The flight over made me feel a little more than selfish. I flew first class from DFW to Chicago. They give you your own little ‘area’ with a chair that reclines to a complete bed position, a little seat area where a friend can come and sit and visit, a tv screen and a large selection of movies, games, flight info at your fingertips. They offer you warm cashews and almonds, any drink you could want, and a nice meal if you want it. The transfer in the airport was pretty easy as I only had to move down 4 gates. During the flight from Chicago to London, I had a business class seat. I had a lady beside me. She was very nice, her two children were in coach. They were taking her son to Cambridge to do a summer program there for high school students. She said her son did not want her to ride with him as all the other students would be on the same flight so she sat where she normally sat (business class), but then at the last moment she decided to take her 7 year old with her. So she had to get him a ticket in coach. They were from Santa Barbara, CA. The flight was nice, though her getting out many times (she was near the window) to check on the boys, take the 7 year old back, go to the bathroom from 5 cups of wine, not only reminded me that my children were at home and not with me but also made it a little hard to rest. But, it was not uncomfortable and the food was excellent especially the chocolate ice cream with chocolate graham cracker crust at the bottom and fudge sauce and raspberry cheese cake chunks on top. As you can tell, I suffered through it. Our plane was a little late taking off and getting to London and the London airport is not real user friendly. No one tells you where to go, you just follow people and hope you are going to the right place. I went from terminal 2 to terminal 4 via stairs, long halls, long tunnels and a bus. Then when I got to terminal 4 I had quiet a time finding and being sure I had found the right place. As I had 2 minutes until posted departure time and no one was there to man the gate or answer my questions. I called Darrel and he assured me all was well. When they opened my doors to go down the tunnel to get on the plane it was actually a tunnel to go get on a bus. We took the bus to the airplane out on the tarmac and climbed up the stairs to the plane. When they saw my ticket was first class, they took my bags, took me to my seat, offered me a drink and slippers and asked if I wanted a sleep suit? I must have looked puzzled because she then explained they were pajamas. I noticed her asking others if they wanted sleep suits and they said yes, but no one changed into them. So I asked her, she said you can take them with you. So I said sure I will take them (so now Sarah has a new sleep suit) They come over to your private little cubby hole and unwrap your pillow and blanket and show you how to use the recliner/bed chair. This airlines was not American Airlines, it was British Airways and though their plane was not as nice as the American plane the staff were so much nicer. They catered to your every whim. I was able to sleep for maybe two hours on this flight. They had a very fancy meal, but it was a little too… fufu for me, I asked for just a plate of fruit, they kept asking if I wanted more.
Flying over the Mediterranean Sea just before landing in Tel Aviv was beautiful, you could see yachts and sailboats floating through the incredibly blue water. Landing at Tel Aviv I tried to follow Darrel’s instructions, but called him for clarification when I ran into a snag. I was blessed at each point, when I got to the passport check a line opened up so I didn’t have to wait, for luggage I took a potty break and then waited only about 5 minutes (usually at least an hour) and I simply walked through customs no one stopped me or checked anything. It was wonderful to see Darrel’s smiling face.
We came to the hotel put up my luggage, Darrel worked for 30-60 minutes and then we went upstairs to the lounge for free dinner and then went for a walk in Tel Aviv. Came back and had some watermelon and went to bed. We are open the 10th floor and can see the sea and hear the waves. It is beautiful. After not having but maybe 3 hours sleep on the planes, I slept pretty good. Though I miss my babies, Darrel is so glad to have me here.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A Learning Experience for the Russell Family.
Though we were just alternates this year and were only seated to vote a few times, we still feel that not only did we take a stand for what we believe we also were influential at the convention. No we are not anywhere near the big dogs, but we did have some influence over some of them, or at least God did and were just the vessel that the Lord used to influence them.
Happy Birthday Angie. It was really fun to be involved in our friend Angie Huse’s birthday. She had her birthday on the last day of the convention. Someone, I shall mention no names but someone was able to get them to announce Angie’s birthday from the caucus floor and the whole deligate/alternate caucus sang ‘Happy Birthday’. Then at lunch we walked to mall and had lunch, someone secretly ordered her a birthday cake and when it was ready, we surprised her and sang happy birthday there in the food court. Then for dinner we went to Benihana’s and though it was an interesting experience with 23 people squeezed into seating for 16. And after the dinner there was another cookie cake, this time with a book of matches as the candles and another rendition of Happy Birthday.
