Rhodes to Anywhere

We have arrived in Myrtle Beach. A short 4 hr trip and we are here. The girls did stellar during the travel and Izzie slept great last night. We are off to a fun day of sun, beach, and pool. My camera just ran out of batteries so when I get some new ones today…

Tomorrow we are heading to Myrtle Beach for the week! I am so excited to get away. Our last big trip of the summer. We are looking forward to playing on the beach, floating all day in the lazy river, going putt putting every night, visiting the Disney store (Emma gets to pick out something…

We just found out some really exciting news that some friends of ours are going to be adopting a little boy from Haiti. I call them friends but I I’ve only hung out with either one of them a few times. But they are people that just simply get life. And when you run across…

We just got some pictures of Emma from the summer when she went to kids camp with Dave. Thought I would share since my creative juice for blogging about anything right now seems to be lacking… Enjoy the picts. The SL staff painted Emma’s face each day. This is Grant. Emma was in love with…

Today Was Emma’s first day of K4. She was so excited this morning. Emma with her Tinkerbell Backpack that is almost as big as she is! Emma and me! Emma and her friend Sam getting ready to leave for school Emma met her friend Mary Chandler who is in her class. They have not seen…

We have had a busy week this week. Our family has jumped off the summer schedule and right into a busy fall schedule. Why is life so busy at times? Emma had a meet your teacher yesterday. She is attending the 4K program at Anderson Mill Church in Spartanburg. I was really impressed with her…

For the past month I have not been at church. One week we were out of town, then Emma’s sick followed by Izzie and even this past Sunday I had the whole throat virus thing. So it has been a little jaunt of skipped Sundays for me. The sad thing is that I don’t think…

Thonsalitis… (not sure how you spell that) For the 3rd time about 8 weeks. This one if viral so I am going to have to ride it out. But I am feeling much better today. And just a quick update on the croc vision I had….After sharing with some of my girlfriends about what God…

Sickness has plagued our home for the past two weeks and tomorrow it’s my turn to go to the Dr. Emma and Izzie just got over strep. Izzie broke out in a rash for a week and now I’ve got a bad sore throat for the 3rd time in about 6-8 weeks. I made a…

Last night Dave and I got into a heated discussion about some things concerning challenges and issues we are facing as a married couple and as a family. Good conversations but it ended in a lot of frustration. Dave who was going to go for a run at 10:30 at night instead harshly closed or…