Old post I forgot to go back to! Sorry!

Jack and Grant wait for lunch!

Michael just finished his first (and maybe last) teething biscuit!

Shelby reading Jack's new b'day book to him!

Friends, Birthday, Fair - A full Saturday!

Happy early Birthday to you, John!



Today was a fun day! We were invited to go visit a family that John works with the dad, Eddie. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs, and Eddie's sweet wife, Beth, got John a birthday cookie! What a treat!
We didn't realize, but we all needed to get out a little! The children needed to be away from the apartment and play! Needless to say, we had a great day! What a blessing!!!!!!!!!!

One of friends' favorite thing to do this time of year is go to the Wilson County Fair! So ... we headed that way after our lunch!

Donaly and Shelby on the carousel!



Shelby was screaming so loudly on the slide, Donaly had to hold her ears coming down. I missed the shot of John, Jack, & Grant coming down after that!



I still can't believe I let them do this, but yes ... Donaly, Shelby, and Grant rode the "Scrambler"! YIKES! They were HILARIOUS!



Mr. Eddie was finished with his frozen banana on a stick, so ... you can see who got to chew on it! That was a treat for Michael!



We appreciate Eddie and Beth having us to their home and treating our children as their own! What a special day!

Catching up!

We took some pictures in June that I thought were on my camera, but they were on my mom's! So, now that I have a copy of them, you have to back up again with me to June! On our way to south Louisiana to the wedding we stopped to see my grandmother! We had not seen her since September before I had Michael. Grannie or Grannie D, as the children call her, turned 95 August 2nd! We e-mail a couple of times a week! Can you imagine - a 95 year old grandmother you e-mail! I love it!

Michael with his great-grandmother! He smiled almost as big as she did! Grannie has 5 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren (13 in September), and 1 great-grandchild.

Grannie still crochets many things for us! The children love the hats, scarves, and even horse blankets for Shelby's horses!

Danielle and Shelby at the bride's maids' brunch!

Jack learning to do a thumbs up as he swims with Daddy! Notice the finger!

Michael Crawling

Michael will get on knees now to crawl! You can see him a little here! Sorry, it is a a dark picture, but you can get the idea! Will try to do better next time!

Grant's New Hair-Do

Grant loved his friend, Roy's, hair cut a while back. Grant has been asking ever since for a hair cut. Well, here it is!

Michael Moves

Michael is getting around, but he isn't crawling!

Comfort in the Depths ... today's Streams in the Desert

Title: Comfort in the Depths
Book: Streams in the Desert
Author: Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Web Page: http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/print.php/streams/221

"Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. . .who passing through the valley of weeping, make it a well" (Ps. 84:5, 6).

Comfort does not come to the light-hearted and merry. We must go down into "depths" if we would experience this most precious of God's gifts--comfort, and thus be prepared to be co-workers together with Him. When night--needful night--gathers over the garden of our souls, when the leaves close up, and the flowers no longer hold any sunlight within their folded petals, there shall never be wanting, even in the thickest darkness, drops of heavenly dew--dew which falls only when the sun has gone.

"I have been through the valley of weeping, The valley of sorrow and pain; But the 'God of all comfort' was with me, At hand to uphold and sustain. "As the earth needs the clouds and sunshine, Our souls need both sorrow and joy; So He places us oft in the furnace, The dross from the gold to destroy. "When he leads thro' some valley of trouble His omnipotent hand we trace; For the trials and sorrows He sends us, Are part of His lessons in grace. "Oft we shrink from the purging and pruning, Forgetting the Husbandman knows That the deeper the cutting and paring, The richer the cluster that grows. "Well He knows that affliction is needed; He has a wise purpose in view, And in the dark valley He whispers, 'Hereafter Thou'lt know what I do.' "As we travel thro' life's shadow'd valley, Fresh springs of His love ever rise; And we learn that our sorrows and losses, Are blessings just sent in disguise. "So we'll follow wherever He leadeth, Let the path be dreary or bright; For we've proved that our God can give comfort; Our God can give songs in the night."