Brice's Truck

Sean and Brice found this truck back in May.

After talking long and hard about it we decided it would be awesome for Brice's first vehicle. He is working this summer to pay for it. Over the weekend, while Brice, Shelby and I were in Meridian for soccer, Sean and Philip went to get the truck. Sean took it to a buddy of his and they cleaned it up really good. Philip parked it in the garage and it was there when we drove into the driveway Sunday.

It was a big surprise for Brice. He had no idea that Philip had picked it up. He loves it and is very careful with it. He doesn't get his license until the middle of July but he is ready. I'm sure since he is buying the truck himself he will take really good care of it. I was driving with him the other day and he said he was nervous driving it because it's HIS. It will be hard to see him drive away that first time all by himself. Pray, pray, pray.....

#16 From Facebook's 25 Random things

#16 I love driving my kids to school (great conversations)

I have always driven my kids to school. I do complain about the carpool line but taking them is a different story. Some days they are very quiet but other days they are very talkative. You can really see into their world on days that they are talking. You can find out who they hang out with, who is mad at them, who they are mad at, what teachers they like, what tests they think they failed, why they didn't sleep well they night before, what they want to do on the weekend, and sometimes what they think about life in general.

Life is so busy these days and it's nice to just take some time out to listen to your kids. I will miss that this year with Brice. He will drive himself to school this year. UGH!! Can't believe it!!! I will have to find some other time to get into his head. I guess the best thing we can do is listen when they do talk and pray for them the rest of the time.

The last few weeks

It has been a while since I have really posted anything worth while. I have been so busy! Brice started working right after school was out. He is working for Sean at Wonder Woods. Sean is keeping him busy with those play structures. He has learned a lot! He is working to earn enough money for a truck. We thought we were going to get it in May but the owner of the truck is letting his son drive it right now. His son is not in any hurry to find another one. Maybe by school time we will have something for him to drive.

This is Brice singing at Amplify. (youth group)

Shelby is busy this summer with her friends. She is keeping Eli for me while I work. She actually hates it but she is making good money!

Shelby is trying her hand at the sound board during practice last Saturday.

Eli is just lovin' life. He has fun no matter what he is doing.

Eli is playing with Bear. I think he was trying to teach Bear to drop his toy so he could throw it again without having to pull it out of his mouth.

We had our best friends from GA come to stay with us last week. It was so much fun! Buffy sales premier jewelry and I had a show for her last Thursday. It was a pretty good show. I will get lots of free jewelry. I'm so excited to get it.

The kids had so much fun together. They stayed up late every night and never got tired of each other.

Brice and Andrew had fun trying to beat a Wii game.

Shelby and Emily... BFF

On Sunday, the Thomas family led us in worship. Philip and the LifeBridge team have been doing a series called, Retro...Summer of Love. We all are wearing tye-dye T-shirts and groovy clothing. It is so fun. They did an awesome job with the music. They started off with a medley of 60's songs. They are so talented. I'm so proud to be their friends. People from the church are still talking about it.

Buffy and I thought it would be nice to have a "new" picture of us since the last one we have of us together is when I was pregnant with Eli.

The kids...minus Abby(she stayed with her grandmother in AL) and Eli(he was in his class at church)

Brice and Andrew being cute.

Rob leading worship

Emily and Buffy sporting their 60's attire.

Andrew lovin' life

This past Wednesday we had a volunteer training for the preschool, nursery and children's ministries at the church. Melanie, Amanda and I worked really hard to make it happen. We had about 45 people come Wednesday night. We were expecting about 30. It was awesome. We shared stories of how they are making a difference, gave them friendly reminders and gave away prizes. They were all blown away. I love making people happy that way.

Thursday I was so tired after all of those activities. My friend, Courtney, invited the kids and I to go swimming. We had so much fun just relaxing. Thank you, Courtney. I needed that so bad.

Well, Since my life has slowed down a bit hopefully I will be able to post more. I really like to blog but some days I'm just too tired to type.

Have a great weekend....

#15 (From Facebook's 25 Random Things)

#15 My family was the first, of all my friends, to get a microwave.

I'm not sure if the above picture is exactly what we had but it is close. The one above is actually called a radar range. I remember thinking that the microwave would fry my brain if I got too close. We probably used it only to heat things up, not to really cook anything. I still don't use mine to cook in, only to heat up. One of my childhood friends reminded me that we were also the first ones to have a VCR. We actually had the beta version first. I remember the video store we used to go to. They had the video cassette covers velcroed to the wall. It was a fun Friday night at our house.