there's no place like home

Today, we decided to go visit The Rock, that's our old church, it was great! I had ran into Rusty last week (he's the pastor) when I was droppin' off one of Mike's fliers for Kenny Mangos's and he asked how we were doing, later I started thinking maybe we should go visit. Also a few weeks ago I was at the Community Action Banquet and it just so happened Pastor "dad", Rusty's dad was there to say the prayer and Rusty's secretary, Sonia, was there to sing, and she belted out a mighty song entitled "what we need is a word from the lord", it was so encouraging to see them there, and that too made me feel like visiting, I told them all how much we missed them and they all said they missed us too and that we were always welcome.

So today we went, everyone was hugging us and happy to see us, it amaed me that in a church that big (about2500 people) would be missed. The first person we saw was Angie Gray (our pastor from Planet Rock (college and career)), she was on her way to Panoply with the Master's Commission to do their Stomp routine. I love how everyone is involved in the community.

Then we took the kids to the nursery (yay! for nurseries!!). Everywhere I turned I saw an old friend, it truly is A Family Worship Center. It's not so much about how they do things but who they all are and their hearts' desires to serve God. Freedom Christian Center is a great church full of good people and we don't regret our time there. Today I think I put it best when I said we had finished our "tour of duty" and were back for more training.

It just so happened today was membership Sunday and 130 new members covered the stage. It was so refreshing to be next to my husband during worship and to have the freedom to raise my hands. We visited a little methodist church for a while and though it was contemporary it was still conservative. So today I raised my hands as high as i could, even after they started to ache, I raised them even higher as if to try and touch heaven. I kicked my shoes off and twirled and jumped and danced and oh what a feeling, to be home again, to be free again! The song they sang was even "I am free!"

Rusty of course delivered a great message on "truth or deception" based on the Davinci Code. All morning we were so excited to be visiting and all the way home we just kept saying how great it felt to be back home. I thanked God the whole time I was there, I cried about 3 times because His presence was so strong. I realized I had taken it all for granted. The kids had a blast too and that's the icing on the cake.
Glory be to God! May all come to know Him and His Unconditional Love!

6 things about me

paige tagged me to list 6 things about myself, so here it goes....

1. i acutally had a brain and a a life before i had kids, i have a cosmetology license and a degree in electronics, i was also a nurse for a little while and that's what drove me to electronics, bye bye bed pans, hello computers!

2. i love to dance, hip hop, ballroom, ballet (even though i'm not prof. trained), i used to go clubbing all the time and dance, till i dropped! and i play the drums, and rock n' roll is my favorite!!

3. i love to garden! i have an addiction to hgtv, and my bank account suffers for it!

4. i love to make videos, i've made them for choose life but i also make little ones with just pictures of family and stuff, i have all kinds of ideas, i 'll be glad when i can make short films, look out sundance, here i come!

5. i love to read the bible, it just fascinates me! i always find something in it that makes me go wow! and it always encourages me, it's like if they can do it, so can I!

6. i am policy council rep. for Amy and Ariel's headstart, i've been making waves there lately trying to get them a new building and i've come to realize this is just the beginning of my political career, so Hillary better watch her back, Mike was quick to remind me i'd be old enough to be president this year, isn't he thoughtful.

the obvious is that i love my hubby and kids, so i didn't list that!

Abby "A" honor roll

mad props to my little Abby! She's gotten Straight A's all year! she's is so smart and an excellent reader! She's becoming so grown up, all she talks about is Hannah Montanna and Jessie McCartney. She's got a new friend named Angela she's gonna go hang out with again today. She'll be 8 on May 24th! and all the girls' dance recital is June 3rd, Abby's doin' hip hop and show choir! Amy and Ariel are doing a dance to a song called "the dog" and they have little pink french poodle costumes, too cute! 

dreams really do come true!

i always said i's make a great boy mom because when i was little i loved to play in the dirt with cars and now here i am playing with my son in the dirt with cars! somebody pinch me! 

recording studio

some crazy bald guy came and laid down some tracks last week, hehe just kidding he's actually a friend of ours and he was our realtor so we owe him big time, he's dave, dave trueb! that's right! he's also an up and coming film director! 

the product table

 

where's kenny?

you think he ever gets the who killed kenny jokes? this coffee shop is so cool, maybe all ya'll could come up for the next show? 

more mangoers

hey i think the old guy in the back was a record producer, yes some day you can all say, we knew him when.... 

kenny mangoers

 

mike's fan club

my girl toya and her hubby melvin came out to the show, melvin even did a little rap and everybody loved it! thanks you guys, we love ya! 

mike live on the square!

Mike played his first gig in a long time, and it was great, he played at a little coffee shop in downtown huntsville called kenny mango's. He had a blast interacting with the audience, there was a major storm that night but we still had an awesome crowd. He plays there again on May the 5th. on this, the day after his 28th birthday! 

piggy tails

mike put the girls' hair up in pigtails, ain't they cute?

 

michael in the sandbox