Indoor Camping...

Ray and Jenna, Brian and Michele, Glen and Michelle, Scott and Loralee, JD and Kelly...We were all supposed to go camping this weekend together but the weather did not cooperate SO we just decided to bring our food here and enjoy an evening of laughter, food, fun, and fellowship.

Glen and I love having people in our home and we LOVE LOVE LOVE this group of people!!!!!

Summer Golf

Glen and JD enjoyed a round of golf this past week...So much fun watching Glen enjoy a sport that he has loved since his Daddy introduced it to him when he was a young boy.  Glen used to play all the time; however, in the past ten years he has not taken time to play.  Such a blessing that the Lord has given him the opportunity to pick it back up! 

One World, Many Stories

The library has great programs that enhance the Summer Reading Theme "One World, Many Stories."  This week, the children enjoyed several activities.  We started the week off with "Chicken Joe Combs the World."  This was a fun and interactive program where the children were introduced to the seven continents through song.

 The children got to participate by playing different instruments...

Corbyn sat with me but Chicken Joe saw him sitting in the audience and asked him to help teach the penquin dance from Antarctica...He was a great sport ;-)

 Eden played a song from China...

This week, the children also made Worry Dolls.  The cultural understanding of this Worry Dolls is that you make one, tell is all your worries, place it under your pillow, and then as you sleep the doll removes all your worries.  Of course, we do not place ours under our pillow to remove our worries because we know that the only One who can remove our worries and replace them with pure peace and comfort is the Lord God.

The children have some sweet friends who join them for several activities.  The girls enjoy Sage while Azaryah enjoys her cousin, Garrett...

 Sage and Garrett's grandmother helped the children wrap the dolls...

TADA...All finished!!

Thursday, the children attended and African Drumming Program...They had a blast and had the opporuntiy to play different instruments... 

So much fun!!!!!!!

Father/Son Fishing Trip

This past weekend, Glen and Corbyn joined Dave, Grant, and Jonathon, Robert, Tyler, and Bryant, and Rob and his father-in-law, Gary for a Camping and Fishing Trip in Arkansas.  They all loaded up and headed out early Friday morning and drove to Arkansas...Of course, they ate at the Redneck Cafe on the way down!!! heehee  They stayed in a cabin by the lake and enjoyed games like ping pong, football, tag, and tons of other "guy" games.  Saturday morning, they were up and on the lake by 6:00 am ready to catch some fish.  There were two boats...Boat 1 was Glen, Corbyn, Dave, Grant, and Jonathan...Boat 2 was Robert, Tyler, Bryant, Rob, and Gary...I don't have all the pictures yet but hopefully I will get some more from the other men.  There is a group picture and some fun pictures of giant ice cream cones that they ate...

 Dave and his boys...

 Grant was the first one on their boat to haul in a keeper...

 Corbyn was the second...He's got a bite!!!!

 You can do it, My Love!!!!!  Pull hard!!!!

 TADA!!!  Now that is one big fish!!!

 Jonathan was the third one to reel one in...His was the largest!!!

 This is the group picture on their boat...The Guide was more interested in the fish than getting all their faces!!!

Home with the catch on Sunday afternoon ready to grill it up and try it out!!!!!  (Of course, the men ate a bunch of the fish Saturday night!!!)  They all had a great time and are ready to plan for next year's trip!! ;-)

Summer Reading Program

 The Summer Reading Program at our local library began with Storytime "Around the World".  Corbyn stayed in the Teen Area while Eden, Keziah, and Azaryah joined their friends in StoryTime.

 Making a walking stick to carry with us as we "travel" the continents...

 Signing up and getting all our paperwork so we can begin reading...

Azaryah got his first Library card and he was sooooo excited!!!!

Swimming with the Buss Family

Last week, we had the blessing of swimming with some dear friends.  They have a gorgeous pool and all the kiddos has a blast.  Kelly and I enjoyed our time of chatting and catching up!!  Thanks Buss Family!!!

Azaryah's 5th Birthday

 I cannot believe my baby is already 5 years old.  Azaryah's big day began with his Birthday Breakfast in Bed.

 I love that little face!!!

 And I love all these faces, too ;-)

 Azaryah helped me fix all the Gift Bags for his friends...

This is the Golf and Fitness Club that Glen has blessed us with...Unlimited golf, fitness center, and swimming pool for a VERY low monthly rate.  We LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!  This is where Azaryah wanted to spend part of his birthday.

 So much fun to have a picnic at the pool...

 Azaryah also had a Birthday Party at the park with his Storytime Friends...

 The Mamas and Grandmamas...

 The Cake...

 The Birthday Boy and his many blessings...

 Me and My Baby Boy!!!

 The Storytime Gang...

 Azaryah and all his gifts...

 Azaryah chose to make homemade pizzas for his birthday supper...Yum Yum

 Azaryah put together both of his Lego sets before his big day was over...What a wonderful way to spend the day!!!