James & Britan Johnson Family

Kristy Babysat!

2011-12-24T14:33:00.001-08:00

Matthews letter to Santa says: "All I want for Christmas is huGs anD kisses from mommY AnD DaDDY."

Andrews letter to Santa says: "I wunt a nothing. I hate you santa. I date blieve in you. You smell like beef and cheese!"

Marcs letter to Santa says: "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth - you hear ME! PS. or a teddy Bear.

More pics of boys...

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My handsome boys...

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Answered prayer!

2011-11-20T09:44:00.000-08:00

I'm thankful for the Ladies prayer time before the service today. We prayed for several needs. One need was for a 10 year old girl named Alleya to be saved. She told me last week that she had never asked Jesus into her heart and when I asked her if she wanted to she said, not now. I purposed in my heart that if she came today that I would again pull her aside and tell her the importance of being saved. She understood she was a sinner and started to cry. She prayed that Jesus would come into her heart to save her! YEAH! A victory! It was a good service today. The Lord also calmed my nerves when our ensemble sang "I have been blessed" for the thanksgiving special. It is a busy week with the nursing home in a couple hours and a rescue mission service tuesday but it will be fun. God is good!

More Pensacola Florida Teachers pics...

2011-11-13T09:21:00.000-08:00

Me and Wendy!

Pensacola Florida PCC Teacher Training

2011-11-10T09:09:00.000-08:00

We watched them catch a shark (and kill it) on the pier. YUCK!

The boys doctors visit...

2011-07-11T12:40:00.001-07:00

The doctor asked the boys what they have done fun this summer and Matthew replied, "Well, we have a fly in our house!"

Youth Impact Game...with Drew...

2011-07-11T12:36:00.000-07:00

Drew decided he wanted to try the game for youth impact. It was 2 tennis balls in the feet of pantyhose and the object of the game was to knock down bottles of water before your opponent.

Boys at Baker Pool...

2011-07-06T14:46:00.001-07:00

We had a good time at the pool yesterday. We are getting all the summer fun things done before we get back to the school routine. It was a nice day yesterday and so we went to New Castle to the Baker Pool.

Our 4th of July...

2011-07-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

We had a great night for the 4th of July. Spencer assembled a small grill we had around the church and we all cooked out on it. At fireworks time James took us all on the roof of the church! It was so much fun. This is a video of once I got down, the boys were still on the roof with daddy.

Chuck E Cheese

2011-07-03T15:06:00.001-07:00

Marc's 8th Birthday was so much fun! Wendy took me and the boys to Chuck E. Cheese when they opened and the boys had tons of tokens and played lots of games. I must say I did set the High Score for the Street Hoops game. My score was 155! Whoo-to-the-hoo!

We went on a family bike ride with James and the boys and we went to the reservoir to bike and the boys jumped off the dock into the water. They just loved that. It was really fun doing the "boy stuff". Then we went to Anderson to the Cracker Barrell. It was really good food and a fun time.

We celebrated Marcs Bday with my mom and dad Saturday and we had a lot of fun and Marc was spoiled so much with presents and cake and ice cream.

I can't believe my oldest is 8!!

Andrews Kindergarten Graduation

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Temple Christian Academy Kindergarten Graduation!

Our Family Getaway (Much Needed!)

2011-05-07T12:48:00.001-07:00

Our lives have been work-work-work, go-go-go non-stop for quite a while now. We set a date and all 5 of us went downtown to Indy and spent a day. First we went to Cracker Barrell for breakfast (can I get an AMEN!!), then we went to the Indians baseball game. We caught a t-shirt, then we walked to Circle Center mall and ate at Asian Chao which is our favorite and the lady there even remembered us from when we would ride our bikes there each Saturday when Matthew was a baby. We went upstairs at Circle Center and played in the arcade for a while. My favorite game there is deal or no-deal and you can win 2,000 tickets. I'm tellin ya its a kiddie los vegas! After the mall, we walked to Conseco Fieldhouse to see if anybody famous was practicing in the practice gym and we shopped in the gift shop. We walked back to Victory Field and saw the 2nd game (it was a double header) and then we went to Anderson on the way home and raced Go-Karts. Ok, so i made a bet with James that whoever lost had to buy dinner for the other. I'm convinced that somehow he got the guy to drain power out of my go-kart cuz i came in 2nd and y'all know I was trying! Then we went to Mulligans for dinner and I had to pay. It was a wonderful day. We dropped all the responsibility of life and the current stresses we have and just got away. I loved it. I thank God for my family. God has been so good to me.

