Family

Better late than never!  I piled into a beach house with Eric's family, there were 7 adults, 1 infant, 5 puppies, and 7 dogs!! And we survived and I still liked them afterwards.  Isn't that a miracle?? :)  I think after that weekend, I realized that we absolutely need more fun vacations with my sister in law and brother in law!  It was lots & lots of fun.  I am ready to go again!!!

Friends

I was so excited to have a great weekend.  Friday night a band came and played at The Well & Eric helped me to serve coffee at the coffeeshop.  It was a lot of fun and the best part was that Greg & Melynda Burge came with Melynda's cousin.  They took the time to come see us and to come to church with us on Sunday.  They are missionaries in the Dominican Republic and Greg and I used to work together at Land Rover.  It was so great to see my friends again!! Now I need donations to travel to help them!!  I am collecting pennies at this point in time!  :) Love!

Oh Praise Him!!!! Eric's new job

What a blessing!

Yesterday we got some incredible news! Eric has found a job that he will love! It is a clean, smoke-free enviroment, with a caring, intelligent employer, a shorter commute, and a nice salary too! We are so thrilled and have been praying for this. He's spending the day detailing a boat. How fun! If you need your car detailed, here's his new work website. www.elkinsautomotive.com

This has been a long time coming and Eric is so excited to get to go to school at night and work at a shop he really likes. They are going to teach him to do all kinds of auto repair as well. Sounds like fun to me. So congrats to the Turtle!!!

Thanks, God!!!!

And if you need your car detailed, here's his new work website. www.elkinsautomotive.com

Lucky Me

I haven't blogged in a while, because there hasn't been much to say!  Two weekends ago, Chu and I got to take a trip to Columbia!  I miss that town so much!  It really felt like home and I loved getting to see my friends at Land Rover.  We went to Gervais and Vine for Tapas with Kerry & Oates stopped by!! Then Chu was still hungry, so we went to a sushi restaurant...yummy Camon, and Kerry & his coach hung out for a bit.  Good times, great friends!

E-rockin the bass

I love this picture!  I took it with my cell phone last night as Eric was practicing with his new Ernie Ball Musicman bass guitar.  The sound is awesome and he keeps getting better all the time.  He is giving lessons to one guy from church, and hopefully soon will be able to instruct others as well.  I don't even think he realizes how talented he is at playing instruments, especially bass and drums.  It is fun watching him practice and seeing that he loves his wedding/birthday present!  

Imagine If

I found notes in a book, as I sometimes write my thoughts.  I kinda liked these thoughts, so I decided to share:

What if....

We could talk without fear of reactions?

We could listen without judgement?

We could learn without anger?

We could overcome pride?

We could erase doubts?

We could truly let God guide us?

Oh there is so much to say, but those are my random thoughts for the day!  

-Peace, Monkey

Happy Birthday Jack Jack

Ok, Ok, I will admit it...the cutest kid in the world isn't mine!  My sister's oldest boy, Jack Jack just turned three and we went to his birthday party at La Bastide, near the mountains of Hendersonville, North Carolina.  Coincidentally, it was the last night that the restaurant was open to the public (and I ordered fish instead of steak...way to go Tori!)  

Like most all kids, Jack was so excited about his birthday.  Especially since he loves cake so much!  When C.C. and Daddy Jack brought out a big Thomas cake with his name on it, he was so excited!

Jack Jack had so much fun playing on his new Thomas train that he got for his birthday!  He did not want to get off of it and his Aunt Tori pushed him over and over again and he could not stop laughing!

Thank you to all for looking at pictures!  Have a great day!

Oh, Jack also has a nineteen month old little brother who wants you all to know that his birthday is in November and he wants a Thomas cake too!!!  Brad loves Daddy Jack!