Photo Dump!!

I just did a photo dump right into the blog - there is so much to talk about and for me to remember! Of course, as I moved photos from one file into the blog, they became out of order. Why does it do that?? If you don't want to read about the mundane day to day life, please feel free to skip out! 

Our two youngest granddaughters went to the beach with their parents and their other grandparents. They had lots of fun! Big Sis is loving on Lil Sis.

Here is a picture of Granddaughter #2 and Granddaughter #3
at the same age. They are sisters and those genetics
are strong!

We had not seen this baby girl in a month and
it is amazing how much she has
grown and how bright eyed she
is!!

One of my summer goals was to go
to the pool more often.
Granddaughter #1 and her mommy have
been over two times and we've been
to the pool!!

Last week, we headed south on I65 to help our daughter and son-in-law with the girls. They needed to be somewhere early Friday morning, so we drove down on Thursday afternoon and stayed until after lunch on Friday. You probably can't read the facebook article but . . .

About the time we left our daughter's house, a wreck happened on I65 North. We always check Waze before leaving because I65 is notorious for accidents - especially during beach season. Waze told us it would take 1 hour and 37 minutes to get home. Perfect! A little slower than a no traffic day (20 extra minutes) but no big deal. Traffic was moving until it wasn't. There was a HORRIBLE wreck with at least one fatality and both sides of I65 were shut down. All 10,000 cars (made up number) had to exit the interstate and drive on two lane Highway 31. It took us two hours and 20 minutes and when we got back on the interstate, we were still on the Montgomery side of Clanton. Clanton is 50 minutes or so from our house. On a good day, the drive to their house is about an hour and 20 minutes. It took us over 3 hours to get home on Friday afternoon. The deal is that we got home safely. Those families lives have been changed forever. I cannot even imagine.

It never ceases to amaze me how people drive in these situations and how rude they can be.

These photos are so out of order. Our son-in-law and granddaughter #2 planted a garden. Everything is growing nicely. Look at those carrot tops! They have green tomatoes and lots of other things growing.

I know y'all saw the picture below on Hodgepodge day. Mark was entertaining the little one.

We both fed her and burped her and changed her and held her as much as possible! I love how she would hold onto my thumb when I was feeding her.

Pop George (Mark's identical twin brother - Granddaughter #1 named him because he looks just like Pops so instead of Uncle George, he is Pop George) sent golf clubs with us to their house because our son-in-law likes to play. Pop George had a set of clubs just her size and there were also golf gloves! She was trying on the golfing gloves . . .she wanted to know if she could garden in them, also!

Mark played with granddaughter #2 a LOT while I held the baby. When I wasn't holding her, I tried to jump in and play, too.

She is growing so fast!!

We had a meeting a week or so ago at work. I used to make a Big Wheel Sandwich. You can read about it here. I CANNOT find the bread needed. I ordered one-time from their website but shipping was expensive. I improvised and used the rolls instead of the round. I was watching the Birmingham Southern College baseball game while I was making them and burned the bottoms!! I cut the bottom off and took them on to work and we ate them anyway. Does anyone know where I can buy some round loaves of Hawaiian bread? Other round loaves don't work. The Hawaiian round loaves are perfect.

Back on May 30, 31, and June 1, I attended the North Alabama Annual Conference of the UMC. It was such a great three days. Our Bishop spoke at a breakfast for women pastors and women leaders in the church and it was so good. At various times she would say, "You can't make these things up!" We all responded, "No, You Can't!" She told stories about her time in ministry.

This is my boss (and senior Pastor) below. He spoke a lot throughout the conference. Friday of Annual Conference is "wear seersucker" day so, he does have on a seersucker suit.

For those of you not from Alabama, Birmingham Southern College closed on the last day of May. So many people on our church staff and in our church attended Birmingham Southern. They were playing baseball during annual conference and I may have snapped this photo! Looked at what is propped on the hymnals!! Phones with no sound turned on . . .BSC baseball! They went on to play on Sunday afternoon, but lost. They were the college baseball team playing without a college.

We ate several meals together at the conference and Tre Luna did a lot (if not all) of the catering. I attended a Laity session on Friday morning for breakfast and the COSROW (Commission on Status and Role of Women) breakfast on Saturday morning. Both began at 7:00 so the days were long.

On Thursday, May 30 (yes, first day of the conference) as soon as the workshop I was attending was over, I ran to the car and raced home (27 minutes) because it was opening night of Sylvia at the Homewood Theater. The play was about a dog and his owners and the dog's name was Sylvia . . .and Sylvia had a dirty mouth!! The girl who played Sylvia was the perfect actress for the part. On opening night, they always have the "world famous opening night reception" immediately following the play and the snacks usually go along with the play. They had dog bone cookies with Sylvia's name on them. 

A LOT of our church friends are like us and have season tickets for opening night. It is a small theater and it is so fun to be there with our people. There are six of us that are really close and we usually go out to dinner together. We eat at SoHo Taco next door to the theater and we can get a margarita to go to take with us to the theater. One couple was out of town this time but the other four of us went to dinner and then the play. We sent the selfie to couple #3 and told them we missed them.

During Annual Conference, I attended two Learn and Lead sessions - one on radical hospitality and one on getting volunteers (not volunteers, but family members- church family members) to help us in ministry. Both sessions were good.

It was really fun because the conference was held in the church where our son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter #1 attend. I was able to sit in the space where they worship and where small groups are held, etc.

What has been going on in your world lately?