My baby is 5!!

2011-04-29T16:58:00.000-07:00

Matthew turned 5 recently and had a Super Mario Bros Birthday Party!

We played Mario Bingo, had a Mario Cake and Mario Pinata. We played Ring Toss with 2-liter bottles of soda. We had a really fun time! I still can't believe my baby is 5!!

Video of Boys on Beach...

2011-03-31T12:14:00.000-07:00

My mom and I went to Orlando Florida this past week to take the kids to Disney. We had a great time. It was a lot of fun. The boys went to the Magic Kingdom and we got to see James sister Cassandra and her two beautiful girls. It was the first time my boys have seen their cousins. We stayed in Pensacola one night in a hotel off the beach. It was amazing. It was a very fun vacation!

Matthew making banana bread...

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January 2011, Retro Night Ladies Fellowship...

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We had a really fun ladie meeting Tuesday night at Temple Baptist. We did a throw-back night to the 50's, 60's and 70's. It was a blast! Penny Gwaltney, (my mom) did her testimony and our devotion and it was AMAZING! We had such a good time!

marcs play at school...

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Matthew and Andrew got baptized!

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Video of the boys singing at Good News Mission

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My cats....

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Yes! I am the crazy cat lady. (and proud of it!) Left to Right: Lyncoln, Flapjack, Bailey, and Coconut Ewie Hole. (oh yeah, we got a dog too.)

Sweetest Note Ever!

2010-12-05T09:02:00.001-08:00

This morning Marc wrote me the sweetest note and put it in my Christmas card holder. Here is what it said:

Marc lost his 1st tooth....

2010-11-28T11:05:00.001-08:00

Bobby Sanchez is BACK!!!!

2010-11-25T11:50:00.000-08:00

I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Bobby Sanchez after many years of inactivity! The florist delivered them to my class at school. All my kindergarteners saw me cry!

November Ladies Meeting...

2010-11-10T11:19:00.000-08:00

We had a great November Ladies Meeting. The theme of the meeting was "House Under Construction." It was a fun time of food and fellowship.

Drews new girlfriend, our new kitten Lincoln and our family adventure at the mall...

2010-09-06T12:57:00.000-07:00

Fun in Greenfield at That Fun Place...

2010-09-01T12:24:00.001-07:00

The owner was SOO nice. We drove up there to That Fun Place but they had switched to school hours and were closed so the Owner saw us and opened up just for us and gave the boys a free ride on each ride. It was so nice.

First day of Temple Christian Academy!

2010-09-01T12:15:00.000-07:00

Kristy Pie in Face Contest

2010-08-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

For a Church Bus Promotion, Eric and Kristy did a Pie in the Face contest. Kristy came in 2nd! Ha! Enjoy!

Monster Golf and Bouncy Place

2010-07-25T15:23:00.001-07:00

It was a fun day Saturday hanging out in Avon. We took the boys to the Glow-in-the-dark miniature golf place Monster Golf. it was a lot of fun. Marc treated it more like it was a 9 iron than a putter. My dad was being goofy and I took a picture of it to use as blackmail one day! He he! We have had a great weekend. We had 92 in attendance in church today. It was a good day in the Lord's house.

Temple Christian Academy...

2010-07-18T12:30:00.000-07:00

Janie and I did bulletin boards for the school... Take a look...

Zoo w/ Kids...

2010-07-18T12:27:00.001-07:00

We went to the Indy Zoo. It was Matthews first time to ride a roller coaster. We had a great time.

