Here we go again!

Ok, so I left off with my cousins, Derek and Devin. We took them to the airport and missed them as soon as we dropped them off!



Part of the time the boys were in town, my parents were out of town. They went to the beach with David, Susan, and Mary Courington. Aren't they cute????









Never before seen and captured on camera... Marty wears a pair of shorts!






After Jared and I dropped the boys off at the airport, we came home, packed, and left for Brundidge. We spent the night with the in-laws and then drove to Panama City, FL, the next morning for two of Jared's cousins weddings. Friday evening A LOT of the Sanders had dinner together at The Back Porch. Later that evening we went over to drop off some things for Samantha's wedding. Saturday morning Jared, Andy, and I walked around Pier Park. Next we headed over to (I forget the name of the public beach) at the Jettie's. Samantha and Richard were married in the pavillion there on the beach. Lots of fun happenings there!








After their wedding, we went to the reception at the clubhouse. Then, it was off to the Paradis Palms for Katie and Stewart's wedding. It was right on the beach of the hotel where all of us Sanders were staying, at sunset. It was beautiful! The reception was on the deck of the Paradise Palms. We had a wonderful time with everyone!


Cade May


Jared and Tony







Sunday we went to church and then came home in time for church that evening.

Friday, July 31, was my mama's birthday! I went to JCA summer camp to visit and came home with Chandler and Marley for the weekend! We stopped by Sam's to pick mama out some treats for her birthday. Marley picked out 4 molten cakes, chocolate and cinnamon. Chandler picked out M&M sandwich cookies with cream in the middle. Then we surprised her at work! That evening was the last youth devotional for the summer at the church building. Xander had been leading songs like a big boy all summer at the devotionals. I always had trouble singing with him because I was too busy choking back tears of pride. Well, I told Chandler he could lead a song if he wanted to. I told him he had to wait until the song was finished. When the song finished, Chandler piped, "I wanna lead one!" Too late because someone else had already started one. David heard him so when that song was over David told the crowd that Chandler wantged to lead a song. He asked Chandler what did he want to lead, but Chandler froze, so someone else led one. Chandler told David he wanted to led Jesus Loves Me! Then he walked up in front of everyone and started the song! I found myself once again choking back tears of pride! This was Chandler's first time and he did such a good job! He goes to a VERY big church so opportunities are not the same for him when it comes to leading singing and such like we have at Sylvan Springs. I am so PROUD of that kid!
I sent this picture to his dad!


The next morning we set off to get mama a birthday gift. Marley and I picked out the gift while Jared took Chandler into a guy store, where he would do less damage (if you know Chan then you know what I mean!)
Jared took this picture of Chan at Hibbetts.

At Big Lots, Chandler picked mama out some stamps which he just so happened to get to play with at church the next morning! Then we headed over to Macaroni Grill to meet mama, daddy, and Pam for lunch.






August 8: I went to Ladies Day at Ashville Road with Katie and Rachel. Then shopping with Katie!

August 12: First day of school! Ugh!

August 14: We all took Jared Xander back to school shopping and he was spoiled rotten! We had dinner with David and Susan at Dale's. Susan asked Xander what he had learned his first week of school and he replied, "I learned to go to time-out!" That boy!

August 16: I went to Katie's baby shower at Kim's. That night after church we had an "sending off to college for Alex.

August 17: Joseph started his first day of education classes. He is getting another degree, fine arts in education. I am so proud of him! He is loving his classes!

August 21: Daddy's surgery! Ugh! It didn't turn out the way we had hoped, but there is still hope! We will know more in January! PLEASE keep praying for him and thanks for all of the prayers on his behalf thus far!

August 23: The little ball of energy, aka, Hannah, had her third birthday party and it was such fun!

September 6: Joseph came home. We went to eat Chinese for lunch for dad's birthday. I regrettably took no pictures of dad, but got several of little man outside the restaurant!






September 7: Labor Day! All the Glenn's came to our house along with my neighbor, Mrs. Chandler, for lunch. I love being around them! Oh! Pam brought Chad to meet the family (and two of his friends). Sadly, Uncle David was the one who wanted him to come, but he ended up spending a few days in the hospital instead!

September 8: Daddy's birthday! Mama, Jared, and I rode with him to teach his Faulkner class and then had dinner at the Mellow Mushroom and played the trivia game they have every Tuesday night!

September 13: We celebrated Keri's birthday after church that night. That afternoon we went to Target to get her gift. Xander picked her out several interesting things for her, my favorite was the Barbie socks (she's 12!) She rocked them on Monday at school! Hehehe! Xander was so proud!
I took this picture of him outside of Target!


September 19: Ladies Day at Sylvan Springs with Cherry Chesser! It was fabulous!

