Birds, Messes and Good Tameritans

We had a fun and productive weekend. We're getting ready to have a garage sale this upcoming weekend. What is sad is we had to clean the garage out before we can actually get it ready to have the sale! At the point this picture was taken, we had already cleaned up a lot.


While we were cleaning out the garage we had a sweet little visitor that had the hardest time finding his way back home.


After we had finished cleaning out the garage we took the kids to go see Kung Fu Panda. It was a cute movie that they kids really enjoyed. Tonight, of course, they were trying their best to become Kung Fu Masters.

Mr. Incredible Prince Caspian (as Jack now wants to be called) came to dinner tonight ~ check out his belt~.

He said after he ate dinner he was going to go fight the bad guys and be a good 'tameritan' (his Bible story this week at church).

First week of Summer Vacation

We have really enjoyed our first week of summer vacation. One of the best things about being a teacher is getting to enjoy time off in the summer with my kids. We have already spent 3 days swimming since school got out and had a couple of fun outings.

Pine Mountain Wild Animal Park
On Wednesday, we went to Pine Mountain Wild Animal Park with my Mom, Heather, Matthew and Noah.

Feeding the animals was such fun. Although Jack was a little apprehensive.

Heather wouldn't let the deer and buffalo give her any kisses and kept rolling up her window!

We got to feed zebras, deer, pot-bellied pigs, buffalo, bulls, and some other types of animals. The big ones (large deer and buffalo/bulls) LOVED sticking their heads (and tongues) inside our vehicle and looking for food. We had a great time!

Caroline is calling the baby deer to her.

Caroline and Noah walking to see the ligers, black bears, and camels.

Braves Game

Caroline and Jack before the game decked out in their Braves Gear.

Last night we had a blast going to an Atlanta Braves games with some of our lifegroup friends.

Perry, Sarah, Caroline and Jack

Even though I thought I was incredibly prepared backing everything from bug spray and sunscreen to wipes and trash bags, wouldn't you know it, I FORGOT THE TICKETS. I had to borrow the Nadreau's car and drive ALL the way back home and get the tickets. Oh well, we made it back before the game started. We sat up in the upper deck which was unbelievably hot (until about the end of the first inning when the sun when behind the stadium a bit). After enjoying some ballgame fare of hot dogs, cracker jacks, peanuts and frozen lemonade, the kids had fun doing the 'tomahawk chop' and cheering for the Braves.

Waiting for Jeff Francour (Jack's Favorite to bat)

We got to see Chipper Jones hit his 400th homerun and that was such a thrill.

Watching Chipper at bat - Number 400!!!!!

The Braves made several homeruns which is always so much fun as they shoot off fireworks from the large Coca-Cola bottle.

The Braves beat the Marlins 7-5~~~YEAH!

Baptism

This past week I had the honor and great pleasure to watch my dad baptise by immersion both James and Caroline in my parent's pool. Both James and Caroline had already been baptised before by sprinkling, but Caroline really wanted to be baptised by immersion, so she asked her daddy to do it with her. It was a really special time for the two of them to share. While standing under my parents' vine-covered back deck, it was a special time as my dad read about John the Baptist baptising Jesus in the Jordan River and how we were to follow His example. James then read Caroline's life verse we picked out for her 1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24 "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The One who calls you is faithful and He will do it".

My Dad baptised James and then James and my dad baptised Caroline. I was so proud of them all. What an awesome thing to be a part of.

And the blog begins.......

I am excited to finally get a family blog started. I have wanted to start one for some time and hope this will be a way to not only record and document what happens with our family but also to more consistently provide a way to stay in touch with family and friends. Thank you for taking the time to read our blog. Feel free to leave us a message.