Our Valentine Banquet

We had such a good time at our Banquet this year!!!! The teens did such a good job waiting on tables and bringing everyone their dinner. On the menu was Chicken, baked potatoes, rice, green beans, tossed salad, and yeast rolls and it was all very good. We had alot of different desserts. Here are a few photos that I took before everyone arrived.

All the tables are ready

Our Dessert Table

Our Gift Table

This is where the photos were taken of each couple.

Bro. Brent brought the devotional for the evening. We played some games and Allen and I actually won a couple of the prizes. We want to thank everyone at Mt. Ridge for all their hard work and we really enjoyed the evening.

My husband and I

On January 31, it will be 19 years ago that Allen proposed to me. We were married on March 24, 1990. The Lord has blessed us with 3 wonderful daughters. The years sure do fly by and here is a picture that Grace took of us last night before we headed to Church.

Our Church trip to Second Chance Ranch

What an exciting day we had on January 3. We went to Second Chance Ranch in Danbury to meet up with the fellows who went up on Thursday.

It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed the Hotdog lunch and the trip back to the Cabin in the woods.

The fellows spent 2 days hunting and roaming the woods

Here is Janie trying to start a fight with Chasity...

Chasity held her off....

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We had a great day and by the end of the day we were tired and our sides were hurting because of the laughing we did.

One Day at a Time

One day at a time, with its failures and fears,
With its hurt and mistakes, with its weakness and tears,
With its portion of pain and its burden of care;
One day at a time we must meet and must bear.

One day at a time to be patient and strong,
To be calm under trial and sweet under wrong.
Then its toiling shall pass, and its sorrow shall cease;
It shall darken and die, and the night shall bring peace.

One day at a time-but the day is so long,
And the heart is not brave, and the soul is not strong.
O Thou pitiful Christ, be Thou near all the way;
Give courage and patience and strength for the day.

Swift cometh His answer, so clear and sweet:
"Yea, I will be with thee, thy troubles to meet.
I will not forget thee, nor fail thee, nor grieve;
I will not forsake thee; I never will leave."

Not yesterday's load are we called to bear,
Nor the morrow's uncertain and shadowy care.
Why should we look forward or back with dismay?
Our needs, as our mercies, are but for the day.

One day at a time, and the day is His day.
He hath numbered its hours, though they haste or delay.
His grace is sufficient; we walk not alone.
As the day, so the strength that He giveth His own.


-Annie Johnson Flint

Christmas Photo

Here is a photo of our family that was taken last night.

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UpDate

It is hard to believe but I haven't updated my blog in a month. So, I thought I would give an update this morning. I trust everyone had a good Thanksgiving and I know everyone had plenty to eat and lots of fun time with our families. The Lord has truly blessed each and everyone of us.

The girls and I left the house at 3:15am on Friday morning to go to the stores in Hickory for their early morning shopping. We had alot of fun and we were back in Taylorsville by 10 am to drop Lydia off at the Bank where she works. We got some great deals and even had time to stop at CVS and get alot of their early morning deals

We actually had Thanksgiving Dinner on Friday evening. All of my husband's family came and ate with us. I think I counted 22 people that evening. It was a good evening with lots of games and talking. I would post photo's but the camera's batteries were dead.

Saturday morning we took a group of Teen Girls to Concord Mills and spent the day. Janie and I had alot of fun shopping with them. We tried on loads of purfume and lotion. I think we went into about every store there. We got Back in time for Anthony's birthday party.

We had good services yesterday at Church. We are practicing for our Christmas Play and it is coming along well. The younger kids are doing great on their singing. Our Play is the Sunday before Christmas and we still have alot of practicing left to do.

We will be starting back to school today and Grace has been studying alot. She had 2 Tests that she will be taking this month and next. She is trying to get everything ready for College this next school year.

Hannah fell 3 weeks ago and broke her left arm. She has 2 weeks left until we go back to the dr. again and they talked like they will put a splint on it then. She was in alot of pain the first week but she has been fine since. She is left-handed so we had to write for her until she could do it.

Well I guess I had better go for now and finish the ironing. Have a wonderful day!!!