Gone Fishin'....and Kearsdad Cooks, Part Two

Last weekend, Kearsdad took the girls fishing. His boss/good buddy has a camp on the river somewhere between our house and the horses. Kat, particularly, has been asking to go fishing for a while. You may remember when Banana went hunting with him in January, Kat didn't want to go. But she wanted to fish. While shopping for air mattresses for our mission trip recently (another post about that soon) Kat and Banana used some of their spending money on fishing gear. Saturday they put it to good use. They came home with four catfish and one very tiny brim. Kearsdad told me he would have normally thrown the brim back, but Kat had fished patiently all that time and it was all she caught...except for the catfish she helped Banana reel in. They claimed that one together. Anyway...they had a really good time with their daddy. I used their fishing time to go to Target and Bath and Body Works and Kroger. We all had a nice afternoon.



But the story doesn't end there...at the river. They brought those fish home. Kearsdad cleaned them while the girls watched. I was grossed out. I refused to watch. I just made sure everyone washed REAL good when they came in. The fish were all cleaned and placed in bags and we put them in the freezer. Then on Tuesday, Kearsdad stopped on the way home from work and purchased a few "extras" (a couple of catfish fillets to supplement their catch) and he came home and FRIED them! I mixed up hushpuppy batter and he fried those too. And we had the YUMMIEST dinner I've had in a while! Kearsdad is on a roll. Wonder what he'll cook next? Probably burgers since last week on the mission trip I had 3 boys talk about hamburgers. Actually they ASKED for hamburgers. Told me it was time. Maybe I'll take pictures of the grill next time.

Nevertheless...I am one lucky woman. For many reasons.

Time to Make the Donuts!

I've got a lot of catching up to do here. The last few weeks have been jam packed with stuff. Even when I've had a few free minutes...like I have the last couple of days...I've been too brain dead or just plain tired to get on here and think.

But even Kearsdad said something to me tonight about my lack of blogging. In particular, he was concerned that I had not yet blogged about his recent kitchen escapades. He treated us a couple of weeks ago to a specialty of his mom's...homemade "donuts". Actually, they are canned biscuits, stretched and shaped like donuts and fried. Then as soon as they come out of the oil, they get dunked in a sugar glaze. They are YUMMY! Basically, just another version of that southern specialty, fried bread!

Here is a picture of Kearsdad in the kitchen, and one of the yummy donuts.

So Much to Blog...So Little Time

The last week has been packed with activity and excitement. I've been meaning all week to update, but haven't had a second of time to do it...don't really have time to now but here I am.

We welcomed a precious little colt into the world last weekend. This is when he was about 12 hours old...later I'll share lots more but this is all I have time for now.

His name is Ivan. He doesn't have a full registered name yet. Still working on that. He's a cutie..full of energy and becoming bolder and more mischievous by the day. He's loving, and loves to be petted and scratched.

We survived Bible School. And week one of Summer Intensive. And tomorrow Kat and I leave for our mission trip...along with 48 other students and adults! Kearsdad and Banana are on their own!

So we're off...I'll update at the end of the week. Pray for us!

God is God

Banana is at Kids Camp this week with Junebug, SUG, BB, and company. The theme of the week is The Names of God, and they called the camp iGod. Last night was parent's night and we got to go be a part of dinner (gotta love supper at camp with 70+ kids) and worship. I'm the first to admit children's ministry is not my calling. But there is something about being in camp worship with a room full of kids who have spent the week studying and worshiping together that is just amazing. They worship so purely, and with such honesty. It was great. Little Brother to Junebug is camp pastor and he did a great job.

But the highlight of the night for me was when Banana helped lead in worship. She was asked by Worship Leader if she would dance to God is God, by Steven Curtis Chapman with WL singing. She choreographed her dance with the help of a sweet lady in our church, and last night led us all in an amazing worship experience. She overcame a severe case of stage fright (dancing in front of all your peers, alone, is much scarier than dancing on a big stage with all your friends) and did a beautiful job. Our prayer and goal throughout this ballet experience has been for Banana to honor and glorify our God through her gift of dance. Last night she did just that, and when it was all done, was glad that she had.

Almost as sweet as watching Banana dance was watching her sister's reaction. Kat was so incredibly proud of her, and if you watch the end of the video carefully, you see Banana run straight into her sister's arms. And the reaction of her peers was so moving...to see them worship with her and then affirm her the way they did...well...you just had to be there. But if you weren't...here it is: