Back in the saddle!

Believe it or not she was asking to go back to the barn when she was still using a walker!!!! Yes I am serious! Her dream is to work with kids doing horse therapy so nothing as little as a horse falling on top of you and spending 5 HOURS strapped to a board is going to stop you! She works so hard to pay for her own lessons...she scoops poop...feeds and waters her trainers horses and loves EVERY second of it! I have my eye on 86 acres here in Woodstock...can I just claim it like the Children of Israel???? Does it work that way??? I would let my baby girl have her barn and her dream and I would ask a few other families to build on the property with us. One can dream! Right! She does love those horses!

Love those boys!

I love just messing around with my kids...they crack me up!

Beauty and the Beast

OK.....finally I am getting to this post! Beauty and the Beast was wonderful! We have had so much positive feedback!! The kids seemed to have a great time and so did we. We are so grateful for all those who made this happen! Without the volunteers this would not have been a success...Thank you...Thank you...Thank you!! From our friends who were with us to those who put in many many hours prior to the event and then again on the night of BB. Thank you for praying for us! Thank you First Baptist Woodstock for hosting this event!!!! Enjoy these pictures!

The picture above is of the Matt Tillman Band. They did an amazing job!

It is awesome when kids raise their hands in worship to the Lord.

Eric brought Brandon Apon in to do a demonstration....He did a great job!




My honey loves to share the gospel!

Eric and I both did demonstrations showing how to make healthy choices when choosing food.

Oh my goodness...Kari Robertson did an amazing job speaking to the girls. She is beautiful...I love her! She has an amazing voice...I should have had her sing??? She made it all the way to the top 10 in the Miss America Padget??!! I love her testimony!!



I loved sharing with the girls!!!

Smoothie King came and gave out 250 free samples! And the kids were able to sample healthy protein and snack bars.




Publix donated many many waters and my daddy is guarding them!




Here are the kids below hanging out between the sessions and enjoying all the goodies.

This was an awesome night! Subway and Chick fil A donated sandwiches to every kid who came! Amazing! 2 kids made professions of faith that night and many more recommitted themselves to making a difference for Jesus!

Fishing!

My sweet husband took my two youngest boys fishing this afternoon at a local park. He doesn't like to fish but they LOVE it and he LOVES them so he does all sorts of things that he wouldn't normally do! Don't you just love that! Luke caught 5 fish and he was mighty proud....they threw them all back...they were all really little but still they were...fish! Luke took his shirt off and revealed the art work his sister had given him earlier this morning.

Recovering!

My baby girl is recovering from her accident. We are very thankful that her pelvis is not shattered! She is really really stiff, but she is now up and walking with a walker. Lindsey set her up with our laptop so she could watch a movie and she received many phone calls! Our family dog is not really the family dog.....he likes all of us but he LOVES Emily. He has been especially attached to her while she is recovering. It is odd...like he senses that all is not normal. You can see him draped across her legs. Thanks for praying for her! Some of you have emailed and asked if she will ride again........do fish swim??? This was a freak accident...she loves horses. She is really good with horses and she is counting down the days until she can get back...which will be a while!

Horses??

OK I lied...I will not be writing about Beauty and the Beast tonight...actually it is technically Tuesday morning now????? :( I took my daughter to her horse riding lesson...she cleans stalls in exchange for weekly lessons.....and I got a call that no mother wants to get! I usually drop her off and I do CVS shopping for myself and her riding instructor. The phone rings and it is Betsy, her instructor...a call right in the middle of her lesson is NEVER a good thing..."Michele, where are you?..Emily has had a little spill and we are calling 911" Thank God.... a ride in the ambulance, 6 hours in the ER...27 xray slides, lots of pain meds, throwing up.....she is fine. She is cramping up really bad....she is in great pain and will need a trip to the chiropractor but she is going to be fine. The horse rared back and then lost it's balance and fell on top of her!!! They all said it was awful! I am feeling VERY blessed. I am going to make a pallet and sleep next to her tonight after I edit Lindsey's final paper due in her lit class tomorrow.

My next obstacle....since we are in full time ministry our insurance is ridiculous and to get a premium we could afford...our deductible is $5000....yep you saw that correct and I didn't forget to put the decimal in!!! The Lord is faithful.....I know that it is terrible but I kept thinking...how are we going to come up with this money...the whole time I was in the ER. I fought it hard...but I kept coming back to HIS sovereignty and my thankfulness that she we going to be OK. Thanks for your prayers!

Monday Morning

No I didn't fall off the planet after Beauty and the Beast!!! Although I am still wiped out. I want to send all of you pictures and an update...however I have SOOOOO much homeschool to catch up on with my kidos......I can't do it now. But I did want to tell you that the entire eventing was wonderful....we had 158 kids who came and close to 40 volunteers....whom we could not have done it without!!!!!! I'll update tonight or tomorrow!