Twas the Night after Thanksgiving Dinner

"Twas the night after Thanksgiving and all through the house not a person was hungry not even the cats. . ."

Granny Get Your Gun. . .

Her first time shooting a B-B gun in 72 years.

Jesse & Sam

I had to give a try too!

Angels vs Canes

We traveled to South Miami today for Angela's soccer game. This game was scheduled to be played on Sunday, October 23 but thanks to Hurricane Wilma the game had to be rescheduled. It was a beautiful afternoon to watch a soccer game! Both of the U-12 girl teams from Clewiston traveled to take on the two U-12 girl teams from Miami. The only complaint I had was that both games were played at the same time, which meant I didn't get to watch any of the other game.

Angela did great today! She scored 3 of the 8 goals! That is the most goals she has scored all season and man was she pumped. By the time we drove back to Clewiston the swelling of her head had gone down. All the girls played as a team today which is what the game is all about.

Her coaches are awesome. Hiro & Irma Sanchez have been great this season teaching the girls the game, good sportsmanship, and most of all encouraging them on a regular basis.

Now that our regular season schedule is over, it's time to begin practice for State games that are being held in Ocala, Florida. Angela was shocked and honored to find out that she has been picked to play on the state team since it's her first year. We leave on January 13 and if we go to the finals we will return home on the 15. Good luck to all the girls . We know you are all winners regardless of the outcome of the state games.

Angela & Courtney

Arnold Moore's Team

Angela in the game. "YOU GO GIRL!"

Renovation Time

I have to thank Hurricane Wilma for pushing me to do some renovating (or should I say repairs) to our home. Our living room wall has sported a hole in it for quite a while now. I've asked various people to come repair it and got promised by three that they would come back on a certain day to fix it. Well, I guess these people didn't have a calendar and didn't realize that day had come and gone. And to be honest I didn't push the issue. But thanks to Wilma I have been motivated not only to fix the damage she left us with (thanks be to God was very minor), but to also get the hole in the wall fixed.

A very gracious individual from our church came over on Friday morning and repaired our wall. Since we live in a mobile home and the walls are pre-manufactured this meant the next step was to paint the new wall. So, off to Wal-Mart Angela and I went to find a color that suited our taste and matched the existing walls. Believe it or not we actually agreed on a color and made our purchase.

On Sunday afternoon, I set out to paint my afternoon away. Someone please remind me I don't like painting next time :o)! Around 7:00 p.m. I was finished with the paint job and had all my mess cleaned up.

Next step was to decide how to decorate the wall. I finally decided I wanted it to have a family theme to it and started going through pictures to find just what I wanted. As of tonight, I have the pictures in frames and hung in place. Now I'm waiting for my country sign to arrive to hang over the arch way that leads to the kitchen.

It was a fun experience to say the least and we don't miss the hole we had grown so attached to!

Boonaddouis 2005

On Saturday, we headed to West Palm for Boonaddouis 2005, South Florida's Largest Annual Christian Festival sponsored by 88.1 WAYFM. David and Angela were excited to have the opportunity to see some of their favorite Christian artist perform live. Kutless, Audio Adrenaline, and Toby Mac were there among many others. Two of their best friends got to enjoy the show with them. Angela and I drove over to Wellington Mall to do some shopping for her before meeting David, Tommy and Debbie at Boon. Angela is growing taller and has out grown all her clothes except those we bought for school back in August (I bought those a size larger than she needed). We had a great time shopping and just hanging out. We even treated ourselves to Olive Garden after shopping. Then it was off to join the others at Boon!

Return to the 21st Century

Yes, we have electricity again! I've missed the air conditioning, hot showers and lights. God knew so well what he was doing when he created me to live in this century. I have no desire to live on a day to day basis without these luxuries. It does amaze me how fast the electric companies have restored our power. We had companies as far away as Texas and Ohio working to restore power. I am thankful that I have a home that can have power restored. Many in our community have not been as fortunate. In God's Word we read,"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23)

Hurricane Wilma

We are still in the clean up process of Hurricane Wilma's aftermath. We are still awaiting electricity at our house. It has been a blessing to have such good friends and family allow us to invade their homes during and after the storm. We are truly blessed to have these people in our lives. As I look back on the past week, I have experienced dread, joy, awe, sadness and love.

God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea and rides upon the storm.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Blind unbelief is sure to err and scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter, and He will make it plain.