Vacation 2009

GOOD MORNING AGAIN. Thursday we are leaving Dennis and Susan Lugar's home in Mississippi. And we are going back to Lexington, KY.

Wednesday we stayed in Hope Arkansas at Super 8.

And using the computer in the lobby.

Great night.

Vacation 2009

WE ARE ON VACATION.

2008 IN REVIEW A LOOK BACK

PART ONE: A LOOK BACK TO A FEW EVENTS IN 2008

Our vacation took us this year to visit Susan in Mississippi in April

Union Mills was rather busy at Easter, Mother's Day and Grad Day and a dozen other days

THE SUMMER LIFE.
THE 318 WAS THE UPGRADE

OUR VACATION TOOK US TO SEE THE BOYS

OUR VACATION TOOK US TO VISIT ELLEN AND HERSHEL

CHARIY AND BECKY ON VACATION IN TEXAS

OUR VACATION TOOK US TO VISIT MOM ON HER 85 BIRTHDAY

ON OUR VACATION

THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST PICTURE I TOOK

THE FELLOWS AT LENORA FUNERAL

A VIEW OF THE STAIR LANDING IN MY HOUSE

CHARITY'S FAVIORITE PASS TIME READING

A COLLECTION I DISPLAED OF NASCAR

A VIEW OF THE NEW 19" SCREEN

THE COOKIE LADY AT UNION MILLS

ENJOY THE DAY

THE KANSAS VACATION, PART ONE

VACATION IN KANSAS

photo 1

Kyle and Brittney
Kyle in front of the damn from our house in Altoona
Kyle, Becky, Joe and Kevin
Kyle, Kevin, and Joe

Charity and Kyle as they come into KANSAS
Charity and her wonderful friend Beverly

Kyle on the top side of the damn from our house in Altoona
Kyle coming back to KANSAS where he was born

VACATION TIME WITH MY MOM 2008

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VACATION CONTINUES

April 15th, 2007 I know most know this day as IRS day, but today is my Mom's Pauline Whisnant's 86th birthday. She is really doing very well. Charity and I are visiting her for a few days. We are taking a lot of pictures and when I get back to Portsmouth, I am going to post some pictures of our visit with Mom and the family.

On this date last year in 2007 Charity and I anda Ellen and Stephen and Mom were in Lynchburg, Virginia visiting with Jerry and Macel Falwell. Jerry passed away one month later on May 15th, 2007. Ellen has talked to Macel several times. Macel sent me some pictures she had of Dad and Mom and me, and a picture of her when she was a teenager in Dad's church in Lynchburg.

As I have said, Stephen will be going to Liberty U this fall. Thanks to Jerry and Macel Falwell. And thanks also for my Dad and Mom who have been a friend to the Falwell's for all these years.

We enjoyed our daughter with us for a few days, here in Midlothian, Texas, and she drove back yesterday evening to Kansas.

We enjoyed time with Bryan and April Williams, Ellen's daughter, and their three kids. I realized at 60 I am out of shape playing with pre school kids. But not out of shape drinking a large Braum's milk shake, a tradition I have with Brian.

Brian and I were talking about PRAYER: Some people will pray what to do, while sitting when they should be doing, waiting for an answer. Others are doing and praying while they are doing, and helping when they know it's what the answer would be from the Lord if they prayed about it.

Some will say, "I will pray about it," others will say, "Yes I will go and help," Sometimes praying for an answer, gets in the way of doing what the Lord has already told us to be ready to do at a moment's notice. Sometimes the Lord has already given the answer to our question in prayer, we just need to do it. Usually I do not hear a voice from God, generally the Lord has already addressed the issues of life in the Word. I need to read as much as I need to pray. I need to obey as much as I would pray. I need to do as much as I need to pray.

I would say if we spend time in the Word, and listening to the Gospel, and teaching of the Word, we would have a good idea as to how we should live in obedience of the Lord. We would do more doing and serving than wondering what the Lord would have us to do.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM. I LOVE YOU Charles and Charity

VACATION TIME

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We are in Midlothian Texas, Herschel and Ellen Samples home. My mother lives with them, and Stephen who is a senior and will be going this fall to Liberty U.

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We had a great day on Sunday. I went to church with Stephen and then after church made a few stops on the way home to check for good "Hot Wheels". While the girls shops, Becky, Charity and April, I watched the Masters with Mom, and Bry and Herschel put together a outside swing for Mom. And Ellen was at a meeting. And Stephen watched the boys for April and Bry.

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The girls returned, and April is the photo girl, so she took some great photo shots of Charity and I and Becky and Mom. We then had a great late supper, just before Mom was about to die of hunger. She wanted to see her 86 birthday on Tuesday. The meal was great, the ice cream was good as well.

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