Monday, September 3, 2018

Wrapping up summer

I feel like summers go by faster and faster! Swim team took over the bulk of June and then Seth and I were gone 11 days in July. All of a sudden there was just a little bit remaining of summer before school started! We tried to soak up the last little bit. 

James went to Montana with Grandma, Grandpa, and Thomas. They left Monday, July 16 and came home the following Monday. It was kind of nice just having Adelyn. I'm not saying we didn't miss James, but one-on-one time is a definite bonus. To quote Adelyn, "I've waited seven years for this!!" LOL! I started a new job at our church as the Elementary Director (part time), so Adelyn came to work with me some but the rest of the time was pure fun! 
 She had Tatem spend the night one night and they each made 2 batches of SLIME! She also had Mae spend the night and we went to Aquatic Center 

 Adelyn and I went to visit Heather while she was at her parents' house. They live on Lake Martin in AL. It's so beautiful! We got there around lunch time and stayed Friday night until Saturday afternoon.
 We went to a little wine tasting at a restaurant near her parents house. They also had live music and hula hoops.
 Adelyn loved this disc swing!
 They celebrated Madison's 4th birthday a little early. She had a unicorn party
 OMG, Noah is so darn cute! He makes this face when you say "cheese"
 I love Mr. Crawford!
 Seth and I introduced Adelyn to a charcuterie board. She's a big fan
 The kids earned FREE tickets to 6 Flags for logging their reading hours (read for 6 hours). I took them the Thursday before school started. We got there when the park opened at 10 a.m.
 Gold Rush

 Adelyn was too tall to ride this superman tower but James liked it
 Mexican for lunch!
 Scream Machine.... I can't believe James rode this. He hates roller coasters!
 3D Marvel
 We hit the water park for a couple hours to cool off and had a BLAST! We bumped into some Cumming friends. Adelyn wanted to ride the super man roller coaster (it tilts your body so that you're parallel with the ground, flying like superman). Stephanie watched James and I took Adelyn and her son Ethan on it. I was the oldest person riding this ride! It was mostly teenagers! Adelyn is an adrenaline junkie
 She wanted to ride Blue Hawk but James refused. So she rode it alone!
 I mean.... look at those loops and twists!
 We rode the sky buckets! We ended up staying until the park closed at 9 pm. I'd say we got our money's worth! SO, SO fun!
 We took advantage of a Parents Night Out offered by Pinspiration. The kids did crafts, ate pizza, and watched a movie while the adults went out


Melissa and I at Secreto

Ice Cream afterwards
 We went to a trampoline park. This is Fay and Adelyn
 And Donovan and James
 Heather came up for some outlet shopping. :)
 I hit my 100th FitBody Bootcamp class! Woo hoo!
Adelyn went to her first church camp! You have to have completed 3rd grade to attend and it was held the weekend after school started. She loved it

It was a great summer! Just too fast!

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Adelyn's Baptism

Adelyn has had quite the journey in getting saved, and I love her story. I love it because she put a lot of thought into it, and I know she didn't do it on a whim. You can read more here

She was baptized at Mountain Lake and at Oak Grove (and she joined Oak Grove). Both were meaningful in their own ways. Her baptism was July 15th, 2018. 
 Preacher Craig with all of the people getting baptized 
entering the baptism pool 
 Adelyn with Pastor Craig just before the baptism 



 Our family afterwards 
The Abernathys came. Tatem gave Adelyn some sweet gifts 

                                                               James matched my dad 
And Bert!

 Grandma plays the piano at church and helps Adelyn every week. This is the church Seth grew up in. 
 My parents were in town for the event too! They went to the NC mountains for a couple days after keeping the kids from our Portugal trip and then returned for the baptism
 Molly Kate was also baptized. Molly Kate and Adelyn attended Fideles together. 
Pastor Craig and Adelyn 
Craig was the PE Teacher at Cumming Elementary when I taught there, so I have known him for quite some time and have always thought highly of him. He's still a PE Coach and the pastor of Oak Grove. 
 Adelyn with her grandmothers 
 My family.... we are extremely proud of Adelyn 
Oak Grove's newest members 
 Adelyn is accepting her bible 
 Emily also sang on this day! How special!
 We hosted family and friends for lunch at our house afterwards. About 30 people came for barbecue that Seth smoked all night long. It was so good!



Mrs. Racheal (James's young 5's teacher) made this cross (pull apart cupcakes)
Grandpa and Adelyn 
proud grandparents

Adelyn has a heart of gold, and now that sweet heart belongs to Jesus. July 15th was a great day!