Sights of San Antonio

My oldest was nominated to play in the Texas All Star Game @ The Alamo dome for the South team
Dustin and Little Brother Lane

MY #1 Center

there were over 13,300 coaches there for the convention this past week

BEAUTIFUL

observation deck of the Tower of America in San Antonio

Lane missing a couple of teeth, Myself and my honey

Chris and Lauren

We don't have these in Kirbyville..... LOL

My family minus one

lane digging for um i am not too sure, maybe silver or gold

Whew that is one hefty man there.

picture I had to take in the elevator that made me leave the kids on the 2nd floor. I could hear Lane hollering "Mom wait. Where are you going?"

I couldn't stop laughing... almost peed my self actually and when i went back up he was standing right there wait..... poor kid

Wes and Lane

Petting zoo

A little too close to the car..... eeekkk

Lane wanted to know how this big thing only walked on 2 front legs.... lol got to love kids

Shamu...... note to self never go to sea world during the summer, watch Shamu performance 1st, and sit in the splash zone. You will smell like fried whale poop by the heat of the day....

Getting excited!

I am so excited to see what God has up his sleeve for this weekend. There are 8 of us going to the leadership conference and 5 of us will stay thru til Monday for the Surrendering the Secret Training. I am so thankful for these ladies and their desire to follow God. It is going to be one amazing weekend. There are some things that we are leaving open for the weekend plans, just want to see what God has in store for us....... Trying to follow His direction on what to do Sunday. Which Church to attend services at, and what to do that afternoon and evening....
I am so ready to get away from work, drama, family and all that can sometimes hinder you..... Don't get me wrong I love my family but I never have any "me" time and quit frankly I am in some great need of it......
I need to be refreshed in my spirit and fellowship with some great ladies in my life. I need to focus completely on my Lord and worship Him deeply. I am also depending on Him to give me complete clarity on Our new ministry.
We will have 2 to a room and I have been praying this week about who she will be. I don't mind sharing with any of the ladies as I know all of them pretty well. But whom ever we room with we will have a little extra alone time with and I want it to be the lady the Lord wants......
Please pray for us on our trip, it is about a 5.5 hour drive and we all have families we will be leaving for a few days....... We are set to leave town about 9am Friday morning.

On the Road to Victory!

Today I am a little emotional....... My baby, all 6 foot, 200lbs of him is on the road with his team to the State Championship.

I got him up early today to get ready and before his depature on the trip of a lifetime, I needed to have prayer with him. And as we bowed together and thanked God for this opportunity and prayed for protection, I couldn't help but get emotional. After prayer I told him to please be careful and have fun. This might not happen again next year.

It was a bittersweet moment for a mother's memory!!!!!

The rest of the school heads out in the morning along with 1000's of fans from East Texas.

These Boys are already champions in our eyes.
I will update when I can this weekend.... Please join us again in prayer for a victory!

pains, turkey and some football......

Well our week started out on Sunday getting ready to go to Church, planning for a blessed time. Chris has been having a messed up stomach for about 3.5 weeks and then a horrible pain hit. Trying to get him to the car to go to the hospital, he hit the floor and could not get up. A little freaked out by all that was happening and knowing he needed to get to the hospital. Not sure if the pain was a result of his stomach being messed up or if something else was going on. I called 911.

Turns out he was trying to pass a kidney stone. I have never had one and don't care too now after seeing the pain he was in. Dr said it was probably a result of be dehydrated the last few weeks. It was a wild ride for the next day till that little booger came out. It was only 2mm. big but it sure caused alot of pain.

With a short week at school and work I was ready to get into the holiday. Thanksgiving is always good eating. I love all the fixings that go along with the Turkey. We had a house full of people at the In-laws. Very Thankful for our family.

And with the end of the week here it is time for football again. Dustin has been treating his ankle all week with big hopes he will get to start tonight. This is our biggest and toughest game yet this season. It will be a good one.

We are going early to insure a seat since most of all our 2400 pop. town will be there, along with others from nearby communities. I have been praying this week for all the players health and for a victory.
This is the Quarter finals, next week is Semi finals and the following week will be the State Championship. I am so excited for my son, our football team, cheerleaders, and our town.

GO CATS!

Christian One Liners

Don't let your worries get theBest of you; remember,

Moses startedOut as a basket case.

Some people are kind, polite, and
Sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews.

Many folks want to serve God,
But only as advisors.

It is easier to preach ten sermons
Than it is to live one.

The good Lord didn't create anything

Without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

When you get to your wit's end,
You'll find God lives there.

People are funny; they want the front
Of the bus, the middle of the road, and
The back of the church.

Opportunity may knock once, but temptation

Bangs on your front door forever.

Quit griping about your church;
If it was perfect, you couldn't belong.

If the church wants a better pastor,
It only needs to pray for the one it has.

God Himself does not propose to judge
A man until he is dead. So why should you?

Some minds are like concrete

Thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.

Peace starts with a smile.

I don't know why some people Change churches;

what difference does It make which one you stay home from?

A lot of church members who are singing
'Standing on the Promises'
Are just sitting on the premises.

We were called to be witnesses,
Not lawyers or judges.

Be ye fishers of men. You catch
Them - He'll clean them.

