Dallas Here We Come

Ever wonder what the church trailer looks like goin down the road? Well don't because it looks like this.

 

and this..

and this...

Had a fun ride down to Dallas for SNU's Naz Nite.

What is there to do at a stop light? Take pictures of course.

We had tons of fun in the car... driving 6 hours...

Branson Retreat NEO Style

This weekend I got to spend 2 days in beautiful Branson, Mo with "the most amazing man I have ever met" for the NEO Minister's and Mates Retreat. And it was awesome.

I couldn't have asked for a better weekend, except an endless amount of money to go and do everything Mark and I could... like go see all the shows and eat at every place our hearts desired!!!

However I did have a great dinner Saturday night ....

Thanks NEO for an awesome weekend getaway with my pastor hubby! And thank you BFCNaz for sending us. This was much needed!

Beach Vaca 2012: Cover & Title Page

All of Mark's family went to the beach to stay in one house together for a whole week.I made a Shutterfly book along with scraping it into my PL album. Here is our story of the Sanford Beach Vaca of 2012... and look how cute the cover turned out.

 

Title Page:
This page documents our journey down to the beach. It was about a four hour drive that took longer than just four hours. We left the house right before 7am. We were in our car, Nana and Poppie in their's. We traveled south to later meet up with Uncle Josh on his bike and Aunt Lala (Lauren) with baby Ava and Jenna.

All the stops made me hungry, very hungry! That is all I could think of the whole trip and that I was not looking forward to that ferry ride. Somewhere Uncle Josh found some friends from the gas station to the ferry, a bunch of them! Once we got in line for the ferry, Jenna and Ava hopped into our car to hangout. Poppie kept playing with them. They didnt mind waiting. I on the other hand did, I was hungry and needed some food.

After waiting for about 45 mins, the ferry came and picked us up. They loaded us on that boat like sardines. I did not like it. We also had to turn off the car until the ride was over. Also I thought I could pick up a snack on this ride, but I was mistsken. There was only heat, sweat, and tears, from me not the girls.

We do look happy in our pic on the ferry, but don't let me smile fool you, I wanted off that thing as soon as I could.





*Note the green and graph tag at the top of the page. I placed that on each page to add handwritten journaling. I thought it would look good with the Project Life concept, my new style of scrapbooking by Becky Higgins.

{Check out Saturday Lunch Here}Coming Soon



North Arkansas Women's Retreat!!!

So it's that time again, for the women's council to start planning ... well they have been planning for a while now, but to actually see some progress from the long planning process! We are getting the word out there for this year's retreat, "Tending our Soul," with Jeannie McCullough of Wisdom of the Word!
We are so excite to bring you our new webpage and facebook page. Check us out! And of course keep in mind that all details aren't nailed down, so the website has some missing info, however keep visiting to stay in the loop... and invite your friends to look.

Crazy about the City, Silver Dollar City that is.

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So its that time of year again to purchase Silver Dollar City season passes! We already got ours in the mail and I'm so excited I just can't hold it in any longer. This past week I was at the sister and brother in laws and was encouraging my sis to purchase passes (which she did last night =) so excited) and my brother in law asked if I worked for Silver Dollar City or something because I am always talking about it and every year trying to get them to go haha.

But then I thought about why I was like that... because he was right I was, and I came to the conclusion that it is a tradition for me. Growing up we didn't go to many family vaca spots, but what was certain is that every year during the summer ... the HOT part of the summer, normally at the end of July we would take a family vacation to Branson and Silver Dollar City. Those memories were the few of the good ones I had growing up.

So when I met Mark and we had Emma and moved over to Arkansas, being so close to Branson, seemed like the was no other place to visit! We have been there with some of our favorite people!

- In Aug 2007 Emma's first vaca was there with Grammie and PawPaw.



- In April 2009 Mark & Myself went to SDC with our Youth Group in Fayetteville and a dear friend Becky that leads that group now!



- In May 2009 we took Emma and Olivia (her first time) to SDC with Mama Euva and Uncle JonJon



- In June 2009 we took the girls and Nana and Poppie along with Aunt LaLa and Uncle Josh and Jenna... and it was SO much fun!



We weren't able to SDC in 2010 however we were in Branson, it was sad cause we wanted to go!
This next year we will hopefully have plenty of times at the City!


Update:

- In May 2011 we went with Aunt Sissy and Uncle Lance for Brooklynn's 2nd Bday. We had a great time. We also checked out Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampdee. The South won y'all! And we got to Ride the Ducks. I was surprised at how much I learned on that ride.

Happy Birthday Brooklynn!

Mark and Emma, Quack Quack! Ride the Ducks.

Olivia and me on the DUCK. It was cold that day.

Holland and Emma enjoying a ride at Silver Dollar City.

Mark at dinner @ Dixie Stampdee, yum!

- In July 2011 we went again with Nana from Alabama and Poppie. Mark, I and the girls got there alittle early on tuesdays and stayed till sat. It was a fun week in Branson. This was our first time to go to White Water as well. We loved it!




So get your tickets today and make some memories that will last forever!

Branson!

So last weekend we spent three days and two nights, in one of our favorite places, Branson Mo, for a Pastor's and wives retreat! Mark and I had a BLAST! We stayed at the Hilton on the Landing! Super nice hotel and had great fellowship with many on our district! We truly enjoyed our time!