What a weekend!  I am so thankful for the sunshine God bestowed upon us this past weekend!  

Friday was a beautiful day full of 'shoe organization'.  Sure, some of you are thinking 'is she serious?'.  Yes, I am absolutely am!  For the past two weeks I have lived in my brown and black flip flops - enough is enough! It was time to break out my summer sandals, wedges, and heels!  Mom and I headed off to the movies to see The Heat.  It was more hilarious than the previews let on.  Great comedic comedy team between the two lead actresses!

Saturday we attended the Braves game at Turner Field!  We left around noon to head down early and catch the Alumni game of Team Smoltz v. Team Bream!  Naturally mom was on cloud nine as she got to see MANY great names she remembers from years past.  I was very excited to watch some returning champs of the 95 World Series!  Team Smoltz won!  Following the alumni's = the 2013 Braves!  They played the Diamondbacks!  What an amazing game!!! There were too many clenched fists for 7 innings straight but the 8th inning proved to be the BEST!  The Braves took the game with 11 runs to the Diamondbacks 5!

Sunday we woke up a little late and headed to the one o'clock service at 12 Stone.  The sermon was led by a young gentleman who is involved in the student ministry.  He preached on the book of Daniel and the boundaries we should live within created by God: Financial, relationship, and parenting.  "Faith is God.  Favor is Faith."  Daniel chapter 1.

Top left final Braves score, bottom left Haley and I at the game, top right corner alumni players before the softball game started, center right McCann's shirt worn by a fan, bottom right corner an amazing view of Atlanta from Turner Field.

God Bless RachJ

A Whirlwind of a Week

This past week has proved to be challenging, daring, exciting, angering, longing, loving and the list of 'ings' could go on and on .....

Two weeks ago I was gearing up for my last meeting with some of the most A-mazing ladies I have had the pleasure of becoming friends with while at Fort Meade!  The Enlisted Spouses' Club hosted the first business meeting of the new Club year and kicked it off with the annual Luau.  Unfortunately, I lost ALL of the words I wanted to say as my final goodbye, but I think and hope everyone knows how much they really mean to me and what the Club has meant to me over the past few years.

ESC Luau - Last Business Meeting at Meade

Tuesday was a VERY busy day for Papa and me.  While he was in town we traveled to D.C. and took a private tour of the Capitol (a good 3 hour tour - don't tell Gilligan he might get jealous)!  I really think he enjoyed his time while in Maryland.  Later that evening we attended a 'farewell' dinner for Tracy and myself at Long Horn Steakhouse (our fave restaurant) - it was wonderful to see all of our ESC friends and a few friends we have made during our time here!  Truly a wonderful last outing together.  Wednesday mom joined us and we feverishly continued to pack up the house!  As dinner time arrived mom and I left for Owings Mills for my last event with my Cedarmere family.  I will cherish every memory I have made with my wonderful fourth graders this year, the experience Joe and Jess gave and the amazing friendship I formed with Megan.

Papa and I at the Capitol in The Old Supreme Court Chamber

Farewell Dinner with ESC Ladies

Cedarmere End-of-Year Cookout

We left Maryland after packing my life away, at least for a few months, headed for Georgia (after only enduring about 3 hours of zzz's)!  Since Ronnie and I have arrived it's been non-stop since.  We had a few days of re-acclimating ourselves with the city we used to know but we packed up again on Friday and headed to Winnsboro South Carolina to spend some time with Rebecca, Marion, and Rupert!  What a weekend .... full of fun and family!

Meme, Connie, Ronnie, and Myself (while mom grabbed Arby's)

God Bless RachJ