Vacation Begins!!

We are getting ready this morning to leave for vacation. We are going to Palm Coast to stay at a condo on the beach with Don's mom, step dad, brother, his girlfriend and their 6 month old baby boy. The kids are so excited to spend the week at the beach with grandma. We have not gotten to see our new nephew, Tyland, yet so that will be fun. Christian is very excited that he will be going deep sea fishing on Monday with the boys and Grandma. The girls are going to get their nails done which sounds so much better to me and Emily than being suck in the middle of the ocean all day. We will post pictures throughout the week so check it out.

We will miss you all at C3 tomorrow while we are laying on the beach=)

Last Class

So tonight I started by last class for my BA in elementary education. After this class all I will have is my internship in the fall then I FINALLY graduate. I left the class with my head spinning from all the work I am going to have to do. By Wednesday night I have to do a two page paper, a letter to parents about language arts, study the sunshine state standards for language arts for a quiz and read four chapters for another quiz. So needless to say, I will be glued to my laptop until Wednesday night. I also will have to drive back from vacation next week to go to class so I do not get behind. (Don, will say I do not have to come back because I do not HAVE to get an A=)

I also started Volleyball camp with my team today. I have a coach and her daughter who playes for Clearwater Christian College coming in to do a four day camp from 9-12 each day. It was a lot of fun and I had a good turnout. Emily is excited she gets to come with me tomorrow. She loves volleyball!

Anyway, off to homework.

Soccer Camp and Girl Time

We had a very busy week. Christian went to soccer camp at UCF with Caleb and Luke. He went last year for the half day program but I decided I probably should let go and I could handle a full day this year. He had a blast! The first day the shuttle forgot to pick up the campers and take them to the pool so they had to walk over two miles to get there after they had played soccer all day. Needless to say he was very tired on Monday night. Overall it was a great experience and anything he can do with Caleb and Luke he is "all in." I went today to watch him play and he was doing so good. He got to play goalie which he loves and he was really good at it. After camp we went to the Chinese buffet then back to the house for an afternoon in the pool.

While Christian was in soccer camp, Emily, Sara and I had quality girl time. There is nothing better than going to the Philly Pretzel Factory and a trip out shopping to make a girls day. We went to the library for story time and Emily got her own library card. We spent a lot of time in the pool singing "Fabulous" from High School Musical II because there were no boys to tell us to stop singing=)

Tonight Christian and Emily are off to the Conrad's for the "Camp Rock" premiere. Have fun Ms. Sandi!

Happy Father's Day and Happy Anniversary

Happy Father's Day! Today was a great day. The kids were very excited to make Daddy's day special. They were not able to see him this morning when they woke up because he was at church setting up. When Sara saw him in the hallway she was so cute, she ran down the hallway yelling "Happy Father's Day Daddy" and gave him a great big hug. We spent the rest of the day relaxing around the house. My dad came over to spend the day with us. I know today was hard for him without my mom but he had a blast with the kids, they always keep him smiling. My dad and I have become so much closer in the past eight months and I am thankful for that. The kids finished off the evening by playing in the sprinklers while Daddy picked more weeds from our lawn.

Today is also our 12th wedding anniversary. I know people can not believe that I have survived 12 year married to Don=) Happy anniversary honey! You make me laugh every day and make me feel loved. I am proud to be your wife and look forward to many more happy and exciting years with you.

Let the Summer Fun Begin

We are having a great beginning to the summer. The school year ended smoothly and we are ready for the summer fun to begin. Emily had some great things happen at the end of May. She was baptized with her best friend Luke and she was very excited that Mr. Travis was the person to baptize her. Christian and Caleb were also baptized together by Travis last year. We are so blessed with friends are who totally invested in our kids. A couple of days after getting baptized she graduated from Kindergarten. She looked so cute in her cap and gown.

We have had a great week! We went to the movies, bowling and spent a lot of time in the pool. We are loving our new house and having a pool.

August 5th!?!?

Wow, It's been a long time since Jennie has posted in her blog. Luckily, I figured out her username and password and I am doing a "guest post" just to let everyone know that she is indeed still alive and I'll be pushing her to post more. Maybe we'll have to do more of a "family" blog where we both are regular contributers and then she can have more of an excuse to not work on her blogging. :)

-Don

C3 Rocks

We had another great day at church today. I did not get to go to service because it was my week to teach my three year olds. We had two new little boys in our class today. The mom was worried because this was their first time at church and she was not sure how they would do. They came in the room fine but I could tell they were a little nervous. I have a little boy in my class who is so cute and is so sociable and kind to the kids. The first thing I did was to introduce Hayden to the two new boys. Of course Hayden loved that and was so sweet to them. By the end of the class the new boys were so excited about coming to church and when I asked our kids if God loved them then both raised their hands. God is so good and even a three year old little boy can make a difference in the lives of others with Christ's love. Why can't adults love new people in the church as quickly. I think we could all learn a lesson from Hayden.
I am so proud that our church is reaching unchurched families for Christ. So many Christians say they believe in the great commission and leading others to Christ but do they really. I think Don said it perfectly when we were talking about this very topic. He said, " is it really fishing men if the fish you are fishing have already been caught, I think that is just stealing church members from other churches." I am thankful that God gave us a pastor who wants to reach the lost fish and not just the ones who have been caught already.