First Day of School

I had to do the typical first day of school picture of the boys.  They both went this year. Micah is in Pre-K and Levi is in Kindergarden.  I am not sure where time has went but they are both now in school.



I am so proud of them!  My two little men!

Phoenix 2011

We took our youth group on a trip to Phoenix, AZ for Fine Arts Festival/General Council of the Assemblies of God.  We had two kids preforming, one was singing, and the other did a short sermon.

There was about 10 of us total. The trip was so much fun.  

It took us 17 hours to get there.  We made it a two day trip.  Once we got over into New Mexico and Arizona, some of the scenery was beautiful!

Once we crossed over the New Mexico state line, traffic can to a stand still because of a truck that caught on fire.  We were stuck there for over an hour.  We were all standing in front of the van singing.  It was so much fun.  We made the best of a crazy situation. 

Once we got there we had services to go to. This is a picture of the last night service. It was fabulous.  It was a combines service of Fine Arts and General Council. They also award the fine arts participants who one in their categories.

We had fun packed week.  Since we were close, we decided to go the Grand Canyon.  It was a chance of a life time.  I have never seen anything so magnificent and gorgeous.  All of these pictures are phone pictures.  I forgot my camera.  I hope to take the boys back one day.

We made the trip back in one day!  It was tough and long trip.  We were glad to get home once we got there.

Beach Picture.

I just want to get caught up on the beach pictures, and then I will blog about school and maybe even out trip that we took to Phoenix, AZ with our youth group.



I don't know why but I love this picture of Steve and Micah.  Micah really adores his dad, and loves to do what Steve does.



Micah loved being buried in the sand.  He just loved the sand period.  Any kind of dirt, and the is game. The dirtier and messier the better, is his philosophy.



I love seeing the kids play together, because I know this time with them is so fleeting.  They truly do love playing with each other.




Sorry, my pictures are all different sizes. Had a hard time remembering what I am setting them to.



Levi loved the ocean. I was pleasantly surprised by his love for it.




Looking for crabs.





This was the best vacation!  We are all wanting to go back.  This family loves the beach!

Steve and I

I don't post many pictures of Steve and I. For the most part we are the ones taking the pictures, but the other day my friend offered to take a picture of us. We jumped at the chance. Sorry for the poor quality it is a phone pic.

Vacation 2011

This is the first time in years that Steve and I have gone on vacation.  We have taken short trip to Branson, Mo, Dallas, Tx.  We actually took a week this time.  We went outside of Pensacola, Fl to Perdido Key.  It was one of the most relaxing trips we have ever taken.

It rain on us Saturday on our way there and Sunday our first full day.  We went to church and lunch. After lunch it cleared up and we went swimming.

The next day we went the the Navel Aviation Museum. It was so cool.  They boys throughly enjoyed it.  I even thought it was neat.  They had a play area for kids and all the airplanes.  They even had part of ones that you can get in.  That was their favorite part.  They would sit there and pretend they were flying through the big blue skies.



If you are ever in that area I definitely recommend stopping by there and seeing the museum.  If you go on certain days you can see The Blue Angles practice.  We went and did that the next day and the boys loved it.  It was their favorite part.  They got their airplanes that we bought them from the museum and were pretending to be the Blue Angles.  The museum even has a cafe where you can eat filled with all kind of memorabilia. That is where we at lunch on day.

They rest of our trip was spent at the beach and pool.  We went out to eat a couple of times.  We at at Flounders and Peg Leg Pete's.  Both places were wonderful in their own way.  It was a wonderful and relaxing vacation.   We are hoping to do it again in a couple of years.

The boys had never been to the beach, so they were so excited about our vacation. I am going to post some more pictures later. I think it was worth the trip.

sorry it took so long.

WOW!  It has been three months since I have updated my blog.  We haven't had internet access so that had contributed to it.  When I have had internet access, it has never been convenient to blog.

We have now been living in Sapulpa, OK, for three months now.  I can now say that everyone is adjusted to living here.  They boys were throwing big tantrums when Steve was living and that how now stopped.  They now give him hugs and kisses when he leaves.  It makes our lives a lot more peaceful.  Levi and Micah are both looking forward to starting school in the fall.  (which is really just a couple of weeks away! Can you believe it!)

We have had a very busy summer, with VBS, youth camp, and a fireworks stand.  It has flown by.  It was all a lot of work but very worth it.  I have been back to see my mom and they while Steve was at youth camp.  It was a very enjoyable visit.  I just wish it didn't take so long to get there. The boys still go around singing the song from VBS.  They loved it and had so much fun!

We all love living here and feel blessed to be here.  We really and truly enjoy being the youth pastors.  We love each and everyone of the kids.  We can't wait to see what God does in their lives.  God has some awesome things in-store for these kids.

We also went on our fist family vacation this year to Florida.  It was wonderful!  I will blog about it with pictures later.  Now sure when but later. I have a very full rest of the week.  I have to get ready to send the boys to my mom, and Steve and I are getting ready for National Fine Arts.  It is in Phoenix, AZ.  We have never been there or apart of National Fine Arts.  We are really looking forward to it.  Hopefully since we now have internet access I can update more.

Thank you all of my friends and family who have been praying for us during this time of adjustment and change. It is greatly appreciated. Now what I am I going to do while the boys are in school.  My world is going to change even more!

Changes.

My blog has been very quiet lately, and it is because there have been lots of changes going on around here.   We are fixing to move four and hours away to become youth pastors.  We were youth pastors before and left lead to become senior pastors.  We pastored one church for 10 months and then one for three years.  We have loved it here at Culvert Springs.  We have had a wonderful ministry here, and we are sad to leave.  They will always hold a place in our heart.

We had felt God changing us and moving us on, but didn't know the direction.  I hold told Steve some time back that it wouldn't surprise me if we became youth pastors again.  We have loved working with the youth here at Culvert Springs.

So we got a call the week before spring break and we decided we would go up and preach to the youth.  God worked it all out and had a wonderful visit with the pastor and church there in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. We knew at this point that we were going to be youth pastors there.  Our hearts were immediately drawn there, and we didn't want to leave.  So the pastor had us scheduled to come back and preach in the main service on a Sunday night.  We had the best time.  It was all God ordained.

We announced our resignation Sunday and it was one of the hardest things we have ever had to do.  We love the people here enough want God's best for them. It isn't us any more.  We love them so much.  Like I said before they hold a special place in our hearts.  They have loved us and we have all learned from each other.

So we are beginning a new chapter in our lives.  I am excited, scared and nervous.  I know that God will walk with us on the new journey.

 Please be praying for Culvert Springs as they are going through these changes of having to find a pastor and us on our new journey. Please pray that we have safe travels on Monday and that we all adjust to the move well.