Adventures

I LOVE FOOTBALL! It is so much fun getting decked out in the "super fan" attire and going to the game. It is especially fun when you get to sit where all the action is taking place, right in the middle of all the other super-fans.

This is Wayne (Chris's dad), Chris, Wilma, Joshua, Sydney, and Me. Yes, those are soldiers in the background. They were really fun to sit next to because they were even louder than all the cheerleaders! The cheerleaders followed them and not the other way around. It was GREAT!
Meet the Black Knight. This is the Army mascot. He would dance through our section from time to time. Isn't Sydney the cutest little cheerleader?!?!
If you can make out the score, Baylor 20 and Army 27. We won in overtime! YAY!!! What a good game to go to. I had a great time and even though I am not affiliated directly with Westpoint, I am now a "SUPER-FAN"

We have this amazing treehouse! It is two stories high and the kids like to play in it. They have many adventures such as playing pirates, taking the other captive, and play like it is a great ship taking sail for a lost treasure. They get dressed up in the proper attire and go have a great time. Yesterday Joshua told me that his friends at school and he had enough money saved up in the bank to build a castle. He was so excited about it! Sydney kept asking "Josh, how are you going to eat and how are you going to take care of yourselves?" I guess you can do anything when you are seven and do not have any care in the world except to purchase the house of your dreams and live there with all your friends. Wouldn't that be the life?
"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present-- which seldom happens to us."
-- Jean de La Bruyère. This quote reminds me when I was in 3rd and 4th grade, my friends Megan Workman, Eve Wells, Lyndsey Wham, and Meg Freeborn; we would go play on the playground at Anderson Christian School. We would have so many different adventures with pipe cleaner "worm families", taking trips back and forth to our imaginary "heaven", chasing boys, letting the boys chase us, dress-up, and so much more. Those were the days! It really is amazing that those days have made us into the women that we are today. I hope your day is filled with adventures and lots of care-free moments.

"The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands." Psalm 19:1 when I saw this beautiful scene it Reminded me of this verse. God always uses neat things to show us his faithfulness. Another verse I would like to share is Psalm 103: 11-13, 17 "For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him...But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him and his righteousness to children's children."
This is what the kids and I watch every morning while we eat breakfast. This picture does not do the sunrise ANY justice. It is really something the kids and I look forward to every morning. Sometimes we sing songs when we see it coming like "Sunrise, Sunset" or "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam" I think we all will be sad when daylight savings time ends. We will have to find something else to look forward to when it is earlier outside.
TARANTULAS!!! Need I say more??? They have been crawling all over our front lawn and this one was found on the road in front of our house. I told the exterminator about it and he assured me that they were not poisonous and that if it bit me that it would just feel like a bee sting. I am not going to take my chances. I just stay away! Far away from the spiders. I hope everyone has a great day!

Last week the kids had their first full week of school. They love their teachers and all the other kids in their classes. Wednesdays are chapel. These are the outfits that they have to wear for chapel and on regular days they wear more casual clothes during the week but this was their first day of school. I could not resist taking a picture of them. Aren't they so cute?!?
There is a train park that is located in Temple. I took the kids, along with some neighbors, to play. This is some of our neighbors Abby and Emma. At the park they have a old train engine that you can go into and play in. We had so much fun playing in the old engine. You could even ring the bell. It was so cool!
It has started to cool off a bit here. The weather is a bit more bearable. Instead of 107 all the time it is about 92 degrees outside.
Please continue to pray for some friends. I would also appreciate your prayers to better adjust to a new place. It has been a difficult adjustment. I am still in search of a church to worship in on Sunday mornings, also. Thank you so much for your prayers and support. I miss you all dearly and hope everyone is doing well. Love you!