Saratoga Springs Resort

We had a bear of a time with SouthWest Airlines, but once the hassle was over we were so excited to be settled into our room at Saratoga Springs Resort The whole theme of the resort is horses and horse racing and our room was appropriately in the Grandstand area which was close to the Carriage House amenities.

Check out the little themed pool and fountain in our area! We liked it just as well as the main pool with the waterslide.

Of course I loved the Donald fountain at the main pool and had to kick several little kiddos off of it so I could play. :)

Another couple stopped and offered to take this picture for us so we could both be in it.

Dave's Birthday

My poor honey didn't get much a birthday, but that's the way he likes it! Plus I can't feel too sorry for him since we are going to Disney World tomorrow!Monster Nathan's hot dogs! Dave's fave.

With an ice cream cake from Marble Slab Creamery I'm sure he'll be getting his wish.

Bella's Birthday

Bella's 6th birthday was spent at Build a Bear Workshop where she chose a dog to stuff, name, and dress. Here she is making a birthcertificate for "Clarissa."

Clarissa is going to be a well-outfitted dog!

Weekend in Pensacola

As always it was such a blessing to be able to spend time with Dave's family. Mom had a goody basket waiting for us in the guest room this time! Their new house is lovely and they have done a good job decorating and making it theirs.

This little stinker refused to have anything to do with me, but he did warm up to Uncle Dave.

Arthur made a stinky in the bathroom so Caleb came up with a homemade gas mask of sorts. LOL!

Getting good and wound up before bedtime!

Joshua's favorite pastime...jumping off the couch repeatedly

Amelia and I went out for pedicures! We felt like princesses in our big massaging "thrones."

Amelia chose a pretty pale pink shade
I told her she could pick out my nail color for me...And she went with a pretty spring green :)

After all was said and done, they painted flower designs on each of Amelia's big toes. Too cute!

Then it was time for the hour and a half long hair wrapping process which required patience on both our parts! Watching a movie kept us from getting too bored.

Amelia loves her Mom-mom!

We had a great time at church even though we were sad to miss Dr. Ruckman's preaching. Bro. Donovan did a great job and it was good to see so many familiar faces. All too soon it was time to say goodbye and head back to Huntsville.

I was jealous of Amelia's pretty church clothes. Do you think they make her outfit in a ladies 6?

Before getting on the road again, Stephanie and Phil took us out for Chinese food. We had a lot of catching up to do so we didn't start the trip home until later than planned but it was well worth it.

We miss you guys! Come see us soon! Oh, and when are you going to have a baby? Hahahaha.

Krissy loves her yogurt!

Mommy always treats her babies to leftover yogurt. Do you think she'll come up for air??

Weekend in Sandestin

Once in a while SCS will throw us a bone when in comes to travel and we wind up with a great trip all expenses paid and then some! You know they are hard up for labor when they pay me to take a trip with Dave! The show we set up went off without a hitch. On setup day we were finished in 2.5 hours and it took us the same amount of time to tear it down. Not bad for just the two of us! Thankfully, we got to stay at the Grand Sandestin which is where the show was being held so that allowed us lots of free time to enjoy the beach and the adjoining Village.

Dave's parents came over Friday afternoon from Pensacola and we enjoyed an evening at the beach.

After beach bumming we attempted to eat at Poppy's Seafood in the Village, but there was nothing on the menu under $40 so we went to an Italian place a few steps away instead. They had the best pizza I've ever had in my life!

4th of July

We spent the afternoon and evening of Independence Day with our church family. I kind of don't fit into any of the demographics at BBBC so I generally stick with the kids and teens until they wear me completely out---then I float on over to the older adults. :) Our water war was fun, refreshing, mean, and sneaky! We eventually wound up just tossing buckets of water on each other until we were forced to go inside and put our clothes in the dryer!

Aran had to be punished for his war crime of sneaking upstairs, opening the window, and pouring bottles of water on unsuspecting victims who were trying to prepare for the battle by filling balloons.

Bella's little hands were all pruney from her hard work at the spigot Brandon and Andrea being silly with the cameras

A little help from Cuz

Brandon made his very own pecan pie FROM SCRATCH BY HIMSELF even shelling the pecans! It was delicious.

At 7:00 it was time for popcorn preaching. Isaac brought us a great message about faith, and all his points lined up to form an anagram that spelled "faith." Way to step it up a notch!

Aran delivered a mini-message about the importance of being a wise person and backed his points up with LOTS of scripture. Great job little man!

Soul's Harbor Baptist

Church Sunday was such a blessing! Jared and Jess' church has a bit of a different flavor than ours and it was nice to break out of our rut for a week. ;) I enjoying seeing Sandra again, looking at are her scrapbook goodies, and meeting her grandchildren. She did however win the much-coveted Micron pen for Sunday school sword drill. I was so close!!