The Cliffs at Possum Kingdom

We've been playin' at Possum Kingdom this week with my parents. The kids ABSOLUTELY love tubbin' behind Granddad's boat.

Infact, this was the first time for Kate and Connor to tube.

At first, Kate went Granda and Connor rode with me.

And then they decided that they liked it so much they both wanted to go by themselves!

They had SOOOO MUCH FUN!!

"The End"

Celebration

On Sunday, August 9, 2009 we got to celebrate our son's salvation!

On Wednesday, July 29th Connor asked Jesus in his heart. If you missed it, you can

see him pray here. We were having a little family reunion this weekend

at our house so we waited until Sunday for him to be baptized.

It is always the purest form of joy to see you child choose to follow Christ.

And it was a double dose to see Connor follow through

with his baptism. He was nervous when we first mentioned baptism.

(Remember, this is the child with sensory issues.)

But when Michael showed him in the Bible where Jesus commands us

to do so, Connor knew he would "try".

Pastor Barry asked, "Connor, is Jesus your Lord and Savior?"

And Connor said quite LOUDLY and VERY clearly, "YES SIR!!"



"It is my privilege, then, to baptize you in the Father,....

"....the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

AMEN, AMEN, AND AMEN!!

Foto Find Friday

Angie is hosting "Foto Find Friday", a new blog hop where each week we'll post a variety of pictures, relating to a topic she chooses. It's a super great way to make sure you're using your camera EVERY day. It will also cause us to look at the things around us in a different "light"!! So, come on a join us!!

This week's focus is "flowers", so here's one from my flower bed in the front of our house.

Prayer Blog

Just thought I would let everyone know that I posted an update on the prayer blog, www.miracles-in-the-making.blogspot.com , regarding Shaylee (the little girl mauled by a pit bull). Our prayers are being answered!! Not only is she improving, but she might be able to go home soon!!

She still has years of surgeries ahead of her, but God is healing that little girl!! She looks so much better in her recent pictures. If you click over to take a look, please leave some words of encouragement in the comments section for her family.

Thanks!!

Soap Box #1001

For those of you who know me well, you would probably agree that I'm pretty easy going and easy to get along with. (If you don't think so, just pretend for a moment.)

HOWEVER, you don't want to get on my bad side, hit list, or soap box. Well, congratulate Marriott because they've been promoted to #1 on my hit list.

They have frustrated me to no end. Seriously.

When Michael started working for Biolase over three years ago, he signed up with the Marriot rewards program because he knew there would be several occasions where he would need hotel accomodations. SOMEHOW, during this process his name was entered incorrectly. And we have been trying ever since to have the spelling corrected.

Every piece of mail from them has his name as "MichEal Roony". No joke.

His emails are addressed to "Mr. Roony".

He can't log onto his Marriott account because of the mis spellings.

And EVERY time we make a reservation, they can't find his account because the name on his credit card on file doesn't match the name on his account.

And EVERY stinkin' time we check in to a dang Marriott hotel, they politely notify us that his name isn't spelled correctly in their system. NO JOKE.

And as anal as I am, don't you think I've tried nothing short of 1001 times to have it changed to the correct spelling? And EVERY time the Marriott employee will say they've fixed it.

Until the next time we make a reservation, or receive mail, or an email and 'lo and behold....it's addressed to freakin' MichEal Roony.

So I called the Marriott 1-800 number yesterday and asked to speak to a supervisor. Everyone knows if you want anything accomplished on an 800 number you really need to go through the supervisor. I have you know that stinkin' little snob WOULD NOT let me speak to her supervisor because she THINKS she fixed his name. Seriously. At this point, you have to laugh.

Someone out there in blogland MUST have connections to an employee of Marriott. I'm thinkin' I should offer a reward to the employee who could actually fix this problem. Let me know if you have any connections.

Panning

We learned a new technique in my photography class and I had a chance to practice today. Panning is the term given when you "freeze" a moving object, but the background shows the movement. I had so much fun with this!

I used shutter speed 1/40 f-stop 32 ISO 200. Did I mention how much fun this was??

On another note, I think I totally lost my mind today (what was left of it, anyway).

Michael has been asking for some time now that I go blonde.

Beach blonde. Platinum.

Jessica Simpson or Carrie Underwood blonde.

And today I gave in.

Don't know what in the world I was thinkin'!!!!

When I walk by a mirror, I have to look twice because I still don't recognize myself.

Not sure it's me...but my man is thrilled.

When I get up the nerve, I'll post a pic.

Now, some of you who visit this blog are bound to have some

"crazy hair" stories. So...let's hear it!!

Leave you story in the comments!

Lazy Saturday

We all slept until AFTER 8:00 this morning. WOOHOO!! I spent most of the morning working on material from my photography classes.

Then about mid day we all decided to get outside to catch some rays. Due to VBS it's been almost two weeks since I've seen some decent sun and my tan is fading quickly. Of course, once we got out, we noticed it was a little cloudy.



But we made the most of it.



We even got the pups in on all the fun!





Ethan was taking a nap, so therefore he missed the photo opp in the pool.



Within just half an hour, the sky changed....





The storm was pretty rough, so we'll be inside the rest of the evening. I'm thinkin' it'll be another "movie night"!