Her own sense of style!

Growing Up

Within a few weeks of each other this big boy threw away all of his "sassys" and moved into a big boy bed.  Much to our surprise, he did extremely well with both changes!  Next on the agenda, potty training.  I'm not looking forward to that!  There is a reason we saved it for last.

Tossing all of the sassys in the trash.  He asked about them a few times but did great and was able to sleep without any issues.

This youth bed was my great grandaddy's.  It has been in storage since it didn't have any rails.  Dan was able to make some for the bed and it turned out perfect!

He is so proud of it and has done great!  Miraculously, he stays in the bed and calls for us in the morning when he wakes up to come and get him.  I'm sure it won't be too long before he realizes he can come and go as he pleases.  We are enjoying it for now!

Sleeping at the end of the bed.  He refuses to get under the covers and says "no covers" every time we try. 

Fun with Cousins

We were able to enjoy time with our cousins this past month.  We celebrated a big birthday for my sister in February at our house, went to Moultrie for the weekend, and then had our nephews in town for a visit.  Lots of fun family time!

American Girl Doll store, they got their doll's ears pierced.

The only way to contain these two year olds at the mall.

Merry-Go-Round!  Ben wasn't about to get on that thing so he watched from the sidelines. :)

She had a little help blowing out the candles from her favorite nieces!

Feeding the ducks, too bad it was freezing outside!

We left the park and went to Bounce N Beans to jump and get warm.

Ruth's Chris for the birthday girl

The salad was so fancy we didn't recognize it and tried to send it back!  :)

Meeting adorable baby Shep.

Dairy Queen treats for these cuties.  They were so wild!

Papa put the water heater box to good use!

Ben caught the biggest fish of the day but wasn't about to get close to the fish.

These kids had so much fun fishing!

MB also caught a big fish, probably her biggest to date. 

Campus Ministry - Help Needed

As many of you know, college ministry has been a huge part of my life and is how I was able to meet many of you!  I am currently serving as the Chair of the Emory CCF (AKA Bread) Board and have the pleasure of cheering on Angie Stryker and her staff as they love on the Emory students and build community there. 

I am writing because we need your help.  The current campus house is TINY and we have outgrown the space!  We currently are renting the house from Emory and more than likely, it is going to be bulldozed in the next few years.  The Baptist folks at Emory own a campus house that they are not using, and they would like to sell it to another ministry.  This house is larger, in a better location, and would better suit the growing ministry of Bread.  We have prayerfully considered the purchase of this house and feel that it is the right move for Bread.  Our goal is to raise $90,000 over the next 90 days.  This will allow us to put down a payment of more than 20% on the house we are purchasing for $400,000 (an amazing deal in Decatur!).  We already have raised $32,000 so we are off to a great start!

Please consider making a onetime, tax deductible gift towards the purchase of the campus house.  These students are craving a place to be their home away from home and a refuge from their crazy Emory schedules. 

Anyone who gives more than $100, designating “Building - Betsy’s Team” on the memo will be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift card.

You can give through the paypal account via the donate tab on the website link below or you can mail a check to the following address. All gifts are tax deductible.

http://breadcoffeehouse.org/house/

Emory CCF

2897 North Druid Hills, #247

Atlanta, Georgia 30329

  

Thank you for being part of Bread and please pray that Emory students will come to know Jesus’ love through this ministry.  I have attached a picture of the house we are buying.  It has a great meeting space, rooms for students upstairs, offices and some fun hangout spaces!

Thanks in advance for your help!

A photo of the new house, it is perfect for campus ministry!!!

International Night

The kid's school hosts an International Night every year.  Each class chooses a country and spends several months learning all about that country.  It's such a fun night and we have enjoyed them the past two years.  MB's class studied Portugal and Ben's class studied Japan or "Pan" as he called it.  MB learned a dance, did lots of fun art projects, learned about the culture and we had ethnic food at the event.  Ben wore a "mono" and was proud to show off his banzai tree and other art projects.  All around it was a fun evening.

Helping prepare the food we took, strawberries and Portuguese bean dip.

Showing off the rooster she made out of clay and then painted.

Her water color of the Portugal beaches.

His kimono could not have been cuter.

The cheese face is a killer!

Not sure how he feels about me taking a picture of his bonsai tree.

It was super cute though.

MB's jelly fish.

The had such a fun night!

Proudly representing Japan and Portugal.