The Freaks Come Out at Night!

So, we went to the lake AGAIN, I know, I think we are really enjoying ourselves here! Well, this time, we went solely to fish, so we went to the fishing spot we found the last time we went to the lake. We stayed there till well after dark, and let me tell you, the "freaks" really do come out at night! Right as it was starting to get dark, we saw the biggest bird ever!! It stood about 3 1/2-4 feet tall! And the noise that thing made when it started flying was loud and very creepy! Out in the distance, we heard some really freaky noises too! It kinda sounded like a big ol' bear! Or like some type of a mating call or something, I don't know what it was, but whatever it was it was a very large creature! Ok, so after that, the fireflies started coming out, and yes, even those things are freaks, I mean come on, their butts light up! LOL. Then, the noises started! Ohhhhh the noises!!! Here's a little tidbit of what we hear out on the lake....

Ok, so what really did it for us, was as we were getting our stuff together to leave, a GINORMOUS spider crawled up from under the deck!! After that, I was done, I was ready to go home! To top it all off, as we were walking back to the car, we were walking through freshly made spider webs!! YUK!!!

An Evening at the Lake...

Yep, another evening at the lake! We had a good time. After driving around for an hour and a half, we finally just stopped off at a park off the lake and Alex and I swam for a little bit, and Mike played with Missy. She loves the water! Then, we went to a fishing hole so Mike could fish (although, Alex did the fishing this time!)

Here's Alex on our way...He just looks like such a big boy! (Well, he is a big boy!)

Here's a cool shot that Mike took. There were a bunch of sailboats on the lake...It was a pretty awesome sight!

Alex swimming..He use to be so scared of the water, but now, look at how good he does!

This dog and her ball! I think she's obsessive compulsive! LOL.

Here's Alex fishing! So cute!

Ok, now for the high"light" of my night!!.....

Of course.....The Lightning Bugs!! (aka Fireflies)

Ok, so walking back to the truck from the fishing spot, they were all over the place! It was dusk so it was still a little light out, so I was able to stand in one spot and the firefly would stay in one spot...This was the best picture I could get. I can't take the picture with the flash on, so all you can see is the butt end of it. I know, it may be kinda weird, me all "obsessive" over these things, but I'm serious, everytime I see one, it makes me smile!

So, there you have it. LOL.
Just wanted to let you in on a little bit more of what we enjoy here! Love ya'll! hahaha!

Happy Birthday Kristi!!

Hope you have a GREAT day! We miss and love you and your family so much!

WOW...What a Day!!

Well, yesterday was like one of the best days we've had in a long long time!!!




First, we were on our way to church, it was a little bit foggy, but here, the fog, is actually pretty!








If you look between the trees, you can see some white things, well, it's like a miniature cemetary. It's just a little bit eerie.


Church service was awesome! I know in the main service, it was great! And in the children's, well, it was so much fun! God is really bringing increase! One question though...Where's all the little girls? We had nothing but VERY active little boys!! It was a lot of fun though and we are starting to come up with some fun ideas! I love it! God is SO good!

After church, we went out to eat at O'Charleys...I think that it was my favorite eat out place ever! We had the best waiter, he was absolutely hilarious! Come to find out as we were leaving, he was actually featured in a newspaper article as the nicest guy in Bellevue...He truly earned that title! We had so much fun there!

Afterwards, we went home and Mike was putting all of his fishing stuff away that he got for Father's Day and he was talking about going to get our fishing licenses and just go fishing. Well, I had already gotten a gift card for him to get his fishing license and I was going to give it to him tonight as his birthday present, but I just ended up giving it to him last night. So, we just got up and went on a spontaneous fishing trip! It was about 7pm before we actually got to a good spot!










He did actually catch something!!....It was big ol' stick!









Missy was having a blast too! She's never really swam a lot before, she was loving it!

The lake was so beautiful!






















This is my favorite picture yet! Alex was checking out the water before he decided to go in and take a dip!









It was the best day! We had so much fun at the lake! While Mike was fishing, Alex and I just played in the water! It was great!

On our way home, we had to pull over because on both sides of the road, were tons and tons of fireflies!! It was the most beautiful thing! We were out in the country so there were a lot of them! A fabulous way to end the day!! I tried to get pictures, but all you can see was little blue specks, I even tried to take a video, but it was too dark. I'll get it one of these days!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day Mike! You are the best daddy to our little guy Alex! I honestly couldn't ask for a better father for my son! I love you and I hope you enjoy your day!!

