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Memorial Day 2012

Today everything that was planned got canceled. My 9:00 and 11:00 appointment's were rescheduled so I took most of the day off. I did go to the hardware store and bought some dog eared pickets for a small privacy fence beside the building. That looks great. I took some old chestnut lumber I pulled our of the kitchen floor and made a base at the foot of the building. It's raining now so i will post pics of that l;ater. I also bought a bundle of cedar shack shingles to use in the vent eaves to compliment the new board and bat siding. Boy, I wish I could finish that up.
 Here are some pics from our Memorial Day cook out with our family at my sisters house in Belmont NC

Sometimes life is overwhelming and sometimes it seems easy as sitting by a river or creek just taking it all in. We had a wonderful time at the beach. Here are some pics from that:

On the Way to the beach. Tommy is reading a map and Benji is well, just being Benji

Double Decker Party bus

The Three

This is a great shot

It was Bike Week so there were many different  and odd campers and tons of motorcycles.

Yea,  Kenworth W-900 pulling a 5th Wheel camper

What a great site every time we arrive.

 We arrived home Tuesday after hanging out with Mom and Dad for a while and worked hard Wednesday. On Thursday I went to KY for a pre-planning trip for the mission trip in July. I came back late Thursday night and on Friday did a lot of running around doing some personal things.

Coming from Kentucky back into North Carolina. This shot is just south of Johnson City  Tenn. and looking into the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Beach bound again

Things continue to progress with Tommy. He still has quite a few issues but he probably always will. TC really enjoys having him and I do almost all the time. Sometimes, I wonder but it all works out in the end. Lord, I need more patient. To update things I will do it in bullet form

• Chad is back in jail. We saw him today. Not sure if he will ever change. He should get out in a week or so; today my mood is whatever!
• The Pregnancy Center is going well. Many new supporters but we are low in clients right now. We are looking at offering parenting classes for court ordered DSS clients. We will see.
• The Association is wide open for the summer with mission trips, projects and other things. We are dong a Kids club every Saturday in Elk park. Good news we have two summer interns this year.
• I have a new Secretary. TC filled in for a while and did  a great job cleaning up the place. Katherine is the new girl. I knew her through Crossnore and she is fitting in really good.
• We are heading back down to the beach on Saturday through Tuesday and we are looking forward to the R&R. All for now

Creek is rising

Happy Mother's Day

What a great day we had today. Shopping in Boone, visiting a new coffeehouse where they make home made doughnuts, Cornerstone Christian Book store and visiting some good friends. Gonna preach at Cranberry Baptist Church tomorrow and then it's down to Mom's house we go. Sadly, chad will not be with us as this will be the second Mother's Day in a row that he is in jail over stupidity. when will that boy ever learn? Chance after chance he blows. We will keep on loving him! Happy Mother's Day to all those wonderful Moms!

1997 Freightliner FLD 120

Found this picture of the Freight shaker we bought some many years ago. sure was a pretty truck FLD 120 High rise Sleeper Condo, 425 Cat engine with an Allison 13 speed transmission. Custom paint and many lights.