More pics of AU game day at our house

This is the newest member of our family. He is very old and very cute. He is the best behaved dog ever. He really sleeps 16 hours at a time. Without moving...it can be a little creepy, except that he snores and passes gas in his sleep so you know he is alive.

EARNIE!!!

3-2

Yes that was the score of the game we all gathered to watch on Saturday. We had 16 people descend on our little house. Thank goodness we have more than enough yard space. We spent most of the day outside playing cornhole, eating really good snacks, watching the 7 dogs torment us and each other and making fun of each other... in love of course. So here are all the pics I could post. It really was so nice to have our family and extended family of friends gathered in one place. We are so blessed to have them! ~RAE

Riverfest

On Friday night the 12th, Jonathan, me and 2 of our closest friends Adam and Allison went to Riverfest in Decatur. The drive was a little long, considering this is the day gas jumped to almost $5 for the first time ever in my life, oh and because we got lost a little. Anyway we ate awesome BBQ, and got to see Rollin in the Hay and then Zac Brown. He was even better than the last time we saw him. It was so so much fun. Oh and Rick from Rollin in the Hay was more into his music than he has been the last several times we saw them. He was so animated... it felt like the ol' days. The guys got their pic with Zac. They were excited. It was so much fun and the weather was perfect. ~RAE

WAR EAGLE!!!

So we went down to one of the best places on earth this weekend... A.U.B.U.R.N. We has a little disaster thanks to our bff's the Hardy's. We were suppose to stay in their RV, but it died. (Rest in peace blue goose.) Anyway so the four of us were in AU with no place to stay and some of us without clothes. Just a little inconvenient, however we did have a generator and a satellite. Anyway we hit up Amy for some floor space and some running water. Yeah we got to take showers. She even made cinnamon rolls for breakfast... Thanks AMY. Anyway we ate dinner fri night at the Ole Auburn Ale House. It was way good. Our portions were ummm huge! So talegating was fun. Clay,, J'Dub and Allison came down the next day along with another Rachel. JP cooked up some awesome burgers. We had tons of food, friends, cornhole, a great view of Jordan-Hare and a prime spot on red neck row (wire road) ... what else could you ask for? Oh and the game was a shut out with the defense scoring the first TD of the season. Afterwards some of us headed to Toomer's Corner. This was a first for Allison... congrats on getting saved! Then we tried to avoid traffic, which did not happen... Thanks for driving home Jonathan. I slept. ~Rae

Babies and Apple pie

YEAH! Roslyn and I finally found time to hang out. She came over last tuesday with Olivia and Alyssa. We made an apple pie and played with doggies and kiddies. It was nice to catch up with my oldest friend, but nothing has changed, between us that is. We still talk about everything and say whatever is on our minds. So here are some pics of the girls. Allyssa is so cute!!!

aww...Oliva and Ernie take a nap.

Doggie Days

Yes I know that I am behind but I am making up for it. For those of you who didnt hear, we went on a family vacation. Jonathan, me, Tiny and Scout. Yes, that is our fam. Anyway we went to St George Island, about 70 miles from Panama city. My aunt and uncle vaca here and recommended it. It was a 7 hour drive with only 2 stops. So the boys did awesome and loved the beach. Apparently sand is way more fun to dig in than dirt or grass. I got covered on several occasions.

Tiny loved the ocean, except when waves went over his head. Scout was not so fond of the water, he thought the surf was chasing him. St George is very dog friendly. Everyone around us had dogs. We had very social neighbors that came to visit Tiny and Scout everyday. The boys got to stay off of their leashes for the most part. Two days into our trip we walked across the street to do some shopping. While we were out a tornado or water spout blew the power lines to the island down. So we were at the beach with no power (that means no air conditioning) for about 2 days. Oh did i mention that it rained every day, most of the day!!! Thats ok, we just played in the rain on the beach, the dogs didn't really care for layin' out anyway. Leslie and Joseph came down to visit inn the middle of the stay and brought Rainey. Our dogs layed on her little 2ft bed like they didnt have a huge blanket or couch available. They got along great though. We were very thankful for the company and entertainment since we had no power. We had lots of awesome food Joseph cooked and ate at some great places. Appilachicola is an awesome little down. We ate a the Owl Cafe and it was one of the best places Ive ever been. Also we went to a chocolate store...yummmm! Lots of cute little shops. Im sure I left some details out(like we followed gps and took a dirt road home) but ya'll get the idea. We had a blast playing in the rain.

New Post to come Soon

This blog is not dead i have just been devoting more time to my other blog. We have been on a vacation and lost power and we are leaving for Auburn on Friday morning. Pics and narrative to follow.

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism and One Prayer.

