We're Here!!!

We have arrived safely in Cabudare, Venezuela and are settled into our home away from home! We left our home in Atlanta on Wednesday morning at 9am and after a flight to Ft. Lauderdale and then to Bogata, Colombia we arrived in Caracas, Venezuela a little after midnight! We spent the night in Caracas and left on Thursday morning about 9:30am for the drive to Cabudare. We arrived about 3:30pm. Needless to say, we were a little tired. Our sweet Zoe was a real trooper. She slept on the flights and on the car trip she slept a good bit too.

We have rested today and our DIL has gotten to visit with a much loved aunt and cousins this evening and we are thankful for that. She has missed her country and her family and friends here very much.

I will be posting updates from time to time as well as some pictures......so stay tuned.

P.S. Thanks so much for all your prayers for our safe travels. I would appreciate your continued prayers.

I'm just saying,

We're Here!!!

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Yep, that's right. My hubby, son, DIL, granddaughter and I are leaving tomorrow for Venezuela. We will be gone a whole month!!!! We return on August 19th.

This will be our DIL's first time to return home in THREE YEARS! We were finally able to get all her paperwork and she can now travel. She is so excited to get to go AND to take Zoe to meet all her other family there. We are really glad that our son can go too. It will be nice to all be together there.

Hubby will be teaching in the seminary and the highlight will be the graduation of the FIRST class of the seminary. We have 12 graduates and we are so thankful. It is amazing what God has done in a relatively short time.

I will be taking my laptop with me so I will be in touch.......SO, all you gremlins out there beware! I will be watching, no funny business, no redecorating, no misbehaving!!! What am I saying.....I LOVE FUNNY BUSINESS, REDECORATING AND MISBEHAVING!!!!!!! Anyway, have no fear, I will be checking in and posting from Venezuela.

Pray for us as we travel. We had to make different travel arrangements because the direct flight we normally take has become exTREMEly expensive. SO, we fly from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, to Bogata, to Caracas. We leave at 1pm and arrive in Caracas at midnight! It will be a VERY long day, especially for the baby........SO your prayers will be greatly appreciated.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder...........

I'm just saying,

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

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Sunday Funnies!!!

Good choices huh?????

Works for me!

I'm just saying,

Sunday Funnies!!!

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You've heard of "Hooked on Phonics" haven't you? Well, here is an example of how phonics almost gave a kindergarten teacher a heart attack!!! Check this out:

My five-year old students, are learning to read.

Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said,

"Look at this! It's a frickin' elephant!"

I took a deep breath, then asked..."What did you call it?"

"It's a frickin' elephant! It says so on the picture!"

And so it does....

" A f r i c a n Elephant "

Hooked on phonics! Ain't it wonderful?

I'm just saying,

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Thursday Thirteen

THIRTEEN PICTURES OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BABY IN MY WORLD!!

Yeah, I know this was self serving but, hey, it's MY blog!!!!!

I'm just saying,

Thursday Thirteen

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Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons I Am Happy to be an American

1. I can come and go as I please without fear.

2. I have freedom of speech. Sometimes I think some take this freedom a little too far but that's what makes this America.

3. Even though gas prices are soaring as are food prices, I am thankful to be able to buy gas and food.

4. Disagreeing with the government does not mean I will be jailed or worse.

5. I have the privilege of voting for our leaders.

6. We live in a diverse and beautiful country.

7. Going about my daily tasks takes a fraction of the time it does in some other countries where just going to the bank is an all day affair.

8. Education is available to all.

9. I get to listen to Hollywood actors tell me who I should vote and why they will leave the country if their candidate is not elected but then they DON'T!!!!!!!!

10. I can get botox, liposuction, plastic surgery, lasik surgery, implants......all so I can be the best 'me' possible!!!

11. I can have a TV that's big enough to be seen from space!

12. I have opportunities that are unique to Americans.

13. The number 1 reason I am glad to be an American is that I can worship God freely without fear of reprisal. I can worship in the way I choose, when I choose and where I choose. For that I am eternally grateful.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!

I'm just saying,

Thursday Thirteen

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What Up With That????

Have you heard this new word being used in the "political" world: surrogate? Now, we are all used to hearing this word referring to a woman carrying a baby for another woman. But now it is being used to describe someone who speaks for a candidate.

Explain this to me.......why do the political types do this? I feel we need a dictionary just for political terms. It seems there is a new word or term every week. It's hard to keep up.

Every time I hear "surrogate" I keep thinking that any moment a new candidate will be birthed! Now THAT would put a kink in things, wouldn't it?

I'm just saying,

What Up With That????

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Boy, Did I Have FUN!!!

I had a BLAST at my spend the night party with my girlfriends. We may not be teenagers anymore but we know how to have fun!

My friend, Julie, made a delicious dinner complete with place cards.......mine said "Princess Jane of Lathem"!!! We ate on beautiful dishes and were presented with a lovely gift bag full of goodies. We laughed so hard at dinner I had to excuse myself to go to the potty!! (side effect of aging!!!).

After dinner we shared our wedding pictures and yearbooks and any other photos from our youth. What fun. One of my friends joked about her wedding pictures only being of 'backs'!! A friend had taken their pictures and could not seem to capture much of anything but people's backs. It was so funny to look at the hairstyles and the clothes from the sixties and seventies. We were adorable, I'm just saying!

About midnight we decided to watch a movie. The movie was "Keeping Mum". If you haven't seen it, you have to. It is SO funny. It is an English movie with Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Maggie Smith and Kristen Thomas. After the movie we hit the hay.

This morning Julie outdid herself with a wonderful breakfast. We laughed so hard while we were eating my sides and my cheeks hurt. There is such freedom at our age. As teenagers there was the pressure of wanting to fit in, competing or impressing. We didn't care about any of that. It was wonderful.

We are all looking forward to the next time. Have you had a spend the night party with your girlfriends lately????

I'm just saying,

Boy, Did I Have FUN!!!

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PAR-TAY!!!

That's right. I am going to party tonight. I am going to a grown up "spend the night party" at a friends house. There will be four of us. We are going to eat, watch a movie, share our wedding photos and yearbooks and talk, and talk and talk.......you get the picture!

I am really looking forward to it. Two of the gals I have known for over 20 years and the fourth is someone I haven't met yet but is a new friend of the other two. So we should have a great time.

I think it is good sometimes to kick back and do something for fun........so I am!

I'm just saying,

PAR-TAY!!!

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Sorry....I've Been a Little Busy

Hubby and I have been enjoying our precious Zoe for the past few days. Her daddy has been doing some much needed maintenance around our place and Zoe and her mama have been spending some time with us and we have done some babysitting too!

She is almost 10 months old now and changing every day. She loves her little walker/play station. She sits in it and she can do a 360 around the table top that has a music area, a place with spinning animals and an 'aquarium' kind of area with little plastic fish in water. She just loves it. Her laughter is so infectious.

Needless to say, blogging has not been uppermost in my mind......no offense, but Zoe is much more fun!!!

This photo was taken at the reception our district had for us. I thought it was such a good picture of my children!!!

I'm just saying,

Sorry....I've Been a Little Busy

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