The other picture is of a frog I found in the yard. His name is Little Hoppy. He was just so cute I had to take a picture!

Indian Creek Camp w the Teens

2010-07-18T12:23:00.000-07:00

- I have NO respect for critics -

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Marcs 7th Birthday...

2010-07-06T14:55:00.000-07:00

For Marcs Bday we went to the Anderson Holiday Inn and spent the night. We had a fun time swimming. Marc had a cat cake that mamaw had made for him. It was a fun day.

June Update:

2010-06-27T13:02:00.000-07:00

We celebrated 11 years of marriage on June 5th. We got away for the weekend and really had a good time.

Marc's birthday is June 30th. My little boy will be 7 years old. We are going to celebrate by going to a hotel Weds night and enjoying time together as a family in Anderson Thursday. It was what Marc wanted to do. I will post pictures of the special day soon.

One picture was taken from the last youth activity at our church where my husband dunked while jumping over all 3 boys and Chad. It was a cool picture!

Another picture is a really cool graphiti we saw on a building. Matthew can't write yet but I anticipate in a few years this graphiti will be repeated just like this!!

Another picture is of the boys in their new Toy Story 3 T-shirts! So cute! I love Buzz Lightyear!

We are SOOOO close to listing our house for sale. We have all been working SOO hard to get the house in order and repair little things to help the resale value of our house. Our new house in Muncie is ready for us when we are we just need to sell the house in New Castle fast. Please pray our house will sell quickly. We know already that God is in it; we just pray for the house to sell quickly. We will miss that house. We have many memories there. We moved into that house when I was super preggo with Andrew and Marc was just about 1 1/2 yrs old. We brought Drew home from the hospital to that house. We have a super cool cat buried in the backyard. We love the yard and the memories that house has given us. We are excited to make new memories and cherish the old ones. Pictures are of some of the new things we are doing to fix up the house.

Sunday May 2nd report...

2010-05-08T13:13:00.000-07:00

This Sunday we had a great attendance in the high 70's and we had 2 people trust Christ as their Savior. I have the priviledge of leading a 14 year old girl to the Lord. I am so thankful!

Sunday May 9th I got a new kitten for Mother's Day. I named him Flapjack. He is fitting in just fine.

Pack the Pew Sunday! Praise the Lord we had 122 people!!

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Britans 29th Birthday...

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Almost too old to put my age in candles on a cake! The fire department

was on stand-by! I have ONE good year left!

My Baby Turned FOUR!!

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Marc and Andrew are riding bikes!

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My New Blackberry

2010-03-08T21:02:00.000-08:00

Today we both got new blackberry SmartPhones•

WHOO HOO

January Luau Ladies Meeting...

2010-03-05T16:19:00.000-08:00

It was 20 degrees outside but a warm luau inside. It was a blast. We played "find out your hawaiian name game" and "hot coconut game". The food was of course, a ham and pineapples and macadamian nut cookies. It was really fun.

Boys Got Their Pictures Taken Yesterday...

2010-02-20T07:42:00.000-08:00

We just got the boys pics taken yesterday. We are proud of our little men!

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I love my boys!

Indiana Weather! Ugh...

2010-02-10T12:23:00.000-08:00

I'm getting sick of seeing the map of Indiana on the live breaking news! On a positive note, I am learning many more of the weird names of the counties in this grand white-washed state. I am one school snow day away from insanity!

Andrew is 5 Years Old Today!!!

2010-01-10T13:47:00.000-08:00

Drew turned 5 years old today! My mom and dad came to our church since his bday was on a Sunday. It was nice having them here. We all went to the mexican restaurant for lunch and came back to the church to have cake and ice cream and open presents. It was a Lakers (Kobe Bryant) themed bday. He picked it! It was so much fun!

Christmas 2009

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Christmas Contata...

2009-12-14T07:44:00.000-08:00

We had the Christmas Contata Sunday night. We had a good attendance with the theme, "Tell Me the Story of Jesus." A young lady came forward and I had the priviledge of leading her to the Lord. How wonderful! So in the Sunday services we saw two young ladies saved! Praise the Lord! That's what it's all about!