Also on the last day of the convention we took all the kids up to see what it was like at the convention. They had been at the hotel during all our meetings and were glad to get out.
Jonny worked as a page during the whole convention and on the last day was even moved to a lead position.
While in Houston at the convention, a reporter from the Weatherford Democrat asked us a few questions.
She asked us and several others to send her photos of the convention. I sent her about 8 photos and they printed four of them along with her article about the convention.
Her article was a pretty good representation of the facts about the convention. Though she was a democrat and not a republican. I was impressed to see that she wrote without a negative bias.
I would say that during the convention our favorite speakers were first and foremost, Mike Huckabee, but also included David Barton (Wall Builders), Tim Lambert (THSC), Newt Gingridge, Michael Williams (Railroad Commissioner) and even Paul Perry (running for National Chairman).
Well worth the wait. We and the Sorahs had planned to attend the Texas Eagle Forum Banquet. But it filled up before we called for reservations. Sadly the Sorahs had about 100 people in front of them on the list. We were however the 2nd ones on the waiting list. We were able to get in, but not until close to 8pm. It had started at 7pm. Basically all we missed were some songs and some of the eating time. The dinner was eloquent or fu fu as Darrel would call it. Each course looked like a work of art. We sat at a table for 8 and enjoyed getting to meet some of the other guests. But the best part far and away were the speakers. Not even mentioning the ones who gave short speeches when introducing the main speakers, we throughly enjoyed the featured speakers: Phyllis Schaffly and David Barton. Phyllis looked and spoke as if she were the queen of England, so refined and well spoken, yet beautifully Christian and graceful. She spoke on........ Next was David Barton, president of Wall Builders. He did an historical presentation on the War on Terror. He is very well spoken and an incredibly knowledgeable historian. He is also a delegate from our County (Parker) and is now a delegate to the National Convention. We also had the honor of meeting a man who was in the pentagon on 911, his office was completely destroyed by the plane and explosion and everyone in it was killed, but he was down in the hall at the water cooler and he lived though he was burned over a large part of his body and spent much time in the hospital.
Excerpts from Speech given by Michael Williams at the Texas Republican Convention.
..."I know the liberals think Americans are finally coming their way… that suddenly working families are for higher taxes and bigger government. But the election of a Democrat Congress is not an endorsement of Democrat ideas. The fact is Democrats campaign as conservatives so they can govern as liberals. The problem is Republicans started doing the same thing, so the people chose the real thing."..
..."As an African-American from the South, I am proud of the fact that someone who looks like me will be a major party presidential nominee for the first time in our nation’s history.
What Senator Obama has done is extraordinary. His nomination speaks well, not only of his own personal political skills, but of the America that exists today.
But Americans will not fall for identity politics over good ideas or slogans in the absence of substance or for promises and platitudes that are the wrong policy prescriptions."...
..."Change is just a slogan when the ideas are the Democrat leftovers of the last 50 years. When it is the same menu as McGovern, Carter and Mondale: higher taxes, bigger government and a steady diet of class warfare and expanded welfare."...
To read the rest of the speech go to:http://www.texasinsider.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3877
A full week for the family The convention actually started on Thursday, but on Wednesday they had grassroots training from 8am - 6pm and Darrel went to it and Jonny also had a meeting because he was a page at the convention. We drove from Springtown to Houston on Monday, Tuesday was the Battleship and monument. Wednesday was the training. Thursday the convention started at 12, but the exhibit hall opened at 8am.
