What's in a Name?

Ecstasy (n)- 2. Excessive joy; rapture; a degree of delight that arrests the whole mind; joy may rise to ecstasy. (Websters 1828 Dictionary)
Doldrums (n)- A sate of inactivity or stagnation.(Dictionary.com)

Friday, June 24, 2011

Camp Reflections 2011

In June, we attended our fifth year of family camp- I can hardly believe it's been that long!
Katie and Sarah (above) before the baptism.
Lovely Barton ladies! So blessed to have them with us again.
Pip being a big boy and pushing Ti-baby! He told me and Shay that we were "too big" to push!!
Annie and Marshall almost did the sac race together. It was so cute!
Relay day

Double A!! We came in 3rd place, I believe.


Annie on Kenny's back.

The relays were so much fun this year- mostly new and very creative.


Tash and Marshall swimming. We had such sunny days that we were in the water every day!
A cute pregnant woman I found on the beach!


Sand castles- with four teams this year!
The theme was "fish" or maybe "sea creature" (I don't rightly remember!).
Tabernacle Thunder did the whale, just as it was about to "burp" up Jonah. So cute!
Our team, Hogan's Heroes (get the pun!!), did Jonah as he was being swallowed by the whale.
The Becomers did a beautiful sand sculpture of a father dolphin and it's baby.
The LADs (Living Active Disciples in 3D) had a fish story about Josiah killing a shark in defense of Kayla and the boys in their canoe- notice the blood (ie ketchup). They even had a broken paddle!

Fishing Derby
Mr. Brooks took Ethan out and he caught an 11 inch bass!
Some of us got to witness a dragonfly coming out of its nymph- amazing!

Miss Annie and I made a dirt cake- yummy!

Annie's photo of me and the cake. : )
Kenny Jr. fishing
Look at that preggo fishing- a true Maine woman! ; )
Whilst others caught fish, Sarah caught a baby snapping turtle!1
And yes, even I braved the pond to catch me a fish! Take a closer look.
Campfire night- my favorite!!
Dexter's "goofy picture"
Evidence of Emma's thoroughly enjoyed s'more!
We were so blessed by the new folks that came to camp this year and with our church family as well. God was good and taught us many things!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Sorrow May Last for the Night


Cherish the moments with the ones you love that the Lord gives to you.
Do not take them for granted.
Remember, you never know when the moment will be your last.

Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5

R.D. "Uncle Boo-Boo" Moody
October 2, 1959 - June 15, 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Off to Camp!

We're off to Pilgrim's Rest (ie family camp) for the next week. It looks as if it will be a totally new experience as we've doubled in size- praise God! Please pray for a safe, restorative and fruitful week! Pictures to follow.....

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

A Date With Pip

For Marshall's 2nd birthday, I decided to take him on our first date! : )
It started out great with lots of smiles and giggles....
...apparently I need to work on being more exciting!
Destination: Fielder's Choice
Rating: 5 stars
Marshall was even able to see some of his favorite things:
"plane"

"tracta"

Messy, but satisfying!
On the way home I saw this gorgeous field of dandelions and couldn't resist. Results: photo shoot!!






"smell the flower Marshall... don't stick it in your nose silly!"
Auntie love
Flowers for mommy : )
What an incredible blessing it is to be an aunt to this little fellow; to hear him say "bada" and give me kisses and hugs accompanied by a "La-Loo" (ie "love you"). Thank you, Heavenly Father, for creating this little boy and allowing me the privilege of being one of his aunts!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

God and Fire

For our God is a consuming fire.
*Hebrews 12:29*

there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and I am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.
*Jeremiah 20:9b*






Saturday, April 9, 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

Church Beach Day

These are all photos from our annual Winterbrook beach day!
I thought it would be appropriate to share them as we are entering spring and are all wanting to visit the beach!

Miss Audrey
The lovely Haley

This was during or just after a hurricane (I can't recall where) and the waves were magnificently enormous!


Sisters! : )













I hope that "wet" your appetite for summer! (pun quite intended!)