Praise...

2009-12-13T13:32:00.001-08:00

I praise the Lord that in this mornings service I got to lead a 12 year old girl to the Lord! Her name is Makayla. Tonight is the Christmas Contata and we are excited to see what the Lord will do.

Marc Got Baptized!!!

2009-12-03T09:31:00.000-08:00

Marc was saved last October in Jr. Church and we wanted the decision of Baptism to be heart felt. It was about 2 weeks ago that Marc went to daddy and said, "I need to get baptized!" so James had the priviledge of baptizing Marc last Sunday. He did really good! We are so thankful for how God is using Marc!

Matthew in Corner...

2009-11-23T11:00:00.001-08:00

This is a picture of Matthew the other day. He was in the corner because he lied. I thought it would make for a good photo-op!

Savannah Trip

2009-11-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

My mom and I went to Savannah Georgia for a week just to get away. It was a lovely trip. We met and got our picture with Paula Deens boys Bobby and Jamie. The Lady and Son's restaurant was really good and the hotel was beautiful. We went on a dinner cruise which was fun. It was a nice time.

Halloween at Mamaws House....

2009-11-01T08:39:00.001-08:00

Fall Leaves...

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Halloween Cookies

2009-10-28T16:58:00.000-07:00

The other day we did a lame attempt at Halloween Cookies. They tasted good though!

October Ladies Meeting Pictures...

2009-10-24T08:00:00.000-07:00

October was a really FUN Ladies Meeting. We had the theme, "What's Your Heart's Condition?" and it was a medical themed meeting. We had "Heart Healthy" food (salad bar) and we had heart related door prizes... (Heart Healthy Soup, Heart Bracelet, Medical Dictionary Gift Set, Subway Gift Card, etc.) It was a lot of fun. Our Youth Pastor, Bro. Aaron imitated Pastor Johnson and did a great job. He even parted his hair to look like him. It was funny. Also 2 couples in the church did a funny song "Count Your Fat Grams" to the tune of Count Your Blessings. It was so much fun!

Airplane Ride over Muncie...

2009-09-17T16:29:00.000-07:00

November 2008, I purchased a Christmas gift for James. We just now got to use it. I bought a Discovery Flight for 30 mins at the Muncie Airport. It seemed like an out of the ordinary gift. I knew James had flown a plane before and enjoyed it so I thought this would make for a great gift. Then James' arm broke and he wasn't able to use it. We saw the gift certificate just the other day and decided to use it. To our suprise the instructor said he had a 6-seater plane and would let the whole family fly. He even took us by our church and then had James fly us to New Castle and make 2 laps around our house. The aerial photo is of our house. The instructor showed the boys what the parts of the airplane were and we "inspected" it. The instructor was great and went over and beyond what we paid for. It was AMAZING! We all had a ton of fun!

ROAD TRIP: Orlando (December)

2009-09-17T06:13:00.000-07:00

ROAD TRIP: Whoo-Hoo! We have for sure planned a family vacation to Orlando, Florida right after Christmas! My Sister-in-law Cassandra and her family live there. We are excited to be able to see our Niece and possibly see our Niece who is 'in the oven'. Also Disney World is a fun thing to do while down there! I can't wait.

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Sunday services...

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We had a great church service this morning with 74 in attendance. I love my church! God is good!

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My theme for the week - NORMAL is GOOD!

Pictures of Racing Themed Sept. Ladies Meeting...

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September Ladies Meeting- Enjoy the Race...

2009-09-09T05:28:00.000-07:00

We had a great Racing Themed Ladies Meeting last night at church. We had 16 ladies in attendance all eager to have fun and get in God's word. We praise the Lord for Heather Miller's testimony she shared with us. Evelyn had a really fun game involving a spoon relay with a greased egg! It was so much fun. We are looking forward to the 2nd Tuesday of October now for the next meeting.

