! LOL Well, I guess that's all my news for now... until next time!

Fall Planting

Well yesterday was at least a busy day for my husband! LOL I never do much with the outside work because he handles it all. So yesterday was a cloudy day, just perfect for dividing the Irises. We had so many it looked like we had bulrushes instead of irises! He divided them up and had a large bucket full that we gave to a lady in the church to plant for next year, then he had another huge pile left for us to plant. Our plants just exploded this year and grew WAY beyond what we really wanted them to. LOL Our morning glory vine took over our back deck it grew so much! Tomorrow we're going over to James and Rachel's house for a birthday cookout for James. That will be a nice time of fellowship but I hope the weather holds out! We've had beautiful weather this week but of course when you need it to be good weather it always fails you. Anyhow, that's all were up to right at the moment.

First Professional Pictures!

Here are some of the pictures that my sister just got taken of Jerrod. I love them and his facial expressions in some of them are just priceless! LOL He's is just so adorable!!

Pioneer Supervisor

While the Marshall's were here for a short visit they got to enjoy our porch swing. It was a beautiful day and just a perfect time to relax out on the porch. Aren't they cute? LOL

Finally Pictures!

Well I've promised pictures for awhile and so finally here are some! This is our new nephew (Jerrod Blake) and big sister (Jessica Self), and big brother(Jeffery Phillip). I put in a picture of the proud aunt and uncle too just for good measure! ;0)

Visitors!

We finally had our first real company since being married. Of course we've had family stay overnight but I don't consider family company... So this past weekend the Marshall's (our Pioneer Supervisor and wife) were with us from saturday night through sunday night. However, we only got to keep them over night one night because due to their busy schedule they needed to go elsewhere sunday night after church. But, we had a nice time with them!! We joke that they are our "adopted parents" and call them mom and dad. :0) Bro Marshall was telling everyone before coming down here that he was coming to see how good of a cook I was and if I could cook better than luke. Well, I don't think we're in a contest but at least he did say that I passed the test with flying colors! LOL I think it helped his decision along when I made one of his favorite desserts (pecan pie). Anyhow, it was a really nice visit and the Lord really came and helped in our services. I took a picture of them on our porch swing so hopefully next time I get on here I can add it!

Busy as usual...

Today hasn't been so bad just a typical day really...its later on this week that its going to get more hectic! Luke mowed the lawn and I cleaned the guest bedroom in preparation for the Marshall's visit this weekend. Tonight we'll listen to the VP debates which will prove interesting i'm sure... Tomorrow I will finish cleaning up the house and run to the grocery store...then...saturday morning I'll help Sis Crystal and Sis Rachel set up the new theme in the junior church room while my hubby goes calling. Later on we will clean the church and then clean up ourselves before the Marshall's arrive. They will be with us for both services on Sunday but will be leaving after church on Sunday night... We wish they could stay at least one more night but they are super busy people! Hopefully soon I will be able to put some pictures on here...I had a hard time doing it when I was experimenting the other day though so it might be awhile... library computers can be both a blessing and a curse.. most often the latter...but anyhow...that's all for now...