Bloggers Unite

I feel so distant from my blogger friends. I am at a pseudo cyber-cafe in the marshes of eastern Carolina. Just finish sending an e-mail to Tami at church with the article for the CONTACT. Nothing like the thrill of the last minute.

It's raining. I'm stranded. But being stranded in a place with books, internet, and coffee is a blessing.

Hey, I miss everyone! Pray for us! Please!

Living It Up

This is my first pictureless post in awhile. I'm living it up here in Cartersville at the Q.I. I am by myself in the "Business Center" which is a little closet with a computer. But, hey, there is high-speed internet access and that is a blessing!

Papa's Surprise 70th birthday party was fun! He didn't expect a thing. Mom said the secret to a great surprise party is to have it 2 months after the birthday. (Papa's birthday was April 28th!)

We left Sunday after church for Ringgold, Jawjuh. We had planned on trekking in one day, but then we decided to stay for church and hear the kids share their testimonies and to see Scotty BAPTISED! New Creations are exciting.

Good news--We were able to stay with the Humbles in Brinkley! We had two missionary meeting last week and one impromptu one tonight.

WEll, I must go. Matt and I are going to live it up here in Cartersville, Jawjuh. The nightlife here is something to blog about for sure.

Posers

Another Posed Pix

I think Matt looks really handsome in this pix.

We heard back from our graphic design artist at 'Missionarycards.com' and, unfortunately, none of our pix will work. Something about pixels... so, Matt has to reprogram our digital camera. So, the next time that we are together and presentable, we shall pose again.

I have many goals this week since Matt and Sarah have left me. One is to organize Simon's things for our June outings. I realize this sounds boring.

I was invited out to Shay and Kezia's new apartment to give decorating ideas. Yay! Also, Lisa said she was going to Gospel for Asia with me on Tuesday night. Also, I'm thinking about 'moving in' with my parents for some help with Simon, as well as people to ride bikes with or to see a movie! And Wed. or Thurs. I plan to go to Hilltop for a day and to stay in a hotel that night. So, really, my abandonment is limited and with a light in sight.

Daddy

Daddy and The Boy

I am so excited--I think Simon might have said 'momma' this afternoon when I gave him a bottle. But no one was here to verify. Very gray area. Like crawling. So it is not official.

And, if he didn't, would it be his first word? Because he has made monosyllabic sounds that resemble 'Hi' and has even uttered the syllable at appropriate times. Also, he has made a strand of syllables sounding like dadadadadadadada before.

Give Me Five, Please

Give Me Five Please

Well, I'll have lots more than 5 minutes to myself this week! I'm going to miss Matt this week. It's so sad that this might be his last year at Hilltop. Being a teacher has great benefits--June, July, and some of August.

I'm hoping my mom and I can take a day trip one day up to Hilltop Camp-- to see our wonderful campers (15!) And, I'll admit, to show off Simon. The year went by fast since the last Hilltop. I remember being SO pregnant then.

I'm glad SAYRAH got to come, even though I just saw her last night. And I think she's ditching us after camp for Brinkley. That's okay, we have her dvds, and that is enough.

Moving

Moving

The crawling champion is on the move! Simon turned 10 months yesterday! Yesterday was a full day. Matt drove around town collecting last minute camp applications, collecting an all church check for camp, and turning in forms. All this so that our campers could get a free t-shirt! Yay! (Otherwise, he could have turned them in Sunday, but no free t-shirt.)

Sarah flew in yesterday just to turn in her forms for the free t-shirt. I think she'll go to camp, too. I am so thankful for NO traffic on the way to get her--only 35 minutes--record trip for me to DFW!

I embarrassed her by calling her back-twice-on the DFW payphone that she called me on. Let's all pray that Sarah gets a better cell phone battery or remembers to charge her handicapped battery!