Fun week with many visitors!

Well.....It has been a long but fun 10 days of family visiting us! We are so glad that everyone got to come and see us and we are so blessed to have such great family! The week started off the friday before last with some of Josh's family visiting. Josh's Dad and stepmom visited for the first time! We had so much fun showing them around and just getting to hang out with them! We also got to celebrate his dad's birthday with him which was nice and I know Josh really enjoyed being able to do that! After they left, my parents and Aunt Kathy and Uncle Joe came to visit. My mom and dad have been up here a few times now but it was Aunt Kathy and Joe's first time! We had a lot of fun....shopping.....gambling....playing Wii.....visiting the wineries! My dad and Aunt Kathy and Joe left on Friday morning and headed down to Georgia to pick up a tractor from my uncle sonny and drive it back to Texas....I know it is a little crazy.......but hey what can I say! Thats not all the visitors though......on thursday...the day before they left my grandma and grandpa came to visit! I am so glad that they were able to come and visit and see where I am now. My mom and grandparents stayed until this past sunday.....we had so much "gambling".......eating sea food.....and so much more! We were so blessed to have so many visitors! We really enjoyed having everyone here and getting to show everyone around! Now that everyone is gone Josh and I are now preparing for him to leave again really soon. Josh has been working a lot this past week or so......he is currently working 12hour nights......so he goes into work at 5:45pm and comes home at 7:15am as i am heading off too work.....so when I get home he is sleeping and they he gets up so he can eat dinner and then heads back to work. It kinda sucks.....I feel like he is already gone....but what are you gonna do.....I guess this is the life of the navy! Well....I guess that is it for now.....not much else is going on here! I will post picuters of all the fun with all the visitors as soon as this dumb sight will let me download them!

Labor Weekend in TEXAS!

It took a little long to post but I had a great week at home with my family over the labor day weekend. I was a quick but good visit. My uncle and cousins came in town from East Texas so that was good to get to see them. I had a great time haning out with the rest of my family! I also was able to visit with some of my friends from church......kelly, Becca, and the Siems family! Josh wasn't able to go with me because he had to spend the whole weekend studing for his big test that he took last tuesday and now he will be leaving on Tuesday for his interview in DC. Well...that is it for now....we are getting the apartment ready for all of the visitors that we are about to have. Enjoy the pics! (PS.....Mrs. Calton....don't talk to me about udating....you have a lot of posting to do the catch up with me!)

Me, Becca, Kelly, and Ashley
Being crazy with the camera....
Kel and I being goofy!
My sis and I
Me and Becca's CRAZY EYE
BEAUTIFUL AVA! I LOVE THIS GIRL!

Me and my favorite little girl!
The most adorable kids in the WORLD!
Dorito Face!

Nothin new here....

There hasn't been much going on here in the big CT! Josh is still in school until mid September. He takes his written exam September 4th and then he leaves for Washington DC to take his oral interview/exam on September 12th and 13th. Keep him in your prayers as he gets ready for all of this. With Josh being in school...it means that he is not on the boat during the week so he has duty EVERY weekend....which sucks....but what are gonna do. He has duty today so he got yesterday off so we were able to have a Saturday together. We drove to Rhode Island.....its as far of a drive as that sounds.....and went to the Misquamicut Beach in Rhode Island. It took us about 20 minutes to get there. It was a lot of fun and really relaxing. It was a high of 78 which was HOT since Friday we has a high of 58! Gotta love Connecticut! Sooo...anyways....we spent the day at the beach and then went shopping in Rhode Island before we had to pick up Rachel and Kyle for the airport! Josh and I are both definitely feeling the sun that we got yesterday on our bodies today. It was so cool and breezy by the water that we didn't realize we were getting so much sun.....so we are a little pink/red today! Oh well! I love it......I haven't been in the sun as much since I moved to CT so I like getting as much color as I can! Thats it for us for now. I'm gonna go finish cleaning the apartment while Josh is on duty!

Women of Faith Conference!

The theme of the conference this year was Freedom. Like I said in my last post it was absolutely AMAZING and definitely something I needed! Here are a few main points that were discussed:

LIVE FREELY; LOVE LAVISHLY

MAKE SPACE FOR GRACE; FORGIVE FREQUENTLY

FREEDOM: IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF BARS BUT THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST

THE OPPOSITE OF BAD IS NOT GOOD ITS LOVED

GIVE GOD YOUR STUFF

PRACTICE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

YOU HAVE TO FEEL IT TO HEAL IT

The one verse that spoke to me the most this weekend was Philippians 4:6-7 it reads:

Do not worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and
petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of GOD, which surpasses every thought, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

I think that anyone who has a chance should try and get away and experiance a women of faith conference...if not this year then next year.