Perfect Day at the Lake

Yesterday was a perfect day at the lake. My Dad has a camper at Bay Springs Campground. We've had it forever. Dad is usually up there every weekend, and since we've moved back home, we are too. Anyways...My best friend Christie, her husband Adam and their 2 boys Quinton and Travis came up. It's the first time we've been there together since we first got married 14 yrs ago. The kids range in age from 11 to 2 yrs. old. They had a blast! We went for a boat ride and took the kids tubing. I have never tubed, but I did yesterday! I did it with Savannah the first time to make sure she wouldn't be scared. It wasn't long before she kicked me out and went solo. I was so proud of her! She wasn't even scared! We went over to Yellow Creek and swam on the sandbar and then went to the waterfall. It was a great day and ended with a great fish fry dinner. This is what life is about. Slowing down, having fun like we did when we were kids, and being with loved ones. I hope to have many more of these days this summer. I hope you will too!

Naming My Blog

Creating blogs is so time consuming. Who would have thought it? Trying to decide on a name, that I'm going to be stuck with. It's like naming my 3rd child. I thought about "On the Road Again". Those who know us would say it's a good one. We seem to move more than the military. I really wanted something that spoke to how we believe God has guided our moves and is planning our map of life. Some moves have been fun and exciting, some have been hard and depressing. All in all though, each move has brought us together as a family and gotten us to the next place on God's map for us. I can look back and see his hand on our lives and blessing us along the way. Of course when your in the middle of a change, it's not always so easy to see or understand why he wants us here or there. I believe though that God is in charge and I have to be willing to follow where ever he leads me. That's why I picked Jeremiah 29:11 for my quote; "plans to give you hope and a future". As you can tell though, I didn't find a title that fit that, so I just picked 3 girls and a guy. That describes us enough. Now, I have to find my inner writer.