Hey! It's good to be back home! Tim and I have been away with the youth this week in Hardin Kentucky at Jonathan's Creek camp. We had a great week. God answered many requests we made to Him and He is working in our youth group. Pray for our youth. This past week at camp was a "pep rally" for us. It has revived us spiritually, even though we are physically tired! God also has reminded us all the great importance of spending time with Him every day. A lot of us have been "starving" as Christians and have realized we cannot live like that anymore. You have to daily draw close to Jesus to gain His power and strength to live obediently. This week we have been with Jesus up on the mountain. We are back home in the valley now where the real growing occurs. Daily obedience and time alone with Jesus every day is key. By reading and meditating on His Word we are changed.
Daniel and Emma spent last week at their "summer camp", as Daniel called it. They spent the week in North Carolina with the grandparents. They both did wonderful and did not get homesick. God provided for them, protected them, and comforted them while we were away. I am thankful for the time we each had this week.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Monday, May 30, 2005
A note from Wendy...
Well, we have been out of commission again this week. Emma had a yucky stomach virus and shared it with me and Daniel. I cannot understand why Emma has been such a sick little girl this spring. I hope and pray we can stay well for the next few weeks!
We have been busy with an extreme makeover of Erin's room this week while she was out of town. So many people helped with it and it turned out beautiful! I hope she enjoys it as much as we enjoyed working on it.
What is new with Daniel? Well he finally pulled his loose tooth Saturday! I am so proud of him!! He wiggled it for about 30 minutes while he was watching his cartoons and out it came. He is still quite proud of himself, too. I had to bribe him with a Star Wars toy of his choosing, but whatever works!
Emma is still in control around the house. She is such a character with all her funny faces and talking "her sentences". (No one knows what she is talking about.) She is a sweetie, but such a different child than her brother. She eats nothing that is green or really good for her. I am not use to a picky eater, but she is! We love our Em.
Dad is out of town this weekend. He left here Saturday AM with Ryan and Big Nate headed to Colorado. Big Nate and Kara are getting married this Friday and they had to get a UHaul full of their stuff out there to their apartment before they tight the knot. So the 3 Amigos took off on a sprint to get out there and get back ASAP. Hopefully they will return tommorrow! Plus Tim has come down with our stomach virus. Pray that God will especially protect Big Nate from getting that stomach bug this week!!!!
And we leave for summer camp this Sunday, too. I can't believe it is already here! I have to get packing! I am looking forward to it because I didn't get to go last year. Daniel and Emma will be going to NC to visit the grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. Daniel is excited. Emma doesn't know, of course, that Mom is going to be leaving her for 7 days! I hope she makes it ok. She has been "clingy" lately. I hope that isn't a bad sign!!
Have a Happy Memorial Day! God, Bless each soldier today!!
We have been busy with an extreme makeover of Erin's room this week while she was out of town. So many people helped with it and it turned out beautiful! I hope she enjoys it as much as we enjoyed working on it.
What is new with Daniel? Well he finally pulled his loose tooth Saturday! I am so proud of him!! He wiggled it for about 30 minutes while he was watching his cartoons and out it came. He is still quite proud of himself, too. I had to bribe him with a Star Wars toy of his choosing, but whatever works!
Emma is still in control around the house. She is such a character with all her funny faces and talking "her sentences". (No one knows what she is talking about.) She is a sweetie, but such a different child than her brother. She eats nothing that is green or really good for her. I am not use to a picky eater, but she is! We love our Em.
Dad is out of town this weekend. He left here Saturday AM with Ryan and Big Nate headed to Colorado. Big Nate and Kara are getting married this Friday and they had to get a UHaul full of their stuff out there to their apartment before they tight the knot. So the 3 Amigos took off on a sprint to get out there and get back ASAP. Hopefully they will return tommorrow! Plus Tim has come down with our stomach virus. Pray that God will especially protect Big Nate from getting that stomach bug this week!!!!
And we leave for summer camp this Sunday, too. I can't believe it is already here! I have to get packing! I am looking forward to it because I didn't get to go last year. Daniel and Emma will be going to NC to visit the grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. Daniel is excited. Emma doesn't know, of course, that Mom is going to be leaving her for 7 days! I hope she makes it ok. She has been "clingy" lately. I hope that isn't a bad sign!!
Have a Happy Memorial Day! God, Bless each soldier today!!
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Wendy's first blog
I have finally found a little bit of time to sit down and blog a bit! Emma and Daniel keep me so busy and so tired!
