We're home!

Hello Y'all!

Well, here we are, home from our week trip through Tennessee and Arkansas! It was quite exciting to hit the road again (which we haven't seem to have done in a while...) and get another taste of conference traveling! :-D Here's a few photos of our week. Enjoy!

In Christ Alone,

Jessica

P.S. Hope you don't mind, but they didn't end up loading in order. :-)

P.S.S. For whoever might be interested...THE NEW "ORACLES OF FIRE" BOOK 3 IS OUT!!!! :-D I'm THRILLED TO PIECES and I just wanted to make sure everyone knows, so that y'all can go buy the series for yourself and see why I'm so nuts about these books!!! :-) Here's the link to Mr. Davis' website: Dragons In Our Midst Believe me, you won't be disappointed!

And now for the pictures...

The Greene family invited us up to a cabin they rented for the conference on top of Mt. Nebo. The view outside their backyard was absolutely gorgeous! What an incredible example of God's handiwork!!
But the trip UP and DOWN the mountain was utterly terrifying! I can't even explain how the turns were, but I can say this, it was an 18% grade and the turns were shaped like V's going up! Yikes! But Indy got us up (our dear old faithful van we kindly named "Indefatigable".)!


"Liz On Top of the World"
(you 2005 Pride and Prejudice watchers should get this one...*grin*)

Caleb and a friend he met, Joshua W. It's funny because we discovered that Caleb and Joshua were born on the exact same day and year. And what's more is they have the names of the two spies in the Bible...Joshua and Caleb! :-D

Melissa and I on top of the world! :-)

Family Photo on top of Mt. Nebo!!! The view was stunning!

Tiff, William and I enjoying the hammock on the Greene's porch!

Tiff...."waitin' for m'deary..."
(sorry, I couldn't resist...*grin*)

Some of the "McD Kids" at the hotel we stayed at in Arkansas for one night.

Another one (except this time with Tiff in it.)

Hey! I didn't know that Colton Evans owned a restaurant! And a grill no less! Why didn't he tell us before? (Okay, I admit that's really cheesy, but I couldn't help myself. *grin*)

We encountered some incredibly scarily bad weather on our way to Pottsville, Arkansas. But we thankfully arrived safe and sound!

The little girls enjoyed meeting some new friends!

Dad speaking at his first session in Arkansas.

Rachel Draper, Mrs. Stouffer and Mom (the Patriarch's Wives) on Sunday afternoon, right before we left.

Isn't he adorable? This is Allen Draper. :-)

Mr. and Mrs. B.

We finally decided what to play! "Apples to Apples", of course. :-) It was quite fun and I had a lovely time. Hey, and it even inspired us to buy the game ourselves at Walmart two days later. :-)

My wonderful Father and Mother at the Lovett's house.

I managed to convince everyone that we needed to get a group photo and to my utter joy they obliged!! So here's the group we had for Saturday night's dinner!

T.J. and Rachel Draper

Dad and Mrs. B. enjoying fellowship at the Lovett's home.

Camille S., Laura B., Grace and Abigail.

Laura B. and Virginia Grace.

Here I am along with some of the other "young people" at the Lovett's house, trying to decide what to play, I believe. Sound familiar? :-)

William in his cowboy boots.

You wonder if they had fun? I think so. :-)

Abigail really enjoyed the Stouffer's kittens!

Mr. and Mrs. Lingo

Our van (and trailer) in Tennessee.

Dad unhitching the trailer in Tennessee!

I had to add this photo. Doesn't it just LOOK like the cover to a romance novel? Those yearning blue eyes and faded person (of the opposite gender) in the back ground (same yearning look)? Cracked me up... :-D

Melissa and I were ready to leave the house at 5:00am. :-) As you see, we're quite alone. :-) (actually, Caleb did come out to take out photo for us...)