Mountains & Monkey Joe's

A few weekends ago, my mom took two of my sisters and me to the mountains for a last weekend away, before Stephanie's wedding (more on that soon). We stayed in Saluda and visited Pearson's Falls, had a great dinner at a cafe in Saluda, shopped and just enjoyed some peaceful time alone together before all the chaos of the wedding started. I did take Nolan with me, but I got a mini-vacation from the rest of the kids. Dan the super-hero Dad kept the kids and they had a blast with Daddy.







After such a peaceful weekend away, I decided it was time for a trip to Monkey Joe's to get myself back to reality! I slid down the big slide with Nathan - I haven't been able to really play with the big kids in a long time because of two pregnancies! And Ava played in the kiddie area for the first time. We met the Brooks kids there, and Rebecca and I actually had some time to talk!

New House Report

My parents met us at the new house a couple weeks ago to see the progress and Mom had a great idea. She thought it would be fun to write scripture verses on the 2X4s before they were covered with insulation and dry wall. Then my new house would literally be built on the Word. So over the past two weeks I have been thinking about the purposes of the different rooms of our new house and finding scripture that goes with it. I've gone to the house twice to write on the 2X4s and came home dripping from the heat both times! I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to think and pray over the new house this way. Great idea Mom!

Showers and Sleep

We have been enjoying some "showers" in the back yard. The kids love to run in the sprinkler & Ava even joined them one night last week.


Ava cooling off...

What Dan looked like...

I also had the privelege of showering my sister Jennie on Sunday. My sister Stephanie & I hosted a baby shower for her at Encore - a local restaurant.