A weekend to remember!!

H'mmmm...where to start???? Ohhhh FRIDAY:-D I woke up and decided that since Elisabeth Welsh and several of her friends would be coming in Saturday night...I would just go ahead and do a DEEP cleaning of the house! It isn't dirty since mom is gone and I pick up after myself..but it needed a deep cleaning! Sooo after I have finished this...I got a phone call from my amazing Marine who was on his lunch break! And he decided then that he wanted to come see me...THAT DAY!!! Soooo we hung up and I went and searched tickets and we actually found a decent one! He got off work at two, bought his ticket, packed and was on his way at 3! WOW! Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out where to put him and how I'm even going to go get him since my car is having repairs done on it! My wonderful sister, Susan came to my resque! *THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!* She let me borrow her car (a HUGE suv, mind you:-D) and offerend to let David stay with them! The first night he stayed in a camper they are borrowing and last night he slept on their couch since Elizabeth's friends were staying in the camper! I picked him up around 9:30 and we headed home! We hung out till....oh goodness I don't know..but it was late! And then my wake up call was EARLY!!!! FIVE O"CLOCK!!! I didn't know that five came around twice:-D Hahaha! We were going to go running but it rained...YEAH...oops I mean..ugh that stinks:-D Hahaha! Soo we hung out alil bit then went back over to Susan and Jeff's and had a HUGE breakfast! Then the rest of the day we just hung out with them! It was a blast! And David feel in love with Colton! Wish I could have gotten a picture of them together! OHHH yeah...to make matters things bad...on thursday I was in the bathroom at Walmart and my purse feel off the little purse-hanger thing and because it was broke1 This happened twice...and guess what got borke...MY CAMARA!!! AAAHHH!!! Soo I have to take it in an get it fixed because we had a one year warranty on it! Thank goodness! Anyhooo so that only pictures we got this weekend were a few on his and my phone and one that Susan took on her camara right before we left to go back to the airport! Soooo now you know how my weekend went! Nothing tooo excited:-D HA! It was nice just to have a relaxing weekend with David! He needed one:-D Wait..sooo did I...or maybe I just needed him:-D Hahahaha! Well gotta run...i've written enough for now! I'll try to post that one lil pic we did take on here later! Love you all! Please keep praying for my man and I that we will continue to follow what God has for our lives! Sometimes it can get really hard when the world is telling you one thing and God is telling you another! But with God's help...David and I have chosen to take His path! God promises that He will never leave us or forsake us! Whether we are together or oceans apart! H'mm...thats going to be tough to remember when September rolls around...but hey, God put us in each other's lives for a reason....so we will make it! And I am sooooo glad God gave me David! He has helped me alot!!! I couldn't have made it without him several times there to talk and pray with me! Well now that I have blabbed and blabbed....I'll talk to ya later:-D Enjoy my HUGE and LONG post:-D Hahaha! *I love you, David! Thank you for an awesome weekend! Xo!*

My adorable Niece and Nephew...

Alexis: age 4 This is her singing for us this afternoon:-D She is really really good if I do say so myself! She loves to sing and can pick up a song just after hearing it once! She has real talent! I hope she lets God use this beautiful talent!
Colton Ross Hunt

I just thought I would put new pics of the kids on here for my family to see! Colton is getting bigger by the day...literly!!! Everytime I see him, I know he's grown a foot or at least 5 pounds:-D The kid eats ALLLLLLLLL the time:-D Or at least I think he does!!! He is starting to smile now and it is a beautiful smile!!! You know he is about to smile when he gets that cute lil sparkle in his eye! He definitly has me wrapped around his finger;-D Hope ya'll enjoyed the update:-D

The Rodeo...

I thought you might enjoy seeing my pictures from the Rodeo I went to with Jeff and Susan last night!!!! We had a BLAST!!! It was Colton's 1st Rodeo sooo that was fun!!! I have decided that though I have see the world...I would much rather be in the country! I am a country girl at heart!!! I love the atmosphere here! And I adore Rodeos:-D Hahaha! I warned David but he said he didn't mind having a country girl:-D Well enjoy the pics! Sorry I didn't take many of the actual rodeo:-D I was tooo busy watching to take pics:-D Hahaha!
LexiBear and Her FAVORITE aunt:-D Hehehe...I'm gonna get in trouble for saying that I'm sure;-D
The CrAzY Clown and his CrAzY car;-D

Mom and Dad's 39th Ann.

