Hello Friends!

We are back on blogger and hope that you guys can find us!!! We've been having some major website issues, so we are sorry (especially to Umma) for the delay in updates and such. :-) But here we are! Also check out our Myspace profile at: myspace.com/hotmamagrace

So, let us see...we just got home from 2 weeks in FL. week 1 was the CMA General Council, where we reconnected with ATS friends and had a blast worshipping together. Josiah even got to have 2 sleepovers with his girlfriend Jada (the lucky boy!) while we hung out with some really great friends. Joshua and I almost quit the military chaplaincy to climb aboard the missionary candidate wagon again. ALMOST. It's not God's time, we know that, but MAN, we would love to go! I saw a Christian counselor and discovered what many of you must already know...I've got issues. :-) I guess I was hesitant at first, but the free price tag made it seem silly not to take advantage of it. It was a great experience and really opened my eyes to alot of stuff that I've avoided thinking about. ANYWAY, that was Council. Week 2 was spent at the military resort on Disney property called Shades of Green. SO NICE!!! Instead of the long, hot, nasty ghetto-bus ride that we had to take last year, we were RIGHT there. There were shuttle buses running at convenient and reliable times and you could always drive. Or even walk if so led. :-) It was a great time. We serendipitously met up with our good friends and neighbors while we were there, which was a total fluke, and had a great time running around the magical kingdom with them. Mel and I went on Expedition Everest 3 times, it was GREAT!!! Josiah was as cautious as ever, but we did get him to go on SOME rides. Dumbo, Aladdin, the Carousel (5 times. my goodness), etc., our son is definitely a "safety first!" kind of kid. We had a blast at the shows and such. They really know how to do it up at Disney!

My friend Kristen and I started our own online store at www.crispcollective.etsy.com We're really excited about it...we feel like entrepreneurs! :-) So far our stock is just sitting in a pile in my office/craft room, but it's a start! :-) My prob is that I never want to part with the "good stuff" so, I make things and then give them to loved ones, or keep them for my own. It's silly, I know. I'll get over it soon. Like I said, I have issues, people!!!

We're back home now, but we're finding it humorously hard to get back into the swing of things. Josiah wants to sleep anywhere but in his bed, Joshua gets up in the mornings for work and keeps returning home for little things that he's forgotten, and I'm just keeping house and working out so far. No tutoring and not much TKD this week. Next week, Council and Disney will seem like a distant memory...ah well. :-) Where would YOU like to go for a vacation?