Proud Mommy!!

Marion brought his score home for the reading part of the TAKS test and I was so proud of him because he only missed one!!!I so love this kid-he has got the biggest heart and is so affectionate which I EAT up!!He is such a blessing to our family-he adds life,love,and sweetness to our home!!If you are wondering,yes i made him pick a switch from the back yard and I spanked him with it for missing that one problem on the test! Just Kidding!!!

Whispering Pines!!

We went camping at a WONDERFUL campground in East Texas.If there is anyone looking for a great place to go camping,(cabin,rv,or tent)this is the place to go!!! It is called Whispering Pines RV & Cabin Resort and it is the best kid-friendly,fun-filling,family-feeling place you can go!There is nothing like this here in East Texas---Jason got the trailer loaded up and the boys are were so excited about going!!!
Here are all of my men!! Jason,Marion,Grayson,and Samson.They did all of the hard work packing while i worked-i got home and we jetted out!!
When we got to Whispering Pines,we where in for a treat-there was a very large group (about100 maybe??)people that play blue grass/folk music that got together there that weekend.They are people that are from different parts of the U.S. and a few times a year,they meet up at different places,bring out there instruments of all kinds,play all weekend,visit,eat,then go home at the end of the weekend.It is like a huge family.We happen to be there the weekend they were at W.P.It was really neat to sit around and listen to them play all weekend.

There were so many blue grass musicians-they had to break into a couple of different groups in different areas-this was on the pool patio and what they do is get in a some-what of a circle and go around and everybody gets a chance to sing-it was realy great!!
Here is our campfire at night.We love to sit around the campfire!!!
Whispering Pines has so much for the kids to do!There is tennis,basketball,horseshoes,jumping pillow(what Grayson was jumping on on above picture),swimming,playground,and planned activities!!Here are the boys playing golf with a boy they had met.
What is so incredible about it is they do planned activities every weekend-they pick a theme and do activities around that.Some themes are..Armed Forces weekend,Hawaiian Luau,Pirates,pink flamingo,Christmas in July,its all about chocolate,Mardi Gras weekend-and so much more!!!!This weekend was "foody" weekend.Here is Tiffany-the activity director-with the macaroni craft-Gray made a airplane.
You can rent a golfcart to drive around the resort-which we did.It was very nice,but Gray would have none of it--he wanted to ride his bike!!!
We went back to our campsite and made a fire and roasted dogs for lunch.
In the afternoon,Tiffany had a "cooking class" for all the kids-it was a no-bake cake--she got everybody involved-she did a good job with that.
Here is Marion and a friend he met that weekend learn' to no bake a cake.
What is so cool is they have 2 pools-1 pool for adults only with a hot tub and 1 pool for the kids--sooo cool!!Here are the boys with there friend Taylor.
I think the neatest part is whenever you leave-you feel like you have met family-people are soo wonderful out there and Marion and Grayson meet so many new friends everytime they go out there.Here are Marion and Grayson with many of there new friends fishing on the big pond out there.It is a great get-away!! Believe Me!!The information is Whisperingpinesrvresort.com 800-559-3817

The Rage!!

The RAGE is our youth group-Reaching After Godly Encounters.Steven is such a great youth pastor and does a great job connecting with them and ministering outside of the box.
He showed a video and preached about fighting for our faith,our life,and the tools to do so with.The Word and prayer-of course!!!!!
In the times we live,it is very easy for our faith and devotion to slip away because we get to busy with the worldly distraction.Steven put blind folds on each kid and told them it was much like going through life without our Lord directing us.I believe the kids got the point Steven was making.
Here is Steven ending the night-it was all so good!!

Love Letter to Grandmommie!!!

About a week ago-Grayson told me that he wanted to write Grandmommie a letter-i was really surprised because we weren't even talking about mom or anything! I asked him what he wanted to write in it and he whispered into my ear "I love you"-I said of course you can do that!!He then told me he wanted to put 'round money' (aka-coins)inside to send to her.On his birthday,mom always gives Grayson a couple of dollars in his cards and i guess he has never forgotten that because he wanted to send money to mom!!!So,so sweet!!!!
Grayson looked around the house for about 15 minutes trying to find something to put in the card--when it was all said and done,it contained--a letter expressing his love,a pencil from his room,a braclet he made at church and a colored picture he colored at curch.He was oh so proud!!He sealed it himself and even addressed it,put the stamp on and put it in the mailbox---needless to say,momma was beside herself!!!

Lifegroup

Every other weekend after church,we go to Pastor Doug and Judy's house for lifegroup-it is a chance to have fellowship and devotion with others in our church.Gray and Marion love to go because they love to feed the horses!!

Pasor Dill's Birthday~

Our church surprised P.Dill with a presentation during church and a reception after church to celebrate his 70th birthday.We are so blessed to have such a caring,God-fearing,passionate,loving,powerful,and strong pastor!!!!! He is such a example of God's unfailing love--he has been my biggest cheerleader and loudest encourager!! Jason and I feel blessed to serving the Lord with him!! Here is Louie Gohmert presenting him with a few items including a flag.
Louie and Pastor.Dill's family are good friends.
Marion with Louie.

Battlecry!!!!!!!

This past weekend,I went with our youth group to Battlecry in Dallas.Battlecry is a 2 day event bringing our youth together full of praise and worship,skits,good preachin' and devoting to changing this generation.Battlecry is put on by Teen Mania.Teen Mania is an organization with the desire for the young generation to passionately pursue Jesus Christ thru Acquire The Fire,global expeditions,and the Honor Academy.Teen Mania houses a few hundreds kids and is actually here in Lindale.
Here are some of the kids writing me notes on our way to Dallas-I had the older girls in my car,so it wasn't so loud and crazy!
Some of my girls-Rachael,Hailey,and Jessica!!
My baby got to go even though he is not old enough to be in the youth group-it is one of the perks of being a youth leader:)!!He had a blast!!!
Here we are-the band,Unhindered had us do some CRAZY worship-they were our worship leaders for the 2 days.It is sooo powerful to see over 7,000 youth praise God together!!!!!
Here is the guy who started Teen Mania-he preached on Jesus being a need in our life and not just a want.It was very good!!!!!
Leeland was our concert Friday night-anybody who listens to christian music knows that rocks-they were awesome!!I was really upset because I had to leave early on Sat. to photograph a wedding in Dallas--I missed Jeremy Camp and the Newsboys!
LEELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is another time at worship time that everyone had to get as low as they could.
Here is Unhindered in worship mode--as you can see,our seats weren't that great-God really made me humble because i really thought we should have had GREAT seats,since we are like family to the Teen Mania kids!Jason and I go pick up Teen Mania kids in our church van since most of them don't have cars,as part of our ministry.We are so close to many of them!!Maybe it is because we waited too late to get the tickets-dont know for sure,but will talk to them for next year:)!!!!Battlecry was great for our youth!!I volunteer because I am soo blessed when I do!I love these kids and it is so important to impact them at this age-I urge all of us to do more for this generation-it is sooo vital!!!!!