Beach Weekend

This past weekend we went to the beach with Jerry's family. Tropical Storm Fay left clouds and high winds that added to the pictures but didn't do much else. The rain held off and we all had a great time together. You can't go to the beach without getting pictures of all the grand kids together!

School Begins!

Austin and Adriann are attending Sumrall Middle and Elementary School this semester. Austin is in the marching band and loving it! Football season starts this Friday, so pictures will follow later. After much effort, we were able to get him in all the classes he will need to return to Grace in January. Adriann is having a wonderful time and is blessed to have her good friends mother as her teacher! Other than her first half of kindergarten, she has always attended Grace. After the first day of school, she came home with several insights! One was "why don't we have a foreign language?" Also, "we did not have Bible class." They are enjoying their time at Sumrall but it has reminded us of how thankful we are for Grace International School!

Fun Days

The days have flown by since our arrival in Mississippi. We have all enjoyed spending time with family and friends. The only negative thing is that many times we've forgotten the camera! Here's a couple of fun days.

Adriann feeding the baby goat. Austin, Adriann and a friend enjoying the water park.

Watermelon Festival

A fond childhood memory was the annual Watermelon Festival. It's a time to eat all the watermelon you can handle, enjoy games, such as seed spitting and watermelon eating contests, music and the "dog days" of summer. This year Kelly's niece Breanne was Watermelon Queen and she made a beautiful one! Mississippi watermelon is the BEST in the world!

Jerry's Birthday

We celebrated Jerry's 41st birthday in Mexican Style, with Chiang Mai friends who were in Virginia. Several baskets of chips and salsa, fried ice cream as well as lots of laughter were on the menu!

Where in the World are the Southerns?

The NBC Today show once did a series entitled "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?" That may be what you've been thinking about the lack of post lately, so here's our explanation even with a few photos! Austin and Adriann finished school on June 6th. After a couple of weeks of packing and playing, we headed to America arriving on June 28th. The first 24 hours were great then Jerry ended up with a kidney stone and had emergency surgery on July 4th. Not exactly how we expected to spend Independence Day!