September already...

2009-09-03T11:09:00.001-07:00

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. Marc started school and loves it. He has a girlfriend now. He came home all excited about this girl named Savannah. She is a 1st grader too. James and the guys from church went on a Men's Retreat and had a lot of fun. This Tuesday night is our Ladies Meeting at church. I am SO excited but really want to have ladies attend. I know how it is scary to go to something for the first time but I am certain that each lady will have fun. We have AWESOME fun doorprizes and games.

We have put a camping tent out in the backyard. It is our intention to campout some night this week. We were hoping for Friday but realized there is a Youth Rally. With Marc in school it has to be on the weekend but with a husband who is a Pastor the weekends are the WORST! Someone asked me if I look forward to the weekends- I love our church and it is always exciting but very busy with behind the scenes things so I 'look forward' to Mondays, my husbands day off. We added it up and there is an evening church activity going on each day from now until next Friday Sept 11th night. So James is pretty good to faithfully take that day off unless someone has surgery or something on that day. We have been working on a fence in our backyard. I will take a picture when it is done. We've worked the last 4 Mondays put together and we are near done. It is hard work considering it is mostly just me and James doing the work. We rented an auger and are just figuring things out. Well that is an update on my life and what is going on.

One Big Happy Family...

2009-08-19T10:39:00.000-07:00

Our Kittens, Coconut and Flash have officially welcomed Reagan into their club!

Marc's First day of 1st Grade...

2009-08-18T05:40:00.000-07:00

Today is Marc's 1st day of 1st Grade! He has a great teacher this year, Mrs. Bell. He will be riding the bus to school, (The bus comes at 7am sharp!) and I will be picking him up from school at the end of the day. If he can just make it through today...He only has to do this for the next twelve years of his life.

Sick Kids...

2009-08-12T16:00:00.000-07:00

I am not going to church tonight. I have 2 very sick kids. Drew (so far) has thrown up 6 times and Marc has thrown up 2 times. Matthew hasn't been sick. (He pretended to throw up since he thought that was the cool thing to do!) I am praying this is a pretty quick thing that they get over before bed.

Marc will start 1st Grade Tuesday...

2009-08-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

Marc will start school on Tuesday the 18th. I just found out that his bus will pick him up each day by 7AM! Crazy! That is middle of the night to me! Poor guy. I know Marc is excited to start school and be a BIG boy again. But...Drew, Matthew and I will be sitting around all day long missing him.

I told you... (here's PROOF!)

2009-07-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

I have said that our cat Coconut and our puppy Reagan truly are FRIENDS! I just had to post these pics as my proof!

Church Nursery Bathroom Renovation...

2009-07-27T14:23:00.000-07:00

This picture will be on the church website blog as well but we are just so excited to see the finished product that I wanted to post this pic on my blog too.

James, Jared (the visiting evangelist) and John put in SO MANY hours this week working from early in the morning til super late at night to remodel this bathroom. Everything in this bathroom looks SO much better. We are excited. We now have ladies that are excited to work nursery! Ha!

Andrew said...

2009-07-26T13:03:00.001-07:00

Last night we had the evangelist and his wife over to play Dutch Blitz. While the boys were supposed to be in their beds sleeping, Matthew comes down the stairs to report that Drew had just been talking and out of his bed. Then James told Matthew to go upstairs. As Matthew was at the top of the stairs we heard a whisper from Andrew saying, "I told you if you didn't tell Daddy, I would give you money...Matthew!"

Bounce About...

2009-07-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

We went to Bounce About here in New Castle today. It was their Grand Opening and admission was 1/2 off. We had so much fun bouncing!

Reagan new pics...

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With her favorite stuffed animal. You can see how she has grown.

VBS...

2009-07-22T17:47:00.000-07:00

I have already updated the church blog, but I wanted to update a personal blog with my take on VBS. It was a CRAZY week. It is times like that though that the church members come together and pitch in to help with snacks/crowd control/games etc. It was a very exciting time.

