Go Team!!!

We had our first football game Saturday night, and the mighty Warriors won. Yeah Team!! We took a van load of cheerleaders and Austin and my nephew Chase for a road trip to the ballgame. It was so fun, and very exciting to watch the kids in action. Unfortunately Monday night at practice Austin got his arm broke. We go next week to get the big cast on it. Yes, he is very bumed. He played such a great game and loved football. The coach told the team tonight that they have to go to the Superbowl so Austin can play one more time. The boys are being very helpful to him at school. Emily has cheerleading practice every night but Wednesday, this year its competitive cheering. She loves it, and we hope no broken bones for her. The weeks fly by, hopefully we will get some fall temps soon, it still feels like hot summer to me. I hope all my blogger friends have a great day!

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Our Birthday Girl, Emily

Emily is now 11 years old. Where did all the years go? We look back over the years how the Lord has blessed. Emily is a wonderful daughter. She has a sweet spirit and has a love for God. We love you Emy so much!! This year Emily has a passion for horses. Hopefully soon she can begin riding lessons. The theme for her party is horses. The cake was in a horse shoe shape. This is the first year that we got to celebrate with family. We enjoyed it very much. Emily got some special presents, thank you for the special teapots to add to her collection. One of her big surprises was her gymnastic jacket and her American Girl doll, Emily a gymnastic suit. We look forward to a happy year!

Emilys Birthday

Our Busy Life Here in Tennessee

Hi to all my Blogger Friends,

I think we are almost settled in, and the busy life of gardening has approached us. First off, I thought that once my parents retired that their lives would slow down a bit. Not so in the summer!!! We are in full force 0f gardening. My mom and I have put up about 85 quarts of gbeans, squash pickles that are so delicious, relish, next will be tomato juice, salsa and the list goes on and on..... It will be wonderful this winter, but I forgot how much work goes to having a big garden.

We love being close to my family, I have enjoyed catching up with cousins, aunts and uncles. I've even had a couple dinner partys. It is wonderful to spend time with my precious granny, who is 90 yrs.

Austin and Emily love it here. Austin has been coon hunting some, its really to hot to run the dogs, but he still enjoys the excitemint of the training. Emy loves horses, and she got to go to a TN Walking Horse show. She wants to take riding lessons. Football and Cheerleading practice has begun. We are at the ball field at least 4 nights a week. They both are doing good and making friends before school starts next week. Austin is pretty excited, he was picked to be one of the quarterbacks.

I am ready for some company, yall are all welcome.... As Paula Deen's sign in her restaurant said, " Come and I'll put a little "South in Your Mouth" .

Take care and please write soon. Have a Great Day!!!!

Goodbye for now...........

Dear Blogger Friends, This will be my last posting for awhile, we have been super busy this summer getting ready to move to Tennessee. The big truck will be here today and we leave on Monday morning. I'll post some picture highlighs of our time here in WV. We have bitter-sweet feelings as always when we move. We are sad to leave loved ones and happy so happy to be near my family. Thank you all who have been so special to us, we promise to keep in touch. I also want to show some of my husband's handy-work that he does on the side. I am so proud that he has this talent. God has blessed us, and brought us thru so much. We give him all of our praise. I'll look forward to blogging soon, its great to keep in touch with ya'll. Keep us in you prayers. Have a fun rest of the summer!!

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What would summer be without VBS

We are in VBS this week at Daybrook Methodist Church. The theme is "The Galilee at the Sea". We have 8 of the 12 tribes of Israel. The tribe that I teach is Naphtali. I am enjoying wearing Bible costumes, the marketplace of crafts, and the synagogue. I would recommend this program, it's great! God is so good, and it's awesome to teach the children, and listen to what they learn. David is in charge of the playground sports. They have been casting a net into the sea (a swimming pool) to try to catch a large nemo fish, flipping frogs in a basket, rope pulling, walking with baskets full of fruit on their head. He is really enjoying the kids. I can't end without saying how wonderful the snacks have been, the ladies put together a beautiful tray filled with lots of fruits, fruit dip, veggies and dip, cookies, chips, mini muffins, bite size bagels with cheese. Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to make this a great success!!

VBS

Happy Fathers Day!!

I want to say Thank you to my husband David for being such a wonderful father to our children. You are the best!! I have loved how you can sit in the floor and hold a barbie for Emily, and then turn around and dress camoflouge and head out to the hills with Austin hunting. You have been a great husband to me, better than I ever dreamed. I thank you for showing a christian example, and teaching the kids how God needs to always be first. We are so blessed.... We love You. I am also very thankful for my Dad, I know that I can always count on you for support, and for keeping me covered in prayer. I'll never outgrow your hugs and kisses. You have become The Worlds Best Papaw, Austin and Emily look so forward to moving back to TN so they can love on you all the time. Be careful that you don't get caught telling all your grandkids they are your favorite... We love you, Daddy Thank you Dad Marcum for being such a good dad and grandpa to us. You have always shown us such kindness and patience. We love you.

Our Wonderful Beach Vacation

Our vacation this year was to our very favorite place, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It feels like going home for us. We've been going there the last six years. We love the "Low Country" as the natives call it. Hilton Head has such charm being in a southern state. You can see the beautiful sea pine trees with the moss hanging down, tropical palm trees and such beautiful flowers. We love taking long bike rides that end up at the icecream shoppe,or the Island bakery, walks on the beach, and eating the most delicious seafood. This year David and Emily went on very early shell searching walks on the beach {at around 5:00 or 6:00am}. Emy searched for the perfect shells. We enjoyed our vacation with Brian and Angela, Sydnee and Jack.{David's brother and family} also our friends from Georgia the Rhynes and Neals. It was neat to go on the beach and see someone you know from home. Our kids also loved playing with their friends. One of the highlights of the week was when we rode the Trolley Car over to Harbor Town. There awaits The Crazy Crab Restaurant with the most delicious hushpuppies, and the famous Greg Russell singing-underneath the old oak tree next to the harbor...a favorite with kids and adults. One day while swimming in the ocean, Emily tells me she saw shark fins, soon the life guard sees the shark and the ocean is cleared. That was pretty scary!! Thru the years, we have gotten used to seeing Big AL the gator and the unlimited sea gulls. As always, time flies by when your having fun and Saturday rolls around before you know and it is time to check out. We added an extra day enjoying Savannah, Georgia. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch from Paula Dean's Restaurant "The Lady & Sons". The food was scrumptious!!! It was like eating @ my dear mothers table. We didn't have reservations, and it was so booked up so we did the next best thing we took our food to the beautiful park next door. Have a good summer and we hope you will enjoy your vacation!

Time to be Beach Bums

Yeah!! It's finally vacation time. We are headed to Hilton Head Island. We are so ready to be beach bums for a week. We will share all the excitement when we get back.

How Did You Celebrate Memorial Day?

How did you celebrate Memorial Day? We celebrated the day with some good food, some good friends,and a good game of basketball. The Ellis family came to our house, and I prepared a good o' southern Fish Fry. We had farmed raised catfish, (straight from the Tennessee River) homemade hushpuppies, tradional white beans, coleslaw, frenchfries, and to top it off peanut butter pie. Thank you for coming, Ya'll come back now, ya-hear!