This blog was started in 2004 when Annie was badly burnt. Over the years we have seen how God has continually provided for us and answered our many prayers.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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Sorry, I am having problems downloading my pictures. So... I promise you will see pictures tomorrow! Love to all! Missy
What's Happening?
I have so much to tell you all and I know you don't want to read a lot. Sorry. I always have these great goals of writing on here a little at a time but then I don't have the time. I really don't have the time now because it is late and I am exhausted. But.... you need to hear what has been happening. I will write like the ADD person that I am so if this goes from one place to another very quickly, you will know why. :o) So, buckle up, here I go.
Our prayer retreat with our company was so wonderful. We got to see many friends that we hadn't seen in a long time and it was great getting reaquainted. Annie loved seeing all of her old friends and had a great time being with some of the older kids for VBS. The team that came was great and all of our kids enjoyed their week. The boys and I stayed up playing cards most nights and Greg enjoyed going to bed early with Annie each night. :o) That is how it usually is in our home. We left the retreat refreshed and educated.
We then headed to one of our favorite cities for a little extra time with the family. We had fun eating pizza and watching movies. We shopped at a pet store and we think we know what kind of dog we want to purchase. Greg has promised us all that we could purchase a dog in October. We shall see.
We then headed back here to our home and have enjoyed hearing the rain outside ever since we arrived. The temperatures have been around the upper 50's and lower 60's. We have loved it! It really hasn't stopped raining since we got home. That would be 4 straight days. Of course our friends have said that it was raining for about 3 days before we arrived. It is funny because if you had told me 5 years ago that I would live in a place where it rains almost every day for about 3-4 months, I would have said, "You are crazy, I will go nuts!" However, I love it! I love hearing it and I love that I get a break from lots of visitors. One thing that changed when we left the US was that Greg became the extravert and I became the intravert. Okay, well maybe not the intravert, but I don't mind staying home! :o)
We have been enjoying our friends. Today I spent the day in town buying school supplies with one of my good friends. We laughed most of the day and I can't wait to put some of the pictures on here from these past few days. We were leaving a store and I was driving, my friend's daughter was in the passenger's seat and she was in the back seat. My friend's daughter had told her that she needed to use her seat belt because it was safer. So, being the obedient mother that she is she used her seatbelt. Okay, I have to go downstairs, get my camera and download this picture, because without that you won't fully appreciate this story. It was TOO funny. She had the strap around her whole body but it wasn't buckled. It was like a harness ready to hang her! I about wet my pants. We showed her how it was supposed to go and she said, "I think I will risk it, this is way to tight." :o)
Then tonight we spent the night with some friends of ours that are extremely quiet people. Can you imagine ME with quiet people? Well, they think we are ridiculously funny. We were playing Jinga and had a blast! Our friend, Alicia who is about to have her baby, laughed so hard I thought she would go into labor for sure! They laughed at the game but they laughed more at Greg. We heard some water dripping from their fridge and Greg, otherwise known as " Mr. Fixit" said, " Hmm... let me see..." and put his whole head in the freezer, stayed there for a few minutes and with all seriousness shuts the door, and says, " No, everything is fine." I bust out laughing because somehow he thought he knew that there was nothing wrong with their fridge. I told them there would be a flood tonight. So that became our joke, Greg says everything is fine. Anyway, this may not be funny to all of you, but we got a lot of laughs out of it!
Now it is time for me to go to bed. I will upload the photos and you can see some of what we have been doing! Please keep praying for us. Love you all! Missy
Our prayer retreat with our company was so wonderful. We got to see many friends that we hadn't seen in a long time and it was great getting reaquainted. Annie loved seeing all of her old friends and had a great time being with some of the older kids for VBS. The team that came was great and all of our kids enjoyed their week. The boys and I stayed up playing cards most nights and Greg enjoyed going to bed early with Annie each night. :o) That is how it usually is in our home. We left the retreat refreshed and educated.
We then headed to one of our favorite cities for a little extra time with the family. We had fun eating pizza and watching movies. We shopped at a pet store and we think we know what kind of dog we want to purchase. Greg has promised us all that we could purchase a dog in October. We shall see.
We then headed back here to our home and have enjoyed hearing the rain outside ever since we arrived. The temperatures have been around the upper 50's and lower 60's. We have loved it! It really hasn't stopped raining since we got home. That would be 4 straight days. Of course our friends have said that it was raining for about 3 days before we arrived. It is funny because if you had told me 5 years ago that I would live in a place where it rains almost every day for about 3-4 months, I would have said, "You are crazy, I will go nuts!" However, I love it! I love hearing it and I love that I get a break from lots of visitors. One thing that changed when we left the US was that Greg became the extravert and I became the intravert. Okay, well maybe not the intravert, but I don't mind staying home! :o)
We have been enjoying our friends. Today I spent the day in town buying school supplies with one of my good friends. We laughed most of the day and I can't wait to put some of the pictures on here from these past few days. We were leaving a store and I was driving, my friend's daughter was in the passenger's seat and she was in the back seat. My friend's daughter had told her that she needed to use her seat belt because it was safer. So, being the obedient mother that she is she used her seatbelt. Okay, I have to go downstairs, get my camera and download this picture, because without that you won't fully appreciate this story. It was TOO funny. She had the strap around her whole body but it wasn't buckled. It was like a harness ready to hang her! I about wet my pants. We showed her how it was supposed to go and she said, "I think I will risk it, this is way to tight." :o)
Then tonight we spent the night with some friends of ours that are extremely quiet people. Can you imagine ME with quiet people? Well, they think we are ridiculously funny. We were playing Jinga and had a blast! Our friend, Alicia who is about to have her baby, laughed so hard I thought she would go into labor for sure! They laughed at the game but they laughed more at Greg. We heard some water dripping from their fridge and Greg, otherwise known as " Mr. Fixit" said, " Hmm... let me see..." and put his whole head in the freezer, stayed there for a few minutes and with all seriousness shuts the door, and says, " No, everything is fine." I bust out laughing because somehow he thought he knew that there was nothing wrong with their fridge. I told them there would be a flood tonight. So that became our joke, Greg says everything is fine. Anyway, this may not be funny to all of you, but we got a lot of laughs out of it!
Now it is time for me to go to bed. I will upload the photos and you can see some of what we have been doing! Please keep praying for us. Love you all! Missy
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