CONGRATULATIONS SHANNON AND PAUL!!

Shannon's engaged!!! Josh and I are so excited and happy for Shannon and Paul. Shannon and I along with many others have prayed for her future husband for years. As of last Sunday she is officially engaged!! The wedding is set for February 28th, 2009. The wedding is about 14 weeks away. While I was in town Shannon, Jennifer, Tonya, Joan, and her aunt Ann went on the hunt for her wedding dress. She fell in love with the second one she put on...we also ordered our dresses. It was a very productive day. I loved getting to see everyone and catching up!! Congratulations to Jennifer and Jeffrey they are expecting their first child in April.

Jennifer, Shannon, and Me

Me and Tonya.....Sorry but I had to cut Shannon and Jennifer out...didn't want to share the first picture of Shannon in her beautiful wedding gown.

Fun Day

We made Christmas cookies with LOTS of sprinkles!! Last time we made a big mess....we were more careful this time.

They love sprinkles

Leah was a little disgusted with the girls for licking their fingers.

Thursday night we went to eat with dad at La Mama's.

Dad and Leah

Anna, Leah, and Dad

Proud Pawpaw

Thanksgiving Play

I drove to Nash County on Wednesday to see Anna and Kara's Thanksgiving play at school. It was very cute.

Unfortunately, they separated Anna and Kara. Anna is in the far right corner on the first row and Kara is on the second row in the left corner...

Kara

Anna

Block Party

The start of the day......Last Saturday The Sanctuary hosted a block party in a local neighborhood. As we pulled out to go set up...Josh got the van stuck in the sand. In a few of the men were able to pull it out and we were headed to our destination!!

We had a great turn out. All the kids had a blast and the adults did too. Thank you to everyone who made that day possible. It was a great day!!!

Bowling

Last Friday night we went bowling with our church. We had a great time. It was a fun night of fellowship.

Pastor Tim....I heard they had good grilled cheese sandwiches

Me and Josh

Pastor James and Mrs. Jessica

We are a happy group

Fall Festival

While I was in town I went to the girl's Fall Festival. We had a great time playing games, eating, and riding the hay ride.Strawberry Shortcake and Blueberry Muffin

Aren't they so cute

Josh and me

Dad, me, and Heath

The girls

Mommy and her girls

Pawpaw and his girls

Candy Corn

Uncle Josh with Leah

Uncle Josh with the girls. We had a lot of fun!!

Happy Birthday Mom

We celebrated Mom's birthday a couple weeks ago. Megan, Dani, and Grandma came to visit. It was good to see everyone!!!! We hope mom had a wonderful birthday!!

That was good cake

Leah ~ 9 days old.

Megan and Leah

GO VOTE......

Josh and I voted today!! We waited in line for almost two hours to vote. We weren't prepared for the "high tech electronic" voting either. In Nash County you still have to go into the booth and fill in the circles COMPLETELY!! We are big city people now!! Did I mention we waited in line for almost two hours and it was pretty cold outside!!! I highly recommend early voting!!! I don't want to imagine what the polls are going to be like on November 4th!! GO VOTE!!

Pastor Appreciation

We are getting ready to start building our new church!!! We are extremely excited!

Today was Pastor Appreciation day for Pastors Daniel and Anne. We had a special service honoring them. Our Pastors are awesome. They are a gift from God. Josh and I are so thankful to be able to serve under them. We love them so much!! To honor them the church blessed them with a cruise or a vacation in Charleston.

Me and Miss Piper. She is the most adorable baby ever.

It was a great day!!!

Decorations

After Mike's Farm we came back to decorate for Pastor Appreciation. Someone had a sweet 16 party Saturday night at the church so we had to wait until the party was over to decorate.

Mike's Farm

Saturday night we went to Jacksonville to eat at Mike's Farm. We went with a big group of people from the church. We had a great time of fellowship and the food was GREAT!! The restaurant was in the middle of now where!! The picture above of the firetruck is for real..it is really called Back Swamp. This restaurant/farm was super busy. There was a two hour wait to eat. They have hay rides, country store with the best apple cider, and much more. We were not able to stay for the hay ride. We had to get back to decorate for our Pastor Appreciation service.

It was worth the wait to eat!!! Trust me you have to try this place once!!