Happy Anniversary Jason & Hannah!

Today our niece, Hannah and her husband, Jason celebrate their 10th anniversary!

"And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment."

I John 3:22-23

We congratulate them on 10 beautiful years and pray that they will continue to fall more in love each day as they follow Christ and serve Him together.  God has blessed them with two precious sons and another little one (I'm praying for a girl, but know God knows best) due in November!

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Cousins at Hannah's Wedding

Matt, Luke, Leah, Sarah & Rachael

(amazing how you change in 10 years!)

I have to share what a crazy day yesterday ended up being!  I wasn't going to do laundry, but I decided to go downstairs and throw a load in (God prompted me).  When I got downstairs I heard this weird noise...I turned toward the water heater and saw a small "Old Faithful" erupting from the top of the water heater.  Water was spraying everywhere.  Our basement is crammed full of "necessities" AND all of Zac and Sarah's house goods too.  Plus when my parents moved to Florida we accumulated more "things".  So...I'm thankful that Sarah had just gotten home from work and Matt hadn't left for work yet so they were a big help getting things moved and cleaned up as we discarded wet boxes, set things out in the sun to dry and called Elden Deskins to come to our rescue, again.  We are so blessed to have him at our beck and call as household maintenance issues arise.  He was able to find the problem, go get the part and solve the problem.  A fan and dehumidifier are running in the cleared out area and we thank the Lord for His prompting me to go downstairs before the damage was any greater.  These situations make me miss the "Old Tom" more than any of you could probably imagine.
Can I ask you to pray for us as we prepare to go clean out Tom's office.  Tom and I had a sweet conversation yesterday about this.  He will go with me (and I've asked for one or all of the kids to go with me to help too) as we remove his personal belongings from the office he has called "home" for 18 years.  He continues to tell me this is a "new chapter" that God has written for our lives and He will give us the strength we need as we meet Him on each page He writes uniquely for us.  I know He will give us the strength but I'm still asking for your additional prayers too!
Also, today we will go pick up Tom's new glasses.  He has had many eye changes since the very first surgery when he lost his right field cut.  These glasses will be a huge prescription change from his current glasses plus adding bi-focals.  We pray that he will adjust quickly and that they will possibly help him with his reading too.  I will post pictures as soon as my handsome husband gets his new fashionable frames!!

Delicious Baked Chicken, Baked Potatoes, Corn Casserole, Salad

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Fresh Fruit for Dessert

Thank you to Gerry Whinnery for blessing us with such a yummy meal and for being such a blessing to Sarah as her Bible Study leader...we appreciate YOU!