Our Little Getaway to NC

This was the sunset the night of the wedding, we went home early to get ready for our 15 hour drive the next day!

Adam's friends from High School.

This is the waterfall Adam climbed!

We stopped at this stream that ran thru the trail and took some pics!

This was the view from the Chapel, I had tears in my eyes when we sat down.

A view from the rehearsal dinner, breathtaking! Look carefully that is the original fireplace of the house that use to exist there.

We pulled off the road to get this sign!

Adam and I were lucky enough to get away this summer for a couple of days to the mountains of North Carolina. The reason was for Adam's high school friend Jill's wedding but to us it was more like a vacation. We decided to drive the long 15 hours to the mountains instead of flying and boy was it interesting. On the way there we decided to split up the drive in to 2 days, which was great!!! I blew Adam out of the water by driving the majority of the way our first day! I really don't know what got into me other than the Lord giving me the willingness to drive. For those of you who don't know me very well I rarely ever drive longer than 2 hours at a time when we are on a road trip. When we moved to Texas I didn't drive at all, my sweet husband did it all!!! So he would say the trip to N.C was my pay back to him. Anyways we arrived in the N.C Friday afternoon around 4pm, quickly showered and changed in our adorable little cottage and we were off to the rehearsal dinner. Little did we know it would take us over an hour to find the place. Let me tell you when we finally got there it was on top of a mountain that over look the Blue Ridge Mountain Range, I mean it was breath taking! We were in awe and were so glad to be there. The groom's family is from France so all weekend long I enjoyed French wine and champaigne, it was great!! :) The next day the wedding was early in the morning and again it was on top of a mountain which was again breathtaking!!! The Lord was definitely showing His Creation to Adam and I all weekend. I think we both really enjoyed being outside. On Saturday after the wedding we went hiking, Adam planned the whole adventure, it ended up being my favorite part. We were driving on the Blue Ridge Parkway which we highly recommend seeing if you can and finally found the trails we were going to Hike. We sprayed some bug spray grabbed some water and we were off. I complained about how fast we were walking, Adam climbed the waterfalls, and we talked the majority of the time about our future dog. It was great! I recommend always making time to get away for while together!

Trip Highlight- Boston 2007

Typical New England Picture!!!

So Katie and I spent a couple of hours in Boston it was a great time, we ended up in Little Italy in the midst of a street carnival this pic was taken before we got to the carnival

A view from where we were all week in New Hampshire!

My feet after a 15 hour day outside.

I got my World Vision Kid!!! He is from Africa and pretty AWESOME!!!

Boston 2007, Although we all look very different now this was an awesome trip. We were operating on about 2-3 hrs sleep all week long, had great conversations, and formed some cool friendships. I will remember this trip always.

Baptist Churches

So with my job I travel to A LOT of different churches in A LOT of different cities and although I think I am still processing alot of what I have been thru but I do know one thing. ALL BAPTIST churches smell the same. You think I'm kidding but it is true, they all have the same smell. Since I grew up in a Baptist church as soon as I walked in to my first baptist church 3 years ago it was like walking back into my childhood. Memories of Wednesday night dinners, GA meetings, and of course cutting my head open all came back to mind. Although I hate the smell I have found that it kind of makes me all warm inside and wishing I was a kid again. Life was easier back then and now I thank the Lord for those times that he brings my childhood back into my mind it makes life easier for a little bit.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame.....

So the other night Adam and I went to our first professsional "TEXAS" sporting event, a Texas Rangers game. The tickets were free, we were going with our Brazilian friends, and the Rangers were playing the Indians a perfect night!!! So we got there in great timing, not a lot of traffic and for those that don't live in Dallas traffic is a part of life. Our Brazilian friends were great, making us laugh there wasn't a dull moment. We get to our seats, and let me just say the Ranger's stadium is NOTHING like the Indians stadium or my first love The Red's stadium. There is something great about an old baseball stadium... I was so pumped to be there, not only for the game but for the hot dogs.. I mean you can't go to a baseball game and not get a hot dog. I think Adam was just excited to be in the presence of people that were from Ohio. So back to game, we sit down and of course the Indians start scoring... so like any fan we stand, scream GO Indians, and the looks begin. I mean people were looking at us like "you are in Texas and cheering for another team?" "How dare you!". Well you know me, I cheered louder! Our Brazilians friends were right there with me! I mean I was shocked I'm aware of how dedicated Texans are to their sports teams, but do they really think that there won't be fans for the other team at the game??? Even me an Ohio State Buckeye fan knows that when I'm at a football game there will be fans for the other team there, and of course I realize they will cheer. I think it makes the game more interesting! People usually start yelling at each other and a couple fits may be thrown but it's all in good fun right????
So the moral of the story is beware of those CRAZY Texans at their sporting events and CHEER Louder!!!!

Oh by the way, the Indians won!!! Go TRIBE!!!!

So I'm a Little Nervous

If anyone knows me you would NEVER think I would ever start a blog.... I have always considered myself not a writer or even good with words but it's been on my mind for a while. I have some things to say so here goes nothin' !