I want to tell you about our recent road trip. We took a mini vacation to Cincinnati, Ohio last Monday. Why Ohio you may be asking? Well, we decided to go see the Reds play a couple of baseball games! We left that morning and arrived in Cincinnati around 4:00pm. The children did well riding. Emma napped a little, but Daniel did not. We checked into our hotel room and rested about an hour before we headed out the door again. The Reds vs. Padres game started at 7:35pm. We decided to walk to the game since we hade been sitting most of the day in the car. The Great American Ballpark was 8 blocks away from our hotel. So here we go! We put Emma Sue in the stroller and strolled down the streets of Cincinnati. It was a nice walk. We got to the ballpark, checked out the gift shop, and headed to our great seats. Our seats were 4 rows up from the third base line. In other words we were in foul ball territory! We had to keep our eyes on the ball. It was fun being there and seeing the beautiful stadium. We stayed for 8 innings and decided to head back. The Reds were ahead by 4 runs anyway. But later after we got back to the hotel we found out that the game continued into 13 innings and the Reds lost. On Tuesday we got up and went to the zoo. It was very fun! Daniel and Emma loved all the different animals. We enjoyed it, but we all were tired and ready for a nap by the end. We left the zoo and headed back to the room. For supper Tuesday night we feasted on Cincinnati chili. On Wednesday we got up, ate a free brunch at the Muffin Basket downstairs and headed back to the ballpark for a 12:30pm game. We arrived early to take in the scenery and ambiance of the place once again. Our seats this time were in the shade in the lower level behind home plate in the shade. Thank God for the shady seats because it was hot! The game ended again in a loss but it was still enjoyable to be there. We then headed for Spartaland after stopping in Lexington, KY to eat and shop a little.
I want to tell you about our recent road trip. We took a mini vacation to Cincinnati, Ohio last Monday. Why Ohio you may be asking? Well, we decided to go see the Reds play a couple of baseball games! We left that morning and arrived in Cincinnati around 4:00pm. The children did well riding. Emma napped a little, but Daniel did not. We checked into our hotel room and rested about an hour before we headed out the door again. The Reds vs. Padres game started at 7:35pm. We decided to walk to the game since we hade been sitting most of the day in the car. The Great American Ballpark was 8 blocks away from our hotel. So here we go! We put Emma Sue in the stroller and strolled down the streets of Cincinnati. It was a nice walk. We got to the ballpark, checked out the gift shop, and headed to our great seats. Our seats were 4 rows up from the third base line. In other words we were in foul ball territory! We had to keep our eyes on the ball. It was fun being there and seeing the beautiful stadium. We stayed for 8 innings and decided to head back. The Reds were ahead by 4 runs anyway. But later after we got back to the hotel we found out that the game continued into 13 innings and the Reds lost. On Tuesday we got up and went to the zoo. It was very fun! Daniel and Emma loved all the different animals. We enjoyed it, but we all were tired and ready for a nap by the end. We left the zoo and headed back to the room. For supper Tuesday night we feasted on Cincinnati chili. On Wednesday we got up, ate a free brunch at the Muffin Basket downstairs and headed back to the ballpark for a 12:30pm game. We arrived early to take in the scenery and ambiance of the place once again. Our seats this time were in the shade in the lower level behind home plate in the shade. Thank God for the shady seats because it was hot! The game ended again in a loss but it was still enjoyable to be there. We then headed for Spartaland after stopping in Lexington, KY to eat and shop a little.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
UPDATE
Sorry we have not "blogged" in a while. I have yet to show Wendy how to login and post.... I do want to let you know there will be several new pictures on the King webpage very soon. As soon as I can remember how to use the "EZ" thumbnail builder program. I need to take notes in Rhino's classes. We just got back from Cincinnati. We had a great time. I will let Wendy tell you all about our trip. Today was the annual spring church golf tourney. We played not so good and still placed. Some people cheated (which is common in church tournies).
Monday, May 02, 2005
Daniel's Big Day
Yesterday was a big day for Daniel. Mom fixed his favorite lunch... pork chops and turnip greens. He is a unique little boy. After that we headed to his preschool graduation. It was a nice ceremony with a video presentation of the past school year and the awarding of diplomas. There was a party afterwards with lots of food; like cookies, brownies and cake. Daniel ate celery and strawberries. Then we helped Commander Kurt get set up for the Awana Grand Prix. Daniel and I (wendy too) had a great time building this year's entry. He wanted to build a Jeep. I cut it out, Daniel sanded on it all day one day. He painted it and we bought stickers to make it into a "Duke/JJ Redick" Jeep. Wendy wanted it to be a beach buggy so she made a little umbrella, beach towel, flip flops and a beach ball for the back. She wanted to put rod holders on the front with fishing poles but she was getting out of control so we had to stop her. She also threatened me to NOT win the speed category this year. She felt Daniel was a little spoiled by winning all the trophies last year. So we set the onboard computer to shut her down at a safe 110 mph. Daniel still had one of the top ten cars out of all classes. But our goal this year was to win a trophy for best design. Daniel's Duke/JJ Jeep placed first in the design category. He was happy with that after I explained to him how we had met our goal and completed our plan. Next year we will be going for all the trophies again. I figure every other year of total domination is okay, right? Anyway, we had a great day. We will put lots of pictures of the day on our web page so you can share in the fun.
Welcome.
Wendy and I have finally given in to the web log craze. We have fought it for sometime now but the ease of technology has once again defeated our resolve. And it should make the distant grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins and friends happier, since we email very seldom. We will try our best to keep you all updated on the happenings of the Kings of Tennessee.
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