New Orleans and back again

 June 17 2012

We headed to New Orleans Sunday afternoon for our indepth interview.  We knew it would be a quick trip but we were really looking forward to the time together.  And we were so thankful for grandparents who watched our kiddos this weekend.  

We got there in time to visit the Riverwalk for a minute or so.  Then off to a 2 hour meeting.  

After our meeting (which went extremely well) we headed to see our friend Abby and meet her two boys.  As we headed out of town we stopped at a place my Mom has been telling us about for a while now.  Middendorfs  (home of the original thin fried catfish).  I seriously thought how "great" could it be?  But I will tell you it is some of the best catfish I have ever had.  Except my Papaw's catfish (caught, skinned, and fried up by he and Mamaw)

 And as we road home we talked and marveled at how the Lord is taking us on a journey.  Excited that he has chosen to use us, and a little anxious of all the changes ( my heart ) that will soon be happening.

Happy Daddy Day

June 17 2012

I am so blessed to have two men in my life that exemplify wonderful fathers.  My husband loves our boys, loves to teach them about Jesus, and set the pace for our Family and lead us well.  

My Dad, loves us, is the picture of loyalty, forgives me quickly, gives the best hugs, and is always available for me and my boys.  

 We celebrated the morning with Breakfast, our family loves us some breakfast, and time together.

French toast for this Dad.  

 Grana was our Noah wrangler for the morning.  

 And Babu held on to his favorite fan.  

 This little guy loves him some Babu

The Circus

June 16 2012

  As part of Noah's birthday present from Pops and Gigi we spent our Saturday afternoon at the Circus. It was so fun, and Noah was on an stimulation overload for the whole 2 hours.  SO much to look at. 

With Aunt Bryce on the motorcycle. 

The favorite of the day, he got a sword.

That spins and lights up. 

With our Nuhu.

The start of the show.

The camels.

The horse bowing with applause. 

Amazing. This kinda made me nervous, only holding on with her heels.

The side show.

8 ladies standing on a guy, lying on broken glass. 

Noah intently watching. 

The dogs dancing.

This thing was my favorite. It moved too fast to get great pics of them going round and round.  

Lifting 7 women.

Intermission pic.

The trapeze. 

Hanging around upside down.

Some bendy people.

AND the elephants (what Noah had been waiting on)

They were pretty great.

The bikes in the cage, this is what scared me the most.  

Then they put a girl in there, with 3 bikes.  NO mam' not for me. 

The Finale

Pinelake Sports Camp/ Day 3

June 13 2012

This is our combined group The CheeDogs: Cheetahs and Bulldogs.  We only had 3 kids today so we paired up with a group a grade younger.  

 Here they are on the tension wire, working together to make it across.  

 They were pretty proud of themselves.

 They all had to stand on this square and sing ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT twice before they could get off, with out anyone falling off.  

 Over the wall.  

 Our experiment, ketchup packet in the water bottle.  That sinks and rises, we talked about priorities and  what will rise and fall in our lives.  "What is important to Jesus should be important to me."

 The lesson, we talked about the Georgia Bulldog cheerleader Anna Watson. And how Christ is first in her life.

 Claire, Me, and DJ.

Pinelake Sports Camp/ Day 2

June 12 2012

 Our muddy day as I like to remember it,  It poured all day and then stopped just in time for us to trek into the woods and challenge course.  

Today we had Ethan, Vito, Claire, DJ, and Haden.  

Our student helpers Ryan and MK. 

Here we are doing the trolley, trying to pick up one leg at a time and step forward.  This was our 4th attempt.  They eventually got it and progresses about 8 ft.  

 The spider web, trying to get your whole team through without touching.  They decided to try and jump through.  This was a fail. 

 Ethan was the only one that could leap through and not touch, as long as Ryan caught him. 

 Marble Tubes

 Here we are doing our Experiment for the day.  Mentos in Diet Coke.

 It was pretty spectacular. 

 The lesson for today.

 Trying to gargle the bible verse.  2 Peter 1:3a  "His divine power has given us everything that we need for life and godliness."