Bible Bowl

The Sunday before last, we competed in an Bible Bowl. It included kids and adults. My team (Team 4, We know more!) consisted of Paul and Kin Kelsey and Jared and myself. Unfortunately, Addi came down with the flu, so Kim could not come to the Bible Bowl. The Bible Bowl was held at Springville Road Church of Christ. We made the highest score on the test!!! Proudly, our church dominated! I mean that humbly, but proudly! Well, Team 4 won the whole Bible Bowl! I am so proud of our team!

Blast From the Past

I've been working on making a video for Jared's dad. While scanning pictures, I came across this "hunky" picture of Jared. For anyone who attended Faulkner in 1999, you may remember Kappa/Phi Lambda's Jamboree show. Jared was Elvis, who married couples who wanted to get married before the new millenium. It brings to mind the fitting song they played through one part of this mind boggling show, "Party Like It's 1999!" If you saw the show, you were probably confused and slightly amused, I know I was. Ahhh, the memories, good memories!

Valentine Week

Apart from being sick, I had a really great week! While I was sick, my mama sent me food, snacks, and cough drops twice, my brother delivered food once and called to check on me and see if I needed him to make me some mashed potatoes, and my husband was just wonderful! I couldn't help but feel blessed and very lucky!
For Valentine's Day, Jared and I ordered each other some shoes we wanted. On Valentine's Day, Jared sent me some beautiful flowers. He has never sent me anything but roses, so something different was nice. He said he wasn't sure if I'd like it, but he took a gamble anyway. I think they are gorgeous! He ordered them so they would bloom after I got them so they wouldn't be half dead by the time I got them. So, I had to wait to take a picture of them. They are blue irises and pink lilies. Jared picked up steaks from Logan's and brought it home. DELICIOUS! My daddy got me a pair of jade earrings. I love them! It was totally unexpected. I love my family!
My grandparents came Friday for a visit. We always have a good time with them! Saturday we played cards all day! Mostly we played Sausage and a little SkipBo. Monday we played SkipBo all day and double SkipBo. When we get together with my mom's family, we always play cards. We play so much, that when they leave, I have withdrawals! They left today. Hopefully we will get to see them one more time before they head back to Pennsylvania.

Tagged!

Directions:
1) Answer each question.
2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket (www.photobucket.com)
3) Take any picture from the first page of results and post. (click on the picture and copy the HTML code) Don't explain, it's funnier that way!


1. The age you will be on your next birthday?


2. A place you would like to travel?


3. Your favorite place:


4. Your favorite thing to do:


5. Your favorite food/candy:



6. Your favorite animal:


7. Your favorite color:


8. The town in which you were born:


9. The town in which you live:


10. The name of a past pet:


11. The name of your current or past boyfriend/girlfriend:


12. Your nickname/screen name:


13. Your middle name:


14. A bad habit of yours:


15. Your first job:


16. Your grandmother's name:




17. Your favorite song:

Being Sick is NO Fun!

Today is the first day in five days that I have been able to get off the couch. It has not been fun! I really don't have the energy now, I'm just tired of laying down. I hate missing work because it is more work to miss than to go; however, I am in no shape to go. I also hate missing church. I can't remember the last time I had to miss a whole Sunday! Jared has been GREAT! He waits on me hand and foot, which is nice, but after a while I start to feel bad because he has to do everything. He brought me Chick-fil-A chicken noodle soup last night for dinner, but I didn't finish it, so it will probably be lunch, too. Well, Leave it to Beaver is calling me, so I must return to the couch. How can I end on a cheery note?

Survivor Retreat (continued)

Team Spring


Team Summer


Team Winter




I am sorry about breaking up this post, but I don't have time to sit here and download everything at once.
Saturday of the retreat we woke-up and had a delicious breakfast! I ate too much and wanted more! Before breakfast, Josh spoke and did a wonderful job! We then had a mens class and a ladies class. Kim taught the ladies and Paul taught the men. Both did an outstanding job! I personally heard Kim's (of course) and Jared said that Paul's lesson was the best he had ever heard Paul do, and Paul doesn't do poor lessons! So thanks to them both! We then had our Bible scavenger hunt, followed by our team relays,and then lunch. Yummy food again! After lunch we played the Bible Match game and the Second Verse game. After that, Eddie Nagle spoke and did a fantastic job, too! Next was a scrumptious dinner and then clean-up, and then go home! For more specifics on the events see Train Up A Child, Paul's blog to the right. We had a very uplifting time! Can't wait til next year!

Sylvan Springs Church of Christ Survivor Retreat 2008

TEAM FALL

Once again, we had a fantastic time at the Survivor Retreat! Our theme this year came from II Timothy 4:7-" I have fought a good fight..." Everything we did centered around I & II Thessalonians, I & II Timothy, and Titus. Jared led singing and Josh gave us our first devotional on Friday night and did an excellent job! Then we drew teams and received our team names and buffs. Our teams were: Spring, Summer, Fall, & Winter.

Fun in the Snow (final)

Ok, dial-up can be really frustrating at times! I have tried numerous times since last Thursday to post 4 measley pictures and something always messes up. Here is the last pic. It is of Pam and her snowman.

Fun in the Snow (continued)

Fun in the Snow

Well, the retreat was cancelled because of the "big winter storm." Katie called, so Jared and I met Josh, Katie, and Hannah, and Casey at Chili's for dinner. Before we left for Chili's, Jared and I were talking to Pam and Joseph on the phone and Jared declares that they are spending the night. So, after dinner, we came home and waited on Pam and Joseph to get here. By then, we were too tired to do much of anything (we're getting old. Jared and Joseph watched tv and Pam and I dozed on the couch. Saturday I woke up two different times and was disappointed to see no snow. I mean, if we couldn't have the retreat, then it had better snow! Finally, I woke up to stay up and looked out the window and saw snow! Now, I spent 5 years of my life living in PA and it snowed all the time, but it has been 8 years since I've seen the last AL snow. I ran in to wake up Pam and Joseph and just found Joseph. I then found Pam on the couch. She had been up for awhile, showered, cooked, and fell back to sleep (hey, she had a nap the day before!). We ran to the porch in our pj's and marvelled at the snow. It makes you all giddy and child-like! It's a nice feeling! The sad part was the fact that by the time I got showered and dressed, and Jared, too, the snow was fastly melting! We recreated the snow scene. Joseph climbed the trees in the yard and we would stand under them while the snow fell, and one of us took the pictures. We took the hard snow from the cars and had a snowball fight. The bad part was when the hard snowball hit and didn't bust, it stung, but on the other hand, you could pick it back up and retaliate! We had fun!

I've been tagged (see other blogs for rules because Jared is hollering for me to hurry so we can watch Celebrity Apprentice)!


Weird Facts:
1. Everything MUST match.

2. My closets are also very organized, including Jared's (for details see Hannah's Mommy blog to the right).

3. I Have to have a shower first thing every morning! I even shower before I work in the yard. I NEVER leave the house without showering.

4. I make my bed EVERY morning.

5. Everything has its place and when you use something, you really need to put it back in its place when you are finished with it.

Now that you've decided I'm certifiable, I will go!

Cruiser's Cafe on Route 66, December 23, 2007

More Pictures At The Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon, December 23, 2007

After the AM services we headed off thowards the Grand Canyon! It was amazing! The drive was very scenic so that made it easy to drive, despite the lack of sleep! Enjoy!

The Big Day, December 22, 2007

The wedding was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time! The coolest part of the reception was the fact that they had a coffee bar to keep us warm while they took pictures. Now the best looking groomsmen was Jared, by far!

More Pictures of the Great View