I was able to lead 6 girls to the Lord during VBS (3 tuesday night; 3 thursday night) and then 2 of the moms to the Lord (1 friday night;1 sunday morning). I really praise the Lord for this opportunity! Our Andrew raised his hand thursday night in his boys class. James worked with him and Drew really does know he is a sinner and we believe he has that childlike faith that is required.

On a side note...I lost 5 lbs this week. I focused less on eating and was busy. Anyone who knows me knows I don't gain a pound easy and I don't lose a pound easy so to see 5lbs less come friday that was great news!

We are excited for what the Lord is continuing to do in our lives and we praise Him that He will use us.

Big Lollipop!

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Pics I took today of the Boys.

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Marc's 6th Birthday Luau Party...

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Pic of Drews head...

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Poor little guy...

Andrew's ER Visit...

2009-07-03T06:30:00.000-07:00

Last night when we came home we told the boys to put on their "P-Jammers." Drew was done first and with his extra time decided to run "laps" around the inside of our house. On one lap, Drew fell down and split his forehead open. It was quickly obvious it would need stitches. James took him to the ER here in New Castle and instead of stitches they used a hot glue. Drew was extra brave! He came home about 11pm and was very happy to have new stickers and suckers to show for it!

Drew's Funny Comment...

2009-06-25T17:05:00.000-07:00

When asked what Andrew wanted to be when he grows up, he replied, "I want to be one of those guys who doesn't have a home and lives in their car and talks alot!" After thinking about it for a moment, I realized he meant he wanted to be an EVANGELIST! Dwight Smith had just done a revival and made a big impression!

Chicken Pox..

2009-06-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

Two of my three boys have chicken pox!!! Poor guys!

To the right are pictures of me when I had Chicken Pox at 1 1/2 years old!

Puppy Pics...

2009-06-21T13:52:00.001-07:00

Ok, so rather you are a dog person or not, this picture is cute! This is Reagan with his stuffed dog that he loves.

Puppy Update...

2009-06-18T19:19:00.000-07:00

An update on Reagan the puppy... Dog ownership is 10x's harder than cat ownership. I am most definately without a doubt in my mind, a cat person. Don't get me wrong, I do like Reagan and in my opinion, he is the cutest puppy ever, but WOW it is a lot of responsibility. I have to just remind myself this is MARC's dog so it is worth figuring out. He LOVES Reagan and is super good to take her out and walk and play with her. I know soon I will be able to relax and be a very proud dog owner. I am just going through that getting to know a dog phase. Reagan is so sweet and very good compared to stories I have heard of other puppies. Those of you that know me from years back know that I had a dog when I was 4 (a beagle named R-Buckle) but that was a totally outdoor dog and kindof hands-off. So I am new to this whole dog thing. I said a few months ago I didn't get what people see in dogs, I'm starting to come around (for Marc's sake).

We got a Puppy...

2009-06-17T06:41:00.000-07:00

Marc will be 6 years old at the end of the month. James and I knew Marc was responsible enough to take care of a puppy. So we got this pup for Marc yesterday. We named her Reagan. She is really sweet! More pics real soon!

More pics from Tennessee...

2009-06-11T18:28:00.001-07:00

These two pictures were from Ripleys Aquarium. I was a scuba diver and James was touching Sting Rays. It was fun.

Our Gatlinburg TN trip!

2009-06-06T08:57:00.000-07:00

James and I celebrated our 10th Wedding Anniversary in the same place we spent our honeymoon-Gatlinburg, TN. We spent 5 days at the Copeland Creek Cabins. We went to the Comedy Barn which was so much fun and I would recommend to everyone for clean comedy and entertainment. The next day we went to a Breakfast Gospel show which was a fun thing to do. Then that afternoon we went to Magic Beyond Belief which was a family friendly magic show. The magician Terry Evanswood actually had me on stage to view from the seat on the stage that what we were seeing was genuine. It was a trick where his assistant disappeared. It was amazing. Some of the pictures are from me on stage with the magician (I'm in a black and white dress). It was such a cool experience! Magic in general we as Christians are very cautious about but this show was truly family friendly and an amazing show. I recommend it to those visiting Pigeon Forge! The next day we went to the Ski Lift but there was just not a parking spot anywhere! We went to Ripleys Aquarium and it was fun. We sprinkled all this fun centered around eating at some really fun restaurants, of course!

