A Surprise for Dennis

 

 

In Preparation for Dennis’ ordination, Dennis

parents came up from Florida to surprise him! It was incredibly hard not to slip up because there was so much that needed to be planned around them! So Friday night came, and they surprised him downstairs cleaning the junk out of the pipes. It was perfect. So today we spent the day getting Dennis the appropriate attire for tomorrow. . . So here are some pictures of the day…

Dennis with mom and dad.

This is Paul’s head! I just love this picture.

This is Tommy, the critter living with us for awhile.

And his children: Brandon & Makayla.

Jill is helping a girl out by getting his tie ready for tomorrow!

See you all tomorrow!!!

Harper’s Bath

Harper has been rolling in the dirt after Dennis gives him a bath.. so we were thinking that since Harper loves baths, that is how he knows he will get one….

So, teach our dog a lesson we decided that a couple days sleepin’ outside would surely teach him a lesson….

So, tonight we reminded him why he loves to roll in the dirt in the first place, and gave him a bath.

Look at Poor Pitiful Harper Man

He loves bath time with his daddy

All nice and clean!!!! :)

Dennis is So Happy Abou this, He has been dancin!!

Dennis will be ordained as a Deacon on Sunday---
And We want to see you there.....

For Family Members:
Church starts very promptly at 10:30 a.m. at West Salem Baptist Church. (500 Turner Road, Salem VA 24153) Off of exit 137 on I-81.
We will have a sermon, Dennis will be ordained; and then we will go to THE HOMEPLACE for lunch afterwards. Will you be able to make it? If so, PLEASE email me or leave me a comment and let me know, I need to know who to plan for??

For church Family-
I did not send you an invitation to the ordination because you will already be there.. but if you would like to come to lunch with us to THE HOMEPLACE after church than please email me or leave a comment so that I know that you will be coming. Yes, you are invited. If you are reading this blog, than you are a good enough friend to join us. I invite you to celebrate with us!!! ;) Please come!!!

Call me if you have any questions!!!

Shannon

Blast from the Past Pic O’ The Day!

This is the very day that I graduated from High School. This was taken in June of 2004. I cannot believe that it has been 5 years already. I love this picture of us. We were totally tired from the day, and we were just relaxing on the couch! He is SOO sexy here… I love it. Mmmm……

 

Winterplace 2009

We went snow tubing Saturday. We had a lot of fun!! Check out these pictures. Obviously since I was busy trying not to fall with every step I made waiting in line…. and dodging snow ball from snow ball fights  going up the conveyer belt, and then screaming my head off when I went down the slope backwards passing gas the entire way down laughing my butt off drifting down the snowy slope….

I couldn’t take pictures of the action outside, but I did manage to get some pictures…. So enjoy our man-made snow of a day….

I took the photo above on the way to Winterplace. I loved the curvature of the bridges!

This is something Dennis actually noticed on our way to the Lodge to check in..

This above is the ski slope… I was expecting something much different than this, but it was very fun…… I found that the first lane was the fastest.

MaryLynn above made snacks for everyone and stayed near our things because she has a hurt arm…

Thanks Nathan & Erin for getting this trip together for us…

 

Bradey!

 

Jerry our Sunday School Class teacher (above)

Candid Photo of Aaron Fernandez…

 

Above is the Ski Lifts.. I am NOT going to be trying skiing anytime soon!!! Or EVER….

Scott (above)

Chris & Crystal (above) We got to know them pretty well this trip…. great people.

Prissy ol’ Matt!! (above)

Conner.

 

Shannon & Samantha (above)

Another close up shpt of snow tubes…

Funny story here… but basically this is Aaron Fernandz pinching Outback! Let him tell ya whats so funny…..

We had a great trip.. I was very tired when we got back in… but it was a wonderful day away… :)

New Computer

Hey Everyone! I bought a new computer today.. I have A LOT of catching up and moving around and reinstalling and things to do, but I have a really great ski trip to report with pictures.. but just not quite yet... believe it or not there are more pressing things on the table right now than my blog! Check back soon....

uh-oh

computer is down. i went to the computer man today and my computer is near death..... he wont let me on it until we purchase a new one.... so i am making this post from my cell phone.... today we r going snow tubing and then hopefully sunday we can start shopping for something... no posts.... at least not until a new computer purchase.... stay tuned... dont. abandon me.

A Marriage Retreat. 2009

This weekend as you know, we went on a Marriage Retreat in Floyd County, Virginia. We stayed at Hotel Floyd, and had the seminar at Spirit Wind Ministries. We got there Friday evening, and stayed until Saturday night. (the retreat ended at noon Sat.) We had a wonderful time with our church family. We learned about the roles of man and woman. My favorite part was the foot washing. Dennis served me through washing my feet. (It would have been a sweet time, but I was so ticklish that I cackled loudly the entire time. (Dennis cleaned in between my toes, not just a water covering as normal. :) leave it to my man! After the retreat we walked around with Jeff & Crystal Lawson, and then had dinner with Doug & Lea at Pine Tavern! I took LOTS of pictures.. enjoy!

Half the crowd before dinner Friday night.

Crystal.. I love this picture of her.. she looks so peaceful. You may notice that her name tag says: Bekka Loder… we decided to annoy Marshall by switching name tags on him.

Pat & Mia… our LOVELY dear friends.. and our back fixers… (unfortunately they could not stay because their son got sick)

Saturday after the retreat was over… everyone saying goodbye…

It was a beautiful crisp clear day…….

You know me and my weird eye……. :)

This is the window to the right of the fireplace… it was so gorgeous Saturday.. ( I may have mentioned that)

I took this picture of Dennis above from the bottom of the hill. I love my zoom lens… it is so beneficial for catching these moments.

Thanks Crystal L for taking this picture of us…

 

The pictures below are on our way to Doug & Lea’s!

these are taken through the windshield going 55 mph-

My weird eye, again….

I gotta say, this picture below is my favorite.. I LO-OOVE the colors. This is looking through the side mirror BEHIND us…. You can see me a little in the windshield. Again, going fast. I adore my camera! ahh.

PLEASE GO TO WWW.WSBAPTIST.ORG THEN GO TO RESOURCES.

HIT SERMONS, AND THEN DOWNLOAD THE SUNDAY, FEB 15 09 SERMON LABELED THE SWALLOWING UP OF EARTHLY MARRIAGE BY PASTOR BRETT WILLIAMS… IT IS AMAZING. 

IT HAS CHANGED MY VIEW ON EVERYTHING. MARRIAGE, THE RESURRECTION, GOTTA LISTEN TO IT.

WE HAVE A WINNER….

I know that I am an hour and a half early… but I don’t guess that you all Really care! :) So… I went ahead and put the names of the birthdates that I received through comments and email…. cut them up.. put them in Dennis’ brown hat…

And let HIM do the honors……

So.. let’s all wait in anticipation on which lucky winner will receive a Photo Shoot and free developed photographs….

Almost there……

Congrats Kari Hancock

You have won!!! YAY!!!!

Please email me and let’s get together on when you want your free photo shoot… maybe after baby Hancock gets here????

Go visit Kari’s blog at: http://kadeandkari.blogspot.com/

Thanks to you all for submitting birthdays!

I have a TON of really neat pictures of our marriage retreat.. just give Kari a day to see that she has won, and I will be right on it…..

Stay Tuned…