My wonderful hubby

“If I marry: He must be so tall that when he is on his knees he reaches all the way to heaven. His shoulders must be broad enough to bear the burden of a family. His lips must be strong enough to smile, firm enough to say no, and tender enough to kiss. Love must be so deep that it takes its stand in Christ and so wide that it takes in the whole lost world. He must be active enough to save souls. He must be big enough to be gentle and great enough to be thoughtful. His arms must be strong enough to carry a little child.” - Ruth Bell Graham

Sometimes I just feel like bragging on the wonderful husband I have, and recently I have been so impressed by him that, please forgive me, I have to brag in a public forum. He does so much for me and works so hard to help fulfill the dreams that we have for our future and our family. He always puts God first (is a wonderful spiritual leader), then me second, then everything else after that, sacrificing for the things that will serve the Lord and that will make me happy. I see what a wonderful son and son-in-law he is, too. I could go on and on, but I just had to tell the world how much I love this man!!!

Oh yeah, and he's awfully handsome, too!


I LOVE YOU, SWEETIE!!! :-)

Moving Men!

"And he'll be big and strong, the man I love..." -Etta James

Today, David and my Dad moved a very large (and heavy) piece of furniture in a box to my parents attic. I couldn't help blogging about it, because I knew it was going to be funny to watch.


The outside steps were the first part of this process, although it was small potatoes compared to the 14 additional steps to the attic that were still to come.


And now you can see the progression up...a little scary there for a few moments...





YAY! Made it to the top!


David and Dad were exhausted from the experience afterwards...


But not nearly as exhausted as Mom and I were from watching the whole process...


GOOD JOB GUYS!!!!

Myrtle Beach - June 2010

"I don't care what the West Coast says, 'cause I love those Myrtle Beach, love those Myrtle Beach days..." -The Fantastic Shakers



We thought this weekend's beach trip would be a good subject for our first blog post. We left Thursday morning around 5am and got back this afternoon. We had a wonderful time! God blessed us with tons of sunshine and no rain other than one night while were asleep.

We ate a big breakfast at Shoney's on the way down. We were there at about 6:30am, so we were the only people there to eat that early! Had the place all to ourselves. :-)


Instead of staying in a hotel, we camped at Myrtle Beach Travel Park (which is where Lisa's family used to camp when she was a little girl). It was a great choice of accomodations and adds a little "outdoor adventure" to the beach experience. Here is our tent, and a picture of Lisa taken inside our little tent before bed one evening. It was a little cozy in there, but we still had room for the aero-bed and were quite comfortable!





We spent lots of time on the beach and it was HOT, but we got some good swimming in. Had to be very careful in the water Friday morning due to some shark sightings (and yes, we did see some ourselves), but we were very careful and didn't let that drive us totally away from the water.


Loved these mirrors at Barefoot Landing...we call this our "short and stubby" look...



Here I am before going out to dinner on Saturday night and here is David eating crab legs. We ate at a number of good places while we there, including Carolina Roadhouse, Fire Island, and Original Benjamin's Calabash Seafood. Also did some shopping and a wine-tasting.




Of course on the way home today we had to stop and go to the top of the giant sombrero at South of the Border in Dillon, SC. Where else can you pay $1 to get a bird-eye view of so much tackiness???



Apparently the trip wore me out, as my sweet husband so thoughtfully took a picture of me sleeping on the way home today...


We had a wonderful time and were really blessed by a great vacation!