September 26: Jared and I went to Brundidge for his cousin, Adam's, wedding.

That about catches us up!
My birthday post to follow!

Prayers Needed!

Please pray for my dad, Marty Glenn, tomorrow! He is having his "reconnect" surgey. Please pray that everything goes smoothly, that his recover goes well, and for Dr. Matthews, Dr. Fennell, and others that will be doing the surgery and taking care of him! "The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." James 5:16
THANKS!

Derek and Devin

Monday we met Derek's girlfriend from Tupelo at the Jasper movie theatre. I didn't even know Jasper had a movie theatre! It surely doesn't look like on either. It shows four movies. The lobby was decorated with things made out of boxes that were put together sloppily. There was a transformer, a bank (random), and some building. Weird! I was completely disappointed when they advertised Otis Spuntmeyer cookies, but had none! When I walked inside the theatre I immediately had deja vu. It took me back to the college days and going to the dollar theatre in Prattville. Both are Cobbs, so that must be why. Anyhow, we saw Harry Potter again, which was good because I saw one part I missed. I must have dozed for a minute or two despite my love for the movies and books. Did I mention that Jared and I started a Harry Potter marathon on Friday, July 10 and ended it a day before we went and saw the first movie? We are nerds and proud of it! Back to our evening, so, we are watching a movie with this girl we have never met and her parents, who were all pleasant people to be around! Ok, then comes the bathrooms. Wow... I mean, I love using the restroom with the toilet paper holder in my rib cage and my other elbow bumping the other wall. Tight squeeze not to mention the lovely brown and tan tiled floor and walls. Must have been the original decor. Anyhow, after we left we needed to stop for gas. Check out the sign at the gas station. Only in Walker County can you get this experience!
Tuesday we met Jennifer, Ian, Maddie, Katie, and Hannah at Fun Factory. We had a good time, maybe too good because Jared, Pam, Derek, and Devin took down the bouncey/jumping inflatable! The girl had to hook a new pump up to it and then it was back like new! No worries! It's all good! I took a picture of it, but with Pam's camera, so I don't have it to put on here. It was hilarious!
Today we were supposed to go to the park, but it rained, so instead, we played games, mostly Risk. The boys leave tomorrow. Or should I say today because it it ten til 2 am. Derek just made some cheese grits and Jared and Devin are playing Wii Fit. We are all laughing at old Kramer/Art Garfunkel or better known as Devin! He cannot hula hoop!
We will definitely miss the boys when they go home tomorrow!

Behind AGAIN!

Ok, so I left off with going to see my brother for his birthday. Well, we had a great day with him. He chose to have lunch at Red Robin. Yum!

6/20/09

Xander and his Jojo!


6/21/09: Sunday was Father's Day! Happy Father's to the best daddy in the world!
Then we were off to camp for a week of fun, fellowship, and growing as christians. We had an excellent week and I didn't want it to end!

6/27/09: Jared and I turned around and went to Brundidge for his cousin Adam's wedding shower given by the family.

7/1/09: We turned back around again went back to Brundidge to spend the night on our way to the beach!

7/2/09: Happy Birthday, Caleb! We arrived in Destin where Jared's parents had rented a really nice cottage. It was very cozy there and we had fun!

7/4/09: Happy Birthday, America! Jared's parents, Jared, and I went on a dolphin cruise.





7/5/09: Happy birthday to Jared's mom, Becky!

7/11/09: Jared and I went to Mayberry Day here in Graysville. We went to the parade so we could see James Best (aka Roscoe P. Coltrane from the Dukes of Hazzard). He was on the first car. It went by so fast I didn't get a picture. Oh well! I got this good one of Sally with the "Mayor" of Mayberry. He shouted that he had found a voter when he saw Sally and took his picture with her. It was funny!



7/15/09: We flew my cousins, Derek and Devin, in from Ohio to spend the week with them!

(Devin and Xander- don't you love Devin's hair??)
7/16/09: Pam took the boys to Montgomery to see Joseph. Jared and I saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! That evening was a devotional at Josh and Katie's.

7/17/09: Derek took a tour of Faulkner and even got to play with their soccer team! He was so excited!

7/18/09: Jared met Joseph, Pam, and the boys and went kayaking. They had a blast! I went shopping with Katie and Hannah and we also had a blast!


Hannah with her cow hat from Chick-Fil-A!

7/19/09: We all went to Homecoming at Roebuck Parkway Church of Christ. Yay! I love getting to see the fam!

7/20/09: A day of playing games and then off to meet Derek's friend from camp in Jasper to see the new Harry Potter movie again!

Major Updating!

Ok, so it has been awhile! I blog by bullets to get everyone up-to-date! Here goes!

