Glorious Ruins Concerts

My band, Glorious Ruins will be performing two concert (so far) in the Dayton area this August.

August 15th
7:00PM
South Dayton Presbyterian Church
1180 E Alex Bell Road
Centerville, OH 45459

(seating is limited for this concert, so please RSVP by either)
phone ~ (937) 433-1022
email ~ office@southdaytonpcachurch.org

August 16th
6:00PM
Basore Road Grace Brethren Church
5675 Basore Road
Dayton, Ohio 45415

Prayer Need

Please keep Tim in your prayers this week.

He has TWO scheduled interviews.


- Wednesday morning, 9:00AM

- Thursday afternoon, 2:30PM


Either one of these would be such a blessing to us, so please keep Tim in your thoughts and prayers as he interviews for the first time in over 5 years.
Thanks so much!!

What they get JUST for being CUTE!

My MIL gave us a coupon for a new donut shop that just went up down the street from us. We had never heard of them before, but figured a 'Buy 6 - Get 6 Free' was too good of an offer to pass up - even if they were only so-so!
So, we ran a couple of errands and took the kids there after we were done. They walked in with there eyes big and mouths open

- they KNEW where WE were!!!

The lady at the front asked if they wanted a special surprise . . and filled two little bags with donut holes! The boys were SO happy! Peter and James both told her 'Thank You'! and Tim and I made our oder - amazing donuts!! I'm a 'fritter freak' and just LOVE the apple/cherry fritters . .and they had one that looked like a giant rose! It was so good! So, while we were wrapping up our order, the lady threw in another bakers dozen of the donut holes for the boys - what a special treat! She was super kind! We will definitely go back soon!

Creation Museum

We have received so many wonderful words of encouragement, cards, letters and even monitary gifts during this duration of Tim's job loss. So many wonderful, gifted and generous people have gone above and beyond to help us in anyway possible. One of those (of many) gifts was a couple days ago. . . .
In our church mailbox was a card saying, "you've been through the ringer, go have some fun!" with a $100 bill in it. We don't know who it was from, there was no name on the card, just a generous person, full of God's love.
Tim and I talked it over - we could either
1) Go out somewhere really nice (and $$$) and 'blow it' on a super great date . . . .OR
2) Take the whole family out to someone special, far away, and make a whole day of it!

So, we choose the FAMILY DAY!

We packed up the boys early in the morning, (not telling them where we were going) and headed out to Kentucky to the Creation Museum!!!

A most WONDERFUL place to go!

The boys just loved the museum - and we just beat the stormy weather! After we were done inside, we grabbed a bite to eat at 'Noah's Cafe' and then headed to the museum shop - we had enough $ to let the boys pick out a toy of their choice - and OF COURSE, they both picked out dinosaurs!
The museum, itself, was pretty packed - so these pictures are pretty much from outside of the museum - but cute, just the same!!!

Peter, looking out at the gardens.

The Wibbly-Wobbly Bridge . . . Peter really liked it!!

Tim - however - wasn't super excited about going over it with James in the stroller!

Mommy and Petree!

Petting Zoo Fun:

James wasn't so sure about this whole 'touching animals' thing . . but he got the hang of it!

Ahh. . . Baa-Baa to the rescue! (James always loves him a good baa-baa!!!)

Peter has never seen a camel before, so he kept referring to it as a 'BIG SHEEP'!

He did get to feed it, though - and that was pretty cool to him!

James - on the other hand - not so thrilled with being that close to a camel!

James, 'baching' at the chickens and roosters.

We had a lot of FUN!

Happy July!!!

This month we celebrate the freedom of our country.

We should always be in prayer for our country, and for her leaders.
Tim and I do not care for how our leaders are leading our country. It grieves us to see where our money is going to and supporting.
We, however, know that the Lord is in control, so we choose to celebrate our TRUE freedom

- IN CHRIST!

Please Pray!

This morning, Tim received a call for a job interview tomorrow

- at 3:30

It is a local business with a large pay upgrade.
He is very excited about this opportunity!
Please pray for the Lord's will for him.
Thank You!

Update On Our Silliness

James now knows all of the animal sounds, and if we throw in a tricky one (like, "What does a giraffe say?") he'll answer 'Moooo'!

Peter and James are playing trains together, all of a sudden Peter breaks out with . . .
"Dad . . . I think we have a sleepy little boy here!!!"

We all l have colds now, so the medicine is constantly flowing out of our cabinet.
Mom: Do you know when the last time you had medicine was?
Peter: I think it was Friday, or something.

Mom: PETER! Stand by the door. . . I'm tired of telling you!!
Peter: Stop, Mom . . you are freaking me out!

James has FINALLY learned when to say 'Thank You' and when to say 'Please'! A HUGE milestone for him!

Peter: I'm going to color a picture for Michaela's mom
James: Maa
Peter: NO. . .not OUR mom, Michaela's mom
James: MAAAAA
Peter: NOO, Baby Boy - it's for MICHAELA'S MOM!!!!

New Bed - New Position

The boys are officially in the same room!!!
They have bunk-beds, now, and Pete couldn't be more excited to sleep on the TOP BUNK! He's been talking about it for months! James gets to sleep on the bottom bunk, surrounded with pillows and guard rails.
The first night was interesting, trying to keep James in bed . . it took about an hour. Tim and I didn't hear anything after that, so we both assumed that he was still tucked in and sleeping. We woke to find James like this . . . . .






apparently he got out in the middle of the night and either couldn't find his way back, so this was the closest thing he could come up with, or he really enjoys this new position.

Play Day!

Today we had a play day with two little friends. My friend, Erin, is finishing up a cook book (wow!) and she needed some quiet time, so we got to watch her two boys for a couple hours. We had a total blast of fun!
Her oldest is close in age to Peter and her youngest one is a couple months older than James - so they all have a ton of fun when they all get to play together.
The kids wanted something to eat - right off the bat . . .so, we started our day with

a snack and some Wonder Pets!

The boys wanted to play with Trains all day, so that's exactly what they did. Boys are SO different than girls. Their energy levels are out of this world and they really need stimulated throughout the day . .so a large train track in the middle of the Living Room was the perfect solution! (apparently!)

Erin brought us all lunch from City Barbeque - or as my dad calls it; the 'Biker Bar'! It was awesome good!
After lunch, we parted ways for nap time and then met up at a local park. This was the first time my boys and I had been to this park. And, it was nice to know of another one that isn't too far away!

They had a dinosaur teeter-totter . . . a favorite of the boys!

The ducks at this park live by the motto, 'No guts, no glory' . . they would walk right up to you without even thinking twice. The boys loved it!
If you look really closely, you can see a Mommy duck and her little babies walking behind her.


The weather held out nicely and we were all able to enjoy the day outside . perfect!!

Final Day of Vaca

Well, we leave today - to head back home . . .the LONG, LONG journey home.

Here's some pictures of the boys in our 'Living Room' area in our hotel room. They loved to sit on this couch and watch cartoons. We had a lot of fun at this place!