Harvest Party–walk through the Bible…

Storms kept it from being held outside like it was supposed to, but the event went on and was super immersive.  People from church each took a story from the Bible and brought it to life.  I should have taken more photos.

We were just about the last ones to visit.  The Hoyts were having dinner at our house and the time kept slipping away.

That worked out really well for the kids; they got pretty much all of the left over candy at the end.

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Tab had a paper due so she responsibly stayed home while Marie, Johanna, Katriel, William and Victorious went.  Marie collected enough candy for the two of them, and they put it all on the floor and divvied it up.

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More night ops for Tab!

Tab was able to participate in night ops again this year.  That meant navigating through the woods with a team in stealth mode completing challenges along the way.

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Their squad didn’t win, but they had a great time anyway.

Did I mention they do this until 3AM?

Another long day on the road…

And just like that, Tab’s week with Ava came to a close.
We headed back to West Virginia to meet her parents.

Now – the week before, as we’d driven back to SC, we took the route that takes us through the northeast corner of TN.  As we were driving I saw the name of a road that crossed over the expressway, and I was all but certain it was the same road that I mailed Rebecca’s Christmas card.  When I got home, I looked it up.  Lo and behold, our route goes right by my friends’ road!!!

So today, on our way back from WV, we took a 2 mile detour (that’s it… 2 miles!) and we got to stop in and see my dear friend Rebecca, her husband Dana, and two of their boys!  What a thrill!!  We text regularly, but I hadn’t seen her in well over a year. 

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It was so good to see her beautiful house and get a real life hug.

Tab and I pushed on.

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Through some miserable weather.

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And finally made it home.

South Carolina feels more and more like home every single day!

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Oh the Places We’ll Go….

On the road again – Tab and I headed to and from Weston, West Virginia today to meet up with her friend Ava to bring her down to visit for a week.

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Like 14 hours later we were home with Ava!

Learner’s Permit for Tabitha

We’ve been soooooo busy.
It just didn’t fit into the calendar.
We saw an opening in our schedule and hurried around the corner (yes – we live around the corner from the DMV) and Tab got her permit.

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Carowinds!

It may or may not have been 700F, but Johanna, Katriel and I helped drive some of the youth group to Carowinds amusement park for the day.

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The park is partially in SC and partially in NC.

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They rode some insane rides.

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We enjoyed a silly Snoopy show.

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We fought traffic back to our little corner of the world and had a fun dinner at a Pizza Inn in Duncan.

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