Oklahoma Trip

The boys and I had a great time in Oklahoma. It's been crazy busy since we've been home but I guess that's the way the summer goes. While we were in Oklahoma we went to my brother's wedding which was really nice. Then the next weekend we went to my sister's graduation from medical school. Congratulations Doctor Jennifer E. Ward!!! It was nice to be there for two wonderful events.

In between we hung out with my friend Rachael and Kelly and their kids. We went to the park and fed the ducks. It was a lot of fun. I also got to see Rachael's new baby girl the next week. It was really awesome! It's funny 'cause she has two boys and had a girl and I have two boys and will be having a girl soon.

Nursery

Well, it is Monday night and there is only 3 more days till I get my other half back. I miss my family so much and I can't wait until they get back. While they have been gone, I have got to do a lot around the house. I steem cleaned the carpets, fixed the boys room (put their bunk beds together) and started putting the nursery together for AJ. The photos will show what I have done so far, but I have to thank God for the wonderful blessing on all the baby furniture. You see, when we moved, we sold all we had cause we didn't think we were going to have any more kids. Well, you know I had to have a little girl so we had to start all over. But here is the wonderful blessing from God. All the furniture you see and the bedding for the nursery theme we got from a garage sale all for less than $100. You can't beat that. We looked up online how much this stuff was originally and it is over $300. Thank you Lord!

I NEED MY FAMILY

As you can see, I have been on my own for the past week and I am getting pretty ugly. I still have another week, OH wait! It is now Friday so actually I only have 6 more days. YES!!!!! Amanda and the boys have been in OK with family for the past week. Her brother got married and then this weekend her sister graduates from Medical school. Then finally her mom will be off of school next week and so they will get to hang out for a while, then I will go pick them up in Jacksonville on Thursday. I am surviving, but it sure has been lonely. I finally got groceries yesterday when I should have gotten them a week ago. Tonight the youth group guys are coming to my house for a night of movies and video games, and then tomorrow morning we are going to one of the teens home to play paintball. It is going to be fun. Well, pray for me that I get a little better lookin than this picture.

Baby A.J.

Amanda had a full check up on A.J. this week and everything they saw was fine and healthy with the baby. You know, afterwards, I looked at amanda and thanked God because He has blessed us with 3 healthy children. What a wonder it is to see this little baby in the womb. God is so amazing.

Pray for the boys and Amanda as they made it to OK late last night. They had lots of layovers and it was very busy because of all the storms in TX, which is where they had to fly into, then out to OK. But they made it about 11:30 there time, which to them it felt like 12:30 at night to them. I miss them much, but I am glad they get to spend time with the family.

Smoky Morning

This isn't the greatest picture, but we have a lot of smoke this morning as a result of some fires in far southeast Georgia. The picture was taken around 10:00 but earlier this morning it was a lot thicker. It smells pretty bad outside. Needless to say, I don't think the boys will be doing much playing outside today :(.


Anyway, we made it home safely. We had a great time in Michigan but it was good to get home too. We had graduation for the seniors Saturday night and then a special service for them last night at church. This week is going to be busy getting ready for me and the boys to go to Oklahoma. But for today, we're just catching up around the house and we might go see the new Shrek movie later on today, we'll see.

Up in Michigan

Well, I can't believe it has been that long since our last post. We sure have been busy and I just kind of forgot I guess. At this moment we are up in Michigan at my parents house because tomorrow is my mom's surgery that she is having on her brain for her tremoring. Please pray for her tomorrow as I know she is very nervous. But our God is bigger than anything we will ever go through.

The weather of course in MI is usual. They always say, you want different weather just wait 5 minutes. The first day we were here it was hot, then the next was cold and rainy and back and forth it goes. But it is good to see my family. As you can tell from the pictures we ate at a new 50's dinner that Midland got next to the new ball diamond that Midland just got. Well, we will keep everyone updated on my mom. We will be traveling back home on Friday so please pray as we drive back down to GA.

IT'S A GIRL!

Today we found out that we are having a girl! We are so excited cause now we can finally shop for girl things. This past weekend we went to garage sales and it killed us cause we saw so much we could get, but didn't know what we were having. Now the OBGYN said for sure it is a girl. Her name is Arianna Jane Church. Thanks for all the prayers.

I had to stay home with the boys while she went to her appointment and when she walked in the door, she laid this pretty dress on me and so I knew what we were going to have. This will be the first dress she will wear to church. It is pretty in pink!

PRAY FOR VT

I just wanted to say that our thoughts and prayers are going out to Virginia Tech at this very moment. We happen to know some people there and we pray they are okay. God is still in control and we need to pray for the Christians on that campus as this is a great opportunity to help those who are looking for answers. We need to remember that Jesus is the only Answer for us and for VT

Great Day

Today sure is beautiful outside. Finally the wind died down and I wanted to golf so bad, that Bryson and I went together. He is so funny, he drove the golf cart around for me and then when I would put, he would take his ball and putter and do the same. We had a really good time. Nothing will ever be more fun than hanging out with my boys.

This past weekend sure was tough, but God got us through it. Our Pastor and his family were up North for the weekend so I got to take all of Sunday's activities. I was reminded very soon of the Pastor role again as we had to make hospital visits all weekend and even on Sunday. One of our members had a heartattack, but thank God he is doing better. Please pray for him, his name is Grady Wilson. I preached Sunday morning and then we had Youth Night in the evening service. All went well, and I thank God for the experience He allowed me to have as a Pastor, but I am glad that I can be here for Pastor Ron to help when needed. I love doing what I am doing today. I am just reminded more this past weekend to pray for my Pastor more.

Well, here is a funny picture of Bryson on our Spring Break trip and then this past weekend at Pit Stop we played my favorite game, pillow basketball.

Great Weekend

Well, today is Tuesday and I finally have some time to post something on the blog. We have had a wonderful weekend with lots of activities going on. Last week was Spring Break for our teens so we took some of them on a camping trip and also went to Carowids Theme Park in Charolette NC. It was fun. Them my parents met us there and they took the boys for us. They came back home with us and got to spend Easter with us. That was great. Yesterday we all went to the Oatland Education Center on Oatland Island. It was fun. Never been there before so it was good to know what is around here. Anyways, I just wanted to let everyone know what we have been up to. I will post more picuters later, but here are just a few from our weekend.