And So It Ends

Easy come & easy go. K no longer has a beau. After giving her a flower last week just because, the young man decided that "He doesn't want a serious relationship" (at least that's what he told her). But another friend said he was told something else - something about maturity. Well, K's attitude is - "It's his loss." So who knows what the real story is, but it appears that today was break-up day for many of her friends (both male & female.)

Things are very busy at work since the end of the fiscal year is approaching. Of course I'm going crazy with trying to manage the many priorities or emergencies. Only a week more.

We were at the races last week end - the Carolina Nationals - Drag Racing. The new facility at Charlotte is absolutely wonderful. Our hotel in downtown Charlotte was right next to the Panther Stadium. Eric now wants to get tickets if the Steelers come to town.

Jessie

How do I put into words the sadness and heartbreak that I am feeling for some friends of ours - The Garrens. This strong faithful family has just lost their beautiful, vibrant, 16 year old daughter to the ugly disease cancer. Jessie was such an inspiration to thousands of people for her faith in our Lord and Savior. She was a model of how we all should be as a Christian and servant of God. If you want to learn more about this amazing individual, she and her family maintained a Caring Bridge website: www.caringbridge.org/visit/JessieGarren

There is also a link to the blog of Lanny Dohono of the BigStuff Youth Camp. He did a podcast on Jessie. It was very moving and touching and shows us just who is Jessie.

Jessie

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My dear Jessie - words cannot cover the range of emotion that I am feeling for you. I remember a beautiful little girl who loved to play in the church nursery when I was in there. I remember a little girl who always had a big smile and would just light up the room. I remember a little girl that taught my K about tea parties and Jesus in Sunday school. I will always remember...

Kathryn's has a Beau

Well it was bound to happen - K has a beau. She officially has a boyfriend. A young man that plays drums in the band. He seems to be nice. A good Christian boy. Apparently after the parade on Monday, J introduced K to his mother as his girlfriend. She had to get a picture of them for a scrapbook that she was doing on him. K and J went on their first date (well sort-of) Saturday to the fair. They had to hang with us for a couple of hours until their friends arrived. Then they spent a few hours going on rides. She also invited him to our church function at Camp Tekoa. He thoroughly enjoyed himself. Of course, I had found out earlier that he is related to many of the members in our church. We'll just have to see what happens down the road. I guess the boy thing has hit.

Sarah also had her first funnel cake at the fair. Let's say that the picture says it all.

Visit with Lana

SJ and Lana got to visit for Lana's 2nd birthday. The girls had lots of fun on the slide and see/saw. SJ also enjoyed the ice cream. It was great seeing the girls together again.

New School Year

K is officially a freshman. School has started and the first week was crazy. It took three days to get her schedule straight. The band director that she had for the two weeks of band camp had a heart attack the Friday after the camp ended, so she now has a new band director. The band marched in the Apple Festival Parade. They sounded pretty good considering how few members were in the band. But they were not the smallest band marching.

Rest of Vacation

On Friday, we decided to venture out to the Magic Kingdom. It was still raining, but according to the weather folks, it was suppose to clear up. We arrived around 11:00 and it did sprinkle off and on, but since most of the rides were indoors, it wasn't too bad. Sarah got to meet Minnie, Mickey, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Jasmine. She ran up to Minnie & Mickey without hesitation. Kathryn took Sarah on Dumbo, Tea Cups and Merry-Go-Round. Sarah loved them so Eric took her on them a couple more times. Kathryn went on Space Mount and a couple of other rollercoasters. She and I went on the Grand Prix cars. Well, that proved to be interesting because just as we got to the front of the line, the skies opened up and it started to pour. I had a poncho on, but that didn't even help as it just channeled the water down into my pants. We were soaked!!! Needless to say, we decided it was time to leave. We were so wet and cold that we didn't want to stay 1 more hour to see the fireworks. I did say that I wanted a relaxing vacation, but I would have preferred one that allowed us to enjoy the pools instead of being indoors or wet for most of the time. Of course TS Fay did follow us home so we did finally get some rain in NC.

Breakfast with Elmo at Sea World

On Wednesday, August 20 Sarah had breakfast with Elmo and friends. At first she wasn't all that happy to see the big characters, but once Elmo took the stage she no longer was afraid. Even though it rained all day (and I mean rain - buckets) we enjoyed the shows and a couple of rides.