We have been involved in a 6 week long nation wide program called ONE PRAYER. It was basically a few pastors that got together and thought it would be cool if they got a few churches to all share videos and messages with one another and then on July 26 launch a nationwide effort to just be servants in our communities. The ONE PRAYER series was origianlly going to be 6 churches but God had other plans. It became 1600 churches world wide.. Pretty awesome. Well God used this series to stir mine and rachels' heart and we are praying, serving and waiting on God's timing. He is going to do something awesome! Today we had the chance to serve at a local clinic that teaches people to read, provides dental and medical care as well as a lot of other services. We had a prayer and worship session at Lynn Park early this morning but i failed to get any pics. So i will post the pics i have from the clinic. Mark 10:45"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Another beach trip

last week. Stacey and Keith, me and Jonathan and Sam went to Rosemary beach. We also went to visit the Howells and the Hardys in PC. It tooks us an hour and a half to get down the strip to visit ( it should take about 2o min). The drive was worth it because we got fed good food and watched awesome fireworks from Baypoint. Jonathan got soaked with silly string, no one got burnt and we ate a lot!!! Oh and Keith and Jonathan wasted some money because they didnt stick to the decisions they made while they were there. We also got to watch an awesome UFC fight were Forest Griffin won the title. I was just glad that we had seats at Buffalo Wild Wings because it wa spacked wall to wall. We ended the trip with a stop at the outlet malls. Then we headed home. The three amigos jammed in the back seat watched movies the whole way. I slept mostly, so thanks to Jonathan who got us home in all the rain. ~RAE

4th of July at Highlands

So highlands did a firework show for the 4th. The church service and the fireworks were amazing but it was so so packed. Stacey, Jonathan, their parents, Allison and I gathered for the festivities. Take note of Jonathan's "I dont want to take pictures" face its awesome!!!

LAKE DAY

Here are the pictures from our last lake day. The day involved tubing, grilling out, thunderstorms, cornhole, and 7 dogs.

Thirsty Thursday

Free baseball tickets on a muggy summer night with cheap wings... yes that means a good time. Allison, Jonathan, and I watched the Barons play Jacksonville (Courtney backed out on us). I got to hang out with Brooke and Alan for the first time in months. Yeah!!! This was my first trip to a thirsty Thursday and I was impressed with how much fun I had. It helped that I had friends to talk to, lots of snacks (thanks to Allison) and there was a fight on the field. I am very upset that there is not another thirsty thursday that I am off the rest of the summer. Everyone should try it if you get a chance. ~RAE

UGA mascot passes away.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373361,00.html As a dog lover and a true SEC sports fan my heart goes out to all of the UGA fans.

#1 class loses its luster

Very interesting article on the University of Alabama's #1 recruiting class. Wonder if Saban new that all of his wide receivers would choose baseball? the title of the article is "# 1 class loses its luster"http://www.finebaum.com/articles_finebaum.html

auburn football i can feel it in my veins

67 days and counting! Just ordered opening day game tickets! Super stoked that the first game of the season is a night game so we all day to soak up that Auburn sun. If anybody wants to join let me know. Hope everyone is having a good week. Since i am talking about counting down days til events it is only 8 days until i head to the beach with the sister and bro. Keith i hope you are ready to be destroyed in Bocce ball and cornhole. If the good Lord's willin and the creek don't rise!

BAMA JAM

90,000+

Rockin the last night in minimal clothing

The best grocery store feet ever!

So we finally made it to the 1st anual BAMAJAM. We drove um forever through some little bitty towns and ended up in the middle of some huge fields with the most amount of state troopers I have ever seen. Seriously 2 at every entrance, up and down every road on 4 wheelers and golf carts and 2 choppers in the air. We camped in a field with about 9,000 other folks and no shade. In South Alabama in June with no shade and no rain it was just a little warm!!! So the music was AWESOME. My fave suprize on Fri was The Zac Brown Band. Never heard them before, but they had some songs that have been stuck in my head for days. That night we saw Trace Adkins, yes I kinda like this huge man, and ZZ TOP. Those guys may be way old but they definitely rocked. I got yelled at by some rather large old ladies that didnt want to stand up, but the people in front of us saved me from fighting and gettin squished.... I was feelin a lil rowdy! So the Sat night we saw Corey Smith, Miranda Lambert, Skynyrd and HANK! The whole night was great. By the time Hank went on there were 90,000 rednecks in some fields in Enterprise AL. The crowd got a little crazy... we saw some violent women in a few fights. Oh did I mention that I didnt get to shower for 3 days except for with water out of the cooler and that there were porta potties for the 10,000 people they expected instead of the 90,000 that showed. Oh and we walked a 1/2 mile to the shows several times a day. Unless that is you caught one of the John Deeres pullin a trailer to haul you! No one is ever allowed to call me prissy again. I rocked the nasty feet and heat without comlpaint ALL weekend. ~RAE

~ SOUTHERN and LOVIN' IT~