Catching Up

Wow. I can't believe summer is already over and everyone is back in school. It seems like this summer went by a lot quicker than the past summers.  Let's backtrack a little here...

Back in June some friends of ours got married. I took lots of pictures!!!  Here are just a few of them.

My friend, Abby was the brides sister, and so she was the maid of honor. :) She is such a blessing to me! Love you, Abby.

2 days after the wedding, the youth group ages 13-17 from our church went on a youth trip to North Caroline and Virginia!!

At about, oh midnight or so, our tire blew!

 We had a 12 hour drive that night, and we were all very tired by the time we got into the hotel at 4:00 that morning!! But bus rides are always so much fun when you are with your friends and especially when everyone is tired!!!! :)

 The first day's activities were going to Sliding Rock, Coon Tree Place, and Looking Glass Falls. The water was soooo cold, but even though we were all shivering it was still a lot of fun!!

This is Sliding Rock. You sit down and go flying down into freezing water!! :)

Looking Glass Falls. God's creation sure is amazing!!! We were actually allowed to swim down there!! :) It was really fun.

Coon Tree Place. I didn't do this one. Just jumping off rocks into freezing cold water isn't quite my thing. :)  I had had enough of the cold water by the time we went there after Sliding Rock and Looking Glass Falls.

 Miss Lauren, our youth pastor's wife. :)

Good times with friends!!

It was a special treat to be able to go to a camp meeting in North Carolina and hear our pastor preach!!  Great faces :) and an even better sermon about seeing Jesus in every book of the Bible.

After we got back from that trip, my dear friend came down for another visit. It was hard to say goodbye, and I'm so glad that she is coming back in a month and a half!! Can't wait, Abby!!

Then in July our youth group from church packed up the bus and off to camp we went!!

Now we are back home from everything, and I've been spending lots of time with my little buddy, Wes on Sundays and Thursdays.

:) He is such a cute little baby boy!! Love him.

 

 

Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I will be posting more often now that summer is over!

Grandparents' visit

Well, over our "Spring Break" my Grandparents were here.  It is always so much fun to see them again.  Here is a picture of them.  I am so thankful for such wonderful grandparents!!

One fun thing we did while they were here was to go to a place called Winter Park.  There are tons of little shops, restaurants, a train station, and rose garden.  We go there every year they come down, and we always eat at the same restuarant, called Panullos!!

My mom and I always split the same thing there.  It is a wonderful calzone!!  Doesn't that look delicious?!?!

 

My Grammy, mom, and I were walking and looking in differnt shops, and I saw this bike.  I just had to stop and take a picture of it!!

 

 

As the girls shopped, my Papa and Dougie played a game of Cribbage.

                





 

We took a picture of my grandparents, Dougie, and I this year.  This will be a very special picture always!!

 



 

Just for the enjoyment of it, look at the little car I saw on the way to Winter Park!!!

 

 

Here is one rose I loved in the garden.  I just think it is so pretty.

 

 

Another day we girls went to some furniture shops and just looked around.  In one of the shops, I spotted this little rabbit penned up.  Isn't he (or she?!?!) cute?

 

 

We also played a lot of games at the house!!

 

 

That's all for right now.  Hope everyone is having a great week!!!











2013 Youth Rally

Well, I know I haven't posted for a long time.  Sorry.  We have been so busy. 

The most recent highlight of our year was our annual youth rally at church.  It is always so much fun.  Brother David does such an amazing job putting everything together.  It is WAY better than any other youth rally we go to, and I am not kidding.  I am so thankful for the best youth pastor ever. 

The theme for this year's youth rally was "Stand Up. Speak Up."  Everyone got green t-shirts, so the whole auditorium was just a flood of green!! 

There were many different games and very, very good preaching by the missionary James Hoffmeister.  Here are some pictures of the games. 

                                                           Hot Potatoe Baby Food!! 

                       Jessica was a good sport and ate the disgusting baby food!  Way to go, Jessica.

                                        Then we played Bible Jeapardy.  Here are the girls!!!

                                                            And here are the boys.

                                                Our youth group sang "Count The Cost".

                                                                      Go Audrey!!

I am so thankful for Miss Lauren.  If she is there, anything and everything is fun!  Love you, Miss Lauren!

                                              Audrey is so sweet!  I am so thankful for her.

                            This is Lanie and I.  So glad they moved here to come to our church. 

                                                               Love this Lauren too!! :)

After the youth rally was over on Saturday night, there were a lot of fun games to play.  There was carpetball ( my favorite! ) , ping pong, foosball, volleyball, and basketball.  Here are a couple pictures of some people playing games.

                     Love the intentness of Audrey's face while setting up her balls for carpetball.

                                                    Bro. David and I playing ping pong!

                       That is all for now.  I will be posting soon on our visit with my grandparents!!

Bible Conference

Back in January we had our annual Bible Conference at our church.  I couldn't post about it sooner because I have been sick.  But, I am up and running again, so I am happy to post about the most wonderful week of the year!!!  We heard great preaching, met new friends, got to see old friends, and overall just had a wonderul week.  Here is a picture of one of my favorite preachers: Bro. Joel Logan

  It is such a blessing to have him at our Bible Conference every year. Sorry, it is a blurry picture for some reason. 

Here is a picture of all of the preachers.  They all preached excellent messages as always!! They were from Joshua chapters 1-5 on the subject of Preparing for Victory.

Sorry for all of the extra heads in the picture! :)  It was hard to get the picture from where I was sitting. 

Another wondeful thing about Bible Conference is most of the time our friends from out of town get to come down!!  This year was no exception.  Here are some pictures of me with my friends.

This girl is from Virginia.  I have known her for a couple of years now.  I was so glad she was able to come down this year because the last 2 years she has not been able to.  Unfortunatly I didn't get a picture of her sister and I who are also very good friends.  Hopefully next time I will!

This girl I actually just met this year.  She was a lot of fun to be around, and I look forward to seeing her again when I go to camp in July and possibly in March too for our annual youth rally!


This picture is a bit smaller than the other ones because I had to get it from our church website. It is a picture of another friend of mine.  Her name is Abby.  She is very sweet!

This sweet girl I have know since she was just a little girl.  I have loved her ever since I met her.  She is a fun little girl.  I always look forward to seeing her!  Miss you, Stephanie!! :)

Lastly I would like to share a picture of my friends and their family singing a song.  On the right is the girl I had my picture taken with.  The girl on the very left is the one I didn't get a picture of.  They sang  " What a Day That Will Be" one day during the Bible Conference.
 

I am already looking forward to next year's Bible Conference! 

I'll be posting again soon on some things I've been making! :)

More Owl Hats!

I made another owl hat recently for a little girl.  Her aunt emailed me and asked if I would make her one.  The little girl's mom doesn't want her to be girly, so her aunt chose these colors.  I wasn't sure if I liked the green and the robin's egg blue together, but the purple definitely added some spice to it!  I really like how it turned out! 

And then I wanted to share a picture of me and another little girl I made an owl hat for! 

Here is another one of just her.  Cute right?!?!

That's all for today.  We are going to be very busy next week with one of the highlights of our year: our annual Bible Conference at church, so I won't be posting for a few days! :)