Thought you should know.....

Happy Birthday to my Babe...

Here is my babe. He turned 30 today.

That means...My countdown has begun.

Only a matter of months till I am

separated from my twenties FOREVER.

Back to my babe...Isn't he handsome?

All studly in his thirties? Yep! I'm

a lucky gal...Here's to you babe!

Happy Birthday to my love...

Camping

We went camping for the first time. Well...not including Mexico. It was such a great way to spend Labor Day. We had a blast! No major injuries...Shane was bit by meat bees. Once on the hand and once on the leg. Then he got got by some thing right next to his eye. His hand swelled up...His leg swelled up...And his eye swelled shut. Completely shut! I didn't get a picture when it was full blown. I did get a picture a few days later. Crazy...we had fun though. I haven't been that relaxed since forever. Jason and the guys caught 18 fish that weekend...We cooked them over the fire...Yum! Now I am craving fish...I guess its back to camping! Here are a few pictures...Enjoy!

Camping pictures

Spotlight...

My Mom has a very good friend by the name of Cher. When I was young she lived close by and was at our house all the time. We thought of her as Aunt Cher. She would have me and my sister Laura over for sleep overs all the time. Here is the cool part. She danced when she was our age. She had tons of old dance costumes, AND an old spotlight. We would dress up and she would turn on the spotlight....The music would come on....we would whirl and twirl, jump, pose and prance. This would go on forever until we collapsed into giggling, sweating heaps of joy. I loved those times. I hold them SO dear, they are some of my most cherished memories. I promised myself that I would pass on the tradition. So I saved all my dance costumes....

Last night we had friends over. They have little girls. Out came my costumes. There was prancing and twirling, Ohs and Ahhs. My heart danced and pranced with them. How priceless! All I need is a spotlight....

Beach cuties...

I couldn't resist! We stopped in San Diego, at least I think it was San Diego, on the way home...At Imperial Beach. Shane and Amelia jumped right in the water... NO FEAR! I was freakin' out. But they were so cute...Oh, and thats Josh Betts with them...

I didn't take my fancy camera with me...Good thing too. Some time after this picture...My other digital camera was.......Killed! It still takes pictures. I can't view them on my screen...The LCD or whatever was damaged!!!! I might try to get it fixed...it is a nice little camera....

Home Sweet Home...

Well...We are Back!



What a great trip! I really learned the power of prayer this trip.



We had car problems on the way down...But God healed our bus. We had sick youth kids...They were healed too.

It was an amazing week. Three of our youth kids accepted Christ, We were able to REALLY minister to the pastor...

We had to be extremely flexible...

The crafts and stories were a huge hit with the kids...On day three some of the mothers even made cups!

That was huge for me!

We were blessed by the pastors wife with a meal every night. It was incredible...They had NOTHING...Yet instead of saving what they did have for themselves...They Shared with all of us! The food was fan-tastic by the way.

I loved all the time spent with all our youth kids...I am so proud of all of them! They grew SO much. It was amazing to see!

I loved watching my husband serve...He is amazing!!!! He laid tile all week...What a servants heart!

Amelia and Shane were great! I am so glad they were able to be there with us!They are still speaking Spanish and Singing all the songs...

The way home was tough...Car trouble and the sickys again. We ended up stuck on the Grapevine...The Highway Patrol shuttled us down the hill....We rented SUVs and finally made it home.

I watched some of our youth kids tonight at church... I love their fire and Love for God.



I am happy to be home. I leave on Saturday for camp. Just the kids and I are going...I will miss Jason SO much!!!!

I am excited to see what this next week has in store...I'll let you know!