Youth Camp

was a success! We had a ball. We had a great game where the guys put a 50 foot rope across the lake and the kids had to walk the rope. It was pretty hard. I tried it but only made it half way across the rope! The lake was pretty nasty though. There was a cool slip and slide though. We had an awesome teaching about the thief on the cross next to Jesus by Cathy and I did a devotion with the girls one night. Overall, it was great. Thanks to everyone who came up and helped make camp such a success!

Casual Fridays

I love where I work. We were getting to have casual Fridays and wear what we wanted within reason but then Latesha ruined it for us all. Thanks Latesha!!

Hide and Seek

We have a small basket next to the t.v where we put keys and things that I don't want lying on top of my entertainment center. I also have a 2-year-old who likes to play with keys. Her papaw gave her some keys on a keyring but she doesn't want those she wants ours. Last night Jamie can't find his keys to his work truck. We ask the girls. Of course they don't know anything about them. We tear the house apart. We look in the couches, under furniture, drawers, the fridge ( you know the usual stupid places you look for lost things even though there is no reason they should be there). Nothing. We go through the girls room and nothing. Well Hope has the "yeah I did it" smile. So we ask again....where are daddy's keys. She points to the window and says outside. Oh crap, so my husband goes to the window to look outside. They are in the window sill between the window and the screen. Hope just smiles and says.."there's your keys daddy". Sometimes you just have to laugh to keep from killing them!!

Blood drive for Taylor

Taylor is doing great!! Brent & Staci are having a blood drive. Details below. Thank you God for your healing in this child.


I have a favor to ask of you.....we are having a blood drive in Evansville this week as many of you may already know about.
I am asking as many of you as possible to please come out and donate blood in honor of Taylor.
Taylor is alive today because of the literally thousands of people that have donated their blood.
We decided to have a blood drive to help out the many people that are in need of blood. After experiencing what a child needs during this process we thought is was the least we could do to help out, and we really appreciate your help with this as well.
Taylor has required hundreds of transfusions of red blood cells, platelets and of cryo (all blood products) over the last 8 weeks.....all are screened extensively and are safe, but very needed for survival.
Thank you in advance for participating in this blood drive to honor our daughter.
The drive is this Thursday, July 26th from 3pm-8pm at Crossroads Christian Church at 10800 Lincoln Ave in the gym(behind the women's hospital...almost to newburgh)
The next drive will be Saturday, August 11th from 11am-4pm...same location
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!
(FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE INDY AREA.,.THERE IS A BLOOD DRIVE ON THE 25TH UP HERE. LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED DETAILS FOR THAT!
THANKS A MILLION!
STACI

Struggling

I didn't grow up in church. I wasn't a christian until 5 years ago. Actually I was a little "wild" in high school and for several years after. I met Jamie in March 1999. Actually we met about 2 years before that and were friends of friends but we started dating in March. We moved in together in June, got engaged in October, pregnant in November and married in February 2000. Faith came in July 2000. We bought a house September 2002 and in December 2002 (New Year's Eve actually) I wanted out. I didn't want to be married anymore. I wanted to be on my own and "start over". He said no. He refused to leave and begged for anything so I agreed to counseling but I wanted to go to Pastor Aaron at Living Hope. My friend Susan had always invited me to Living Hope. She never pushed but she always invited me. So we started talking to Aaron. He saved our marriage. I look back and I know it was the devil trying to break us up because he knew we were to do good things for God's kingdom and we may not have done that if we separated. We started going to church and fell in love with LHCC. We've been going there almost 5 years now. Who knew we'd actually pray for people and read the Bible and go to church 3-4 times a week?? I know my past is scarred but it was a learning experience and I can reach others from the mistakes I made. I still struggle though with days I just want to walk away. I don't want to go to church anymore. Someone hurts my feelings or makes me mad and I want to find a church closer to home and forget the one that I made a whole new family at or I just don't want to go at all. I want to be on my own. I hate the days I feel like that and I pray and He gets me through them. He is my rock. Some days I yell at my kids and get so frustrated with them and feel like such a horrible mother. Some days I am so hateful to my husband because I just don't feel like talking to him. Some days I think why do any of it at all???????????? I just pray and He gets me through it all. I try to watch the way I talk and the things I do because I want to live my life in his likeness but there are days I don't care and I pray. All I can do is live one day at a time...and pray....and pray.

7 years ago today

at 10:11 a.m. I gave birth to my beautiful Faith. I can't believe how much she is growing up! She's still my baby though.......here she is through the years.



Faith 1 day oldFaith 3 weeks old
Faith 6 months
Faith 3 years
Faith 9 months
She is so beautiful inside and out. Happy Birthday. I love you so much Faith Renee!!!!!

We survived

the sleepover! It wasn't too bad. We had 9 little girls but only 8 stayed all night. We only had one that wanted to go home around 10:30 but by the time her mom got here she wanted to stay and then she did fine. It's 11:30 and I still have 5 left. Of course 3 are neighbor girls so they are here all the time anyway. They are playing on the trampoline and swimming. There were a few little "fights" but for the most part they got along. There's usually someone getting their feelings hurt but that's girls for you. It's definitely not something I'd want to do all the time but once a year is OK.....my house is a wreck! :/