Happy Birthday Hannah Grace

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Love You, Aunt Cindy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Mama celebrates her birthday today. Happy Birthday, Love You Sis

Ashley Graduates!!!!

Our day started early, we had to be at Southern Wesleyan at 10:00 A.M. for Ashley's Graduation. As we were waiting for the commencement exercises to begin, I was remembering her first day of school, walking her in to her class and thinking what will you be when you grow up. Never thinking she would still be in school 22 years later. She says she will start classes again in the spring, she going to be like her Aunt Cathy always in school.

We had a great time at Faith And Hannah Grace's birthday party last night.

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Love, Uncle Rick & Aunt Cindy

Happy Friday, Hope this brightens your day, or at least makes you giggle. http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1379830514 We have giggled and laughed for days. Cindy

Catching UP!!!!

I'm going to try to play catch up with all that has been going on here in the Rack-Room. First Ashley has finished her last research paper and will Graduate this coming Saturday with her Masters of Education from Southern Wesleyan. Second We had a great Thanksgiving Day, We celebrated at Mama & Daddy's we had 11 guest for lunch and at dinner we had 16 and still had a few leftovers to enjoy the next day.(This is a picture of Ashley holding Merr Merr and Eric, after the big meal.) Third Rick, Tommy, Cathy, Uncle Dick, Aunt Lou & myself were packed and headed to Charleston SC on Saturday after Thanksgiving to board a ship and off we went to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, & Key West, we were ready for a much needed seven days of nothing to do but rest, sight see and eat. There were not phones, faxes, computers, meals to prepare , no beds to be made, no floors to vacuum or mop, no demands on us just relaxing and doing what ever we wanted.

We celebrated Rick's birthday while on our trip, with a parasailing adventure and a birthday cake.

Fourth We got back home and hit the floor running, we had hanging of the Greens at church and choir practice on Sunday. Then back to work on Monday and I mean back to work, I didn't see the top of my desk for 9 days still trying to catch up with all the orders that came in while I was cruising around the deep blue sea. More Catching up later, taking for ever to upload the pictures.

Happy Thanksgiving

I can not believe it has been a month since I posted something on the blog. I guess with the changing of work hours the last few months I have been busier than I realized. But I'm thankful for my job even though I sometimes complain, about going from part time to full time. With working till 5:30 most days and then getting home and starting the wife & mama job the hours fly by.Hope all have great and restful Thanksgiving Day surrounded with love ones.

Happy Birthday

Times are changing........ Again

Well.....It's over......Sinora.......No more Monday Nights.......Finished.......OK...... I'll stop now.

I finished my course work for my Master's degree Monday night. I will be graduating from SWU on December 15, 2007!!! Yes, this was the program that I started the Monday after the house fire. I remember talking to Mom about dropping out of the program, like it was yesterday. I thought the time wasn't right, I would never be able to get organized and stay focused through all that had happened. I started my Master's at Converse College, and transferred to SWU last summer. Mom and Dad encouraged me to continue on with the plan I had made before the fire, so I did. I loved every minute of it! Well, not every minute of it, having to write a thesis and all, but most of it! I was definitely relieved after every paper and discussion was complete. Thank you all for the support and many prayers.

Another change that's taking place is just as equally as shocking. For many of our family members we remember "the nursery" where we spent many childhood days with Nanny, Aunt Brenda, and our Mama's. This was a place where we were safe, fed, and usually the favorites right Kerrie? After all where else on Earth can you be in time out with a RC Cola and Moon Pie!!! Thanks Nanny

I haven't been able to find any pictures of the nursery back then, but this is what it looks like now.

Kerrie, take a look at the yellow chair. Is that a time out chair? Where's the RC Cola and Moon Pie? No wait, maybe that's the chair that you and Katie decided to decorate and clean up after yourselves of course!!! And where's that monkey? Has any one seen a monkey last spotted swimming in potty! Aunt Cathy can explain this one. Those were some good times! I am thankful for the many laughs and memories. More to come, ~Ashley

Happy Birthday, Jerry

We hope you have a great day. Love You, You know you are MY FAVORITE Son-In-Law

Celebrating Uncle Dick's Birthday

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That Li'l Bitty

I have had a new swimming partner this summer.

Lil' Bitty........

He loves water, and I was afraid he would fall in and not be able to get out. So I have tried to teach him how to swim back to the steps

so he can get out on his own.

Lexie is just the opposite she does not like the water. Give her a ball away from the water and she fine.

Last Friday night I was babysitting the Sparks Kiddo's and we were in the pool, SS was having a blast, HGS was doing okay as long as she was close to the steps, & FS she was holding on to me for dear life.... In jumps Li'l Bitty( if you go under water he tries to save you) I'm holding on to FS trying to get HGS back to the steps and Li'l Bitty is scratching the girls trying to get to me so I can aim him back to the steps so he can get out(HGS doesn't care for dogs to much anyway). In the back of my mind I'm thinking this isn't as easy as it was when my girls were this age. So when I get to church on Sunday SS has told his parents that I seem to have had a hard time with them last night. He just doesn't know how hard it was to keep 3 kids and 1 dog above the water with just 2 hands. I had the camera with me but no extra hand to take pictures with.

32 Wonderful Years

August 31, 1975

Cindy & Rick

August 31, 2000

25 th Anniversary Love You Aways

Happy Birthday Mama!!!!!!

She had just made a hole in one, and yes, she is NUMBER ONE to us! Happy birthday Mom, your the best:)I hope you're enjoying your day. No one would even guess your 50 (Shhh....) Love Ya, Ashley

Friday Funnies

I going to copy Alyssa's Blog and write about a funny, like she does on Fridays on her blog. Last Sunday Ashley was doing the children's church lesson, and the story was about being focused on Jesus! To demonstrate this she decided to use a camera, and was taking a picture of the kids. She got all of the kids to sit close together so she could fit them all in the picture. Then, as she took the picture she turned and took the picture of the people sitting in the sanctuary. Then she asked the kids whats wrong with this picture? The whole time she was thinking they would say it's out of focus, or it's not a picture of us. However, unprompted Samuel said "Uncle Dick's in it." The whole church erupted in laughter, and Uncle Dick just raise his hands in agreement! Ashley just left well enough alone and said actually that is another sermon. Thanks Samuel for making us laugh! Let's remember to stay focused on JESUS.....

Happy Birthday

Cat, If I could pick my very own sister you would be my pick. Love Cindy

Happy 24th Birthday

This was the first birthday that I didn't wake you up with my singing of Happy Birthday, Hope you have a great day, Love you Baby Girl Mom

Celebrating America's Birthday

On Saturday and Sunday the Adult choir of Ben Avon Baptist Church presented, Welcome Home a musical celebrating the freedoms we have been given and those who have made them possible and the Freedom God gives us through His salvation. I will post pictures of the choir as soon as I can get them from Mema. Here are a few pictures made after the presentation.


On Tuesday night we all went Bethany Baptist Church and what a treat it was four of the Chaplains of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Department were there. They are calling themselves the Singing Chaplains and they were great, afterwards we had Bar-B-Q . On Wednesday the gang came to the RACKROOM for lunch and a swim.

Rick spent Thursday shopping and this is what he bought!!!
Hope Ya'll have a great weekend. I might take a road trip!!!
PS: I still have wedding photos to show but blogger is so slow tonight, I'll try later.
Cindy

She Married

Kerrie & Jerry June 23, 2007

More pictures to come.

One Year Ago Today

"> Today is a bitter sweet day for us one year ago our home was destroyed by a fire and today our baby daughter was getting married. More later gotta get to that church. Love to all Cindy