* 4/18/09: Jared and Casey went to the Alabama A-Day game. I did not go because I was sick with a sinus infection and was not up for a day in the sun!

*4/24/09: Jared and I went to Indian Creek Youth Camp's Walk-Fest.

*4/25/09: Joseph came home! We went to Xander's baseball game and then, as promised, Joseph took Xander (and me, Jared, and Pam) to Chuck E. Cheese! We had a blast! Then we went back to Mama and Daddy's to hang out. Joseph taught Xander how to shoot a BB gun safely.













*5/1/09: Girl's Night at Sumo and then to see Bride Wars. We had fun! The chef's were too friendly if you catch my drift. I did catch a shrimp in my mouth that the chef tossed at me! I don't think I've ever done that before!

*5/3/09: On the way back from Ragland it was storming so badly that you couldn't see the road. It was scary! I was trying to be brave to keep Xander from freaking out, but I wasn't doing a good job at it. Xander asked mama why the wind was so angry. She laughed and told him to pray to God if he was scared. He folded his little hands, bowed his head, and scrunched up his eyes, and prayed. He looked up and said, "It didn't work!" Patience is something we all need to learn!
Here's another Xander moment. It happened sometime around this same time. We were driving passed this girly shop near Pam's house and I mentioned that I have always wanted to go in there, but never have. Xander asked me what was in there and I told him purses and girl stuff. He said, "Emily, one day, I'm gonna get my money from my piggy bank, then go over to Pam's, and you can come too, and then I'm gonna ask Pam to drive us to this store, and I'm gonna buy you whatever you want!" *Insert Xander's charming grin*

*5/10/09: Happy Mother's Day to the greatest mama ever!
Randy and Tara Nel came to visit and spend the night!

*5/11/09: Jared and I took Andy and Jenny out for their birthdays to Iguana Grill.

*5/14/09: Xander graduated from preschool!





*5/15/09: Jared and I went to Brundidge to visit his family. We ate dinner at The Barn! Yum!

*5/16/09: The Sanders' family gave Jared's cousin Katie, a family bridal shower! It was so nice to see everyone. We played the Newlywed Game and Jared and I came in 2nd place!

*5/17/09: Pam flew to Scottland for a mission trip!

*5/21/09: Addi's kindergarten celebration! Xander loved her show and wanted to be in it! After the program, the kids climbed the climbing wall in the school gym. Xander told Jared he was Spiderman!






*5/22/09: Jared dropped off his parents, granny, and aunt and uncle at the airport. They went to Maryland and Washington for his great Aunt Beulah Mae's 90th birthday party.


*5/23/09: Sylvan Springs Churh of Christ Graduation Banquet! Chris graduated from college. Maybe he will get a job in Birmingham??? Alex graduated from PGHS. Alex had been my buddy that has riden to school with my for five years. I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished and will accomplish! He's a super young man!


*5/24/09: Jared and I picked up Andy and Jenny from the airport. They had spent a week with Jenny's family in Belize!


*5/25/09: Memorial Day! Jared and I went to visit with Ms. Graham. She is the sweetest lady! She gave me a box full of materials for my Bible class! Next we went to pick up Xander. He had just had lunch with his family. He got in the car and said, " I had a dream about Pam last night." (Pam has been in Scottland for a week.) I said, "Really? What was your dream about?" He said, "Pam got off of the plane and walked up to me, but she didn't hug me. She just took my picture! I said, Pam, where is my surprise from Scottland? And she didn't answer me, she just kept takinf my picture!" I told him that he was gonna go with us to pick Pam up at the airport that night. When Pam called, I told her about Xander's dream. So when we got to the airport Pam had her camera ready, walked up to Xander and just took his picture. He just kept staring at her and wouldn't say anything! It was funny! Anyhow, after we picked up Xander and went to mama and daddy's to have lunch with the Glenn's. It was so good to see the cousins and all! Xander and Chandler had a ball together. Later that evening we went to pick Pam up from the airport. She brought back lots of goodies! Xander got gummies from Scottland. They were kind of good, but had some weird flavors. Black currant??? She also got him two Mr. Men books. She had trouble finding toys over there. She got dad a plaque of our Glenn family crest. She got mama a necklace that is a heather plant smashed into a gemlike stone and also got herself the same thing but as a bracelet. She got Joseph a suit and it is very handsome! She got Jared a tie from St. Andrews, the first golf course ever made. She got me a purse from Harrod's in London and I love it! She also brought back tons of chocolate for us to try as well as several bags for her students to taste and some listerine tasting gum (powerful!) We were proud of all of the work she did and was also glad to see her come home!


*5/27/09: Pam's 28th birthday!