Today was my parents ann. And I had no idea what I was going to do for mom! Dad called and asked me to do something special so that it wouldn't be a bad day for her since he was gone! Isn't he the best:-D Okay, okay , so I'm prejudiced:-D Anyhooo...I went over to Susans originally to help watch the kids and clean alittle and we ended up coming up with this idea to make Momma a special dinner! We made "I wasn't too chicken to marry you" Chicken Dish, "Spuds ova you" Potatoes, "Hairy" Green Beans, and I don't think we ever came up with a name for the cake (A yellow cake with glaze and fresh Strawberries over top)! We had a blast doing this and keeping it a surprise from mom! Alexis and I picked out the Roses which are from Dad and I! I wanted to get mom the pink roses with dark pink edges but Alexis thought that Grandmamma would like the Red ones better:-D Ohhhh yeah, check out the cake picture! Can you see where the lil mouse (named Alexis) got into it:-D I guess thats proof that it was good:-D Hahaha! If you wanna read more just got to Moms blog and read her thoughts about it (www.viewsfromcrandall.blogspot.com)! BTW, Susan had mom and Dad's wedding picture and a picture of dad on the table just for mom! Tonight was a blast! I loved just having fun in the Kitchen with my sister:-D BTW, I made the cake and the Chicken dish:-D Hahaha! Thanks for listening to me ramble:-D Haha!
The "no-named" cake that the "mouse" got into:-D
The Roses from Daddy and I!!!!!!

Happy Ann. to the best parents ever!!! They really have sacrificed alot to raise us kids! And once they thought they had raised me...here I come back home again:-D Hahaha! I love you both alot! Your the best role models EVER! I hope that my future children will see in me what I see in ya'll!!! Luv you both LOTS!!!!!!

July 4, 2007

These are just a few pictures of the best Forth of July I have ever had!!! I have never gotten to spend a 4th just hanging out a home having fun! My family is always at camp so we have never celebrated as a family! Sooo I was very excited to spend it with David and His family! I got in the night before and David and I didn't got to bed till about 2:30am sooo we were alil groggy the next morning! Plus Carrie and I both were trying to get over Jet Lag! Ahh! Anyhoooo David and I took his cousin back to the airport then we as a family went the beach an took family pictures!!! Meanwhile I think it hit David and I both really had how much he really is fighting for! It was something that words cannot describe! I am soooo proud of David and all that He is doing and will be doing! He never complains (except that he misses me..but thats okay:-D)! He really is my hero! *I love you, sweetheart* ANyhoooo after pictures, we got back to the cars to find that one of the tires were flat! Sooo we waited around while David and Dave fixed it just in time before it started pouring rain! We then headed off to Outback for our 4th of July meal (Which was AMAZING!!!!!) and then to church! After church several people came over an we had snacks and the boys set off fireworks! It was alot of fun! Then later that night David and I went over to our friend, Ben's house and set off more fireworks and bottle bombs!!! Well...the guys did! Ben's girlfriend and my best friend, Noelle and I just talked:-D Hahaha!!!! It was soooooo much fun spending time with David and His family!!!! *Thank you guys for an amazing time!!! Luv ya'll!!!* Then on Thursday morning, David and I both flew out to our different directions (Him: back to base and Me: to camp)! I got stuck in Charolette, NC from 3 till 10 though! That was a bad day! But I think God did it for a reason! I got to witness or at least try to witness to a young guy about my age on my plane into Birmingham! And had I been able to get on the earlier flight I would have never been able to talk to him! I guess this whole trip has taught me that God has a plan for everything! And that I just have to sit back and let Him work all the details out! It will all be okay since he is in control of my life!!! I really feel like this trip helped me to draw closer to God and that I will NEVER regret!!!!!!!! Okay thank you guys for letting me ramble and caught up on all my blogs! This is the last one...I'm pretty sure:-D Hahaha1 Thanx for listening!!!!! And for praying for me while i was gone! Luv you all!!!!!!

