He giveth and He Taketh Away.....

My dear friends...

My dear little foster niece, Alexis, is being turned over to her biological father. He has gone through all the legal actions to gain sole custody of her. Tomorrow, Susan and Jeff will have to watch her leave their home. They have had her for 19 months. The Lord is giving them strength in this VERY difficult time. He (God) has given Susan many promises from His Word, which I am very thankful for. My boys are having a hard time understanding how come she has to leave. Please pray that we will have the wisdom for this time. I am so grateful to Susan and Jeff for giving me the opportunity to love another child like my own. Alexis is a true Joy! As you think about her, please pray for her future and the seeds that have been planted into her heart. We pray she will take Jesus to her family.

The Lord has been reminding me of the song titled, "Blessed be Your Name". Here are the lyrics:

Blessed be your name

In the land that is plentiful

Where the streams of abundance flow

Blessed be your nameBlessed be your name

When I'm found in the desert place

Though I walk through the wilderness

Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,I turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, LordStill I will say...

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be your glorious name

Blessed be your name

When the sun's shining down on me

When the world's all as it should be

Blessed be your name

Blessed be your name

On the road marked with suffering

Oh, There's pain in the offering

Blessed be your name

Every blessing you pour out,I turn back to praise

When the darkness closes in, LordStill I will say...

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be your name

Blessed be the name of the Lord

Blessed be your glorious name

You give and take away

You give and take away

My heart will STILL choose to say

Blessed be your name

This is what I am saying today...BLESSED BE YOUR NAME!

With tears and sobs, I bring you this post,

Marty

Carson's Big Day!

I thought I would share a few pictures from Carson's day yesterday.....

Larry took him to work with him for a little while since he had to drive to NC. On the way home, they found this real race car. Carson was so excited. He loves anything that is fast and furious. He is his fathers son! Enjoy the pics!

How cute is he?!!!!!

ENGAGED!!!!

Just a short blog to announce that my little, bitty, BABY sister is ENGAGED!!!! We are all very excited for her and her handsome fiance, David Fulton, Jr. David leaves this month for Iraq for 7 months. Please pray for him and his family!! They are planning on a August wedding next year....if the Marines will cooperate!! I'll try to have her send a picture for me to post!

I'm doing better...it's only been a week since the last post! ha!

A Few Pictures....

Dear Friends.....If anyone is still out there looking for update on our lives,

We are doing great! I have been very busy with Steven's school and running after an 18month old!!! Steven in loving the 1st grade and is progressing very nicely. The first few weeks were nothing short of NERVE RACKING to say the least. I have had to make some adjustment to my schedule and the school schedule so that our lives would be alot calmer....if that is possible. I read a blog recently about one's perspective of the daily interuptions that arise in our lives, THANK YOU for that reminder! (You know who you are!) Carson is also loving "school". I am not "officially" teaching him this year, but he is so eager to learn that I hate to pass up the opportunity. The other day, Steven played school with him and later made the comment to me that "Carson is really smart!" I do love hearing the boys quote their memory verses together as if they were "preaching" the Word. We have been trying to emphazise expression in our memorization so that they can understand what the verse is saying. Maybe we overdo it a weeee bit. Larry and I listened this morning and were overjoyed! Sometimes Carson may forget a word but he remembers the spots to go louder and softer. We are blessed that our boys have hearts tender toward God!

I'm going to try to post some pictures of some of our vacation this summer and some odd n edd picures as well! Enjoy!

Peyton LOVED the beach! Thankfully he has his mothers skin type so he doesn't burn and can stay ALL DAY LONG!!!

This is how Larry spends his time, a book, his MP3, a large tent above him, and food! He only goes to the beach for the mine and the boys sake! He's a great daddy! His loves are the mountains and fast bikes...well most of you know him well!

We took one day and went to Paris Island were David (Christa's boyfriend) trained to be a Marine! He is being deployed to Iraq this month and is currently spending time with his family in Florida. Christa joined him there for this week and they will both fly back to GA. He will spend a few days there and then on to NC before his deployment. Please pray for him, his dear family, Christa and us as we have grown to love him thru Christa! Anyway... here is a picture of the base and picture of them in training. The boys thought this was the best day of their lives....I hope I didn't plant a seed.....

We also went the Chocolate Facorty in Beauford. It smelled like what I imagine Heaven to smell like!! This is the store that "Forest Gump" bought his mother chocolate from in the movie Forest Gump! A very cute shop!Peyton loved seeing all the deer on the Island where we stayed. He would stand and look off the back patio for as long as the deer would stay. Here is Peyton going fishing off the back deck! That is until we found the alligator!!!

We would take the golf cart around and the deer would just follow you. We feed them old corn on the cob this evening and they were wanting more!

This is a picture of an old covered bridge about 15 minutes from our house. A couple weeks ago, we took a picnic one evening and let the boys play in the creek! It was great seeing them skip rocks! Brought back memories of my childhood!

Summer's End....

Hello Blogger Friends!



I'm sorry that I haven't had the chance to blog as of late. We have been extremely busy with end of summer activities. We had the wonderful opportunity to spend a week at the beach with a couple of friends. It was fantastic! I'll try to post pictures later of some of the fun things we got to do. When we returned we had plenty to keep me busy and away from the computer. Last weekend, we were blessed to have my Aunt Janet and little sis, Christa, to visit us. Aunt Janet was only able to stay overnight, but we made the most of our time. The three of us went to party in honor of Christa's friend who was getting married. Aunt Janet and I had known her since she was around the age of 6! Can't believe that I'm that old! It was nice to see old friends again. On Friday, I had to work so Christa kept the kids for me....they LOVE having Aunt "Trista" around to play with. Somehow she has more energy than I do!!! On Friday evening, Larry took the boys to see the Greenville Drive play baseball. (Our church had gotten tickets for us!) They had a great time with friends and watching baseball. Christa, Peyton, and I stayed home to catch up with each other. (And to make hot fudge brownies!!) It was a great evening! Sorry that I couldn't stay up later....but the alarm was set to go off at 5 am for another 12hour day at work. She and her friend, Seth, went to Rachel's wedding Saturday evening and to church with Larry on Sunday. She was able to stop by the hospital on the way out of town to say goodbye! She has grown into a beautiful young woman! I am very proud of her.....It is hard not to call her my "baby sister" thou!

This week has been busy getting ready for a yard sale on Saturday. Most people do their cleaning out in the Spring....I do it when I have time and a Saturday off! I am praying that we will have a great profit!!! I am doing it with several friends so maybe it will go well! I have also to get ready to start school on Monday! I have everything already, I've just got to get organized!

I have been trying to catch up on other's blogs lately and comment, but it looks like everyone else is just as busy! I'll try to post pic later! Have a blessed day!