Staff Family Day at St. Teresa Beach

Staff Members and their families enjoyed a great day at the Chason's Beach house in St. Teresa. The sad part is that Lindsey had been sick with a virus for seven days and could not go. So it was just Samuel and Doug enjoying the day. Samuel stayed in the water throwing his cast net all day long and bringing back a lot of new specimens for his salt water tank. Doug enjoyed the boat rides and tubing. The Chasons were very gracious and treated us to shrimp & scallops and of course cheese grits!

Fun 1st Weekend in October

Great weekend that started off on Friday with us visiting Al & Laney Wise at their campsite in Destin. We enjoyed going to the Destin Seafood Festival and going to the beach acouple of times. And of course Samuel brought back a lot of "specimens!" including a "permit" and a puffer fish. Al & Laney followed us back to Tallahassee so they could see and stay at our home and go to church with us Sunday morning. That evening Lindsey had a Middle School pool party at which she was a "bobbing for apples in the pool and swim back with it" champion.

My salt water fish tank!

These are some pictures of my [Samuel] salt water aquarium. I am hoping to change it to a reef tank soon. Right now I have three blennies, five hermit crabs, four snails, and one prawn. Posted by Samuel

Cory & Natalie's Wedding

Lindsey caught the bouquet!

Natalie and Cory's Wedding, September 20, Pensacola. It was BEAUTIFUL ! ! ! Here are some pics.

Labor Day Weekend at St. Teresa

We had a great weekend mini-vacation at St. Teresa with Fred, Terry & Shannon Wilder at their beach houses. They graciously let us stay at their A-frame three bedroom, two bath house a couple of hundred yards from the beach while they stayed in their big beach house right on the Gulf. We enjoyed some trout fishing, deep sea fishing, fresh grilled seafood, kayaking, riding the golf cart around, the swimming pool and Samuel collecting specimens for his new salt water tank he has recently created.

Fast July

Our second month here as gone by really fast. But it didn't keep Samuel from catching lizards or Lindsey having fun with family & friends. On a visit to Pensacola, Jana and the kids were able to visit with relatives including our cousin Lisette's family. And after they came back to Tallahassee, we always enjoyed going to McClay Gardens State Park for a picnic with friends. The park is close to our home and church, so it is convienent for a lunch break.

The Little Family came for a visit! We had a great time catching up on what has been going on with them, and also went together for a tour of the Capitol Building.

Then we went to the beach with Church Administrator John Buck and his family to St. George Island.

Fourth of July 2008

We went to the Pastor's House for a Staff Cookout. Had great eats and all the kids did Slip-n-Slide. Later that night we enjoyed a fantastic fire works show on the "island" at Lake Monkey Business.