Coincidence is when God
Chooses to remain anonymous.

Don't put a question mark
Where God put a period.

Don't wait for 6 strong men
To take you to church.

Forbidden fruits create many jams.

God doesn't call the qualified,
He qualifies the called.

God grades on the cross, not the curve.

God loves everyone, but probably prefers'

fruits of the spirit' over 'religious nuts!'

God promises a safe landing,
Not a calm passage.

He who angers you, controls you!

If God is your Co-pilot - swap seats!

Prayer: Don't give God instructions -- just report for duty!

The task ahead of us is never as

Great as the Power behind us.

The Will of God never takes you to

Where the Grace of God will not protect you.

We don't change the message,
The message changes us.

You can tell how big a person is
By what it takes to discourage him.

Pictures from Longview

Since Gustav cancelled Wes's birthday party Saturday afternoon Mrs. Tracy made him a homemade cake. It was so good. Homemade icing too.....

Lane killing a little time

Sunday afternoon my sister took some of the kids to the park to get them out of the house.... after all there were 17 of us there.

Shelby (my neice) and Lauren

Lane and Blake (my nephew)

They were hot.

our first day

Monday was a milestone for me as a mother....... The last of my children started school. We have been preparing for this all summer. He was excited about his classroom, his teacher, his backpack, and his red lunch kit. He even rode the Bus home today, with his older brother of course. Chris was home today waiting for them. Now today, they will be going to the babysitters house after school and last year that was the same bus for either stop. But this year is a different story. The bus that comes to my house is now driven by a lady I know and so yesterday morning the Lord really laid in on me to call her. I just wanted to tell her how if the older kids are at home then the boys would get off at my house and if not then they would continue on to the baby sitter's house at the end of the route. Well good thing I called her, because she no longer goes by my baby sitter's house. They have combined some of the routes. Even though the school didn't inform me of this. Now my kids will have to remember another bus #. Anyway, long story short I am so thankful that I called her. So last night I was explaining to Lane that he would be riding a different bus today because he will be going to Mrs. Amber's. His reply was....... "Oh no I'm not riding the short bus there am I?" I couldn't help but laugh....
I have some pictures but I have not got them off my camera yet.
Also last night was our Community Wide Pep Rally....... Lots of fun. They introduce the football players, volley ball players, cheerleaders, and flag guard. The band plays and the cheerleaders cheer. It really gets us "Pumped Up" for the football season. Our town is small and we are all fans of our high school football. We dropped down in a division this year and we are predicited to really well. I am exicited for Dustin, he made first string Center.
Pictures to come.......

favorite memory of me Tag your It.

I love games! Here are the instructions to a game I came across. I would love if you would play along.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew/know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Let the games begin!

Christian Collage

I found this website from a blog I follow wordle It is neat. You can let it create off the words from your website or blog, Or put in random words. I wanted to create a Christian on only, so I put in a bunch of words and created my own.

are you broken?

I picked up Dustin and Lauren about 2:30 on Friday from the church after they arrived home from church camp. On our ride home I could already tell of the work the Lord did at camp. I had to drop them off at the house and go back to work. I was excited to get off work and get home to hear all the stories they had. It was awesome. The Lord did a wondrous work all week long with almost 1000 kids. There were close to 20 churches and our church brought close to 100 teens. From our church there were 11 that excepted Christ as their personal Savior and 8 that Surrendered their lives to Ministry. My kids were both moved and convicted.

Friday after work we spent a few hours just talking and crying and laughing. We all sat and studied the bible together. It felt so great. This is something that I have been wanting to do and we all made a pack to do this together. I was in awe over the work that was done in Dustin's heart. He was so sincere.

Sunday morning at church, we watched a video of the pictures from camp and the youth/counselors got up and gave testimonies. I cried like a baby through out the entire service. The testimonies were so moving, to hear how the Lord worked in some of those kids lives.

We only had a short devotion for services afterwards. It was over 1 Samuel 15. "What is there in your life that you need to kill, that needs to die?" God wants "all" of us not just part of us. We need to give him whatever we are holding on to that is hindering our live with The Lord. It is time for us all to stand up, give him what is holding us back and give our lives to him.

During the alter call I was the first one to the alter. I was broken. I just cried and poured my heart out to him. I was sobbing in front of my Lord, because he broke me down today. There is some habitual sins in my life that I have yet to give to him even though he has been working on me about them for a while now. I laid it down at his feet and begged for his mercy on it.

I have had this apart of my life for 22 years and just this week I prayed for the first time for the Lord to take away the desire. I have been praying about it this week but I gave it to the Lord at his alter Sunday Morning. It is going to be hard and the devil will make it really difficult but this is something that I not only need to repent of the sin of it but also for my health and my family.

We have been praying for revival at our church and I think we saw the beginnings of it. Men, women and kids all broken. We were in church for an hour past what we usually are. But no one seemed to care. It was so awesome.

Our pastor is ill right now. Please pray for his health. It is serious and they (the Drs) aren't quite sure what the cause is. So at the end of the service we all held hand and prayed for him and we were also asked to Fast for him today. He has been at our Church for over 20 years.


All day I have just been on high for Jesus. It has been a long time since I felt this way.

Here are a couple of my favorite pictures from Camp.