BACK TO THE STATES!!!! (Post 5)

I couldn't resist putting this picture on here! Amber, Ms Nita, Travis, and I had been dieing for WEEKS to have a Starbucks!!! So one of the very first things Amber and I did once we got into New York City was go to STARBUCKS!!! We had such a blast drinking our drinks and reading magazines to see what had all happened in the world since we had been gone! We had wayyyy to much fun:-D

Sightseeing in Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy (Post 4)

After two HARD weeks of working, our team decided that we needed to see the world alittle:-D So Mr. Hausman took us into Austria, Germany, Hungary, and Italy! We had a BLAST!!!!! This picture is of me in a lake on the Austria and Germany's borders!
A BEAUTIFUL castle we visited in Germany! I am actually standing on a mostly wooden bridge over a waterfall taking the picture! OHHH and the bridge had over a hundred people on it...I was just alil nervous:-D Hahaha!
This is in Salsburg, Austria where the Sound of Music was filmed! This was one of my favorite stops since I love the the movie sooo much:-D Haha!
And this is the palace in Vinna, Austria! We really did have a blast on our Romanian trip! I really hope that we planted seeds in peoples lives that God will continue to water! TLC Romania Trip was the BOMB!!!!!!

The REAL work in Romania:-D (Post 3)

We worked long an hard hours on the Constuction site while we were there! Well let me rephrase that! The guys did! Amber and I helped as much as we could but the rest of the time, we were helping Sally or helping at the house doing dishes or cooking. I think I still have dishpan hands;-) Hahahaha! It was alot of hard work but we manage to make it fun! I think I even got a few more muscles now:-D Hahahaha!!!!!! BTW, the picture above is Amber and Goya (A national) painting the fire protection on the wood.
This is Mike and Jon working on the Framing...
Travis, Amber, and I scraping the gate that took us DAYS to finish! ANd I'm not kidding about the DAYS part;-) Hahaha!
Mike, Luci(sp). and I doing the prep work for the Concrete...this was actually really fun:-D
This is Rick busting up concrete! Our guys poured concrete, busted it up, dug ditches, hung framing, and ect! They did a GREAT job! *I'm proud of you guys for sticking with it! Great job!!!!*

Romanian Trip (Post 2)

These are the Faces of Romania! These are the children that stay in the Orphanage! They really stole our hearts! I cried so hard when we had to leave them for the last time! It was hard to say goodbye to their adorable faces! I wanted to bring them all home with me:-D Hahaha!
These two angels were my girls:-D They are sisters. Neli (the one on my lap) is nine and Elvi (sitting beside me) is six! They are sooo adorable! Neli bawled when we said goodbye! If I could have I really would have brought these two home with me to adopt! I really feel in love with all the children there! Even the Gypsie children! God really helped me to show His light to them!
These are the little gypsie children we ministered too! They have such a hard life but they love praising God during their Sunday afternoon church services! God really put a love in my heart for these children and the orphanage children! I hope to see them again one. Either here or in Heaven....
This is Mike with little Christi....isn't christi adorable???

My Romanian Trip (Post 1: Boot Camp)

Howdy, ya'll!!! I haven't written in a few weeks..sooo I guess it is time to catch up! I am going to be doing serveral new blogs....soooo keep lookiing! This first picture is of my team! The best EVER! Ms. Lenita Shillington was our caption. And then the boys were: Travis, Rick, Jon, and Mike. And then Amber, Brianna and I were the girls! We had a BLAST together! God really knew what he was doing when he put our team together!
This is me being crazy at one of the servives at boot camp:-D God really met with all of us at Boot Camp! I witnessed soooo many miricles! It seemed like they happened one right after another, right before our eyes! God showed me how powerful and amazing He really is!
This is my team acting out serveral adjetives like: Peacemaker, kind spirit, and all those kind of things! My team really did good at pulling together and working hard! We won third place! We were VERY excited! The morning obsticle course got to be pretty fun actually! I almost missed it the first morning after boot camp. Notice I said...ALMOST;-) Hahaha! Boot Camp was a BLAST! I would do TLC again just for Boot Camp!! Hahaha!!!!
This is a picture of my team doing our crazy skit! We were the lil people who went to boot camp! Amber was my arms, Rick was Jon's arms, and Travis was Mikes! We were a MESS time we got done...but we had everyone laughing so hard their sides hurt:-D Anyhoo this was boot camp...sooo keep reading on to find out about my trip!