We had a successful photo shoot!!

I am in shock, but it's true. We had professional pictures done today and they went well!! We have not attempted this feat since the only other time we have done prof pictures. One less kid and we had a total of two pictures where Madi was present. One of her about to bolt out of the room and the other was the back of her head as she laid on Tim's shoulder crying.

But today was great! I had some UGA outfits made for a great Father's Day gift for Tim. So those were first. Then we did a tea party setting. Then we did dance pictures since we missed those last week due to the tornado. Madi did great until the dance pictures. And I was totally fine with that. We had a great photographer who just let them be natural and play. Pictures to come soon....

Meeting the Governor

We got to meet the Governor when he came through to see the storm damage. Tim and Kit's home made the front page of the local paper. http://www.ledgernews.com/topstories.html

With Hope-Please pray for the Chapman Family

Please pray for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family. His 5 year old daughter Maria, was killed in a tragic accident at their home on Wed, May 21. Our sweet friend sang his song "With Hope" at Jacob's funeral five years ago. Now that song will be an encouragement to his own family and friends. This is a website you can go to to send your condolences and see a very sweet video of Maria.

With Hope
This is not at all How we thought it was supposed to be

We had so many plans for you

We has so many dreams

But now you've gone away

And left us with the memories of your smile

And nothing we can say

And nothing we can doCan take away the pain

The pain of losing you

And we can cry with hope

We can say good-bye with hope

'Cause we know our good-bye is not the end

And we can grieve with hope

'Cause we believe with hope

There's a place where we'll see your face again

We'll see your face again

And never have I known

Anything so hard to understand

And never have I questioned more

The wisdom of God's plan

But through the cloud of tears

I see the Father smile and say 'well done.'

And I imagine you

Where you wanted most to be

Seeing all your dreams come true

'Cause now your home

And now your free

Chorus

We have this hope as an anchor

'Cause we believe that everything

God promised us is true

Chorus

We wait with hope

And we ache with hope

We hold on with hope

We let go with hope

Update on my inlaws

They are doing well and appreciate everyone's prayers and help. They have moved into the home of a sweet lady in our church. It's a beautiful historic home in downtown Woodstock. It's vacant and for sale. They will be unpacking and trying to adjust while making arrangements traveling to Peru in two weeks. Here are some pictures.

From the top of their street

From the driveway

From the foyer (looking upstairs) Back yard

His Steps Ministries house
This used to be an open field between their house and the ministry
Uprooted tree on the ministry property
His Steps house from the road

Thank you for the prayers!

Thank you so much for all your prayers. I wanted to give a quick update. There is a LOT of damage, the house is probably a complete loss. But God is AWESOME! So many people helped us out today with babysitting and dogsitting and meals, etc. I was blown away. My inlaws are just great. They are handling this so well. Here are some pics the insurance commissioner took. They are the last ones on the slide show. The tan house with the most damage. http://www.inscomm.state.ga.us/PUBLICINFORMATION/FlashPhotos2.aspx

Please pray for my inlaws

Tim and Kit's home was hit very hard by tonight's tornado. It's uninhabitable. They are safe and so are their animals. But they are not sure what's going to be salvageable from their home. Right after the tornado hit, it POURED down rain. They have 10+ trees laying on their house and the rain flooded the house. They have a great attitude and immediately went about retrieving the materials that they are to take on their mission trip to Peru in three weeks. They are truly a testimony of God's love and His peace. They are staying with us tonight and tomorrow will begin trying to pick up the pieces.

A Leah funny

Today we are headed to the orthodontist for Mackenzie. And Leah said, "I can't wait until one day I can get bracelets too!"