New York City

Hey guys. We made it to New York City on Sunday night. We stayed in Queens at the Comfort Inn. We spent the day in Manhatan on Monday. We took a complete tour of the area. We also shopped on Canal Street. We got some purses and shirts. I got a Prada and so did Mary Elizabeth. We also rode the boat to see the Statue of Liberty. We had lots of fun. The kids liked riding the Subway in and out of Queens and Times Square. We also took the kids to "M&M World" they had a blast. We left for Hershey, PA on Tuesday. We are in Hershey now and we have been to the Hershey Chocolate World and it was fun. We saw the 3D show, went on the tour, took a tasting tour, bought stuff from te gift shop, and of course got some chocolate. It was fun. Now we are at the hotel and fixing to take the kids to the pool if it is empty. We will be leaving sometime tomorrow to go on to Washington, DC and do some sightseeing there. I will update you all later on the rest of this trip. Hope all is well with all of you.

Oh yeah, almost forgot, On Sunday while we were still in Towanda, PA we had an interesting experience, one I never want again. I figured out just because it says Church of Christ doesn't mean it is our kind of church. We went to church at Granville Center CofC. It was an out of the way country looking church, no air conditioning. They had a piano, played it during the singing, they had 3 young people sing a praise song with the cd player, they played the piano during the passing out of the Lord's Super and other things. I wasn't sure if we should leave or stay. We ended up leaving since I was very very very uncomfortable. It was very strange.

Towanda, PA

We are in Towanda, PA for the wedding. We arrived yesterday around 1 PM there time. We are busy so far. We went to the sit down rehersal dinner last night at the country club. Towanda is a small old town and the country club is small as well. The kids did very well on the drive up. They have tried to be alittle bit unrully, but I have stopped it before it gets started. This afternoon we will be going to the wedding and reception. Then tomorrow we will go to church and then on to New York. Have a great week.
I left Barry at home and he has already been late for the Youth Rally twice. I guess he needs me more than I thought. Hopefully it is not a sign about him getting to work on time next week. We will see. I will post more later.

Vacation Time Again

Well guys the kids, Joan, Granny and I are leaving in the morning for our trip. We are going to Towanda, PA for a wedding on Saturday. Then Granny is going back to NC with her sister and Brother in law. Joan, the kids and I are then going to New York , then from there we are going the Hershey, PA yummy chocolate. Then we may go to Philadelphia, PA and then to Washington DC. After we see all of those places we are going to NC to get Granny and coming home. A long time away from Barry. This will be the first time in almost 13 years of marriage that he and I have spent more than 1 night away from each other and the kids from him. Wish me luck. Kepp a check on Barry to make sure he can find his way around while I am gone. See you when we get back.

My arm is FREE again!!!! yeah!

I just got back from the orthopeadic doctor who did my surgery. He said everything has healed well, but I still have to be careful with it and no pulling, pushing, or picking up for a few more weeks. At least it is not wrapped up like a mummy anymore. It does have a ugly scar and lots of bruising, but that will go away. That everyone for the concern and well wishes it has been appreciated.

Surgery Update

Everything went well. I will be in a half cast thing and sling for 10 days and no driving. I hope that is all I have to wear this thing. Thank you all very much for your prayers and well wishes. You all are great. He said all looks good after he removed some scar tissue from the nerve and cleaned the bone and burried the nerve. I have been doing pretty good so far, I haven't had any pain meds except for a headache. Maybe it wont hurt that much. Keep your finger crossed. See you all tonight at VBS.

Tagged by Teale
Tagged by Kim
The jest of it ~ This idea came from the book by Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser called Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. The book is a compilation that is based on the story that Hemingway once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his entire life in just six words. His words? For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Here are the rules:
1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3. Link to the person that tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4. Tag five more blogs with links.
5. And don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!
My six words: Take care of those you love!
I feel that I am one who tries to take care of others before myself. Partly because I have lost some very important people in my life at a young age and I have tried to make sure that those around me know how much I love them and how much they mean to me, because we do not know how long they will be with us or us with them.
I tag:
Bethany
Lori
Heather
Belinda
Katie

On with the busy Summer

We have now finished our wonderful Gospel meeting with John Daniels from Sevierville, Tn. It was a wonderful meeting and week. It was so busy and I wans't at home much, so I haven't had time to do the daily cleaning and straightening that needed to be done. Since the gas prices are so high the children and I would go to the morning services and then spend the day at my grandmothers or Barry's mothers house until the evening services. This has been hard on my weight watchers plan since I wasn't in controll of what we had for lunch and dinner. I am glad I can be at home now during the day so I can control the meals better and maybe get myself back on track.
The meeting as I said was great and he had great lessons that I believe we could all use in our everyday life. We had great crowds even in the mornings. I think this was one of the best we have had at Adamsville in a while. He kept your attention and made you think, at least he did for me. I needed that and I believe alot of us probably did as well.
Here we jump into another phase of this busy Summer. We are now getting ready for our VBS on June 22-25 or 26th (not sure since we have 4 lessons so far instead of 5) We are working on writing our own lessons on the Parables of Jesus. They are the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the Parable of the Sower and the Soils, The Kingdom is liken unto..., and The parable of the Friend at Midnight. This is tough for me since I have the baby class (3 months-2 years). I have been trying to come up with ideas and I have some great helpers that are working on this as well. We would love for any ideas from you guys if you have any for us. We need ideas of how to write the lessons for that age group and also for handouts and visuals for them. If you have any ideas feel free to let us know or if you want to help(those who go there and will be there especially). I believe it is going to be another great week and VBS, but we have to get busy with it, since it will be here before we know it.
We also have a Sunshine girl project this Saturday to do something for the daddies of the congregation. We are looking forward to this and the girls love to do for others, as you all saw when they gave the Gospel meeting/ coming home day. They really loved giving it away. These girls are great and showing their love for others. Thanks to Carla for heading up this group.