Be Careful of your influence At one point early on Thursday they were debating whether the GOP was following it’s own rules. We had heard rumors about those we respect supporting opposing views. So we went out to find them and ask them. We found Tim Lambert of THSC and asked him to clarify his point of view. He did. But he was perhaps supporting some one we did not support and so we told him we did not support him. He said he did not support him either. I felt that I was suppose to say something to him about making sure others who respected him knew that he did not support this person. So about 30 minutes later it was Tim’s turn to speak from the convention floor. He spoke for a while then he said, someone questioned me today about my stance and they said..... and he quoted exactly what I said. At that point, I knew that 1) I needed to be careful of my words, because people might repeat them to over 7,000 people like they did that day and 2) I had an incredible amount of influence and needed to make sure I was consistently pointing toward the Lord Jesus Christ with my words and actions.
Happy Birthday Angie. It was really fun to be involved in our friend Angie Huse’s birthday. She had her birthday on the last day of the convention. Someone, I shall mention no names but someone was able to get them to announce Angie’s birthday from the caucus floor and the whole deligate/alternate caucus sang ‘Happy Birthday’. Then at lunch we walked to mall and had lunch, someone secretly ordered her a birthday cake and when it was ready, we surprised her and sang happy birthday there in the food court. Then for dinner we went to Benihana’s and though it was an interesting experience with 23 people squeezed into seating for 16. And after the dinner there was another cookie cake, this time with a book of matches as the candles and another rendition of Happy Birthday.
Also on the last day of the convention we took all the kids up to see what it was like at the convention. They had been at the hotel during all our meetings and were glad to get out.
Jonny worked as a page during the whole convention and on the last day was even moved to a lead position.
While in Houston at the convention, a reporter from the Weatherford Democrat asked us a few questions.
She asked us and several others to send her photos of the convention. I sent her about 8 photos and they printed four of them along with her article about the convention.
Her article was a pretty good representation of the facts about the convention. Though she was a democrat and not a republican. I was impressed to see that she wrote without a negative bias.
I would say that during the convention our favorite speakers were first and foremost, Mike Huckabee, but also included David Barton (Wall Builders), Tim Lambert (THSC), Newt Gingridge, Michael Williams (Railroad Commissioner) and even Paul Perry (running for National Chairman).Well worth the wait. We and the Sorahs had planned to attend the Texas Eagle Forum Banquet. But it filled up before we called for reservations. Sadly the Sorahs had about 100 people in front of them on the list. We were however the 2nd ones on the waiting list. We were able to get in, but not until close to 8pm. It had started at 7pm. Basically all we missed were some songs and some of the eating time. The dinner was eloquent or fu fu as Darrel would call it. Each course looked like a work of art. We sat at a table for 8 and enjoyed getting to meet some of the other guests. But the best part far and away were the speakers. Not even mentioning the ones who gave short speeches when introducing the main speakers, we throughly enjoyed the featured speakers: Phyllis Schaffly and David Barton. Phyllis looked and spoke as if she were the queen of England, so refined and well spoken, yet beautifully Christian and graceful. She spoke on........ Next was David Barton, president of Wall Builders. He did an historical presentation on the War on Terror. He is very well spoken and an incredibly knowledgeable historian. He is also a delegate from our County (Parker) and is now a delegate to the National Convention. We also had the honor of meeting a man who was in the pentagon on 911, his office was completely destroyed by the plane and explosion and everyone in it was killed, but he was down in the hall at the water cooler and he lived though he was burned over a large part of his body and spent much time in the hospital.
Excerpts from Speech given by Michael Williams at the Texas Republican Convention.
..."I know the liberals think Americans are finally coming their way… that suddenly working families are for higher taxes and bigger government. But the election of a Democrat Congress is not an endorsement of Democrat ideas. The fact is Democrats campaign as conservatives so they can govern as liberals. The problem is Republicans started doing the same thing, so the people chose the real thing."..
..."As an African-American from the South, I am proud of the fact that someone who looks like me will be a major party presidential nominee for the first time in our nation’s history.
What Senator Obama has done is extraordinary. His nomination speaks well, not only of his own personal political skills, but of the America that exists today.
But Americans will not fall for identity politics over good ideas or slogans in the absence of substance or for promises and platitudes that are the wrong policy prescriptions."...
..."Change is just a slogan when the ideas are the Democrat leftovers of the last 50 years. When it is the same menu as McGovern, Carter and Mondale: higher taxes, bigger government and a steady diet of class warfare and expanded welfare."...
