LTC. . . LTC. . . LTC. . . LTC

We had a blast!!! We took four of our kids to Dallas to the Leadership Training for Christ event this weekend. Let me tell you it was exhausting! We had so much fun, though. It seemed everywhere I went I saw someone that I knew or I heard someone yelling my name from across the room. Kinda cool! Our four kids did great! They did puppets, chorus, drama and Bible bowl. We really need to improve our Bible bowl for next year. .. . . so we're starting on the book of John on Sunday. We're going to draw the scenes out and really take our time to get an idea of what's going on. That way we won't be so pressured to cram a whole book into three weeks. We didn't do to shabby for our first time at it though. Here are some pictures.

This is Before we began. 37 trees ago.

Welcome to the Jungle!!!

As promised. . . here are some comparison pictures from before we started with the trees until now. We still have so much to do!! Leaves, leaves, leaves!!! The before pictures were in summer and I took the after pictures today. So the greenery and summer leaves are not there today. . . but, I think you'll notice a difference.

After. . . ahhhhh!!!

Stormi's bridal shower was Sunday at Granny's house. She had a house just full of great folks. She also made a haul. Stormi's wedding is the 29th of March. We're excited for her. She's going to marry an Irishman. I just like to say that!!! Here are some pictures of Stormi's shower.

In other news. . . . The storm is over. We had a rough two days. We're still afloat, but it was a little uneasy for a little while. Monday afternoon we had a tornado warning four miles from our house. As the time neared for the tornado . . . here came the hail. It was small. . . pea or marble size, but lots of it. No damage. We survived two days of that mess. We're all fine now. God has let the beautiful sunshine come out. It looks great!!! Oh, the trees. . . let me just show you the difference. Two years ago and today. Excuse the ugly leaves in the yard. . . we were waiting for the tree guys to finish so that we could begin putting down grass. So, the yard hasn't been the priority. I'll post pictures later.

LTC is right around the corner!!!

Ready or not!!! We have a group of 4 third and fourth graders from OUR side. The "white people" side as the kids call it. . .has very many more kids ready to go. We're excited about our four. The kids asked me the other day if I was 1/2 (meaning 1/2 Hispanic and 1/2 white). I laughed for about 10 minutes straight!! I'll post some pictures after we get back. I'm coaching the puppets. They rock!!

On other news. . . .we're currently getting our trees trimmed. It's been a process. Since we've moved in, we've cut down 37 trees. I am by no means a tree hater. I LOVE trees and their shade in the hot Texas sun. . . but we had soooooo many that the grass cound't grow. Well now we're looking better. We still have tons of trees. I'll post the pictures later.