What an amazing week it has been!!! Steven and I drove to TN early last week and spent a few days visiting with his family before driving another 6 hours to crash the church youth trip in Myrtle Beach. It was so awesome because the girls were not expecting us at the beach and so they were so surprised to see their daddy for the first time since his return home from Iraq. I am most positive that everyone in the room that witnessed the reunion shed at least a few tears. The girls absolutely love their daddy so much and I count myself so blessed and fortunate that my kids have such a great father.
After spending 2 days at the beach, we experienced our first long drive since being all together again. It didn't take very long before the girls reminded their daddy of what girlie arguments sound like. After nearly 8 hours (approximately 2 hours longer than it took us to get there) we were back in the comfort of TN.
Today it was so nice to be in church at Zion. I miss it more every time I visit. The girls sang tonight and did a great job. Tempia, Andy, and I sang "Child of the King" also. It is one of the church's favorites and probably my most requested song ever. Tempia sounded like an angel and sang with such sencerity that it was hard for me to keep my composure. I think the second best thing to my own salvation is knowing that 2 of my very own children have also accepted Jesus into their hearts. I fail them every day and fall very short from any parent of the year awards, but one thing that I know that I have done well is to teach my children about the Love of God and the importance of allowing him to Lead in their lives. Though pride can be a sinful thing, I am very proud that I have been blessed with such beautiful kids (inside and out).
After church, we came home to yet another opportunity to make memories. Megan, Brittany, and Marsha had the brilliant idea of creating a chocolate syrup slip and slide. Who would imagine that a large piece of plastic, 10 bottles of chocolate syrup, and 5 containers of cool whip could be so fun? The girls LOVED every minute of slipping and sliding. I don't think a day at an amusement park could have been anymore fun than they had in the front yard tonight.
So, now that I have reminisced the last week, hopefully I can try, AGAIN...to keep more updated with this blog. This is something that I really want my family to do together...so look for articles from the kids and maybe Steven in the near future.
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I forgot to mention that my girls made a their theatrical debut in the outdoor play the Wataugans. They did a fabulous job pretending to be little settler children of James Young. It was hot and sticky and they never once complained about the hot costumes that they were wearing for 3+ hours. It was definately another memory added to the many for summer 2010.
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