To read the rest of the speech go to:http://www.texasinsider.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3877
A full week for the family The convention actually started on Thursday, but on Wednesday they had grassroots training from 8am - 6pm and Darrel went to it and Jonny also had a meeting because he was a page at the convention. We drove from Springtown to Houston on Monday, Tuesday was the Battleship and monument. Wednesday was the training. Thursday the convention started at 12, but the exhibit hall opened at 8am.
Be Careful of your influence At one point early on Thursday they were debating whether the GOP was following it’s own rules. We had heard rumors about those we respect supporting opposing views. So we went out to find them and ask them. We found Tim Lambert of THSC and asked him to clarify his point of view. He did. But he was perhaps supporting some one we did not support and so we told him we did not support him. He said he did not support him either. I felt that I was suppose to say something to him about making sure others who respected him knew that he did not support this person. So about 30 minutes later it was Tim’s turn to speak from the convention floor. He spoke for a while then he said, someone questioned me today about my stance and they said..... and he quoted exactly what I said. At that point, I knew that 1) I needed to be careful of my words, because people might repeat them to over 7,000 people like they did that day and 2) I had an incredible amount of influence and needed to make sure I was consistently pointing toward the Lord Jesus Christ with my words and actions.
Sarah goes on business trip.
Darrel had to take a short trip to Los Cruses, New Mexico so we decided sort of as a thank you for helping with the children while in Houston, we would let her go with him. She has a friend there, Chaylene Downing that we meet several years ago when we went there for 6 weeks. We also went on another trip there for 4 or 5 weeks. And once when we went to the cabin we drove half way and met them in Alamogordo for an afternoon. The girls have kept in touch via letters and phone since before Hannah was born.
First Class Because the flight was full, Darrel was able to use points and move them up to first class.
First Class Because the flight was full, Darrel was able to use points and move them up to first class.
Surprise! The Downing parents knew that Sarah was coming, but they did not tell their kids. So Wednesday night they told their kids they were meeting grandparents at Cracker Barrel for dinner. Darrel and Sarah got their early and got a table, so when they walked in, the kids were totally surprised! The trip was extended to Saturday morning, so Sarah got two full days plus the dinner Wednesday night with her friend. They went swimming at the hotel pool and just had a great time visiting.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Our Visit to the Monument
The San Jacinto Monument stands 15 feet taller than the Washington Monument and honors those who fought for Texas’s Independence.
We enjoyed our visit to the monument, though we will want to go again. Due to the rain early in the day and the long tour of the battleship, we did not have it in us to do the full museum. We only did the bottom floor free museum which was wonderful, but we want to go through the full museum and go up the the star at the top and see the observation deck. That is on the calendar for August when we go to the THSC Conference in Houston.
A Short History of San Jacinto
In March of 1836, the war for Texas' independence from Mexico was not going well for General Sam Houston and his Texan troops. On March 11, Houston abandoned Gonzales and retreated eastward in advance of the numerically superior forces of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the President of Mexico. Houston's poorly trained troops were restless, eager for revenge after the Goliad massacre and the fall of the Alamo. Houston realized, however, that the Texans had little chance of winning over Santa Anna's much larger army without some sort of advantage.
San Jacinto Day reenactment.
On April 18, Houston arrived at Buffalo Bayou and found that Santa Anna had already sacked the small town of Harrisburg. Through a captured Mexican courier, he learned that Santa Anna had isolated himself from the bulk of his troops and had a force of about 750 men, slightly smaller than Houston's force of 820 men. Houston realized that his chance had come. On April 19, Houston and his men crossed to the south bank of Buffalo Bayou and marched east, setting up camp near Lynch's Ferry on April 20. An advance guard of the Texans captured a boatload of the Mexican Army's provisions at the ferry, providing food for the famished Texan soldiers.
A small party of Texans retreated back to Houston's position near Lynch's Ferry, with the Mexican forces not far behind. Upon his arrival at nearby San Jacinto, Santa Anna tried to draw the Texans into battle. Skirmishes continued into the late afternoon, when Santa Anna established a camp about three-quarters of a mile east of Houston's position.
