Friends & Family

I want to start my post by encouraging you to please pray for Beverly Easley and her family (Bryan, Luke, Ellen, Patrick, Maggie, Mason, Paige, Palmer & Hope). I just read an update on www.caringbridge.com about their day yesterday. Hope (who is 4 yrs. old) was baptized by Beverly's dad, Bro. Jim Whorton in the baby pool in their backyard since Beverly is too weak to go to church. How awesome is that! It made me cry and at the same time rejoice because this young child has seen how faithful her mother is through all of this and wanted to be baptized. I'm sure it was a joyful sight for Beverly & Bryan as well.



Family is one of the most important parts of our lives. We share our joys, we share our sorrows and we also argue. Some of the best moments in my life are sharing times with my family. Beach trips, Christmas, sitting around talking about nothing. Our family is fairly small compared to alot of families. There is my mom and dad, my sister and me. My dad has one sister and my mom has one sister, both are married. David's family consist of his stepfather, his mom and one sister. His mom has 2 sisters and 1 brother. My mom cooks for my family and my sisters family every Sunday afternoon which is great. We try to get together with David's family at least one a month . One of the great advantages to having family close by is built in babysitters! LOL

Friends are another important part of our lives.  Even though we get busy with our own lives with the kids, we love getting together with our friends.  I enjoy being able to talk and catch with my friends at church.  Our Mommetime that we have at church for moms of small children is an awesome time of fellowship and laughter. I won't say it's easy for me to make friends.  I am very cautious of others - I guess you could say I've been burned to many times.  But as I've gotten older I can see that I'm changing and trying to be a more outgoing person.    I just want to take this moment to say to all my friends - I love and appreciate you!

Tomorrow is the first day of school for my oldest son @ EMCA.  So, tomorrow's blog will be about starting school and teachers.  Till then.....