Happy Father's Day to Jeff too!! I love you so much and miss you soooooo much!! I think this is the first Father's Day that I've been apart from you and that's not easy for me! I love you so much and I am so glad that you are in my life!!

Happy Father's Day to Rick!...You have been the BEST spiritual father to Mike and I. We love and appreciate you so much!! We are so glad that we were called to be here with you! We love you! Happy Father's Day!

And Happy Father's Day to all the other Dad's! Hope you enjoy your day too!


(P.S. I think I'm liking this digital scrapbooking stuff WAY too much!)

Today Is Somebody's Birthday!!

Yep, that's right! It's Mikey's Birthday today! He's 29!!! Wow, one more year and he'll be 30!! Happy Birthday Babe!! I love you!!

Two Men and a Lady

I absolutely LOVE the 2 men in my life! I thank God that I was blessed with them!

I love to watch the two of them...They are so alike in so many ways!

2 Men and a Lady.....I love my family!

CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL

So, after service yesterday, a couple that comes to our church went to Rick and Sheri and blessed them with 4 tickets to the CMA Music Festival! We in turn were blessed with 2 of those tickets! So we went and enjoyed ourselves!

The CMA Music Festival is an annual event

here in Nashville. It lasts for 4 days and

various country stars come and perform.

It is held in the LP Field. The Titans Stadium.

It was the only event in the nation that did

4 fly overs. It was really really cool!

Here's some pictures of some of the country stars that performed:

Chuck Wicks

Randy Travis

Bucky Covington

Phil Stacey

Dwight Yoakam

And Billy Ray Cyrus....And yes, he sang

Achey Breaky Heart! Take a look! LOL.

The actual line up was: Chuck Wicks, John Stephan, James Otto, Bucky Covington, Randy Travis, Sara Evans, Phil Stacey, Billy Ray Cyrus and the "surprise" guest was Dwight Yoakam.

We had so much fun with Travis and Ashley! I believe it's going to be airing on ABC on Monday September 8th @ 9/8c (7 o'clock pm for you Californians!)

We are looking forward to it next year! We will definitely be checking into getting passes for all 4 days! It will be so worth it!

It's The Little Things...

Yes, it's the little things in life that makes us happy!

So, here's the thing that made me happy recently....

Yes, that's right, it's a bug! BUT it's no ordinary bug! It's a LIGHTNING BUG!

I've been waiting to see one of these since I got here! I know, it's not lit up, but it's actually really hard to take a picture of these quick little boogers. They flash so fast! Mike actually caught this one in the front of our house and let it loose in the house! Weirdo. LOL. I love watching them outside though!

Here's what made Mike happy recently...

These were taken in Manchester, TN. He was going to a site for his work and came across these beautiful sites!

And here is what had made our little Alex happy recently...

His new bed set

His new lamp...Mater like TaMater, without the Ta!

His new table!

And yes, a new hamper!

He was SOOOO excited when we got this stuff! He kept saying thank you to us and telling us how much he loved us and was hugging our legs like crazy! People were actually turning around looking at us because of how excited he was! It was so cute! We are still going to be getting him some more stuff to finish up his room, but this will do for now!

Well, that's it for now! I'll be posting more soon! I'm gonna keep trying to get a picture of a lightning bug lit up, and when I do, you'll be the first to see it!! Ok, well, maybe not the first, but definitely soon after I get it uploaded!

Love you all and miss you like crazy!!

Me-Ma

Ok, so the other day, my mother in law asked why there are no pictures of her on here. I found some so here you go Me-Ma!



Here's her joys!



Sorry, I don't have very many since I lost all my pictures!
We love you Me-Ma!!! Can't wait to see you!!!!!!

Just a Hello!

Hello!
Well, things are great here! We had our 3rd service yesterday and man was it POWERFUL! Things changed in the spiritual realm yesterday I truly believe that! It was awesome!
As far as us, well, we are all doing great! Mike is still loving his job (he's getting pretty buff too!), Angela keeps our house absolutely spotless! (hahaha!), and Alex, well, that little guy is just growing WAY WAY WAY too fast! We see it and we are with him all the time!
Anyways,
Congrats Kristi on getting on the design team! How fun!
And Congrats to Shine on your cheerleading!!!
And Congrats to Sissy Gump!!! Such a big girl now! I can't believe it! We miss you guys so much!
Well, that's it for now!