Cody James, our nephew

August 16, 2007, 12:02 AM, 8 pounds 13 ounces, 23 inches long.

4 door club

Well we have officially joined the 4 door club! We have bought a 4 door grand am.

We have met the enemy and the enemy is . . .

Don Boddy spoke on the above at Church yesterday. I'm not sure if I can answer that question, but I must say that I really enjoyed his speaking. He spoke about the Sermon on the Mount at the end of Matthew 5. You know the passage, where Jesus says, you've heard it been said an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth . . . well anyways one part that really stood out to me was when he said "where's God in this? He's there it's just raining on you" You know the verse where it says the rain falls on the righteous and the wicked (or the supertones song, which continues to say mine is not to reason why is this). How true is it that when something goes wrong we want to blame it on someone, why not blame God. God is God. He is always there. Why do we want to blame God for bad things that happen to good people. There's no explantion why and we don't know why really good things happen to really bad people. So next time you want to blame something on God, look at it and ask "where's God in this?" and find the positive. He's there, it's just raining on you.

36 weeks

At 36 weeks Kristin Kehler took some pictures of us. I'm super excited with how they all turned out. Thanks so much Kristin.




Just in case you want to see my beautiful belly! The baby is sooooo big!

North Carolina Trip

Well we are home from our wonderful holiday. We spent 13 days away from home and drove across 15 states! We also got to see 5 Nascar tracks.
On the way down we stopped at the Matt Kenseth fan club. We were able to buy some souvenirs and just enjoy all sorts of Matt Kenseth memorabilia.



The main purpose of our trip was to see the Coca Cola 600 @ Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was a terrific race, with my driver finishing 3rd (go K Petty). We were sitting right across from Matt's pit, here's a close up of his team working on a quick pit stop.



Kyle Petty rolling out to get ready for the start of the race.





It was a hot day! Dawson and I are enjoying the pre-race festivities.

We drove out to the coast (Atlantic Ocean) and stayed at Carolina Beach for 2 nights. We were on the 8th floor with a balcony overlooking the ocean. It was beautiful.

We went to Fort Fisher to see an aquarium. Here's some jellyfish. They look cool.

We also were able to visit 3 race shops. Roush Fenway Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing and Petty Enterprises. At the Richard Petty Museum we met Mr. The King.

Richard is a Nascar legend. He has 200 career wins and has won many championships. He is also Kyle's dad! He was super down to earth and really nice. He thanked us many times for coming to the museum.

After the museum we took a drive past his house and made our way to Victory Junction Gang Camp. Victory Junction is a camp where children with chronic medical conditions or serious illnesses are able to go free of charge thanks to Klye and Pattie Petty. They started the camp about 3 years ago when their son Adam was killed while practicing for a Nascar race. The Camp was built on 72 acres that were generously donated by Richard and Lynda Petty. Victory Junction Gang Camp has a racing theme with the sights, sounds, look and feel of a race track! The Camp is comprised of 44 buildings, including the Goody's Body Shop medical center, the Hendrick Motorsports Fuel Stop dining hall, the Silver Theater, the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America water park, Adam's Race Shop, the Michael Waltrip Operation Marathon Sportscenter, Jessie's Horse Power Garage and a few others. We were able to go on a tour of the camp and it was just incredible.

We found a Tim Hortons in Ohio on the way home, so we had to stop, and Dawson had a coffee (it was really hot outside but he couldn't pass up the opportunity!). Tim Hortons also took Mastercard! Huh. We stopped at the Neil Armstrong Museum and the Omaha Zoo The zoo was HUGE! We easily could of spend a lot more time there, but we were anxious to get back on the road and get home. We made it home safely and really had a wonderful time.

Happy Mothers Day 2007

It was such a blessing to have Grandma be able to come out for the Mothers Day festivities. So of course we had to take some family pictures. Here's the whole gang (Gary is missing).

Richard and Haleigh

Me and my sister, Cathy
(I'm almost 27 weeks pregnant)

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