Party to the Third Power

Today we attended an extreme birthday party for three, three year olds. That's right, Triplets. All turning Three. What a blast the kids had. There was an enormous, blow-up water slide in the front yard. Nothing could be finer on a hot day. We have known the triplets, and their parents and grandparents for sometime now, and love them all dearly. Thanks Maggie, Cooper and Christopher for inviting us to your special celebration. Happy Birthday.

"...may the blessing of the Lord be upon you..." Psalm 129:8

If at First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again

Friday morning was our second day of Kindergarten. Since we missed the bus on our very first day(it was 15 minutes early!!), we tried again. This time we were the first ones there!! Grayson was walking in front of us, saying we needed to hurry so we wouldn't miss the bus. Apparently, smelly, loud, non-air conditioned school buses are the hottest ticket in Kindergarten, who knew? Well, whatever gets him out of bed at 6:00 am, is fine with me. You can see by the smiles on his and our adorable, next-door-neighbor, Desha's faces. They were very excited. No turning back now, only 12 more years of school buses to go.
"Success comes from God..." 1 Corinthians 3:6

The First Eight

This was the photo posted by Grayson's teacher today on the school website. They actually look like they are listening. That's different.

School Daze

Today was the very first day of Kindergarten. What a rush. No, literally, I mean what a rush. This morning we get to the bus stop with 5 other neighborhood kids, only to find out that the bus had already been to the bus stop an astounding 15 minutes early!! After we walked back home, we loaded up in the truck to drive Grayson to school. The parking lot was chaos. Greg decided to let me and Grayson out and he and Finley stayed in the car, while he found a place to turn around. I told Grayson he needed to find his classroom on his own and he went right to it and even remembered the room number. There were only 7 other kids there today, and 7 more will attend on Wednesday and also Thursday. Everybody will go on Friday. He ran in, put away his lunch box, hung up his backpack and ran back to the door to give me one last hug. No tears, no regrets, just all smiles. He did make it to the bus for the trip home and said he loved every minute of it. What a grown up Kindergartner. Happy First Day of School, Grayson. We are very proud of you. (Now, just please don't make me have to come to the principals office like you did in pre-school!!)
"For wisdom is better than jewels; and all desirable things can not compare." Proverbs 8:11

You say Tomatoe, I say Tomato!

Either way you slice it, we have alot of tomatoes (and cucumbers, lettuce, grapes, onions, squash and lots of herbs, and soon zuchinni). Our vegatable garden is really starting to produce quite a hall lately. Grayson enjoys picking all the vegatables, and is even learning how to spell most of them. Also he is willing to try more things if he happened to be the one who, planted, watered and picked and cooked it.

"Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow..." Joel 3:13

Star Spangled Beach

We went to Carolina Beach on Friday night, July 3rd, for fireworks, knowing that downtown on July 4th would be very crowded. We had a splendid time. By chance, we met up with a couple that has recently moved to our neighborhood and also comes to our church. Also we ran into about 15 other people that we knew. How unusual. There were probably thousands of people there and we saw several of our friends. The Fireworks were grand, the company was awesome, the beach was breath taking. On Saturday night we went to a block party at a neighbors house, who has a pool. We had a potluck cookout with wonderful food, friends and (illegally transported) fireworks from down south. Thanks for inviting us Anita and Rick.
Thank God we live in a country where we can worship freely, and lots of unintelligent, dim-witted people have freedom of speech!
Thanks to all our service men and women for fighting for our freedom. May we NEVER forget that Freedom isn't Free. Amen

Living on the E.D.G.E.

We had an awesome Vacation Bible School last week. The them was Camp EGDE, Living on the E.D.G.E. - Everyday, Discover God, Everywhere. Pretty Cool, huh. The kids had a wonderful time, the music was good, they learned bible verses and new songs,(listen to the video below) some with a few dance moves, and the adults were exhausted. We had over 60 adult volunteers. I am a little late getting these pictures up, because I had Mollie send me her pictures, since I didn't have a camera last week. Thanks for sharing Mollie. I led the craft team, mostly MOPS moms, we laughed(a lot), painted, used markers, glue and did lots and lots of cleaning. We had over 100 children every night! It was very tiring, but in a good way. I want my kids to remember VBS like I still remember my VBS days. What great memories for the children.
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Mark 10:13-15