In a brief skirmish at sunset, a detail of Texan cavalry almost met with disaster, stoking Houston's fears about his poorly trained, individualistic troops. As darkness fell, both armies settled into camp for the night. Houston ordered his men to eat and rest, while he stayed up all night worrying. Santa Anna, realizing that Houston's forces was slightly larger, built fortifications using saddles, baggage, and anything else available and hoped that reinforcements would soon arrive. Even though his men were exhausted, he kept them up all night on alert, believing that the Texans would attack at first light.
On April 21, dawn came with no attack and Santa Anna relaxed. At about 9 AM about 500 more Mexican troops arrived, to the chagrin of Houston and his men. Houston sent a small detail to destroy Vince's Bridge to delay additional Mexican reinforcements. At noon he held a council of war, at which no decision was reached.
San Jacinto Day reenactment.
That afternoon, Houston assembled his troops and laid out a plan of battle. The main force advanced quietly in a frontal assault, hoping for the advantage of surprise. Two other groups circled around to the left and right flanks of the Mexican camp. The Mexican troops had relaxed in the knowledge of their numerical superiority and many were eating and sleeping.
The Texas had advanced to within 200-300 yards of the Mexican position before they were discovered and the alarm sounded. The main group of Texans charged the camp, screaming, "Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!"" A pitched battle quickly ensued, much of it hand-to-hand at the Mexican fortifications. The two other groups of Texans attacked the flanks, quickly overwhelming the Mexican camp. Houston was wounded, but fought on with his men. In less than twenty minutes, organized resistance ended and many Mexicans were killed by revenge-driven Texans even as they tried to surrender. As the sun sets to the west, the battle ended, the marshes stained scarlet with blood. Nine Texans and 630 Mexicans lay dead or mortally wounded, a tremendous defeat for the Mexican Army.
Those with medical training did their best with minimal supplies to treat the Texan and Mexican wounded. The 700 uninjured Mexican troops were disarmed and placed under guard. A small number, including Santa Anna, escaped from the battle and headed westward to the several thousand troops waiting west of the Brazos River. Houston knew that if Santa Anna was able to reunite with the main body of his army, the war would continue, so he sent out scouts to search for the escapees the next day. By noon, Houston's men had captured Santa Anna, who was disguised as a private. Santa Anna ordered his troops to withdraw from Texas, securing independence for the Republic of Texas.
We enjoyed our visit to the monument, though we will want to go again. Due to the rain early in the day and the long tour of the battleship, we did not have it in us to do the full museum. We only did the bottom floor free museum which was wonderful, but we want to go through the full museum and go up the the star at the top and see the observation deck. That is on the calendar for August when we go to the THSC Conference in Houston.
A Short History of San Jacinto
In March of 1836, the war for Texas' independence from Mexico was not going well for General Sam Houston and his Texan troops. On March 11, Houston abandoned Gonzales and retreated eastward in advance of the numerically superior forces of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the President of Mexico. Houston's poorly trained troops were restless, eager for revenge after the Goliad massacre and the fall of the Alamo. Houston realized, however, that the Texans had little chance of winning over Santa Anna's much larger army without some sort of advantage.
San Jacinto Day reenactment.
On April 18, Houston arrived at Buffalo Bayou and found that Santa Anna had already sacked the small town of Harrisburg. Through a captured Mexican courier, he learned that Santa Anna had isolated himself from the bulk of his troops and had a force of about 750 men, slightly smaller than Houston's force of 820 men. Houston realized that his chance had come. On April 19, Houston and his men crossed to the south bank of Buffalo Bayou and marched east, setting up camp near Lynch's Ferry on April 20. An advance guard of the Texans captured a boatload of the Mexican Army's provisions at the ferry, providing food for the famished Texan soldiers.
A small party of Texans retreated back to Houston's position near Lynch's Ferry, with the Mexican forces not far behind. Upon his arrival at nearby San Jacinto, Santa Anna tried to draw the Texans into battle. Skirmishes continued into the late afternoon, when Santa Anna established a camp about three-quarters of a mile east of Houston's position.
