Pictures, Birthdays, Snow, Narnia, Oh my!

Well, my poor blog has suffered dreadfully the past month and a half!
I figured I would give ya'll some pictures, and announce some birthdays!

Happy birthday Katie! I know I'm late, but I had SO much fun Friday night at the movies!

Happy birthday Momma! You're the VERY best! Sorry I burned your pie...:)

We saw Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Friday night! It was wonderful, they did take some liberties in places, and they left out a few great scenes in the book, but I think, all around, it was a hit. I LOVE how they left the line Aslan says to Lucy: "In your world, I have another name. You must come to know me by that name..."

We are heading out to the Creation Museum this weekend, and we're taking a friend this year! If you haven't seen or heard of the Creation Museum, please type it in on Google. (sorry I can't give you the link, the button isn't working)




Isn't she gorgeous?!? She'll be a year old in January!



This is my favorite funny picture of her, and her de-flated volley ball...:)




Cool Cloud.




I love persimmons!




Get this, Sunday morning we woke up to this...




and Monday morning, this was here...what is it? (for those non-Tennesseeans, this stuff is RARE.)







Home-made bird baths...a little chilly now.




More of that white stuff.

Have a blessed week!

Our Wonderful Vacation...In Pictures!

We went to Tybee Island, Georgia for a week and LOVED it!! I took about 136 pictures total. So, instead of actually writing down EVERYTHING we did, I'll do it in picture form, and put a few captions under certain picture to explain. :) By the way, the beach was a SUCCESS!

Driving...








More Driving...







Can you tell we're tired of riding yet?
(10 hours there, + stopping every 2 hours = approx. 12 hours)

Oh, this was our wonderful rest stop in Dalton, Georgia. It depicts 3 of the great Civil War generals of the South. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Jefferson Davis. This carving is the world's largest stone relief work. It dwarfs Mount Rushmore. It's the length of 3 football fields end to end!!


We took a cable car to the top of the huge stone it's carved on and...



...got this incredible view.








We were WAY up in the clouds! At first, I did NOT want to take a cable car, filled with close to 30 people, to the top of a ginormous rock. But, with a lot of encouragement, I managed to get up there, and back down. :) (barely)

More Driving...and riding...



Yahoo! We're in Tybee! Can you tell Ava is excited?



It was a BEAUTIFUL beach!! But, I'm sorry to say, I didn't get any pictures of our Condo, The Sandpiper, that we stayed in. It was a wonderful house. It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a laundry area, a HUGE kitchen, and a little hallway area when you came in. All in all, a nice roomy place for 7 people to stay.











Now, for those of you who are wondering, these 'towers' were FUN to make! If you dug a deep enough hole in the sand, deep enough to were the sand is watery enough to slip through your fingers, you cand start piling it in piles, and molding these cool sculptures. Daddy came up with it, and we actually drew a little crowd for a while. Grace had brought her knights and horses and catapults. So we had fun seiging each others castles. (For those of you who have seen the Lord of the Rings, Daddy built an AWESOME Helm's Deep and I made Minis Tirith. I'll try to find some pictures of our replicas!)








...We spent most of the time at the beach...AHHHH....




Well, I'll post our trip to Savannah later. There was a lot of historical buildings and shops there. Also, there's a funny story I'll tell that our carriage driver told us...(we took a carriage tour of Savannah. It was really fun!)


Blessings,

" Let the little children come to me..."

" and do not forbid them, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven made for ones as these."
Matthew 19:14



For more info on this remarkable family go to:
http://www.blogger.com/www.livesayhaiti.blogspot.com

Blessings,

* EMERGENCY* Please Pray!....

I'm sure ya'll have heard about the terrible earthquake in Haiti.
Well, we have two little, sponsor sisters, Shleida(Jane), and Shelove that live in Haiti. We haven't been able to get any information on them, whether they're safe, or in a shelter. We sponsor them through, Compassion. http://www.blogger.com/www.compassion.com

Shelove

Shleida (Jane)

We found a map of the area that was affected the most, and we know about where each girl lives. Shelove lives north of Port-au-Prince. According to the map, they would have felt it at medium-light. But Shleida, she lives on an island close to Porta-au-Prince, and she would have felt it at Extreme. We also had another little girl last year, Sandara, who was somehow taken out of the Compassion program. She lived real close to the worst hit area. Please keep these little girls in prayer. As well as all the Haitians that have been affected by this horrible disaster. Pray that we get some answers or word of their whereabouts.
" Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. selah." Psalm 62:8

Blesssings,

Our EARLY Trip...

Daddy had to go to the dentist the other day, and the appointment was at 9:00 a.m.
We live 2 1/2 hours from the city we had to go to, soooo.... We got up at 5:20 a.m., and left by 6:30. 2 adults, 4 sleepy kids, 2 of them under the age of 7. Anyhoo, we're still alive, and the trip was a lot of fun, once we woke up. :)
I got a new camera for Christmas (thanks Daddy and Momma!), so, here are some pictures with captions, If I can get them to load...

Well, I got a few to come up...:)



I couldn't get her to smile in any of my pictures:)... Love ya anyway Grace!




Early breakfast...Ava look like she's really enjoying that hashbrown...McDonalds special.



The apple juice was good, I think... what a face!

Blessings,