*5/25/09: We went to Xander's last game. His team was 2nd in the league. We brought Addi and Levi while their parents went to Alex's graduation. Xander hit a line drive that resulted in a triple (I fought tears I was so proud!), made a run, hurt his hand, but got on base anyway. The ump gave him the one of the game balls. He had played a double header and was ready for the second game to be over about a third of the way into it. He cried, but I was proud he stuck with it (at one point he was ready to walk off the field and go home, but with much bribing and coaxing he finished:) ) I made good on my promise. One thing from the concession stand if he hit the ball (turned out to be that line drive I was talking about) and two things if he got on base (he got out trying to get to home plate)! So, after the game, Jared went to the concession stand and came back with Sour Straws and an Airhead, as requested! Then his family took him out for ice cream and we headed over to the church for Alex's graduation party.

*5/29/09: Jared and I went to the church and began turning the classroom into the whale/great fish's belly. Then it was off to the airport, yet again, to pick up his parents and crew. We ate dinner with them at Chili's and then they all headed home.

*5/30/09: Jared and I worked on our classroom for VBS, ran some errands, and then we all had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory for Pam's birthday. Then, back to the church to keep getting ready for VBS. Stopped to go to Joe Garrison's graduation celebration (he's a paramedic now) at his house. When we were leaving the Garrison's we got a treat from the ice cream truck and headed back to the church building and worked til midnight!

*5/31/09: I taught all the kid's Bible class (with much help) outside on picnic blankets so they would not see the classrooms until that night. It was a nice treat and another way we got the kids excited for VBS! We worked on the classrooms all afternoon and then it was FINALLY time for Vacation Bible School! Jared, Casey, Pam, Ms. Graham, and I acted out the story of Jonah and the whale. We had so much fun!

*6/1/09: Jared and my 7th wedding anniversary! We went out to eat at Ruby Tuesday, saw Night at the Museum 2, did a little shopping, and then went to VBS. We enjoyed spending the day together!

*6/2/09: I began a two week math workshop.

*6/3/09: The last night of VBS. Ned the Neighbor brought Jared (as a dentist) to VBS!

*6/5 & 6/09: Pam, Jared, and I went to watch Cousin Brianna play in an All-Stars softball tournament in Hueytown. She lots both games, but she is still a great ball player! Go Wild Thangs!


*6/7/09: After dad preached at Ragland, we were on our way to Golden Rule for lunch. Mama said, "Daddy's paying!" Xander looked at dad and said, "Oh man! I meant to bring my money! I was going to buy you lunch for once, Mr. Marty!"


*6/12/09: I finished my last day of the math workshop and then we headed to Brundidge for Jared's dad's birthday and for Father's Day! We ate at The Barn again! Delicious!


*6/15/09: Maddie, Ian, and Hannah came over so Katie could take Jennifer to the doctor. I hope Jennifer's morning sickness goes away soon! The kids were great...except for when Maddie peed on the floor! Just kidding! That night we went to eat at Chili's with Pam. Then, when we tried to get into Target it felt like a monsoon hit. It was only a thunderstorm, but felt like the eye of a tornado! We barely, but soaking wet, made it into Target where the power kept flickering on and off! We met an interesting lady in the bathroom that shared waaay tooo much info! It was funny though!

*6/16/09: We had a devo at David and Susan Courington's house. We enjoyed ourselves so much we stayed until 10:30 pm. We stayed so late we decided to let Xander spend the night. He tried to weasle his way into sleeping right between Jared and I, but ended up on the bed on the floor. He woke up at 3:45 am (after going to bed at 1 am) and said, "Hey! A noise woke me up, so I decided to wake ya'll up!" Jared replied with "Thanks! Now go back to bed!" lol Then he woke up at 5:45 am, and said, "Hey! It's light outside! Time to get up!" I convinced him to go back to sleep and then we all got up at 8. He is the cutest thing!!!!

*6/17-19/09: I've been packing for camp and Jared has been sanding and varnishing Pam's hardwood floors with her.


*6/20/09: Tomorrow is Joseph's 26th birthday! We are all going down to Montgomery to see him and his new place! We are, of course, taking Xander with us! We are taking him out to Red Robin and taking him shopping and then coming back home because tomorrow starts camp and it's Father's Day! So, Happy Father's Day to the best daddy in the world!

Erica & Me and Hannah Montanna

Monday, April 13, 2009, we were out of school! I woke up feeling terrible! I promised Erica we would go see the Hannah Montanna movie. All of her little friends saw it while we were at L2L, so we just had to go! It was such a cute movie plus I got to see it with ERICA! I especially love HM's new song, "The Climb!" While we saw HM, Jared and Dillion saw "Paul Blart, Mall Cop" at the dollar theatre. We had a good time!






That night our power went out and did not come back on until Wednesday afternoon. We lost everything in our fridge and both freezers! Oh well, "Life's a climb!"