Spring Break 08

Last week was Spring Break for us and it flew by. We went camping at Wind Creek State Park in Alexander City, AL. There were close to 60 people from our church that went this year. The weather was beautiful and very windy. I really enjoyed visiting with friends, playing games and sitting around the camp fire. Joey was "Grill Man" and he loved every minute of it ......as did everyone who ate from the grill. As you know this is Andrea's senior year and the last of Spring Breaks has a high school student. Yes, she went camping with us and had a great time. She was not the only teen there. She had several friends there her age and Hillary came down and stayed with us for a couple of days. Hillary usually goes with us on our camping adventures. They played volleyball and walked to the different campers till they realized that Hill had brought her car and they could ride.
On Sunday, we gathered at a central location and enjoyed songs and spending time in God's word and testimony. Sam delivered the message and several different people talked about how God has blessed them and shared things. This was a special time. It was so nice to sit around in sort of a circle, outside in God's beautiful land, under the blue skies with birds flying by, hearing the rustle of the leaves as the wind was blowing and worshipping HIM. Not worrying about anything .....just being.
Everyone brough their camping chairs to sit in and some even had p.j.'s still on. It was all good. Anything goes when you are camping. It was very nice. I may post later on this.
All in all Spring Break was very nice. I enjoyed spending time with family and friends and had a very relaxing time. I even got to use the washer and dryer in my camper so I wouldn't have so many clothes to wash when we got home. Now that was real nice!!
On Monday it was back to work and the routines of everyday life. The only thing is the months are flying by. Graduation will be here way to soon for us and not soon enough for Andrea. more on this at a later time.
I am thankful for so many things and one of those is having a wonderful Spring Break with my family and friends. Spending time with Joey and Andrea is always the top of my list.
I want to hear from you so.....
How did you spend Spring Break or what is your favorite Spring Break memory?

Camping on Thanksgiving

I had so much fun camping over Thanksgiving! We left on Wednesday evening and found a great spot at Winn Creek just across the road from Paul, Tracy and Connor Bush. Joey and Andrea left to find supper while I stayed behind and organized the camper. I cooked 2 pans of corn bread for my dressing and was ready to eat by the time they returned (we had pizza). On Thursday, I cooked my FIRST Thanksgiving Dinner. I really never thought about how much time goes into preparing such a great feast....till Thursday. WOW! I cooked from 8am till like 11:45..I loved every minute of it!! Can I just say I CAN COOK!!! even in a camper!!!! I was thrilled that my first Thanksgiving meal for my family was yummy O! I cooked turkey, ham, dressing for the very 1st time and we could eat the food (it was so tasty....YUMMY O!! We also had green beans, mac and chesse and mash potatoes. and store bought pecan pie. The best rolls that was so good you almost forgot to chew.LOL I just smiled when I tasted each bite and even better was watching Andrea and Joey's face when they tasted each bite. YUMMY O!!!
Okay, I will stop bragging about my FIRST Thanksgiving meal. I bet you can't tell that I am proud can you????
The weather was a little cold....but perfect when sitting around the camp fire. I could hardly wait to go out by the fire on Friday. One of my favorite things is to sit by the fire and eat roasted peanuts and throw the hulls in the fire. I got to do this 2 times!!! I felt like a kid at Chistmas. We had movie night at our camper on Friday night and watched Santa Claus 3 and then on Sat. night we listened to the Iron Bowl. I am sad to say my team didn't win, but, I was thrilled to spend time with Joey, Andrea and the Bush's. (no my camper doesn't have a satelite). Maybe Santa will bring us one???
Okay, I did go to Wal-mart like 3 times and on Friday Andrea talked us into going to Goody's.

I am so Thankful for the time spent with Joey and Andrea. It was also good to spend time with Tracy, Paul and Connor. They are so much fun and it has been great getting to know them better. I introduced Connor to knew foods like pomegrantates, dog food (chex mix in choc and covered with powdered sugar) That was one of our Wal-mart trips was to teach Tracy how to buy pomegrantates.
I needed this time away. God has blessed me and I am so Thankful for all HE has done, is doing and will be doing for me.
How did you celebrate Thanksgiving?