In a brief skirmish at sunset, a detail of Texan cavalry almost met with disaster, stoking Houston's fears about his poorly trained, individualistic troops. As darkness fell, both armies settled into camp for the night. Houston ordered his men to eat and rest, while he stayed up all night worrying. Santa Anna, realizing that Houston's forces was slightly larger, built fortifications using saddles, baggage, and anything else available and hoped that reinforcements would soon arrive. Even though his men were exhausted, he kept them up all night on alert, believing that the Texans would attack at first light.
On April 21, dawn came with no attack and Santa Anna relaxed. At about 9 AM about 500 more Mexican troops arrived, to the chagrin of Houston and his men. Houston sent a small detail to destroy Vince's Bridge to delay additional Mexican reinforcements. At noon he held a council of war, at which no decision was reached.
San Jacinto Day reenactment.
That afternoon, Houston assembled his troops and laid out a plan of battle. The main force advanced quietly in a frontal assault, hoping for the advantage of surprise. Two other groups circled around to the left and right flanks of the Mexican camp. The Mexican troops had relaxed in the knowledge of their numerical superiority and many were eating and sleeping.
The Texas had advanced to within 200-300 yards of the Mexican position before they were discovered and the alarm sounded. The main group of Texans charged the camp, screaming, "Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo!"" A pitched battle quickly ensued, much of it hand-to-hand at the Mexican fortifications. The two other groups of Texans attacked the flanks, quickly overwhelming the Mexican camp. Houston was wounded, but fought on with his men. In less than twenty minutes, organized resistance ended and many Mexicans were killed by revenge-driven Texans even as they tried to surrender. As the sun sets to the west, the battle ended, the marshes stained scarlet with blood. Nine Texans and 630 Mexicans lay dead or mortally wounded, a tremendous defeat for the Mexican Army.
Those with medical training did their best with minimal supplies to treat the Texan and Mexican wounded. The 700 uninjured Mexican troops were disarmed and placed under guard. A small number, including Santa Anna, escaped from the battle and headed westward to the several thousand troops waiting west of the Brazos River. Houston knew that if Santa Anna was able to reunite with the main body of his army, the war would continue, so he sent out scouts to search for the escapees the next day. By noon, Houston's men had captured Santa Anna, who was disguised as a private. Santa Anna ordered his troops to withdraw from Texas, securing independence for the Republic of Texas.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
We successfully gave Jonny a Surprise Party
While Joshua and Jonny are at camp we plan a surprise party for Jonny.
Full Day The boys got home and unloaded from camp, we had lunch, started some camp laundry and opened Jonny’s birthday presents. We then loaded up to go to the Drive In. Jonny was a little bummed because none of his friends were going to the movie. He had called a couple and they were doing things with their family that night.
Surprise WE arrived at the Drive in really early and no one was there, we had time to waste so we left and drove around Granbury and then went back to the theater, by that time we were the 4th car in line, but the two ahead of us were from church. We got out and the guys played football and we visited. Then another family came from church. Then a family gave Jonny a gift. He came and said Mom I feel bad, I think they found out it was my birthday and they gave me some of the movie candy they brought, I just smiled. Then I said... Jonny do you not get it, this is about you. This is a surprise party for you. He said oh, since they showed up, it is a party. I said no, we sent out invitations and more are coming. It is a surprise 16th birthday party. He said “No Way!”
Guests: Sorahs, Bruces, Hentz, Powells, Youngbloods, Huses, Sniders, Jessica and Hannah Johnson, Brittany, Victoria and Annie Moffett, Shelby Hewitt, Hamptons. and Rachel Beck.
Before the movie, the kids played frisbee, football, and tag. We got Jonny a Kung Fu Panda book and a t-shirt from the Drive In and we had all the guests sign them. We took lots of drinks and junk food and lots of blankets and lawn chairs. We ordered pizza and have it delivered to the theater. Pizza for 55 pizza is a good amount of pizza!
I think he had a good birthday celebration.
Jordan's birthday June 3rd
Hot Dogs At Jordan’s party we had hotdogs (chili, mustard, ketchup, chips, grapes, lemonade, and fixins) We had a monkey pinata, though everyone thought it was a cat. We made sand bottle necklaces, all the kids signed her birthday shirt and we all enjoyed the food, fun and fellowship. Though it was rather HOT.
