Castles and Crowns VBS

We just had our VBS program in July, and it was a blast. Lots of work, but it was totally worth it. The kids had almost as much fun as the adults. My parents were the king and queen (a little too convincingly). Also, Bobby's birthday was on the second day, so we surprised him with a cake! Here are a few pics. . .

Hilarious bowling blooper

I laugh every time I see this . . .

On vacation again

I'm going to have to start calling this my vacation blog, cause that seems to be all I write about. Maybe it's because vacations are the only time I have time to write.

We are at Gatlinburg, TN, this weekend for Fourth of July. This has become a bi-yearly tradition, although it was never intended to be that. Somehow I wasn't consulted when all this came about, cause this is not my kind of vacation. Not because it's not enjoyable, but it's not really restful for me. I'm not a bugs and nature kind of girl, and that's about the only thing to do around here. Except for shopping, but unless you go to the outlets in Pigeon Forge, the only things you can buy are dinky souvenirs or t-shirts or overpriced crafts. Do I sound like I'm in a bad mood. Maybe. :)

I guess cause I wanted to go swimming -- the only thing I really wanted to do today -- and it's raining. And it's scheduled to rain ALL DAY long. I may go crazy!! :)

Back from Vacation

Last week Bobby and I took an impromptu vacation -- a cruise to the bahamas, and a tiny trip to Disney World. Those of you who know me well know that I cannot go to the Orlando area without going to Disney. But I will definitely rethink that in the future when I find myself there in the middle of the summer. It wasn't the heat, it was the unbearable number of bodies that were crammed into the park. When it came time to pile on the bus at the end of the day, we waited an hour just to ride back to the hotel. Even I am not sure that it's worth it.

But anyway, it was fun, and I feel refreshed going into the work week. Wonder how long that will last? Oh, well. Guess I'll just have to take another vacation!

Finished with stress week

We just finished with our most stressful time of the year, and this year it truly outdid itself. On top of the usual scramble to get ready for Camp Meeting, we had an 8 episode video shoot for the ShareHim TV show this week, and all the hooplah that goes with that. And I had a stomach virus last weekend and a head/chest cold this week. Add to that my yearly physical this afternoon (I'd rather have thumbscrews) and it's been a pretty lousy couple of weeks.

But things are looking up! Next week is Camp Meeting, and that means working half days, spending time with my friends and family, and basically taking it easy. That's the plan, anyway. Hope you can join me in my quest for stresslessness. :)

More weekend photos

Mindi and Scott were kind enough to send me these other photos of the weekend. It was so fun to see everyone again!

Wendy's party

Here is a photo of Wendy's bachelorette party. Is it really a bachelorette party when it's after the wedding? Anyway, it was a fun time . . .

Candice is engaged!

My friends are very quickly getting married off these days. My friend Candice from Fletcher (She now lives in Raleigh, NC) just got engaged this last week. His name is Tomas. Here is a photo. Congrats, Candice!! :)

Video about Wendy and Dwayne

Wendy and Me

I can't believe my dear friend Wendy is actually MARRIED. I am looking forward to meeting the man who finally stole her heart. He had better be good to her! :)

testing 123

This is a test of the . . . .

So so

So I noticed that I started nearly every blog on this page with the word "so."

Success, of sorts

So I spent hours trying to figure out how to put up an RSS feed, and finally discover that the best way to do this is to just do an iframe with a link from the home page. But at least it works! And all is right with the world. . .

Getting frustrated

So the next chapter in this saga is that I can't get it to feed the latest blog post. It just pulls in the first one, and leaves the rest alone. What up??

The new post

So I have figured out how to get the RSS feed into my conference website. And now I am testing whether or not it will keep both posts or just the latest one I enter. Hence the ramblings.

Thoughts on nothing in particular

This is my first post on my new blogger website, and as usual I am at a loss for what to say. I could tell you why I signed up, I guess. Could it be because I have lots of spare time and want to spend it informing people about my boring life? No. Is it because I take tons of photos and wish I had a way to share them? Not that, either. It is actually because of work. I am researching how to put up a blog so our Conference president can have one which I will RSS feed into our conference site. Not very exciting, is it?

And yet, perhaps, it will cause me to actually do those other things I mentioned above. And in that case, it may make life a little more interesting for all of us. Till then, it's back to work for me. :)