You have got to be kidding me!

First let me say I have the BEST husband in the WORLD!!! But I am sure you all guessed that by now. He delighted my heart with that surprise blog post!!! He really is my "Knight" Get it!!
He is in the home stretch on the dissertation. He started writing chapter 5. The LAST chapter!! Keep the prayers coming!

Are you intrigued by the title of this post? Well I have been doing some traveling for work, conducting mentor training sessions across the state and as the Solara and I moved from county to county I realized that I had stretched the full width of the state twice in two trips. I had beautiful weather for almost all of the drives and got to see God's creation speak his majesty. Fall is a beautiful time here in Alabama. I did have a "you have got to be kidding me moment" as I entered a small town in a county in West Alabama that will remain nameless and saw a BUFFALO on a hill next to a Llama. I blinked hard but the wild game remained! I asked the teachers at the training if this is a normal viewing for a newcomer to which they replied, "They are metal" Oh thanks hometown joke player. Way to mess with the visitor. I thought my county hopping had finally caught up with me. Here is a map of where I have been in 3 days!! Yes 3 days I have covered this much territory in Alabama.

On my way back to Auburn I stopped and stayed at Hotel Wade (with Jeremy and Amy) and got to spend some time with my favorite little man Jackson. After he gave me the BEST hug ever he walked over to the door and said, " Where's Adam" I said he's not here and he said, "is he in Auburn?" Have I mentioned this is the smartest little boy around!!?? I told Jackson I would bring Adam back on Saturday but Jackson wanted to call Adam so we did and Jackson said on the phone to him, "come see me, come see me, come see me....." and kept repeating it. Poor kid. He REALLY wanted to see his Uncle Adam. We are coming back on Saturday Jackson.

e"X"traordinary Wife

Since Amy has been busy lately, she has given me the ability to post on the blog. X is the next letter in her run through the alphabet, so I thought I would take a minute to tell you (although you probably already know) how eXtraordinary my wife is, in so many ways. As many of you know, I have been collecting the data for my dissertation the past five weeks, and I just finished!! Amy has been so wonderful throughout the entire process. I basically have been waking up, going to work and collecting data, and then coming home and breaking it down. Amy has been so supportive in her words of encouragement, cooking of her great homestyle meals, and letting me slack on my dish washing duties. She is the best wife in the whole world. She done such great work with her job at the Truman Pierce Instutiute and I know she will be great in her next job as well. She is actually on her way back from another successful conference she put on in Hale County today. She also recently developed a mentoring book as well. The past five months of marriage have been wonderful and there is no way I could have done the work on my dissertation I have done without her. I am truly blessed to have her as my wife and appreciate the opportunity she gave me to brag on her for once.

What a smart little boy!!!

We headed to Jeremy and Amy's
Saturday afternoon for some much needed play time with our favorite nephew Jackson. He is SOO much fun and SOOO very smart. Jackson loves his Uncle Adam. So much so that when I was talking to Jackson on the phone the other night he got done talking to me and said, "wanna talk to Adam". Uncle Adam and Jackson had fun playing with his trains, and playing football and riding his tricycle.


Jackson cracks us up riding this tractor across the room. Obviously it isn't meant to be ridden but he does it anyway! One of his many tricks! He is so fun! Amy let us get a sneak peak at him in his Halloween costume but we have to keep those pictures a secret. Lets just say he is a CUTIE and he knows it. I stood him in front of the mirror and I could tell he was thinking, " I am looking pretty good Mimi!!

I love this kid!!!

Very Special Day

Today is a very special day to celebrate!!!

Today 23 years ago, my sweet sister-n-law Lisa was born. Lisa is such a special friend, sister and person. Lisa I pray that this year you experience the fullness that the Lord has promised for you. May you know the richness of his mercies as they are new everyday. I pray that this year you will learn how fearfully and wonderfully the Lord has made you. You are a gift to everyone you meet. Thank you for being such a wonderful friend and sister. Adam and I are blessed by you daily!!

Another very special thing to celebrate today, October 14th, is my grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. 65 years!!! Isn't that amazing!!!! Adam and I are so blessed with a heritage of faith in our parents and grandparents as well as examples of marriages built on love and respect. What an example we have to follow.


