The Dreaded Flower Beds

Please, don't give me plants. When they make there way to my house, they generally die. Now granted the mass loss of plants was not my fault this time, it still happened under my watch. Paul sprayed them all with round up then claimed that the dog had gone tee tee on them. Oh well, I didn't like them anyway. So, one of my sweet high school students, Kira, came to the rescue. She volunteered to design my flower beds for me, and we went to work planting and creating. I added some confederate jasmine to her already beautiful plan. For the first time since we have moved in here, I like my plants. I am trying real hard to keep them alive. My grass is still dead though. Not much I can do about that right now!

Super Hero Night

We will do anything for free food. So when Chick-fil-a announced that they were having super hero night, we knew we had to go. So, the costumes went on. Eleenah is super ballerina in case you couldn't tell. I didn't have a super hero costume that fit her, so we just added a cape. All the employees were dressed up, and it was alot of fun. We are looking forward to cow appreciation day which is coming up on the 13th. Yeah for cows, yeah for free Chick-fil-a.

Papa's new toy

We spent the day at Callaway Gardens on Hunter's actual birthday, then he wanted his birthday dinner at Papa and Tita's house. When we got there, Papa had just gotten a new toy. The kids loved the mule and had a blast riding around the neighborhood on it. Hunter thought that was a pretty nice birthday present. Anyway, Hunter had a great time eating his hotdogs and hunting frogs. He is such a boy.

Emily Left us!

I know that when Emily arrived, she thought time was moving so slow. However, in the end, time had moved to quickly. On June 11, we made our tearful goodbyes at the Atlanta airport. It was really hard to let Emily go. When you open your home up to someone for a year, they really become family. Emily is like another daughter to me, and we miss her so much. We learned alot this last year with Emily, and we really enjoyed watching her grow. She learned so much while she was here, and it was fun to watch her progress into a true American teenager. We are most excited about the fact that Emily learned about Jesus while she was here, and gave her life to him. She has already found a church in Taiwan, and is going every Sunday. Please join me in praying for her parents, that they would see Christ in Emily and the she can be a light that leads people to Jesus! She is truly a special girl, and we are blessed just by knowing her. We get to talk to Emily through the webcam. The kids get so excited when she is on the computer. They miss their "Emmy". We can't wait til she comes back to visit next summer. I'm sure time will fly again, and it will be time for her to be here! Oh yeah, she would still be here, if Anna Ruth and I hadn't packed her stuff for her. That was a major ordeal trying to get all that stuff packed up. Thanks Anna Ruth! We love you Emily! We miss you lots!

Time out at Chick-fil-a

LeeLee loves Chick-fil-a. Here she is taking a time out from the playground, but she made it clear that she was not ready to leave. She cracks me up!

Party for Emily

We had a good bye party for Emily at the lake. It was alot of fun. We had the best hosts, the Giffins. Their daughter, Katie, has become a special college student to us. They graciously offered their home, and took care of two meals. We all had fun, and only a few of the girls returned home with sun burns.

Hunter turns 5!

When our kids turn 5 they get to plan a special trip of their very own. They get to pick one parent and pick what they want to do. I was very jealous when Noelle picked Paul and they went to New York. They did all the fun little girl stuff that I would love. Well, I lucked out, and Hunter picked me for his trip. He wanted to go Iquana hunting. So we headed off to Cozumel, Mexico for a week to hunt iquanas. We took Tricia along with us so we wouldn't be alone. We had a blast. Hunter became a celebrity at the resort where we were staying. All of the staff knew him by name. Half of the staff went Iquana hunting with him one day, and that was alot of fun. We made some special friends while we were there. We loved Yazmin, Arnold, and Omar, and were sad to leave them. Hunter also made friends with Paco, who was a firefighter in 9-11 and was in the middle of the tragic events from that day. Hunter and I found over 200 iquanas and about 20 tolocs. We had a blast. The highlight of the trip for me was swimming with the dolphins. I had a great time with Hunter. He is such a fun kid, and he really enjoyed being in the spotlight without his sisters!