June 20, 2009

• Stay the Course…

  Here is a post of some of the things that we have been doing lately. It is so easy to fill our lives with things that shut out God not allowing Him to work in and through us but seeking our own desires. Sometimes it’s hard to know what things are of our own seeking and what things the Lord brings to us to do. We need to ask for wisdom from above (James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God”) so we can see and know what is from the Lord. We need to stay the course that God has laid before us and not get pulled here and there by our own desires…we can only do this with our Fathers help! If we are filling our lives with His Word, we can then recognize what is and isn’t of Him. This is what the Lord has been trying to teach us lately, I’m so glad we serve a patient and loving God Who knows us better than we know ourselves!

   

                                         Bell Choir

  

  Back row: Mrs. Freeman, Anna Walsh, Katie Walsh, James Walsh, Justin Book, 
  Front row: Dana Savino Chrissy Walsh, Gianna Savino, Gloria Book, Mrs. Book, Anna Freeman 
  playing bells at a church in Garden Prairie.

  

  Dana and Gianna. 

  

  Gianna 

   

  

  Happy Belated Birthday Caitlin!!! We celebrated on her birthday, just never posted it. : )

  

  We spent a couple days in Galena, so nice to get away!! 

   

  They have the cutest Candy Shoppe there. 

  

  Jake, Ben, Greg, and Caleb waiting while we shopped.  

   

  

  I just love the old streets, and the way the whole town is layered. 

  

  See the house at the top of the hill, above the buildings.

  

  This is a little house in front of General Grant’s house. Just one room with a loft,

  yet, they raised six kids in this house!! 

  

  Ben, Caleb, Jake, Gianna, Stephanie, and Caitlin. 

  

  Gianna 

  

  Ben running down the hill. 

    

   

  

  Ben

                                                

                                        A.T.I. Conference

  At the last minute, Dana and Caitlin were asked to teach at the A.T.I.
  conference in Nashville, so Stephanie, Gianna, and me  decided to join them and attend the conference.
  It was wonderful, what a blessing!!! We have attended the conference in previous years, and
  every year we say… “this was the best one yet!!”

  

  The student choir singing on the last night, Stephanie and Gianna are
  on the right side. 

   

  

  The Duggar family sang for all of us. 

  

  They also played their violins. They were so cute!!! 

  

  Dr. Bill Gothard. 

  

  Mr. and Mrs. Bates spoke on marriage. They (like the Duggars)
  have 18 children. 

  

  Mr. Tom Harmon.

  

  These girls played a medley  of songs on water glasses. They sounded
  wonderful.

   

  They sang beautifully!!!

  

  They sounded sooo good, what a blessing!

  

  George Mattix

  

  Dr. Karl Coke

  

  Dana’s girls that she taught during the conference.

  

  Caitlin’s team of girls she taught

  

  Dana playing “Rebecca” in a skit

  

  Going over their bible passage

  

  Stephanie on the laptop in our hotel room.

                                  

                                 Grand Ole Opry

   After the conference, we were so close, we decided to visit the
  Grand Ole Opry. The weather was beautiful and all the flowers were too.

  

  On the way to the Grand Ole Opry!

  

  Speed limit 24?

  

  

  Gianna, Stephanie, Caitlin, Dana

  

  The Grand Ole Opry!!

  

  Liz, your door is empty!!!!!!

  

  Dana

  

  Gianna and Stephanie

  

  Fun…. 

  

  Dana and Caitlin

  

                 ~Sisters~

  

   I had to stop to smell the magnolias!

  

  

   

                            The Turkey Vulture!

  

  This Turkey Vulture was right above our ducks!! 

   

                            ”Harvard Milk Days Parade!”

  The girls sang “The Star Spangled Banner” at
  the parade. The weather wasn’t very cooperative though, it kept raining on and off.   

  

  The Lawn Chair Dads! They are hysterical!!!  And… “NO” Greg is not one of them!!

    

  

  This is our old 4-H group!  : ) 

                             

                                  Model A Days!

  

  The girls dressed up for Modal A Days in Sharon Wisconsin.

  

  Alex, Tyler, Caleb, and Jake. All dressed up as paperboys.
  

  

  The girls singing in the center circle of town.

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  Alex taking some pictures of the girls singing

  

  

  Gianna, Elizabeth, Stephanie, Caitlin, and Dana 

  

  Hey Kole, is that you?

  

  Dana!!!

  

  Jake talking with the boys at lunch

  

  Caleb

  

  The Keystone cops… Greg and Kerry.

  

  U.S. Mail truck

  

  Caleb, Jake, and Alex

   

  Produce truck

  

  The girls with President Roosevelt!       

   

  “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking
  unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2

   

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