Valentine's Day

So I decided to not celebrate my love for Sarah over a day. Partially because I know Sundays have a tendency to be really busy for me. . .being a pastor and all.

So it started on Friday when Sarah received some flowers at work. . .


On Saturday, I gave Sarah some double dipped chocolate covered peanuts. She hadn't had them in a long time and I know she loves them. At night I surprised her with going to see the New Moon movie again (second movie in the Twilight Series), something she wanted to do badly (this was a big deal to her) but thought it wasn't in the theater anymore.

Then today I gave her some girly Mary Kay stuff. Stuff that smells good! That's about as much as I know about it, but I knew she would like it a lot.

So what did Sarah do for me?

For one, I got to enjoy going to the movie with her. Seeing her excitement and happiness is an awesome gift! Today she gave me 4 custom made mugs with pictures of us on them. They're really cool looking! And then for fun. . .she did some modeling for me. I've been getting serious about photography. Here's a few of my favorites.






I love you Sarah Moore! I still have so much fun with you!!!

Disney: Sarah's Birthday

This is coming late. This was a really big birthday gift to Sarah.

We stayed at Disney for 3 nights and 4 days. The first day was in the Magical Kingdom, the second was in the Animal Kingdom, the third was in Hollywood Studios, and the last day at Epcot.

The first day was her birthday and she wanted to go to the Magical Kingdom. She said the highlight of it was getting to have dinner in Cinderella's Castle. I didn't have my nice camera with me but I know we posted a few photos to FaceBook of that night. Another highlight was getting the best caricature we've gotten. It was GREAT! We enjoyed an awesome parade which led to an awesome fireworks display/show.

On the second day we got to see tons of animals at the Animal Kingdom. We got their early and brought the camera on this day (see pictures below). That night we went to dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe, which was as you exited the Animal Kingdom. Pretty cool place to eat.

For Sarah and I, Hollywood Studios was all about the rides. This was our third day at Disney. We went to every ride. I think our favorites were the Rock N Roll Coaster and the Tower of Terror.

Epcot, our last day, had some of the best food! But costly. In fact, everything cost quite a bit, but it was so fun. I can easily see how children would have a blast at Disney! By this day we were really tired and it was really cold. We didn't do everything and decided to leave a little early, stopping at the Cheesecake Factory as we left Orlando.

We didn't take a lot of pictures because there was an overcast pretty much every day, but here are a few, all from the animal kingdom.

Back To Blogging

So this morning Sarah and I were talking about how we haven't blogged in a long time and decided to get back to it. Both of us have things we want to share with friends and family that aren't nearby.

She told me she wants me to talk about our recent Disney trip. I told her she should because it was her "birthday", but she said she already put a lot up on facebook and she did! So I'll be blogging about disney soon with a few pictures.

More Renovation Photos & A Kitty

House Renovation Photos

Surf Camp

Steve Wise from Nags Head Church (North Carolina) came down to head up a Surf Camp for my youth. Steve teamed up with an old friend of his (Phil) out of Cocoa Beach, FL who runs a surf camp there.

A few things:

1. I need to be a lot better at advertising. I know word got out but we didn't get any response from youth. I was hoping to reach youth that were connected with my existing youth. . .but the results were not good.
   
2. I had a few pastors from other churches calling me about it. They heard about it through advertising I was doing in the local high schools.
   
3. I know I could duplicate the camp for next year, but having two veteran surfers will be a hard thing for me to duplicate; I love getting up on a board. . .when it actually happens. . .but I'm no surfer. I'm sure I could talk a good talk about surfing, but having a veteran is better.
   
4. All of my youth now want to go out and buy boards! One of the boys keep talking about how he and I need to buy boards and go surfing together regularly.
5. All of the youth want to repeat this for next year. . .I wonder how many would be willing to work the event instead of just attending?
   

This slide show kind of captures the highlights. . .

Pics of the New House

Here are the pictures that we have of the house. It is no fun buying a house and not being able to go see it without the realtor.

This is the outside. Lovely tan color with brown trim.

There is extra parking in front of the shed. Will come in handy when having people over!

This is the first shed, with another behind it.

There are tons of palm trees and other foliage on the property, just needs a little trimming up.

Here is the kitchen. Very nice cabinets. The appliances are a little old, so hopefully they all work.

The two car garage.

The garage again. Tons of space for all of our junk.

This is the odd extra room attached to the garage. We will probably put a wall here to separate it and turn it into a game room or something.

The backyard. It was raining when we went, so this is the best that we have. The house is on a double lot, so a nice long backyard. The neighbors behind the house have a fence, but the sides aren't fenced in...yet.

The pool! It is screened in and a very nice size!

This is the little dinning room that is attached to the kitchen and the living room. Don't know if our table will fit there.

This view is from the living room looking at the kitchen. Has a nice little bar.

Here is the living room with the ugly green carpet. One thing I like about the house is that in here and the master bedroom there is a ledge along the top of the wall, where you see the trim, which will make for fun decorating.

So, this is our house! Needs some work, but we are up to the task, we think.

Sarah Elizabeth