Ridgecrest, NC

The top photo is taken from the front of Ridgecrest. The one below is a shot of the front of the registration building. We spent several days in the beautiful mountains of North Carolina while Darryl taught at Sunday School week for Lifeway. I absolutely love coming to Ridgecrest. It is my second favorite place on planet earth, right behind Destin, Fl.
My favorite hang-out.

This is the coffee shop I frequent when there. They serve Starbucks coffee and right outside are little tables for two, which we see in the picture above. I spent quite a bit of time there reading my Bible and doing lessons for the upcoming school year.

Another look at the cute little tables outside Clouds, the coffee shop.

A beautiful cross that sits on top of the mountain at Ridgecrest.

Darryl and Mark (in red) got to get away for a little visiting with the Green Family after sessions were over one day.

One of many beautiful views at the golf course.

Darryl, Mark Miller, and Ron stopped long enough for me to get a picture. Mark works at the Tennessee Baptist Convention and is a good friend of Darryl's. Ron is a long time friend of Mark's and a pastor in Tennessee. We always enjoy our time with Mark. He is a hoot!!!

I had the awesome privilege of spending some time with some of the wives of state Sunday School directors. It is so nice to get together with ladies whose husbands do the same work as mine, only in different states. I had a great time antique shopping in Asheville and browsing through the little shops of Black Mountain with these ladies while our men lead conferences and had meetings with Lifeway.

Happy Birthday, America!

We made it home Tuesday. Darryl had to spend his 50th birthday in airports. I felt sorry for him, but was so glad to be heading home. We spent Monday night in London in order to be closer to the airport. We had such a difficult time finding things when we arrived, we felt that would be best. Leaving was much better than arriving, and I have to say that the renovations to Terminal 4 really helped. I didn't know when we arrived that they were close enough to completion that we would see them on our way out, but it definitely left me with a much better impression of the airport.

We left London an hour and 25 minutes later than scheduled. Since we had a 4+ hour layover in Detroit, it wasn't a big deal to us. Just shortened our time in Detroit. I have to admit, I was nervous coming home after the Air France incident. But both flights were very smooth.

Our precious boys met us at the airport and we went to Longhorn to celebrate Darryl's birthday. I wanted iced tea so badly, but decided I didn't need the tea. But the next two mornings, I headed to McDonald's for some sweet tea. I still have not made it to McAlister's!! I could kick myself for not getting a picture of my man on his birthday!!!

Happy 4th of July. God Bless America, Land that I love!!!!!!!