Our First Overnight House Guests!

We don't have blinds on the window and french door around the fireplace, so there was too much light, but they are still great pictures of the Browns!! :)

I have always loved having company, and I especially love having overnight company! It's just something about time spent with good friends, it's just so much fun!! So when Julie Brown, a friend of ours from Wake Forest, NC, sent me a message on Facebook saying they were coming to ATL, I was so excited! We had just seen our dear friends the Dews a few weeks earlier (we met Jamie, Tara, and the kids half way since we are so far south, so they didn't get to see our home and church this time, but we hope next visit that they can come south and maybe even stay with us! ).

So when Julie sent me the email saying they were coming this way too we couldn't have been more excited that now the Browns were coming for a visit!! Their original plan was to come by on Friday and see our new home and our church, but their plans changed some at the last minute, so they ended up not sure where they were going to stay the night! So of course I told them to come stay with us!! We had only been in our house alittle over a week and we still had boxes everywhere, but if they didn't mind neither did we!! The Lord has truly blessed us with our new home and our desire is to share that blessing with others whenever possible!! I wasn't sure it would work for them because we are alot farther south then everyone else they were coming to Atlanta to see, but I think it all worked out ok!!

Because of all the construction on I-85, they got here alittle later than planned on Thursday night, so Nicholas was sound asleep and didn't get to see Chase (Chase started school that Friday, so she was up and gone before everyone else was awake) We had breakfast and we also got to take Daniel, Julie, and the kids to see our church! It was a great time!! I am just so thankful that we got to spend time with the Browns, they became dear friends to us in Wake Forest, and we had such a great time visiting with them and we hope they will make many more trips to GA and maybe even stay with us again!!

Sweet Elizabeth, she was still so tiny when we left Wake Forest, now look how big she has gotten and she is just so sweet and lovable!! :)

Nicholas loved playing the Wii, while Ethan enjoyed checking out all the toys we have here for our grandkids!! All the kids always enjoy having their picture made with Boz!
Here are a few pictures from the church (I think Ethan might follow in his Daddy's footsteps!!)
I also wanted to say THANKS to Julie for the hat you sent us!! Now Tommy can stop fussing about me wearing his all the time! HAHAHA! And Chase loved the chocolates, she said you can have her room ANYTIME!!

Chase starts 8th grade

Chase was so excited to start school this year! She officially started 8th grade on Friday, August 7, 2009...Unfortuantely since we have had no Internet service I am just getting around to blogging about it!! She has a big year ahead of her...Of course, we have all the new and exciting things going on at our church, so on top of all that, Chase joined the Pep squad this year! She is so excited about being a cheerleader and she looks so adorable in her uniform! Chase is an excellent student, she has 3 advanced classes she will be taking this year, advanced math, advanced literature, and advanced social studies, along with science, language arts, chorus, and technology. Chase was also picked to be a part of the yearbook staff!! 8th grade is going to be a busy, busy year, but I know she is going to have lots of fun to go along with all that learning! This is the year that the students have more things available to them to get involved in and Sarah (our daughter in law) told Chase to get involved in as much as she could and as you can see Chase took Sarah's advice!! I will keep you updated on how things are going through out her 8th grade year, so far she loves it!!

Here are some pictures from her first day of 8th grade:

(it's always been our tradition to take her picture with a sign saying what grade and what school she was attending that year and of course the date, we have moved around so much, it just helps keep a good record of where she went to school, she always hates it that first day, but I know one day she will look back and be glad that I did it and maybe she will continue the tradition with her kids!! )

Chase's school supplies this year are all mostly made of recycled materials, her notebooks even say things like..."I am a notebook, one day I hope to be toilet paper" and "I am a notebook, one day I hope to be a party hat" And her pencil pouches are made from recycled Kool-aid and Capri-Sun pouches, Chase helped collect and also cleaned used Kool-Aid and Capri-Sun pouches at her school in Wake Forest to send off to be recycled :)

She wanted a picture with me and with her dad, but Tommy was still in bed!!

Chase is as silly as her daddy...and yes he was really still asleep, he had no idea she took this until I showed him after he got up!!

Our New Home!!

WE ARE HOME!!