Who came to play? Emma and Allie Hewitt and family, Victoria Moffett and family, Jillian Sorah and family, Christina Lowrance and family, Mercades was brought by Rachel and Wyatt Spraggins and they also brought Riley Huse. And as for the Russell’s it was all of us except Joshua and Jonny who had gone back to camp before the party began.
Sarah organized a few balloon games. They did a balloon popping relay and follow the leader with balloon tricks. The kids just had a good time playing together. And the parents sad in the shade and enjoyed the fellowship. Daniel had a blast crawling and walking around everywhere. He pushed a toy car all the way across the yard to where the big kids were playing and he played with Amanda Joy while she was in his walker.
Who came to play? Emma and Allie Hewitt and family, Victoria Moffett and family, Jillian Sorah and family, Christina Lowrance and family, Mercades was brought by Rachel and Wyatt Spraggins and they also brought Riley Huse. And as for the Russell’s it was all of us except Joshua and Jonny who had gone back to camp before the party began.
Sarah organized a few balloon games. They did a balloon popping relay and follow the leader with balloon tricks. The kids just had a good time playing together. And the parents sad in the shade and enjoyed the fellowship. Daniel had a blast crawling and walking around everywhere. He pushed a toy car all the way across the yard to where the big kids were playing and he played with Amanda Joy while she was in his walker.
Anniversary June 1, 1985 - 2008
23 years!
Though we spent the day very busy first with church, then lunch with friends (The Huses) then getting the house ready for company and packing the boys for camp, then having 30 plus people over for Jordan’s birthday party. We still enjoyed our anniversary together.
My Knight In Shining Armor I have always seen Darrel as my knight in shining armor. I often wonder how God loved me so very much to provide Darrel just for me. I really do stand in awe. I know I am not deserving of either of their loves. But am very grateful for both. Darrel is my hero.
Gloating Darrel had a great day... he got me a card and thoughtful gift and left it on the bathroom counter for me to find first thing in the morning. I had not put out a card for him. He was so proud of himself. I held my card for a couple of days so that he could bask in his gloating. It was fun. I will enjoy what he gave me... bath salt, aloe bubble bath and a wonderful bath washer scratcher type thing for showering and/or bathing. He said “You can lock the door and get away, even if it is just for a few minutes.”
Traditions The card that I got Darrel is one I had seen on a friends refrigerator like 8 years ago and loved. It looks like a marriage certificate. I looked for years and found it months ago.
A neat tradition that John and Loetta (Darrel’s parents) do is they have a box full of cards they have given each other through the years and each year they pick a card, add a few words for that year and re-give the card, along with a gift. I think it is a cute thing. Sort of like when my parents take communion, they break up their piece of bread and share it with each other. I love it!
Though we spent the day very busy first with church, then lunch with friends (The Huses) then getting the house ready for company and packing the boys for camp, then having 30 plus people over for Jordan’s birthday party. We still enjoyed our anniversary together.
My Knight In Shining Armor I have always seen Darrel as my knight in shining armor. I often wonder how God loved me so very much to provide Darrel just for me. I really do stand in awe. I know I am not deserving of either of their loves. But am very grateful for both. Darrel is my hero.
Gloating Darrel had a great day... he got me a card and thoughtful gift and left it on the bathroom counter for me to find first thing in the morning. I had not put out a card for him. He was so proud of himself. I held my card for a couple of days so that he could bask in his gloating. It was fun. I will enjoy what he gave me... bath salt, aloe bubble bath and a wonderful bath washer scratcher type thing for showering and/or bathing. He said “You can lock the door and get away, even if it is just for a few minutes.”
Traditions The card that I got Darrel is one I had seen on a friends refrigerator like 8 years ago and loved. It looks like a marriage certificate. I looked for years and found it months ago.
A neat tradition that John and Loetta (Darrel’s parents) do is they have a box full of cards they have given each other through the years and each year they pick a card, add a few words for that year and re-give the card, along with a gift. I think it is a cute thing. Sort of like when my parents take communion, they break up their piece of bread and share it with each other. I love it!
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