A day early but another celebration is my parents 31st anniversary tomorrow, October 15th. What an amazing celebration of marriage!!! I am so thankful for the legacy of love and family that Adam and I have. Thanks mom and dad for giving us such a great example. I love you so much! ( I know this picture is mainly Adam and I but it is a great picture of mom and dad in the back holding Jackson!!!!) I will add another picture later!!

Unexpected roadside adventures

Adam and I made it home late last night from visiting family in Hattiesburg. We had a great weekend seeing everyone and celebrating Lisa's birthday (check back tomorrow for a special birthday post). Well as is life there are often times unexpected bumps in the road (no pun intended). We were about an hour outside of Hattiesburg, cruising along when I was really fighting the urge to go to sleep. I felt horrible for my sweet husband who was just as tired as I am but one of had to stay away (the DRIVER) so I decided to fight my sleepy pangs and talk to him and keep him awake. It was about this time when he began to notice a funny noise and that the car wasn't driving quite the same. I suggested slowing down and listening closer. We were looking for an exit but didn't see one so Adam slowed down and was making his way to the side of the road when I tire blew out in a major grand way. Thankfully he was able to control the car and get it the rest of the way of the interstate. The Lord's hand was on us because if we would have been traveling at 70mph when that happened it could have been far more dangerous. Long story short. Adam put the spare on and we we drove a whopping 45 mph into Meridian about 35 miles away. Have you ever driven on a spare for that long folks? ITS LOUD! Thankfully Sears was able to get us a new tire and a mere couple hours later we are back on the road again! Are you tired yet? We were but our roadside adventures were not over. The rain met us on the two lane stretch of the highway, but this trip we were prepared with brand-new windshield wipers. I am reading my book and Adam is listening to the game when out of no-where the drivers-side windshield wiper goes nuts and gets lodged in the windshield. I am talking STUCK! I have never seen such. Did I mention we are on a two-lane road at this point, IN THE RAIN? A non-functioning windshield wiper didn't make it easy for us to SEE a place to pull over but we finally found somewhere and Adam got out (have I mentioned I love my husband) and pulled and pulled to get the windshield wiper dis-lodged from the windshield. Craziness. Then he reattached the blade. The question is will the windshield wipers work. ??? Depends if you consider working blades to mean when the windshield wiper flies off the side of the car. Yes folks thats what happened. When Adam got back in the car all I could do was laugh! He said why are you laughing, I said to keep from crying and because to see that windshield wiper fly off the car was kind of funny too! Adam wasn't amused. Thankfully the rain quit eventually.
We were planning to stop in Prattville and see our favorite nephew Jackson
but when our 5 hr trip turned into 8 we decided to head on back to Auburn.

Life is full of the unexpected, but we serve a God who meets us in the unexpected moments on the roadside, the tableside, the bedside and walks through those unexpected moments. Sometimes we don't know whether to laugh or to cry and some situations call for both and that is perfectly ok because we serve a God of the unexpected!

The Knights

Yesterday, October 7th, was our four month anniversary!! WOW. Time flies when you are loving married life!!! It has been so much fun!!! I really can't say enough great things about being married to my best friend! I finally (four months later) got our wedding announcement in the paper!! Click here to see the online version of it.

Sweet Corrie Beth

Yesterday, October 3, 2008 was a very special day. It was the birthday day of Corrie Elizabeth Robinson the sweet daughter of my wonderful friend Karen and her husband Brian. She is 6 lbs 12 oz. of cuteness. The Lord has graciously allowed Karen and I to be in the same city for this season of our lives, a feat that we never thought would happen again, but this has been especially wonderful as Karen has been here to celebrate first hand the first months of marriage with Adam and I and I have walked with her as she anticipated Corrie Beth's birth. Yesterday was beyond words as I sat in the hospital room next to one of my best friends and reflected back on her 40 hours of labor (yes folks and she welcomed this baby without an epidural! She is amazing!!). We are truly at an amazing place in our lives, she had just become a mother and I was thrilled to sit with her and smile at the Lord's goodness and then to hold this sweet little one and know that the Lord has such great plans for her life. I know that she is going to be loved and prayed for by two amazing parents and so many others who already thinks she is the prettiest thing we have ever seen!!!Welcome to the world Corrie Beth. Take good care of your wonderful parents!!!