Day of Rest

As if we haven't had enough days of rest lately we decided to have another today. But of course not before a very busy weekend. When we came home from the beach on Friday we had a graduation bbq to go to followed by the graduation on Saturday.

This is Joshua Luke Sherrill: One of the wonderful members of our "pea patch." We love him as if he were our own! We are so proud of him!!!

Then there was today. We had our homecoming at church today. It was amazing. We had the Saunders family singing during the Sunday school hour and then Preach Mark Saunders brought the message in the 11 o'clock hour. Then, of course, (being the Baptist we are) we had a massive lunch. We didn't leave the church until after 3pm. When we are with the Saunders we tend to chat a little. Afterwards we came home and slept for THREE hours (we don't have service on homecoming night). Needless to say I'm well rested and wide awake. This could be a long night, maybe I'll scrub the base boards.....we'll see!

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We finally have some down time and I decided to update the blog. I decided to explore and see if I could "design" on my own (so poor Mindy wouldn't have to keep up with mine and hers). I conquered the background, the widdly tinks and the shabby blinkie thingy. Needless to say the header is another story in itself. I tried, tried and tried again. I kept getting an error message (hence the title). So I figured I would wait a little and try later. So I'll get some pics up from our vacatio (Yes, they are from our camera phone).

Here we gooooo.........

This is the crew we took! Our three plus two more!!!!

What's a beach vacation without a trip to play putt~putt?

And of course Sharky's......YUMMY!

Yes, I do realize this is a horrible picture but honestly it is the only one that we have of us together....lol!

This is a Ballard tradition. When we go over "the bridge" we roll the windows down, put our hands in the air and scream. I'm sure everyone knows when we arrive.

My beautiful family!

Now that's a wonderful view of Gods creation! Isn't He amazing?

That's all folks.........

Now I'll try the header again!

Seriously

Well we made it safely! However, we got here and as we were unpacking I realized I forgot my camera. SERIOUSLY, MY CAMERA! Wow, I'm going to have to get really creative. Michael suggested I use the camera on my phone....we will see how that goes.

Ok just to catch up a little. I don't even know where to start. Three weeks ago I ended up in the ER having a gallbladder attack.. The wonderful nurses and dr's at the ER drugged me and sent me home. The following week I went to a surgeon....he sent me for some test scheduled for the next week. Well, two days before we left for vacation the nurse calls and tells me that I need to come in and "discuss my options." More or less I'm getting cut, I didn't know I had an option. Fortuantely, I convinced them that I could wait until we get back from vacation. So while I'm here I will be sipping water and nibbling lettuce (insert sad face)! I so want to eat at Sharky's. When I get back I will go see the surgeon who I'm sure will schedule my procedure for the next week. I do realize that may sound rambled but if you're reading this I'm assuming you know me and understand how I am...hahahahah!

Alright off to bed!

Hurry!

So obviously my last post shouldn't have been titles "So Far Behind." I'm even farther behind now. So much to catch up on. However, it probably won't be today. We are headed to church then we are beach bound.....Yah! Hopefully this week  I will get to spend some time catching up on my blog and sharing some fun with you all from our vacay!

So far behind!

I have no idea where to start, it has been 11 days since I have posted anything. Wow, I didn't even realize it has been that long. We have just been so busy ( I will fill you in). So as I sit here tonight I've been reading and enjoying the post by my blogging buddies. I have laughed, breathed, cried and thanked God.....that 1~ I'm not the only one who has children who will push you to your absolute limit, 2~ for a healthy family, and 3 for someone reminding me that I am too blessed to be stressed! It seems I have been so stressed lately to stop and thank God for the things that are "right." However, in the last two days God has really shown Himself in my life. It seems everything at church that was taught or preached at church yesterday was just for me. Today, as I was reading my "hobby" book (Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury) the very scripture that I helped me yesterday was brought out in this story-line and then tonight we attended Lincoln County Camp meeting and there again MORE scripture that I needed! Who says God isn't direct? That's silly! Sometimes God has to be "in our face" for us just to get it!!!! That's what it took for me this time. So today I am saying THANK YOU LORD (and I'm too blessed to be stressed)!
Besides all of that we spent most of our week (last week) at the hospital and at Hospice house. After spending 2 weeks in the hospital Papaw Bobby went home to be with Jesus. We have loved, laughed and cried this week. We have told stories of the past and looked to the future! One thing we have not done is LOST. We did not lose Papaw he just took a trip without us (said by his lovely daughter Kathy). One day we will be reunited with him as well as the other loved ones who have gone on before. I am so thankful God has allowed me to know and love Bobby and his family. Bobby and Grace Rippy are definately two of Gods very best. You just don't find better. With that being said......I'm now going to bed!

What a wonderful day!

Such a good day! We got so much accomplished. We breezed through school (not normal at the Ballard house). While things were going so good I decided to push my luck and take all four kids to run some errands. That usually ends in disaster. But today, it went pretty good. Of course they were kids but I was proud. When we finally returned home we had a quick supper of eggs (fresh...yummo!), turkey bacon, grits, and homemade biscuits (I know just call me Betty)! We then headed to the ball field. Lydias' game began at six! Her team was 5 and 1. That would be five wins to us!!!!! Well tonight Lydia got an awesome hit~ ending her up at 3rd! I was sooooo proud! The great part was that EVERYONE on her team got a hit tonight! Just all in all a great now. Now I'm home, the kids (and husband) are in bed and I'm headed (with book) to the bath! Have a great night!!!!!!

Whirlwind Weekend

I knew the weekend was going to be packed, I guess I didn't realize how much. We did everything on our "to do" list and more. We added a trip to the urgent care to our list. Turns out Lydia has an ear infection as well as strep throat. Here it is 4pm on Monday, I haven't blogged since Friday....I don't have any housework done yet (I usually clean on Mondays), Lydia has to be at ball practice @ 5:15 and did I mention a Mother Daughter banquet to plan for this weekend.  I'm sooooooo tired already, think I'm feeling a little over whelmed.

I know that sounds like a lot of complaining...and maybe I shouldn't be whinning. Well, I know I def shouldn't be whinning. I thank God for giving my the ability to do these things. I should be saying thank you Lord instead of O meeeeeeee!

Guess I better get up from here and get moving toward getting done!