Today is Fair Day for us. Our county fair has been going on this past week. We haven't gone so far but today is the day. My son is so excited. I don't share in his excitement though. I do enjoy the Fair, just not all the things that he wants to do at the Fair. . Our church has a booth there. Today is the day for the teens to work the booth so my daughter will go and work for 4 hours. Then my son and I will join her for the evening. I'm looking forward to getting a gyro from the Greek food stand. I just love those things!! Can you tell what I like best about the fair?

My niece (Carli) had her tonsils removed yesterday. I watched my youngest nephew while my sister and her husband went to the hospital. Carli did great. The surgery was at 11 a.m. and the doctor came back out by 11:25 and said he was finished and everything went wonderfully. They were back home by 3 p.m. We went up and visited with my sister and Carli for awhile in the evening. Needless to say that Carli wasn't up to much company. But we brought her a little doggy purse and a DVD of  Bible stories. She was eating some sherbert ice cream when we arrived. She looked so pitiful lying there on the couch. She had a little trouble once they got home with vomiting but after she did, she felt much better. I guess is was from the anesthetic. Thankfully, she is on the mend.

This is a picture of my niece. It's the only one I have of her on my computer. She is the one in the front in the white dress with purple dots. This picture was taken at Easter at my mom and dad's house. This is all of my mom and dad's grandchildren.

My mom and I are going to some yard sales today. I just love yard sales. There are several around so when I drop my daughter off at the Fair, we'll go and find some.

It's time to wake up my hubby so he can get ready for work. He has to be in early today as two people won't be there. He's not very thrilled with that.  .. Have a great day.

Hello again, my long lost Xanga pals!! How's things going around here? I have been offline for a while now and I'm not sure how long I'll be online, but while I'm here, I'll blog. I have missed reading your blogs and look forward to getting around to them. I doubt that will be today, but soon.

Same old thing going on around here. We're trying to enjoy this hot, muggy Ohio weather inbetween the severe storms that pop up out of nowhere. Ahh.. life in Ohio. Nothin' like it.. btw, that was complete sarcasm.

My daughter went to camp last week. She had a great time. She won first place in the singing competition! She also sang with a group and the group won first place. Then she won 2nd place in the Bible competition and 3rd place in a basketball shootout. She also faired well spiritually. She told us that she has surrendered her life to full time ministry for the Lord. We are overjoyed!! What a blessing. I pray for my children everyday and it just blesses my heart to see the Lord working in their lives.

Last night at church we had Great Commission Night. We serve dinner and then we have many projects around the church that need done. Last night's "theme" was Bible making. A group from Bearing Precious Seed Ministry came and set up their things for us to put together Bibles. It's not the whole Bible, just John and Romans. These Bibles were in Portuguese. They are going to Mozambique, Africa. I went along with my 2 children and my nephew. We had a great time and I was able to show my nephew what missions is all about. He is 13 and doesn't like to go to church. But he had a blast last night and kept talking about how the Bibles are going to another country to people who probably have never heard of Jesus Christ.

I have many things around the house to work on. Especially as I prepare for our homeschool to start in August. As of right now, my son is still working on his math. He seems to have trouble with it so I'm having him do a little each day. He is starting to really get it and loves learning the division. It is helping him keep the multiplication facts in his head.

I don't feel very motivated to fix up our little corner we use for school. I work better under pressure so I will probably get moving the closer to August we get. Although, this is already July 1. I'm the world's best procrastinator! =)

Yesterday in my daily Bible reading, I read Proverbs 31. Does anyone else have a problem trying to apply all the characteristics of the Proverbs 31 lady? I think the biggest problem I have is rising early and then not eating the bread of idleness. ;) I do love that chapter, though. After reading it, I do get a bit more accomplished around the house. Maybe I should read that chapter every morning.. ;)

I look forward to hearing from you all! Have a great day.

As usual, things are always crazy around here. My son started coughing again last Thursday and running a fever. But he only ran a fever that evening and hasn't had one since. He's just been coughing. But I noticed yesterday morning that the cough is just about gone. So I'm very thankful that this round didn't involve a trip to the doctor.

My parents are sick again. Last Tuesday they took all the grandkids to the Newport Aquarium. I went as well. We had a great time. But then that evening my dad started getting sick. By Thursday my mom was very ill also. They both are on antibiotics. I talked to mom last night and she was in tears because she felt so bad.

And of course, just when I think things couldn't get worse, my brother decides to act up again and have the sheriff called on him.  ... and living in the small little hick town we do, one of the deputies that went to my brother's house is a friend of his and instead of taking my brother to jail (which is where he should have went), my brother's friend takes him to my sick parent's house!!! I told dad to have them bring my brother over here because my parents don't need their 31 year old drunk son at their house right now. But my brother won't stay with me because we won't let him smoke in our house!  .. It's always something around here!

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is the RU Conference that our chapter is hosting in Milford. I can't wait. The founder of RU, Steve Curington will be there. I'm very excited about being involved in this ministry! The Lord has shown me over the past several weeks that this is exactly where He wants me right now. And who am I to fight against the Lord.

Now on to something completely unrelated. This past Sunday in the Sunday school class I teach, I was asking the questions at the end of our story to my 4 year old to Kindergarten girls. They are so funny. You just never know what they will say. We were talking about when Jesus ascended to Heaven after He resurrected. I asked them to name one thing that Jesus is doing for us in Heaven. One little girl named Megan said, "He's making us pancakes."  .. How precious is that!! Have a great day!

A quick edit ~~ I just came back from my parents and they are just so sick. Please pray that they start feeling better. My mom looks so bad!

Also, XangaPastor has an awesome devotion that I really needed today! You can read it here.