Update

It has been a while since I have written, so I thought I would post a general update.

Here is what has been going on:

• Carrie and I went to West Virginia for Thanksgiving to see family. It was a great time! The highlight of the trip was getting to preach at my mom's church. It was the first time she has ever heard me preach. Here is a picture of my mom, brother and his family, and sister and her family.

• I am wrapping up my first master's class. I just finished my research project and realized that writing papers ( this one was over 20 pages) take longer when you care about the paper and subject than when you are just trying to get it done...like I did in college.


• Carrie has been selected as Teacher of the Year at her school and now is in the running to be Teacher of the Year for our district. I am sooooooo proud of her. She really deserves it!!!

• Carrie and I are wrapping up our time serving our Camden County Campus. It has been and incredible experience and we look forward to seeing what God does on this campus. We know that God also has great plans for us on our main campus in Mandarin.

OK....this is probably the best part. I got to see my nephew (Cameron) and two nieces (Ashley and Olivia) at Thanksgiving. If you have read this blog for any length of time, then you know I am Uncle Sucker and will do whatever they want or buy them what they want! Here are a few pics.

This is Ashley. We got her the Hannah Montanna DVD game. She beat me...but I did get several questions right!

This is Cameron. We got him this truck...mainly so I could play with it also!

This is Olivia. We got her a talking Dora doll that you program to say different names. Of course I programed it to say "Olivia, I like David. Do you like David?" It was great. I also was the uncle that fed her fudge and let her drink my coke. She loved me!

Jacksonville Air Show

Last Saturday, Carrie and I spent the day at Jacksonville Beach for the Sea and Sky Spectacular. We had a great time on a beautiful day!

To see the pictures online, you can click here.

Video of My Niece...Olivia

This is a video of my Olivia pics from vacation. Enjoy!

Uncle Sucker!

Well, we finally made it home about 1:30 this morning. Our flight from Detroit was changed (good thing we got to the airport early...we ended up taking a flight that left an hour earlier). Then our flight from Atlanta to Jacksonville was delayed for about 30 minutes. At least we made it home safe and sound.

Before we left Olivia....I mean Detroit...my brother, Jimmy, described the two of us perfectly. I was willing to get Olivia anything she wanted. That is when Jimmy described us as "Uncle Sucker...the brother of Daddy Sucker!"


If this picture is any indication, I think he is right. This is Olivia with the horse stuffed animal I bought her.

Carrie and I had a great time. This was one of the best vacations we have had together.

A Good Uncle

Being the good uncle, I got to teach Olivia how to shoot a basketball. It is never too early to learn!

Live...From Detroit

Carrie and I are in Detroit visiting my brother and his wife and daughter....mostly his daughter, Olivia! Here is a pic and you can see why.

Today we visited the Henry Ford Museum. It was neat to see all of the phases the automobile has gone through from the days of the horse and carriage and the bike!

While I am here I am working on a sermon for this weekend. It is a part of our 'Man Up' series that focuses on Friendship. The cool thing about working on it while here is that my brother, Jimmy, and I are learning what it means to be friends as adults.

In general, men need to learn how to have friends and be a friend. This is an area I need to work on. I have friends and I love being there for them. The flip side is that I don't go to guys as friends when I need help.

Well, back to vacation! I will try to update more later in the week.