Update on Acadian Baptist Church

We have now had two official Sundays at church. Our first service, we had 24 people there. We were very encouraged, but realized some people were probably just coming to see what we were all about. Sunday night we had 9 people there. It was basically Brandon's family there. Then on Wednesday night we had 9 people again. We were encouraged since people around here do not usually go to church any other sevices but Sunday morning. Yesterday we had 18 people come to church in the morning and then last night we had 14 people come! We had a family come on Sunday morning and evening that has 3 kids. We also had a lady come and visit last night that saw our newspaper article in the paper and decided to give us a try...how exciting! We can not believe how the Lord has worked everything out for us. We praise Him and Thank Him every time we think about it! Just like the good old Doxology goes..."Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.....AMEN"

Volleyball in December

I can not believe it is December 8th and we played volleyball tonight! If you notice in the pictures, everyone is sweating really bad! It was 85 degrees today. I'm not sure I will ever get used to the heat around here.

Look at the sweat marks on Brandon and Michael!

Buster and His Daddy

Since we do not have kids, you will see lots of pictures of our dog Buster. He might as well be our child. We treat him like a human, and as far as I am concerened, he IS a human! Buster LOVES sitting in the recliner with his Daddy. He always posistions himself so he is in Michael's lap, but is able to see me on the couch. We love this dog so much! I heard someone say that dogs are just furry humans who can not talk. And I have to agree!

More Appartment Pictures

This is the finished product...I never got any pictures of the inside once it was finished. It endded up looking really nice!

Michael's Summer Project

This summer Michael turned Brandon and Emily's garage into a studio appartment.

We had a running joke that Brandon always just supervised Michael, and when no one was around, Michael verbally abused Brandon!

Little Miss Blue Eyes

I got to babysit Adeline last week and we had a little photo shoot. She has the prettiest eyes!

Adeline and Buster

I just love this picture of Buster and Adeline. Adeline loves Buster so much!

Welcome to South Louisiana!

Some of the perks of living in South Louisina is the nice warm weather in December. Some of the disadvantages of that warm weather is the creatures that come along with it. I found this little lizzard in my bathroom yesterday. I HATE creepy crawly things!

Cemetery Tour

Jay came to visit us a the weekend before Thanksgiving. One of the things he really wanted to do while he was here was go on a Cemetery Tour in New Orleans. If you know anything about Michael then you know he does not like anything scary! We convinced him this would not be a scary tour and we picked one during the day. It of course did not help his nerves when we got to the meeting place and the stickers we had to put on said Haunted Cemetery Tours! Our tour guide was really cool and seemed to like his job and the history of New Orleans really well. When we got to the cemetery it was such a cool sight...all the tombs are above ground. It is the only way people are burried in New Orleans since the ground is so wet. The tour guide told us, back in the day, it was not uncommon to see your loved ones floating in the streets after a large thunderstorm! The tombs are very impressive. I wish I had a wide lense on my camera so you can see all of it. This is the best picture I could get. Luckily for Michael the tour ended up being very informative and not scary at all!

Voodoo Queen

This is Marie Laveau's tomb. You can read the picture below to see what she was all about. The crazy thing about this tomb is all of the writting on it. They say if you put three x's on the tomb and say a little prayer to her then she will answer it. If she does answer it, then you come back and circle the x's. It was so crazy to know that people really do believe in Voodoo. Our guide told us this grave is the second most visited grave in the US. Next only to JFK's grave and right before Elvis' grave!

More Cemetery Pictures...

This is the oldest Cemetery in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Aquarium

Madison got to come visit us in New Orleans for a day. We really enjoyed getting to see her. We went and saw an Imax show about fish. Madison was so cute she kept trying to catch the fish and she even hit the lady's head that was sitting in front of her!

Madison is petting a baby shark

Madison was with her Mimi and Papa Art. They were visiting her Uncle Chris in Mississippi.

This is the church Brandon and Michael will be pastoring. We are so blessed to have the opportunity to take over a church that has already been started. They do not have many faithful members, but they do have a store front building they meet in and all of the furniture is included! Our first official Sunday is this one coming up. Please pray that the Lord blesses this ministry and Michael and Brandon.

More Acadian Baptist Church

This is the Auditorium..aren't the chairs nice?

This is kind of the Fellowship Hall it is a long hallway with a couple of tables in it.

There is a room with a sink and a refridgerator!

This is a little Sunday School room.

Tug of War

Adeline and Buster are fighting over Buster's Duck!

Hurricane Katrina 2007

Sherry came to visit us in September. We wanted to take her to New Orleans and on our way to the car, it started thundering really loud. We sent Michael to run to the car and Sherry and I tried to hide under a little shelter. It rained so hard we were not even protected by the water. So....we decided to make a run for the car as well. The water was so high, it was up to my calves! We had to ride in the car for over 30 minutes before we could change our clothes. We looked like we just got out of the shower with our clothes on!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Michael and I got to go to Texas to see my Granny Forrester for Thanksgiving. We enjoyed spending time with our family from Texas.

Leo and Buster

This is Leo, Buster's new best friend in Louisiana. Leo is a 65 pound English Bull dog.