Merry Christmas!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior who is Christ the Lord" Luke 2:11

And a huge thanks to Reaghan for taking these pictures for us. We love Fred!

  

This is what Laura has been up to recently. 

Alyssa

So Alyssa is one of the best people on the planet. She is always cheerful and rarely complains. She is smart, diligent, and loves her family. She goes regularly to serve with her Mom helping clean her grandparents' house. She loves parents and seeks to honor them with her actions. She excels in school, violin, and also plays a nasty game of basketball. She also is the highly sought after babysitter of many adorable children. And yet above all of these admirable things the most laudable of all is the way she seeks to honor God in all areas of her life. What a friend she has been to me and to so many girls. She is such a commendable example to those younger and older than herself. Her family is blessed to have a sister and daughter like her. Alyssa, what a true friend you have been to me. I thank the Lord often for you and wanted to wish you a wonderful fifteenth year! Love you and happy happy happy birthday! ---Laura

      ps...  a picture is coming as soon as i locate one

Alyssa,
Happy Birthday friend! Love you and hope you have a wonderful day.

Doing good

Thanks for all the prayers. I'm almost back to normal, except I still can't eat too much and thus I'm a little tired. God has once again revealed His faithfulness to me, and I'm amazed at how good and kind He is. I know He was so involved in every little detail and caused the surgeon to be able to say it went perfectly! Also a huge thanks to my Mom. She has served me day and night, making sure I was as comfortable as could be. And now she still is helping make my food and getting me special drinks and smoothies. I love her so much. I'm grateful to God for giving me the best Mom ever. 

Summer Favorites

Just a few of my favorite things...
---Our Gorgeous Enormous Sycamore in the front yard in the pouring rain
---Flip Flops
---Beach days: friends + the beach= fun fun fun
---Busch Gardens: It never ever gets old or boring to me
---Swimming at Reaghan's Pool
---Popsicles: basically there's no limit to how many you can have in our house
---Summer Basketball: Playing no matter what time of year is always fun and the same goes for cheering on the boys' team
---Having free time to spend with friends and family
---Shopping days with the sisters at Lynnhaven from 2-8: Lengthy and Wonderful
---Weddings: So much fun to dress up and celebrate with good friends
---Sunday Morning Worship: Something's a bit different in the summer
---Mickey D'S $1 Hot fudge Sundaes
---Parties and Cookouts
---And best of all... Absolutely NO SCHOOL!
And now once again fall is almost here and there are so many great things I'm looking forward to about it also. Totally different from summer, yet so much the same. Spending time with family and friends is always great, no matter what time of year it happens to be. Life is good.

Dillard... One of the best places on earth

Every summer our fam heads down to Dillard, Georgia. It's a small city in the north Georgia mountains. This year proved to be one of the best ever.

The original Dillard House was just a small bed and breakfast. This was the first building which is now home to a cute gift shop and some of the best food on the planet. The actual rooms we stay in, the Meadows, are long single story stone buildings with back porches, furnished with rocking chairs and an incredible display of God's handiwork. The pool has to be the best in the world for a number of reasons. First the view, second it's ten feet deep, third there's a sweet hot tub, and finally and probably best no lifeguards. Basically every bit of Dillard is gorgeous and our favorite part. What can we say? we love it! So maybe it's not all that great, but to us,  nothing could ever come close. Hope you enjoy the pics!

VICTORY!!!!!!!  

Summer Basketball

June 16th is our first game and we cannot wait!!!!!! We are playing at Portsmouth Christian at 6:00pm.

...Abandoned :(

Dear faithful readers of this blog,

You have been abandoned. We are sorry to inform you facebook and other things have

captivated the current attention of the previous authors of Double Trouble. They'll try and tell you this is not true, but observe the posting frequency and you will wholeheartedly agree. We apologize you have been abandoned.

Sincerely,

The disappointed unofficial followers

P.S. Chels graduated high school

Good News...

"Good News...I saw a dog today."

- Mary's fav quote

random happenings

'Run Mad as often as you choose but do not faint'

 RM :)

thousands of runners

13.1 miles

Heather, Jen, Jessi and I all ran the Shamrock 1/2 marathon.

All i can say is if I could get back to walking properly

(sore muscles = walking like granny)

I'd do it again in a heartbeat. SOOOOO much fun.

(i was also FREEEZING... notice all the experienced runners all bundled up:)

Thanks Ma and Pah for getting up @ 4:20AM Sunday morning to watch me run!!!!!!!

*****That meant a lot to me*****

The best part of the race was the finish line -obviously- but for me,

the thrill was not only in the conclusion of a long run, it was seeing

mom and dad waving this sign they had made for me. It made me smile soooo big

and most importantly, i forgot all the pain my body was experiencing!!!

I love you both dearly and was so blessed by your support.

  

The Lord totally met me during that time. He kept putting

a picture in my head and this verse pretty much sums it up...

'Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,

let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles,

and let us RUN with PERSEVERANCE the RACE marked out for us.

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith who,

for the joy set before him endured the cross,

scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand

of the throne of God.'

                                              Heb. 12.1

Zanasia and Emma's SWEET 16th

I don't know who took all these pics with my camera, but thank you!

It was such a fun night

Rachael soaking up all the attention - she deserves it cause she's always giving people

'sample massages'  

Lacrosse Wii

Rachel killed us every time

MORE PICTURES

BABY LIPS

My favorite little girl

7.11 and then ice skating 

Rachael
Melissa
US

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