Warm Springs GA

Hello

Paul and I had a great adventure today. We went to see Warm Springs. http://gastateparks.org/net/go/parks.aspx?locationid=49&s=49.0.1.5 This is where Franklin Delano Roosevelt built the Little White House in 1932. We had a great time.

there was a really good movie by HBO http://www.hbo.com/films/warmsprings/interviews/kenneth_branagh.html about this. It is only about 30 minute drive from us. I just wanted to share the interesting day. We went to the house and springs. The little town has a lot of cute stores and a ice cream place. We had a small picinic at a road side park right next to the pools. We will have to take you when you visit!!!

Well enjoy you week.

Love

Emily

A Night at the Museum

Tim and I headed out with some friends to the Detriot Institute of Arts in downtown Detroit! We first ate out a delicious Irish Deli called Eph McNally's in Campus Martius and then headed off to see the Ansel Adams Exhibit. We all had a grand time. I was reminded of the many places that Mom and Dad brought us kids in our trusty ol' venture camper.

Happy Birthday Lindsey

I hope it was a wonderful birthday! May God bless you and keep you this year.
Love, Tracy

Shout out from Tracy!

Hi Everyone - I hope you are all doing well. It sounds like everyone had a wonderful Easter. I enjoyed spending time with Mom, Dad, and Pete.

I am off to church today and have and Africa meeting this afternoon.

Carrie and I went to the Royal Oak Market yesterday morning and bought parsnips, carrots, and onions. They were delicious. We also made bread in the bread machine. What fun!

I also bought two containers of wheat grass for the guinea pigs (humans can eat it too) and they thought it was pretty wonderful!

Easter at Florida

Hello Everyone
I hope you had a good Easter! We had a great time and really enjoyed being with each other. I thought you may enjoy some pictures from the beach. We are back in GA and getting back into the swing of things here. take care
Emily

Think spring!

Hello everyone!
We had a wonderful Easter weekend in Ishpeming -- in spite of all the snow! There was so much more than when we were there at Christmas! We figured it snowed about 10 inches Friday night after we got there. We stayed with Addy and Faith and as always we had a blast together, but didn't get enough sleep! No, Faith didn't keep us up, we just visit and catch up til late at night! Faith is such a beautiful baby and has a sweet personality -- she's very easygoing. We got to hear her say her favorite words -- especially "dog!" It was so much fun hearing Debbie and Linda play in the bell choir on Easter morning. What a beautiful service. And then there were the ham balls! Yum!
We took Isaac to a ear/nose/throat specialist last week to figure out his ear issues. It turns out that yes, his adenoids have grown back AGAIN and that is the source of his plugged ears and hearing loss (since January). Isaac has had his adenoids removed twice before and in the 30 years this doctor has practiced he's never had to do a third adenoidectomy on a patient. He's stumped, I'm bummed and Isaac is thrilled and very proud of his new nickname "Adenoid King!" Isaac is scheduled for surgery for ear tubes and removal of his adenoid on Monday, the 16th. This will be his 4th surgury and he thinks its tons of fun. I'm just glad he'll be able to hear again. He has great coping mechanisms and it doesn't seem to bother him usually but his teacher and I can definitely tell he's not hearing everything.
Everything else here is fine. The boys have both started soccer again and are loving it. We're looking forward to their Saturday games.
We hope everyone had a blessed Easter! We were missing all of you!
Love, Joy

The Pollen has come to Georgia

Hello Everyone
Well it is pollen time in Georgia. I couldn’t believe it. The green/ yellow stuff flies through the air like a green cloud and lands on everything. I opened the window to let the spring air in and the kitchen turned green. I posted some before and after pictures of the screen room when we power washed it, just to show you. We are waiting for the rain to come and wash most away. Then we power wash everything.

The top two pictures are from Paul’s latest trip to Japan and China. The pictures are from his hotel in China. I thought the housing was really interesting. We don’t know how wonderful we have it in this country.

Take care, and have a great Easter.
Emily

April Showers bring May Flowers

Good Morning Everyone - Can you believe it is April already? This morning we had strong April showers that have continued on into the morning here. I am hoping that these showers will indeed bring beautiful May flowers.

I have been busy working on the trip to South Africa as of late. We only have 75 days until we leave. It sounds both so short and yet so far away. Thank you to everyone who has responded to my support letter - whether in prayer, finances, and/or medicine. It is really appreciated. I'll certainly keep you up-to-date on my progress! You can also check out my Team Blog.

Yesterday I went to a worship leaders meeting in which we analyzed our 34 strengths according to the Gallup company. It was really interesting. The whole idea is to key in and work with our strengths and surround yourself with people who have complimentary strengths in order to be most effective in your job, your life, and for us our worship teams. My top five were: Activator, Achiever, Arranger, Restorative, and Developer! I wonder what all of yours are?

I am contining on at weight watchers and still am at about 10# lost - I really need a jump start right now. My friend just sent me several links to some good websites that I thought you might be interested in too!
(1) Hungry Girl
(2) Aimee's Adventures
(3) Jaime's Kitchen
(4) Half My Size
(5) Dotti's Weight Loss Zone (This has tons of weight watcher points info!)

I hope you are all doing well.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Love, Tracy