Madison

We have had a fun summer with Madison. We can't believe it is over already. The 8 weeks flew by and we unfortunately didn't get to do everything with her that we wanted to, but hopefully she is leaving with fun memories and a changed heart.

She LOVED Vacation Bible School. She memorized all 6 songs word for word and I hope she hides them in her heart and is able to listen to the CD at her home. I want to burn her a bunch of CD's but our burner is broken...............she loves the Chris Tomlin CD I have(the one from Aprille and Trent) for my bday.

She was able to play softball like she wanted. She plays very well I might add.

She was able to swim almost every day sometimes twice a day.

She did a lot of reading....and she has improved!!

She did a lot of coloring, and art projects.

We got to go to a paint your own pottery studio and paint a piece of pottery.

I pray that you will be sheltered from the evil of this world my sweet sweet child. May God bless you and keep you, may his face shine upon you. May you take what you have learned this summer and cling to it. I am sorry for losing my temper with you. I love you dearly and can't wait for you to come back again.

Chimney Rock, NC

Mike Madison and I went to Chimney Rock, NC and went hiking at Chimney Rock State Park on Monday. It was a lot of fun. We had Panoramic Views of Lake Lure which I believe is the Lake that the movie Dirty Dancing was filmed on so many years ago. Madison really enjoys hiking as do we. She stayed up with us really well. We climbed up hundreds of stairs to reach the top and then did some hiking to a waterfall. See some pics from our day.

Sun Bather No More

Gone are the days of baking in the sun........Today I went to my new dermatologist here in SC. I wasn't the least bit nervous but must admit that after I left I was. My new Dr is a female. She went over my history a bit and did my skin check. Everything looked good. Praise God. We talked about my game plan, so to speak and "retrained" me on the ABC's of melanoma. I have been very careful with my skin this summer...obviously after what I went through I would be stupid not to!! I will say though that I have not thought much about having melanoma though since getting the all negative results on my bday. Once again Praise God! Anyway what I am getting at is this.....I liked the Dr, but she was very blunt and point blank......I told her that my Buffalo Dr, Dr Popat had said he wanted me to do chest xrays every few months to make sure the melanoma hasn't spread and she said "if it reaches your lungs, you are toast!!!!!" that took my breath away even though I already knew that if melanoma reaches the lungs, there is apparently nothing they can do! Anyway I walked away a little bummed but rest in knowing that God is in control and I thank him for keeping me healthy! I will rest tonight knowing that he holds me in his hands.........

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July ya'll! We are going to watch fireworks and just hang out! Hope you all have a fabulous day! Thank God we are free!!!

Bridesmaid Dress

We picked out our bridesmaid dress yesterday. I will try to attach the link to it.
It is just the color I have wanted since the beginning.
Enjoy!
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Madison

We are leaving today for New York to pick up Madison. We are very excited to see her and hope that the transition from mother to Mike go as smoothly as possible. We will drive to VA tonight and then finish the trip tomorrow morning. We are going to stop at MacKenzie-Childs on Friday to meet with Jerry (the M-C coordinator) and with Christine, (our coordinator). We are also going to ask Jerry to be our videographer. Hopefully we will be able to have dinner with my mom. On Saturday we are going to go to the Tent Rental Showroom and hopefully will reserve all of the tent goods for our special day. We also have a cake tasting planned. We are also trying to squeeze in a possible meeting with a photog and dj! Wow! Talk about a lot to do in a short time. We plan to leave Sunday to come back but may not leave til Monday morning. Please pray for the transition to be smooth for all of us. It is going to be a HUGE change for everyone.

9/20/08

Well, we have finally set a date for our wedding!! We have chosen 9/20/08. We will have the ceremony and reception at MacKenzie-Childs in Aurora, NY.M-C is significant to us because it is where we met 12 years ago!!! It will be an outdoor wedding....please pray for NO rain!!! How exciting!!!