Aren't these just the 3 cutest little ones?!? Both are Mikey's "girl friends" and he's their "boy friend". My oh my?!?





They had an absolute blast spurlunking at Carter Caves, and you can just tell that they absolutely wore themselves out! I think that they all konked out in the camper in less than 5 minutes that night!! Which made for 2 happy mommas! (Don't look at the mushroom hair...!)

Almost but Not Quite...and a WFMW

I simply could not stay away for a month. Almost, but we know that only applies to a select few things in life. I've been down physically and mentally, and just stepped back from a lot of things in my life. I'm finally getting some of my zest back. Thank God for renewals. That, and of course the electricity coming back on. And medicine.

I had actually went Grocery shopping late last week and bought a freezer full of meat (we had all kinds of other staples in the house) so I was very excited (I hate shopping all at once). Never did I imagine that we in Ohio would be effected by Ike. Imagine my shock when the power went out, and I realized that we didn't have any really non-cookable items in the house besides cheez-its, peanut butter, and candy. Luckily camp stoves came in very useful. You can believe that on my next shopping excursion I will be stocking up a little section of my cabinet with non-perishable edibles. (Can anyone say spam?!?) That's what would've worked for me!

See ya soon, peeps!

Wow.

This has been a whirl wind weekend....in my head and activities.

Friday I went to the dr, and have massive inner ear infections... hence the spinning. Never will I laugh at someone with an inner ear infection again! My world has been spinning whenever I turn my head. Vertigo on the top of a ferris wheel is no fun I tell ya!! Especially when they stopped.



Last night, this commercial was on during prime time. Tee Totally amazing. I now believe that the next time I need a car battery I will have to find me an Interstate Battery.


I sat out in my front yard and listened to Keith Anderson live. in concert. Then Hubby drove me down the street so I could go get Fried Cheese on a Stick, and I got to lay eyes on him! How cool is it that he did a free concert in our little biddy subburb festival.


Fried cheese on a stick is absolutely dee-lich-ous! Yum Yumms.

Tilt-A-Whirl...

I feel like I'm on a continual carnival ride right now...since this am and it's progressively getting worse.... don't know what's up, do any of you ladies care to take a guess?!?! To save some time, my bp and sugar are normal as of just a few minutes ago. Oh, and there was only 1 pink line. GRrrr.

Be back soon!

And The Winner Is....

of a customized bracelet is *drum roll please* Preppy Mommy! Thanks to all who entered!!!

It's Carnival Time!!!!

The Bloggy Giveaways Carnival is finally here and I've found myself in 7th Heaven going through looking at all of the beautiful and thoughtful things that people are giving away!! Hubs had a great idea- he wanted to know why I wasn't jumping in on all the action,especially since I'm shy about selling my creations... I'd rather give them away! So, I've decided to give away a hand-crafted beaded bracelet made especially for you, made by yours truly! ***UPDATE: Due to popular demand I am going to keep the bracelet a suprise!!! I know I love suprises, and I hope that you do too!!***

Just leave a comment (be sure to leave an email addy if you're not a blogger) and I'll pick one lucky winner at noon on Sat Aug 2nd!

Gods Big Backyard!

Night 1 of VBS down. 4 to go. Tonight the turn out (23 kids)was ok, but as word spreads I know that numbers will go up. Our church is in the south end ghetto of Cbus, and word is the best spreader of fun things for kids around here...that and the fact that there are snacks and all is FREE.

If ya know us, you have undoubtidly heard of our 'struggle' in being able to *gasp* use a projecter during worship on Sundays , for the past 3 years as well, there has been,um, resistance in using the actually VBS songs that come with the program (the old classics, Father Abraham, the BIBLE,etc... where considered 'hip')...put it this way, the preachers wife refused to help us this year, but God lead someone to step up and volunteer in her place. She decided that she likes the idea of us using the music AND the projector, and let me tell you-it added a demension that I haven't seen out of our kids in a loooongg time. They weren't the normal bumps on the log. They were dancing,and doing motions, and SINGING!!!

Here's my dilema. It's one of many, but is really really bothering me. One of my old regulars came tonight, and announced to me that she was baptized today at a differant church which she has been going to. We have a tradition that we give all new believers a new Bible after their Baptism. I happily told our preacher about her baptism, and he was actually disappointed that she was baptized at a church of a very similar denomination. I asked him if he wanted to give her a Bible (one I might add, the church did not pay for, we did-I say this not to glorify us, but to tell why I'm upset by his response), and he responded NO the proceeded to ask if she is a regular member at our church!! Almost all of our kids come from non-churched homes, and often they are very needy. How can a preacher of all people deny a child a Bible? HOW?!? I'm very upset by this, and I really am contemplating how I should handle it. Especially if he has a problem if someone was baptized in *the very similar denomination* church, because if that is the case, he's really going to have a problem with me since I was baptized in that same denomination. Do you think that I'm overreacting, or do you think my point and my hurt is valid?