We are so thankful to my mom for watching the boys for 5 straight days! Plus when we came home she had cooked us dinner and had the house clean! I don't know how she did it! We are glad to be back home and getting back to work.

Vacation!

2009-06-01T06:08:00.000-07:00

Whoo- Hooo I'm going on my 2nd Honeyoon to celebrate 10 years of marriage! See ya in a week! (I must praise the Lord that he brought me out of my recent sickness. Even yesterday my fever was 104.2 and he brought it down to 98 within the night! Praise the Lord!)

10 Year Anniversary!!!

2009-05-28T08:46:00.000-07:00

Friday June 5th will be our 10 year anniversary. I am making this post early because we are going on vacation for a 2nd honeymoon!

Revival with Evangelist Dwight Smith

2009-05-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

Sunday morning in the service we had 90 people. We had 3 salvation decisions made and many other spiritual decisions. Sunday night he spoke on "What to do when your world comes crashing down." Many decisions were made at the alter including one teen girl for salvation. Last night, Monday, Dwight spoke on "A critical spirit" and many decisions were made. We had one girl baptized monday. This morning, Tuesday, we are looking forward to the service. We have one to baptize and the preaching is a teen emphasis. We are excited to see what God will do tonight!

More Wedding Photos...

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The Boys at Bro Aarons Wedding...

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Quilt...

2009-05-18T15:26:00.001-07:00

All the ladies of the church secretly were putting together this beautiful quilt for James and I for our 10 year wedding anniversary. We LOVE it! It is the colors green, burgundy and gold. Thanks to all the ladies involved.

2009-05-18T07:22:00.000-07:00

Praise the Lord! I got to lead an adult lady to the Lord in the morning service! We pray God uses her life to the fullest!

Marc before school today...

2009-05-14T10:06:00.001-07:00

In line at school, we had some time to kill...

Matthew Weds. Night in the Car...

2009-05-14T06:30:00.000-07:00

This is a picture Kristy took on her phone. We were just talking away and the boys were suprizingly quiet for a moment. We look back just a minute later and apparently Matthew had a purple marker!

Mother's Day

2009-05-10T20:25:00.001-07:00

We had a good service at TBC for both Sunday services. We had 85 in attendance for the morning Mother's Day sermon. We had a contest to see which lady could bring the most visitors. The lady who won the $50 gift card brought 8 visitors to the service.

Also, We praise the Lord for one following the Lord in believers Baptism in the evening service. We are looking forward to our Revival services in 2 weeks.

Coconut in Fridge...

2009-05-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

When Kristy babysits, it is ALWAYS exciting. Tuesday I had a Drs. appt and so she kindly watched the kids. She took this picture of what commonly happens at our house- Coconut the kitten in the FRIDGE! That poor cat! Good thing Kristy found her. Ha! (One disclaimer, Coconut does hop in every chance he gets!) Kristy is a great friend and babysitter. She was paid in Mexican food. What can I say, it was Cinco de Mayo!

Bulls...Brunettes....Blogs

2009-05-05T05:52:00.000-07:00

So I posted this as the Bulls were making a comeback in game 7. How many overtimes does one series need? But now that the Bulls are out...so now I will root for the Orlando Magic for 2 reasons... My sister-in-law lives there in Orlando and second, Dwight Howard is a Christian.

I found out the one person that did vote for Brown hair for me. I talked to them and it is funny to finally know who it was. And no, I am not telling who; but I will say, It was from a dark-haired person herself.

I am in charge of keeping up the blog on http://www.templebaptistmuncie.org/ site so check it out sometime. That is where I will primarily write follow-ups on what goes on at church, salvation decisions, activities, etc.