Quote of the Day

Andrew gave me the book, Chosen to be a Minister's Wife, by Mrs. Adrian Rogers, for Christmas, and I really was blessed by it.
Here's a quote I'd like to share (highlighting is mine):

This covers so many areas of modesty graciously, but the point that really stood out to me is that "if in doubt" about an outfit, we should err on the side of appropriateness; it's better to cover more skin/be looser than necessary than to bare too much or be too tight/revealing. 
And doing that does not mean that's you'll look ugly or frumpy or dowdy! :) To illustrate this, I'd like to share a photo of a famous lady wearing an outfit which is beautiful yet not too tight or revealing. It's appropriate.
May that word fill our vocabulary more, when we think of our clothes! Is this appropriate? Is it pleasing to my parents/husband, to my Savior? If not, we'd better think again. :)


Disclaimer: I'm not saying that Kate always dresses modestly, just that this outfit is such a beautiful example! :)

Settling Back to Life At Home :)




 R/C

 Micah and his amazing plane!

 Mom gets into her "chariot"... ;)
(She's going with Andrew on an errand of his)

 Andrew's box truck with its new extra-large tires! :)

 Evening

 Our pond is a little more full... ;)


We had some rain, which turned this sage plant distinctly green and purple :)

I'll post soon on the weekend Women's Retreat!

Conference :)

I've been invited to speak at an upcoming conference, so here's a link to it:



I'd appreciate your prayers! :)
Elisha :)

SA - 9

The last post to finish out our fun trip to San Antonio...
Sunday




A fun book for Stephen!

Uncle Micah and Chloe


Two at a time... :)



Uh oh, somebody stuck a PINK Ford symbol on Daniel's truck... ;)



Waving goodbye to these dear ones... :(


On to church...



Visiting at church




"Goodbye!"
Home we all go... how grateful we are the E's for letting us stay so long! What a grand time we had!

Driving home, we had a few minor slow-ups, but nothing long. :)

That's all, folks! :)

SA - 8

Still Saturday... :)

Charlotte and her daddy :)

Andrew! :)


It sure was great having Deborah along for the week!



Lunch...



Volleyball at last!


Thinking :)










Charlotte was very attached to this ball -- here she's trying to take it up the porch steps with her.

Having trouble... ;)


Nathaniel fixed their ice cream machine -- hip, hip, hooray! :)

Micah, griller man



New players join the ping pong group...

Audience



Beth&Erich got these for Dad -- brings back memories for him of his growing up in Memphis!

A festive spread for our "New Year's" party!



Charlotte enjoys the wonders of our technological civilization... ;)






A fun dinner, all out on the porch!

Somebody else's runaway balloons


"Let's play volleyball!"


Hymns to end the evening...


Small firecrackers, courtesy of Nathaniel&Katelyn!