FAN-ATIC

A very devoted fan gets out every Sunday morning with his pushmower and leaves this tribute to his team. It's on a hill by a state road near us. Incidentally, the Jags whipped some Texan hiney today, 37-17. :)

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

5K walk to raise money for breast cancer research:
"Southpaw" mugging for the camera
Part of our route went down River Road:
There were local acts and musicians along the route to entertain the walkers. I saw two that I knew personally...
We made it to the finish line, woohoo!! ;)

More pics HERE

Happy Birthday, Early

My 2nd youngest is going to be 14 in a few days. Granny and Papa will be out of town, so they took him to dinner. We tagged along :)

I call this one "Papa in the Headlights"...don't know HOW my camera startled him at this point...you would think he'd be used to it by now, between the three of us! ;o)
Birthday boy's lasagna...and no, he couldn't finish it all ;)

Mirror Mirror On the Wall

Sun Flower

Spider in the Sky

Well...it IS the month of Halloween... ;o)

The View From My Window

I was tagged by Shana to show you the view from my window. Or in this case, my front door. :) Nothing remarkable, just more houses. I like it though, because I remember standing here on a pile of dirt, looking out at more piles of dirt and lumber. It was an exciting time, building a house.
Here's the actual window-view at this moment. I don't usually get into decorating for Halloween, but there is a special reason why I needed to. I'll share it in a few days...

Tired Tigger

that is one tired Tigger! Look closer, it's not RJ. :) It's his best buddy T. He came and played with us today, and play they did!! I put RJ in his room for a nap and came back out to find this. :) What a cutie. They had a great time together. RJ is asking for him to come back, which he will have to do soon.

Deacon Ordination

The husband of one of my most precious friends was ordained a deacon in our church Sunday night.
Two other men were ordained also. It was a very special time, and I'm privileged to call them my friends. :)
Maybe one day? Who knows...

Low-Country Boil

If you have never had this, I highly recommend it! Everthing is cooked together in a huge pot outside, and it is SO good.


A co-worker of R's (who is also a good friend) invited us up to Brunswick on Saturday. He had a fellowship for his Sunday School class at a recreation center on the river. This is Dave:


Not only was there awesome food to be eaten, there was awesome singing to be heard. They sang some I knew and some I didn't, and it was all good :)
After a very rainy morning, it shaped up to be a beautiful afternoon.

The kids played on the playground until they dropped, caught fiddler crabs by the river, and generally ran wild and had a ball.

I was glad we got to go. After the fellowship, we went back to Dave's house to visit awhile with him and his family. It was a great time and I'm happy he invited us. :)

KBBC Ladies Fall Retreat

We had our annual retreat last weekend with our church's women's ministry. We had an awesome group this year:

There was good music,
good Bible study,
...and of course, lots of pranking and late-night hi-jinks. This tree "mysteriously" appeared right in front of our door around midnight. After a "mysterious" knock-and-run, followed by an equally "mysterious" phone call. :)
Of course, the mystery was solved, once we found the culprits hiding out in the cafe across the hall!
Naturally, we got in on the action after that. Let's just say that tree got around an awful lot, for a tree. Then add some toilet paper, and you get the general idea :)

No retreat would be complete without sustenance. We had to hit Walmart on the way to the hotel. Yes, this was just for OUR room! We were laughing at how our cart must have looked to the other walmart shoppers. We looked like we were on our way to the river for a bulimic convention. ;)

It was a great weekend. I'm already looking forward to next year.

You can see more pics here

Fun With Macro

and righteous bokeh! ;o)

Let Your Light Shine

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16

I'm not always so good at following this. As a matter of fact, I'm prone to fail miserably. It's good to remind myself...frequently :)

Deluge

"Most of the time it was probably real bad being stuck down in a dungeon. But some days, when there was a bad storm outside, you'd look out your little window and think, "Boy, I'm glad I'm not out in that." " ~ Jack Handey

Say AHHHH...

We had to make a trip to see our favorite Doctor today. RJ has the croup. It is going around, we have had at least 3 other cases at our church, and Dr. A said RJ was his 4th case already today, at 11:00 this morning.

I have had other pediatricians, when my olders were small. I wish Dr. A had been around then, he is THE BEST!! We have been going to him for about, gosh, I guess it's been over 8 years now. He has taken care of RJ since birth, I call him "The Baby Whisperer". ;)

One of my favorite cyberspace friends, FC , recently had a post about his calling as a teacher . There was much discussion about why he's so good at what he does. I believe it's a gift, just like Dr. A has a gift and I believe he was meant to be a Doctor for the little ones. He has not changed one bit in the years we've seen him, he is always so gentle, patient, and loving with these babies. RJ has never experienced a moment of fear or anxiety with this Dr. -- only with his nurses :)
Poor little guy, feverish eyes, voiceless with a barking-seal cough...but he has the meds now and we know he will be good as new in no time.
I have two other puny ones today too, one is head-achy and one is queasy. This started out to be a very stressful and challenging day. As I took the dog out before we left for the Dr, this is what I saw:
Nothing like a beautiful reminder that God always keeps His promises, and His grace is sufficient for me. :)

(and an aside to my friend Melissa , who is also sick, whose very little one is also getting over the croup...hope you are feeling better) :)