Dancing...

It is a beautiful thing to me to watch my niece dance. She LOVES to dance...she has been dancing since she was 3. She is really really good...and that is not just from me. Many people let her know (people that are actually trained dancers) how good she is doing. Here are a few pictures of Camryn's dancing this competition season:

Camryn is in the middle

In the green outfit

In the red and white polka dot dress

And a few shots of her solo

I love to watch kids do what they love to do best...be it sports, singing, acting, dancing, etc. I love to see their passion...it is contagious!

Start Spreading the News...

We're leaving in May

We want to be a part of it
New York, New York!

Yes, it is official, almost 13 years of marriage we are going on a real vacation.

Yes, of course we have gone to Branson for a long weekend and we have our annual Christmas Vacation in Branson with the Kerr Family, but this year we decided to take a real live week-long vacation and we decided on New York City! Technically we'll be staying in New Jersey but our time will be spent in "The Big Apple"...the "Contrete Jungle where dreams are made of..." (Insert your own nickname for NYC).

I'm really excited because I have been with my friend on her business trip when we took her daughter to see NYC and had a great time. John has never been so it will be exciting to be there with someone who has not seen it...and maybe after this he can stop asking me if that is REALLY what it is like in NYC...when we see a scene from any movie filmed there...yes it is what it looks like but it is not easy to comprehend until you have been. :-)

That's our big news that we wanted to share!

Where is your favorite vacation spot?

3-yr-old rejoicing after being healed

I get tears in my eyes and a huge smile on my face when I watch this video! This says it all...how I should be when Christ does a work of healing in my life!!

Let Go

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas...

Welcome...come in and take a look around at our 2010 Christmas decorations.

We had a great Thanksgiving with friends and families!

Looking forward to this Christmas Season.

Listening is a Discipline

Do you know the difference between a wise man and a know-it-all? They know the same amount. The difference is that a wise man waits until he is asked to share what he knows.

"A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered."
Proverbs 17:27 NLT

"Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble."
Proverbs 21:23 NLT

This is certainly something I have struggled with over my life. I'm sure more than once I have been called a know-it-all.

More recently I have come to learn and actually put into practice listening twice as much as I speak. It is not easy at first, because many times I felt like I just really know how to "fix" that person's problem.

I'm grateful for learning that it is not my job to "fix" others...that is God's job. Do you know how much weight that takes off a recovering control-freak's shoulders??!!

So today I'm grateful for the discipline of listening twice as much as talking...as the old saying goes...that is why God gave us TWO ears and only ONE mouth.

Could it Be?

Could it be that fall is actually on it's way? The morning temperatures the last part of this week are just lovely (between 60 and 65 degrees). I love the fall with the temperatures cooling off, the high school and college football games, the holidays are around the corner...for me it is a time for getting to enjoy being outside again...sugar melts in the heat, you know...hee hee!

We are looking forward to spending time with friends and family this fall. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas time. We are looking forward to a weekend trip to Northwest Arkansas in the next couple of months. Although there are many things that we are looking forward to, mostly we just take it one day at a time. Living in the present...being present in the present. We only have the time that we are in and we have learned to enjoy that time.