Mary Kate and her friend Issac Estes:

Mary Kate had a play date with her friend Isaac on Monday. They had a great time playing together. They are both such great kids!

River Run Worship Service:

Sunday night I was able to sing in the Tennessee River Run worship choir. We sang back up for The Revival Crabb Family (The younger ones of the Crabb's), Point Of Grace, and Geron Davis and Kindred Soul. It was such a wonderful worshipful experience! I loved to hear Point of Grace sing. I guess its been since college since I have been to one of their concerts. They are just as good as they have always been. They even sang the old songs like "Circle of Friends". We sang with Geron Davis when he sang "Holy Ground" that he wrote. The service started at 5:00 and we sang until 8:30 p.m. I will never forget that experience and how God gave me stregth to sing all 3 and a half hours. Country music star Darrel Worley is from Savannah, TN and he was the one who allowed the groups to come and sing. He is the one that has the River Run to raise money for the Cancer Treatment Center that they are building in Savannah, TN. Darrel says he is a Christian that fell away from the Lord and says he is coming back to Him and making a lot of changes in his life and music. I pray he does and starts singing for the Lord and not worldly music.
Pray for Him to repent and change the way he has been living his life. Pray for him to be strong against the worldy influences he has in his life.

Wednesday Weekly Recipe:

Fresh Apple Cake:
1 1/2 cup of oil
2 cups of sugar
2 large eggs
2 tsp. of baking powder
2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp. of salt
1 tsp. of soda
1 tsp. of vanilla
1 cup of chopped nuts (optional)
3 cups of pealed grated apples
Mix all ingredients. Spray the pan with non-stick spray first. Pour into a 9 by 13 or a large bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
You can grate extra apples and put in the freezer for other cakes. These cakes can also be frozen to use later to take to other families.

Labor Day Weekend:

Mom and dad came up Labor Day weekend and brought Maggie and Mollie. Mary Kate and I went camping in their camper with them on Friday night. Saturday night we all went to Florence Alabama to the Children's Museum and to Chuck E Cheese. The girls had so much fun! We then came back to take naps at our house. The girls then played outside in Mary Kate's new play area. I also got out the sprinkler and they played in the water. On Sunday we all went to Church and then out to eat at Hagy's Catfish resturant near the river in Shiloh.

Weekend in Chicago:

We went to Chicago for the weekend because Tim had a book signing. It was a great trip. We stayed with a couple who has a very nice home downtown near the Lincoln Park Zoo.