Watermelon Festival 2008

We went and supported our local Watermelon Festival to the tune of $60 last night...but it was FUN, FUN...for myself and BOTH girls and Jessica. Jessica decided she would go so we could take both girls...this was Rylee's first official year of riding the RIDES! At first, she did not want to ride but you can see she quickly adjusted and was ready to RIDE!
Bentlee, without a doubt, had a BLAST! And we met Alycia and Tyler.
Oh, and my apologies to my friends...no time for socializing last night, it was all about the girls having fun, sorry ;o)

Me and my girls on the carousel...

View from the Ferris Wheel..

Rylee CHEESING!

Jessica and Bentlee on the Ferris Wheel..

Karley, Tyler, and Bentlee on the alligator roller coaster...

Bentlee on the kiddie ride...

Rylee and Bentlee on the carousel...

Me and my faithful helper..."Jezzie"

Church

This is an email I got today...I run into folks often that say things like..." I don't think you have to go to church to go to heaven"....and this made me think about those people...it doesn't really answer the question of whether you have to go to church to go to heaven...it just made me think about folks that question church...BTW, if you are what you say you are, a Christian at heart, you WILL want to associate with other Christians in church and elsewhere...you will WANT to learn more about GOD and you will be "hungry for the Lord", you will be drawn to WORSHIP...and if you are a Christian, you will understand where I am coming from...Now, I am not one to push "religion" and God down your throat and I SIN with the rest of the Christians of the world...and NO, I am not going to preach today, LOL!...

Why Go To Church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained
That it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.(or Saturday) 'I've gone
For 30 years now,' he wrote, 'and in that time I have heard something like
3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of
Them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by
Giving sermons at all.'

This started a real controversy in the 'Letters to the Editor'
Column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until
Someone wrote this clincher.

'I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some
32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for
A single one of those meals. But I do know this.. They all nourished me and
Gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me
These meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone
To church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!' When you are
DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible,
Believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our
Physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Rylee's 2nd birthday

Because I had to work yesterday I was not able to do anything special for Rylee so Jessica stepped up to the plate. She took Rylee and Bentlee to McDonalds for lunch and then to the grocery store to pick up cake supplies. Rylee picked out DORA candies and crayon candles...SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
After their "road trip" it was nap time for the girls and baking time for Jessica (and you know I told you Jessica is "domestically retarded", LOL!). The cupcakes and Dora cake turned out SOOO cute! I was so proud of Jessica for making Rylee's birthday so special...after Wade got home and saw the baked goods, Rylee had ANOTHER cupcake with candles and we sang Happy Birthday to her! She was a bit scared of blowing out the candles so Jessica helped with that too. Not only were the cupcakes and cake cute, they were YUMMY!
Thanks "Jezzie" for making Rylee's day so special!





There will be more DORA to come for her actual birthday party on Sunday ;o) Funny thing...Bentlee's second birthday party was Dora also! Girls, girls, girls!

Happy 2nd Birthday Rylee-Poo!

Two years ago at this very moment I was in HARD labor...had been since the night before...she wasn't a big baby but a hard delivery (she was face up instead of face down in the birth canal)...at 7 lbs. 1 oz, 20 inches long...a head full of dark hair...blues eyes...Rylee Wade Mayle was finally born at 1:42 pm July 28, 2006.

I have to admit...Rylee was an "oops" and I know most parents wouldn't actually admit that, but the best "oops" that ever happened to me. She is TWO years old today...my baby girl...Rylee did not stay a BABY very long...she has grown so much faster than her sister did...started walking at 9 months old...gave her bottle up at 20 months old...
Could you possibly tell she would be a BIG girl from this photo, LOL???

I know....YUCK! But it is hard to beleive my belly was THAT big!~ And today is the day I am reflecting back on the last time I was pregnant..the last time I ever will feel life growing inside me...only to produce another one of God's miracles...

My dad is getting his LAST chemo treatment today!

Treatment #6 is today...and the LAST ever we hope! As I told you at his last visit, the doc told him he is in REMISSION. Although there is no cure for Lymphoma, this is the closest we can get to it...God has been so good to our family in answering our prayers.
He is recovering VERY well from his back surgery. He is wearing a brace but it does not appear to bother him much. I think it helps remind him what he can't do...which is good for his busy self!
He was all SMILES at church last night. He does have a few more things going on...soft bones, clogged arteries, etc...small things that can be treated with meds..nothing we can't handle. I told him he is "just getting old"! LOL!
Keep them in yours prayers as they travel to Chapel Hill and back today. Two of their church friends are taking them.

I'm a country girl but come oooonnnn....

Wade loves field peas and he came home with a grocery bag FULL last night! Other than corn, thats about the only veggie he eats...I am not crazy about them but I will cook them for him! So...I call his mom to get the "scoop"...she says..."lay them out flat instead of refridgerating them because they will be easier to shell...shell them, soak and wash them, and cook them with seasoning meat, bacon will do"...holy POOP! I am a typicall microwave cooker...some stove cooking, Wade does the grill cooking...yayayaa...so, tonight (or tomorrow night!) I will be SLAVING over field peas! They are pretty unshelled but geezzzz....looks like I got a bunch of snakes living on my kitchen floor...Bentlee and Rylee will probably freak out when they see them this morning, LOL!

Steve is coming home today

Just wanted to let you all know Steve will finally be coming home today...9 weeks ago today he was in that awful accident.