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Sunday, July 14, 2007

Here is a pic of Andrew on the night that he was baptized. He was so excited, baptized. He kept saying, "I can't believe that I am got baptized." As Pastor took him under, his feet came up out of the water which caused people to snicker all around the auditorium. I brought my camera that night, but I didn't realized the batteries were low. Tom was asked to take pics of the other two people that were baptized, which he did, and then the camera died. I had thought about asking Pastor to restage the baptism so that i could get a pic, but for some reason, i don't think he would go for that. :)

When we got home, I took this picture of Andrew

LOYSTON POINT - DAY AT THE LAKE

A few Saturdays ago, my parents, Doug, DiAnna, Craig, DiAnna's sister and brother-in-law and all the children went to Loyston Point. We had alot of fun swimming, skiiing and kayaking.

Tom skiing

Andrew, Aaron and Tyeler had fun fighting with the noodles. Tyeler has such a contagious laugh, i wish we could put sound on here, so you could all here him.

Andrew lost his second tooth on July 26th. I had asked him to use his tongue to push his tooth forward so that i could take a picture of it. I guess he pushed a little to hard, cause it fell right out into my hand. 7654323

EMMA
Emma is getting very big. She is learning, but OH SO slowly. :0) If anyone has any brilliant ideas on how to catch your dog without her waiting til she is just within reach and then with a gleam in her eye, darts away. She waits til she is far enough away, turns around to see where I am - waiting to start the cycle all over again. I am sure if i listen very carefully, I would hear her chuckling. I know that treats work great, but i am thinking that I need to buy stock in the treat company, b/c i could probably own half the company by time i have trained her with treats.

Oh, and she has aquired a taste for my tomatoes. This past Sunday, while were eating our Sunday dinner, Tom told me to look at Emma. She was on our porch playing ball with one of my tomatoes. (She obviously doesn't stay out of my garden.) She would throw it up, chase it, and nudge it with her nose. After doing that for about 10 minutes, she sat down and ate the whole thing except for the stem. Tom said, "Look, she left the stem." No sooner did he say that, she ate it too. I have to say that i am glad that she didn't waste it. It would be a shame for her to use it as a ball and then leave it out in my yard to rot.

JULY 19, 2007
World's Fair Park - Our little group that started going to the park a few years ago, has grown by leaps and bounds. This is the picture from this year and not all the kids that came made it into the picture. The Lord is good to give such wonderful friends to share these fun times with.

Braden and Ginnie looking at some bug, I'm sure.

Mayfield was in Market Square, downtown Knoxville, giving away ice cream. So the kids and I left the water park, picked up Tom and went to get some cool ice cream before leaving for Chattanooga to see our friends, Mark and Rachael.

We went to the Riverside Park in Chattanooga with our friends and their two boys. We lived in a duplex with them in Londonderry, NH for 4 1/2 years. We became such close friends during those years and still hold our friendship very dear. They took over a church Pennsylvania about 5 years ago and so we don't see them much. They were down visiting family, so we met them for supper that night.

Silas, Aaron, Ginnie, Titus and Andrew playing at the park