Monthly Archive for June, 2007

Summer Vacation - Saturday, June 30th - Six Flags Over Texas

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Fay
on June 30, 2007
in Travel
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So here we are traveling again!

This is Summer vacation 2007. We’re attending the Worship Institute yearly conference. This year the institute has changed the name to Transcend 1.0. This is the organization that Fay traveled with in April to Mumbai, India.

We arrived early so as to be able to relax and have some family fun time. Family attending are Nana, Auntie Gail, Dad, Spencer and Mom (wish the rest of you were here, both family and friends!!)!

We’re at the fabulous Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, Texas. It sits on 4,400 acres and is comprised of the hotel, grounds, parking areas, a nightclub, beautifully landscaped grounds (both inside and outside the hotel - when you’re inside the hotel you forget you’re inside because it’s landscaped like you’re outside with rivers and walks and landscaped areas), and lots of shops and eateries.

We went to Six Flags Over Texas today and had fun, even though we were totally and completely rained out!! It didn’t matter, because between the humidity (we were already sweating profusely) and the downpour, we spent the entire day wetter than wet!! So here we are having fun in the rain…

Wet, Bedraggled Six Flaggers!

Unbelievably wet, tired, and ready to return to the air-conditioned comfort of our rooms, we go back to the Gaylord, freshen up a bit, and head downstairs to the Java Coast Cafe for a late-nite cup of Jo!

Drawn by a great drum beat and music coming from somewhere, we make our way to the cafe patio. The patio loft overlooks a lower level area that has a river running through it with a double-staircase winding down; very dramatic and beautiful. And Lo! and Behold!, a not-so-private wedding reception is going on (we have conversation wondering how much this reception cost?!). We’re chair-dancing to some great tunes care of the the wedding DJ and settled in ringside and watched the festivities below. So much fun!!!

Gail and I recounted our hair-raising experience on The Texas Giant; the most brain damaging wooden roller coaster ever…I really thought I was going to die before it was over…and watched as the wedding festivities wound down and took in the richness of our surroundings and the day. How much fun could anyone be having???!!

More tomorrow, and I’ll be faithful about posting blogs and pictures galore. Family and friends, feel free to comment. Comments are always welcomed (and then I’ll know you’re watching)!

Ya’ll come back now, ya hear…

Spencer’s Officially A Teenager - Argh!!

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Fay
on June 21, 2007
in Life As Normal
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Well, it finally happened, Spencer celebrated his 13th birthday on the 19th. He’s officially a teenager (I can’t believe it) and exhibiting signs of teenage communication (if that’s what you call it). I’ll settle for a grunt right now, or a roll of the eyes, or a, “Maaaaaam!” said in a sing-song, exasperated voice. Nana managed a couple of pictures.

As always, he was lavished with gifts. Nana took him to town on his birthday and treated him to breakfast, a pedicure (which he wasn’t really sure about until after he’d sat in the massage chair with his feet in a warm whirlpool for 45 minutes), and new clothes and shoes. He promply spent some of the money Auntie Gail gave while listening to tunes on his new iPod from mom and dad. Spoiled, spoiled, spoiled… And of course, he’d already spent the gift card from Auntie Cheryl when we were in town on Sunday. So, yes, he’s definitely a modern boy with modern tastes. I keep telling him it will be a rude awakening when he enters the work force and sees how much everything costs and has to earn it for himself. He’s learning that now after the fact while I gleen 50 hours of hard-labor in the yard as pay-back for his trip to Portland over Easter break!! Nonetheless, he’s still a good, loving boy with a great sense of humor, and an easy-going nature. Hope it all stays that way!! He cracked us up the other morning. Michael and I were talking about song writing, and how we feel God has blessed us with some worship songs, and how could we go about producing those songs, when all of a sudden Spencer pipes up with a very serious look on his face that he’d been blessed with a song too. Our heads snapped around and we both exclaimed at the same time with surprise, “What is it?!” He proceeded to put his hands to his mouth and mimed playing an instrument while making exact sounds of the Australian Digeree Doo. We all laughed ourselves silly. A little levity is always good for the soul. :o We’re having fun together!