Congradulations Carissa!!!

We are so proud of our daughter-in-law!!! This amazing woman has completed her MBA amidst working & putting her hubby through law school. I know that this must have been a very trying time for her.  She is such a wonderful blessing to our family!  Congratulations Sweetie!!!

Our Visit to Virginia

We were able to go down to celebrate our daughter-in-law's graduation from grad school. We all prayed that it would not rain because of all the outdoor activities. When we got there, we joined Dave & Carissa at a reception for the graduates & their families.  They hosted it at LU's stadium.  What a wonderful spread they put on! 

Saturday was damp but it did not rain as the graduation ceremonies began in the stadium.  We were handed a program & a poncho just in case as we came in. This was Liberty's largest graduating class yet.

As the graduates were walking in Carissa was trying to find us.

Proud Mom & Husband!

There was a heavy mist at times but it did not rain at all through out the outdoor events!  God was good to us!  We looked on from the bleachers. Both the opening ceremony & the school of business diploma ceremony was held at the Williams Stadium.

Randall Wallace was the keynote speaker & what a wonderful speaker he was!

Dave & Carissa

 Afterward, we came back to Dave & Carissa's beautiful home.  It was time to party!  It was good getting together with her family & catch up on news!

We stayed an extra day & did some sight-seeing at the nearby Civil War battle field. Aaron & Andrew love history so this was a treat for them. We counted it as a field trip for school.

We had a great time, & as all good things, our trip came to end all too fast!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day ended up being a wonderful surprise! The day was beautiful, which after many days of rain was a welcome relief. You couldn't ask  for a prettier day!

A friend of mine needed a ride to church so we enjoyed catching up with her to & from church.  She had been very sick for a really long time, so it was wonderful to have her coming back to church again!  The service was, of course, dedicated to the mothers, worship was good, & I was able to minister to another friend who had just received some bad news.  Then at the end of service Pastor Bill prayed for the mothers & the teens gave us all flowers.

I got a beautiful pink Dehlia.

Then after church my guys went to town to fix dinner.  As they worked on it, my Dad & his wife, Ginnie, stopped by to pick up some items on their way home.  It was so nice that they were able to stay & visit for awhile.  Only wish the visit could have been longer, seemed like there was much to catch up on.  But they had to get home to meet my brother & my nieces.  The girls were staying over Grandma & Grandpa's then taking a bus to the JFK airport to fly to Egypt & visit my daughter.

Then Scott's Mother came shortly afterwards to join us for dinner.  We had a good meal! Scott grilled London broil, & had made Hot German potato salad & fresh baked bread while the boys made strawberry shortcake fixings for dessert.  He steamed our home grown asparagus to go with the dinner.  We enjoyed visiting with Mom & she enjoyed the homemade meal.  We learned long ago that going out to eat on Mother's Day was insanity!

Later on as Mom left, we took the boys to meet with friends for volleyball fun.  Scott & I went for a drive into the country.  We decided to go up to the upper end of Washington County.  We've been to our end many times, it was a nice change. I like to new places to discover.

The 1st place we went to was a new plant Scott wanted to see just outside Houston.

Next we headed on over to Hickory. That is such a quaint town.

 

I love what they did to this old log home!

Then we drove out to see what was around.

And ended up in the town of McDonald. 

We have 2 pastor friends who live in McDonald so we decided to see the town.  We stopped at an ice cream shop & ended up with huge portions.  I guess you live & learn.

Soon we got a call from the boys to be picked up.  They have a great time!

Beautiful sunset to end the day!