Our subdivision entrance sign:

We are very excited about being in our new home!! The Lord has provided for us again and again and we give Him all the honor and glory!! We officially got the keys to our new home on July 27, 2009. I believe our first night here was that Thursday night, July 31st!! Chase had to sleep on the couch a few days because Tommy was in the process of painting her room!!
Here are a few pics of the painting process:

The "dragon fire" orange was alot easier to paint on than the "citrus splash" yellow...Tommy went thru 4 coats and 2 gallons of the yellow vs. 2 coats and 1 gallon of the orange, but in the end it was all worth it...Chase LOVES her new room!! I will post some more pictures of Chase's room after we get it fully decorated!! :)

We had alot of help moving in from our church members and we appreciate all everyone did! It rained several days, so we moved alot of stuff in our van, and Tommy's parents Rodeo, and our son Brian came and helped us and moved some in his Xterra! Tommy's parents were our biggest helpers...They were here everyday working hard and we are so thankful for them and all they have done!! We love you both so much!!

Here are a couple of pics of the Living room...The pictures turned out a little dark, so I tried to take them at different angles!

This is one of my favorite parts of the house...I LOVE our fireplace!!

This is the Kitchen and Dining area...We have a formal dining room as well, but we aren't really formal dining people, so we decided to make that into Tommy's study!!

We aren't fully settled in yet, Tommy is patching some holes and we need to do some touch up painting before I can finish hanging pictures and such!! We are down to about 3 or 4 boxes!! Tommy even cleared out enough space for me to park the car in the garage!! :) Yay!!

This is the Master Bedroom and Master Bath...(yes, Tommy is sleeping)I wish the pictures showed how beautiful our Master bedroom and bath really are!! We are so excited about our room...As you can see our furniture doesn't come close to filling the room and we have double trey ceilings and the bathroom ceiling is beautiful as well!! The pictures just don't do it justice!! :)

This is our guest room (actually it's our grandkids room) We haven't gotten the crib and bunkbeds up yet, but they are coming soon!!

Tommy's dad was generous enough to give Tommy is old riding mower! We have 1.6 acres, so Tommy would have been spending all his time cutting grass if he had to do it all with the push mower!! He looks rough doing it with a riding mower!! Can you imagine if he had to do it all with a push mower!?!

Youth Day @ LBC on July 26, 2009

Our Youth took control of the AM service on Sunday, July 26th. We had an Awesome service! Chase and Adrianne were the Worship leaders and the rest of the youth made up the choir...Ezra made the morning annoucements and after the song service the youth all participated in a skit written by our two youth leaders Josh Toombs and Chuck Kilcrease...They, along with some other adults help do an awesome job with our youth and kids here at Luthersville Baptist. The skit was a Christian (Chase) that prayed for opportunties to be able to share the gospel as she walked to work!! She came across an average person (Kaleigh), a "night worker"(Adrianne), and a drunk (Ezra). She struggled many times with whether to share the gospel, afraid sometimes for her own safety, but with Jesus (Heath)by her side, she was able to be obedient and share the gospel and because of her obedience these 3 were able to withstand the devil(Austin) attacking and each came to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord! Ezra giving the morning announcements!
Here is the Christian (Chase) sharing the gospel with the drunk (Ezra) with Jesus (Heath) and the devil (Austin)

After the powerful message of the skit...Josh Toombs delivered the message for the Sunday service...it was a great day at LBC, one of our youth came to know the Lord as his Savior!! During the skit when the 3 in the play got "saved" the kids were dressed as angels and they ran around shouting and praising God, so after Robert was saved, Tommy pointed out that the angels in heaven were rejoicing just like the kids had done earlier!! Praise the Lord!!

Short Update from The Worthey's

I only have time for a short update today, but promise to get full details as soon as possible!! Right now, I am sitting in Wendy's using there free Wifi because we are having problems getting our internet up and running at our new house!! That's right!! Our new house!! Some of you may already know, but the Lord has truly blessed us with a home of our own!! Like I said I will give further details later and pictures too!! We have had a lot going on this month, we moved, Chase started 8th grade, we have had our first overnight company, our oldest grandson started Pre-K, my good friend Heather Carroll gave birth to her new son, Matthew Haddon Carroll, he is so precious!! I start keeping him the day after Labor day, as she is returning to teaching! I am so excited to have a little one again...and I just found out Sunday, our dear friends from Wake Forest, the Dews are expecting there second set of TWINS!! and conceived naturally!!! How exciting!! :)

Pictures and more details to come as soon as we get Internet...Hopefully one day this week!! :)