Verse for October

"Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,and whoever sows generously will also reap generously... for God loves a cheerful giver!"

2 Corinthians 9:6-7

Britt's First Overnighter

I finally let Britton join the Royal Rangers at his school this year.. which is somewhat like a Christian Boy Scouts. Their motto is "Reaching, Teaching and Keeping boys for Christ". He completely loves it!! They meet every Wed. night from 7pm until around 8:45. This past Friday he and his Dad went on his First RR Camping trip. He got to ride a school bus with all of the other boys, learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, a bb gun (not sure how cool I think that is) and sleep in a tent. It was major men-bonding! I'll post more photos of this as I get them from his RR Commander.

http://royalrangers.ag.org/about/index.cfm

A Day in the Life....

...This is one of Britton's favorite treats on a Sunday after church .. a trip to the county park for some bike-riding and lounge-time. Believe it or not, I was miraculously able to shove his bike into my wee-tiny trunk. There was some company picnic going on there with FOUR jump castles.. (trust me, Britt's eyes lit up like a spark in the dark) and guess-who went over and invited himself (he did ask politely with a major "PLEEEEE-SE") to join the fun. He said after jumping for a bit.. "Mommy, this is the best day of my WHOLE life! Ha..too funny!

Moe's Lunch FUN

I want to introduce you to my SUPER incredible Children's team. (yikes.. this photo is minus the awesome Lisa and fabulous Shanna) We were having our typical lunch at Moe's with our super-huge-kid-crew after our Sunday events! We actually were loving on Karen, our nursery coordinator, extra special that day because she moved from our campus to

help start up a new campus in North Charleston.

We will miss ya KK!! :)

Prayer for September

"I trust in your unfailing love,

my heart rejoices in your salvation.

I will sing to the Lord for He has been good to me!! "

Psalms 13:5-6

I am the Mom of a SECOND Grader....

.... I can hardly believe that my little baby is in the 2nd Grade already!! We have been praying for the best teacher and we got her, Mrs. Ruediger. Britton was all smiles when she came to pick up the class in the sauna (I mean..the school gym) at 8:05 this morning. I , as any great Mom would do, bombarded him with the camera starting at 7:00 am. Look how much he's grown over the summer!! On a quick side note... I thought you would all appreciate that he planned his own Back-to-school pool party yesterday and invited all of his friends. He is sooo much like his Moma.... the boy just wants to have FUN!!! HA :)

Britt's BIG Catch

These are some of the infamous pictures from Britt’s fishing excursion on Friday!! He spent the week at the lake with Mema and Pappy… but wanted me to take him fishing!! Too funny!

We had such a great time!! By the end of the morning, he was getting his own crickets, baiting his hook, putting his pole out and taking off the fish all by himself!! He was so proud!! The proudest part for me was when he decided to give “his fish” to the elderly couple who were fishing on the dock beside us. However, that did require a lot of prayer on his part. (SERIOUSLY) Ha

Hey Uncle Morris…. The boy’s got the family fishing gene, just like his favorite Uncle!

Summer Camp

Early in the summer, I went to summer camp with 11 of our elementary kids in Spartanburg and we had a ball!! I found this photo of us at a "Mass Organized Chaos" game and basically, it is exactly what it says... MASS chaos!! The kids were awesome and I am pretty sure that all of the adults had more fun than the kids did!!
I know I did!! I can't wait til' next year!! :) :)

I love my church!!

Hey guys!!
I just wanted to take a minute to brag on my church which is also my place of business. We were recently were named the
10th Most influential church in America in Church Report Magazine. We ranked among some of the Mega-churches like Saddleback, Willow Creek & Lakewood Church (Joel Osteen's church). I am so proud of the chance I have in my ministry to be a part of something so incredible for Christ!
Please check out the follwing links to the article and to a video where the story was published on our local news.

http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/search.apx.-content-articles-CBD-2007-07-30-0027.html
http://www.thechurchreport.com/mag_article.php?mid=1095&mname=July

Prayer for August

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation

of my heart be pleasing in Your sight,

O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer!"

Psalm19:14

My newest love

This is my nephew,Colin, my new heart-string.

I had to post this photo... he's the most precious baby I know

(sorry everyone-- we share genetics)!

Disney Made my dreams come true

We had an absolute blast in Disneyworld with My Dad & Angie, the boys (Chad,Britt, Cale & Colin) and all of my sisters (Amy, Linds & Kayleigh). We visited most of the major parks (MGM, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom and Sea World).They were all incredible!! WE stayed at a super-fabulous hotel with an awesome pool with it's own beach and lazy river!

Britt found a new love for rollercoasters, including "Space Mountain" which he rode in total darkness!! That crazy boy also rode on the water ride "Splash Island" and faced the 54 ft drop without fear!! That's more than we can say for Daddy! :)

My personal favorite was all of the hang- time that we got to spend with each other & loving on Colin! What a sweet baby! Thanks Daddy for taking and for making it all so special!!
We LOVE YOU!!!