Family Fish Fry

This post is a little late, but too much fun not to blog about. This past weekend we had our Lloyd family fish fry. It is so hard to get everyone together, but this year, all but one person was here. It was so good to see everyone and catch up. My parents are pretty much awesome and they hosted it at their house. Here are some pictures from the day.

Bub, Chris, Travis, Jessica, Justin

Paw and Truman

Jay, Luke, Sondra, Laura Jane, Kim, James, and Javin

Aunt Laura, Stacy, Me, Nanny, and Meme

Uncle Ray, Alan, Laura Jane, Annie, and Uncle Robert

Reed, Nathan, and Will

Kim, James, and Nathan

Nathan playing with the bubbles

He likes to try it by himself now, he's such a big boy

More bubbles

He was a Gammy's boy that day, he kept saying "Mammy"

It was too cute.

Chris and Bub playing washers

Nathan talking Aunt Stacy into more brownies!

Aunt Laura, Chris, Laura Jane, and Sondra

I called this section the "assisted living section"

I pretty much got slapped after I said it though. LOL :)

Travis had an unusal throw.

Nice follow through!

My Daddy throwing washers

Aunt Clara, Annie, and Reed

Kaylnn and Reese, they were big buddies

I looked over and saw Nathan standing like this.....

Uncle James saved him and helped him out!

Me throwing washers

Sis came inside with Nathan so he could cool off, he had to strip down after the fountain incident.

It was a great day! Thanks mom and dad for hosting it, I think everyone had a GREAT time!

Family is Forever

Amazed

There are so many thing going through my head that I can't stop to talk about them all. I am still working on exactly what God is trying to tell me. He has put SEVERAL things on my mind lately. He never ceases to amaze with all he trys to teach me. I say try, because I know I mess up a lot of it, or don't quite get what he is saying all the time.

 For the past two weeks, he has been talking to me about stuff through different ways. I haven't been able to even think straight. Once I get it all figured out, I will post about it, but for now, my prayer is that I figure it out correctly.

I can't wait to see what He has in store for me! He amazes me!

blog

If you have a blog, you may can relate to me here.

 Do you ever wonder if anyone actually reads it? I have to say that having a blog is no fun if you don't know if people actually read what you are typing.

Sometimes I write hoping people will read, other times I write to get things off my chest. But I can't help but wonder if anyone really reads this blog.

100 years old!

Today we celebrated Mrs. Essie's 100th birthday! She is one of the ladies that we visit once a month. It always interesting when we get to see her, she has so many great stories to tell us. We can learn so much from her and her example. The ladies ministry put on the party for her, with my wonderful sister, stacy, heading it all up. She did an amazing job! The party was a great success, with tons of people there! Stacy took her honors class to Mrs. Essies house twice to contuct an interview. Her class made a video presentation and a scrapbool for her. It was great, something to be treasured.  Judy and Annette helped her get it all set up. Stacy wanted to do a "cookie bar." It was a great idea and we had a LOT of cookies. Here are a few pictures from today.

Stacy, Judy, and Annette

The Cookie bar

Mrs. Essie arriving with her daughter-in-law Louise

She got to talk to a lot of old friends and family

State representitive Dan Flynn came to give Mrs. Essie a special presentation

Then it was time to blow out the candles!

And open a few presents

Mrs. Essie with a few of us ladies from the ladies ministry

It was a great day, I really think that she enjoyed it. Thanks Stacy, for all your hardwork!

Happy 100th Birthday Mrs. Essie!

State Track Meet

I am so proud of this girl! She place 4th in the 400 at the state track meet last night. Way to go Emily!

Way to go Emily!