Saturday, May 28, 2011

Busy, busy, busy!

Wow, time is flying by! We have been so busy around here the past few weeks. Between getting ready to move, end of the school year activities both at school and at church, getting things lined up for choir tour, visiting our new church, along with every day life, there just doesn't seem to be a lot of time for blogging. Here are a few picture of Lucy from the past few weeks. She is getting so big and as hard as it is to believe, in less than a month, she will be a two year old!!


Walking to the car after church (Or "chuch", as Lucy says)


Not the best picture, but I love her face when she's laughing

Cute as can be! :)

Spaghetti night! Here's Lucy, eating her SECOND bowl!!

Telling Baxter not to mess with her while she colors with her sidewalk chalk.
"No, no, Ba Ba!"



A quick smile for the camera while she runs around!

Lucy was very interested in the "baby" (Shadow)
that followed her around as she moved


Sunday, May 15, 2011

A fun weekend

It has been a busy, but fun-filled weekend for the Flacks! It was a long week at school this week, so I was glad to see Friday at 3:15 arrive! On Friday afternoon, the new associate for Mills River UMC, Paige Ann Miller, came for her official visit to the church. She came over to the parsonage with her family and then we all went over to Jan's house for dinner. It was nice to get to meet her and visit; she and Michael both did their seminary work at Emory so they lots in common. One neat connection they shared was that they both did their contextual education work at the Metro State Women's prison! How many people can say that? ;)

Saturday was Uncle Day-Day's graduation from Brevard College. It was a nice ceremony. Since it was outdoors, Lucy, Michael and I went and sat in the shade - first, because I hadn't put any sunscreen on my child, and second, because I knew there was no way that Lucy would be able to sit through the service. We made it with only a few walks, some program coloring, and a visit to the fish tank in the science building. :) It was a good day, and we are so proud of Uncle David! Sorry I don't have a picture - I forgot to get them off Mom's camera before she left!

We went to David's restaurant for lunch, where Lucy kept eating Poppa's calamari. . . yeah. I couldn't believe it either! Then we came home for a nice long nap, and some playtime. After dinner time, Mom and Dad gave me a birthday gift, which Lucy thought was for her. :)


I think the shirt will probably be a better fit on me, but she still looks pretty cute!


And here are a few cute pictures of Lucy in her dress from Gramma. . .



Today was Choir Sunday at MRUMC. . . the flowers were placed in my honor by Steve and the Chancel choir to thank me for my service. It was very sweet of them and I am very touched. But I really feel like I should be the one thanking them. For the past five years, I have been so blessed to be a part of the ministry they do and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to serve with them. Through the choir, Steve, and Kevin, I have grown so much in my faith, my understanding of what it means to truly minister through music, and been able to have opportunities to use the talents that God has given me. After all, God gives us gifts to use, not hide away! And while I do look forward to new experiences at our new church and perhaps having a Wednesday evening to myself every now and then, I will miss them terribly. But that's a blog entry for another day; for now, let me just say how thankful I am to have them in my life.



And now, it's time to get ready for Monday and the week that we look forward to and dread at the same time - EOG week! (Look forward to because that means we've reached the end of year; dread because of the stress and panic that comes with these crazy tests!) Oh well, ready or not, here we go - 15 more days 'til summer!!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my Mom (Grammy), Michael's Mom (Gramma), Grandmommy, Mamaw, and Mama Mae! We love you!!!

These are a few pictures from our afternoon. The first ones are from when we got home from church and lunch this afternoon; the others are from play time after we took a nice long nap! Hope you enjoy these sweet pictures of the reason I can celebrate on this day! :)








Me and my girl!

We were pushing our limits for this picture, but it's still cute!

Blowing bubbles. . .she can blow a few on her own now! (When she doesn't try to eat them!)