I had this post all figured out in my head

I really did. I was driving my oldest to the DMV to get his learner's permit and I was going to get all sentimental and lots of pictures of him growing up and how I couldn't believe he was old enough to be driving BUT we get to DMV. J is all nervous about taking his test and knowing all the signs and I'm reassuring him as we wait that it'll be fine, he'll do great. We get our turn and I hand over all the papers we are supposed to have and she informs me that the birth certificate that Maryland issued us and that we have used for EVERYTHING, is not a real birth certificate. And I'm like.."what?". But, she was very nice and helped me get all the info that I needed to get J's "real" certificate. So, we are in a waiting period. I did tell J that this was the best opportunity for him to study some more, not that he was happy about it but he was so calm throughout all this. He is the calmest and has the best attitude(most of the time). I'm just in awe that we have been using that birth certificate for 15yrs and this is the first time its been denied. The new one is on its way and I sure hope its different than the one we have bc if its not, I'm not sure I'll be calm :o)

What a weekend

Friday night we didn't do much of anything, except sit in front of the tv and the sad thing is I don't even remember what we watched.....must have not been too good or funny. Saturday, I cleaned up a bit and then hubby and I and H went shoe shopping. We took H to stride rite and got her 2 pairs of shoes and they were even 25% off!  She got these.....

and these

 

We think she did a good job picking them out. Took hubby and got him a new pair of sneakers and then we headed to Lowes to get tomato, pepper, watermelon and canteloupe plants to plant in the garden. Had a great lunch at a deli and then went to Walmart for the seeds for zuchinni, squash, lettuce and cucumbers. I also got some flowers for the pots on our front porch and back deck.   

The weather, at this point, was getting rather nasty so we headed home to hunker down with the boys too. Thank God we did. A tornado hit around 3pm a mile up the road. We have since seen the path it took and it literally went all around our neighborhood! A neighbor said when it got real quiet he went outside to look and he saw it just beyond our tree line behind our house. The damage around here is unreal. I've only seen this on tv but when it happens in your town and you see it in person, it is unreal. We lost power for 6hrs Sat night and it was off and on yesterday. There ended up being 62 tornadoes in 20 counties here on Sat! I've just been thanking God that is faithful ..."For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."Ps 91:11. 

Sunday we went to our former church that we attended before we moved to hear Evangelist Joel Hitchcock. He is an anointed man of God. He is from South Africa and just a blessing! We have known him for about 6yrs and he talked to us for a while before service started. It was a great service, it was a full house too, and at the end when it was ministering time, he called J and C up to minister with him!! It was a honor for our boys to be able to do this! He totally believes in raising youth up to walk in the calling. The boys went out into the crowd and prayed for people, it was quite amazing!

We came home and I got my flowers planted and hubby got his plants in the garden. We will have to get the seeds planted some time this week. It was a great, scary, productive weekend! I did learn one thing this weekend....God has us in His hands no matter what is going on. He is so faithful!