Beyond The Red Door

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Things That Make Me Smile

Seeing the kids reading their Bibles on their own
Hearing the ocean
Smelling a cake baking
Remembering our wedding day
Singing in the church choir
Shopping for my family
Feeling good
Reading in the tub
A quiet house
Watching a funny movie with the kids
Seeing my kids playing a game together
Ron's little finger dance
Hearing my kids being excited about church
Watching Ron play with Faith (our dog)
Hearing Ron snoring beside me after he has been gone on a long trip
Chatting with special friends
Feeling hot sand under my feet on a beach somewhere
Game night with Brian & Kim and kids
Spending one on one time with Kim
Double Dating With Brian and Kim
A clean house
Sitting on my front porch in my new rockers
Walking on a cool evening with my family
Losing weight
Seeing my kids make a great play on the soccer field

About The Hunters

My dear sweet hubby, Ron, and I have been married for 20+ years. We began dating during my freshman year at Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville. He is my college sweetheart. We have ministered together in various ministries during our lives together. We pastored for 10 years in Florida. We moved to TN in 2000 to Co-Pastor with some friends of ours. The Lord has given me a fabulous provider whom I love more than any words I write could ever express. He is now the CEO at our denomination's publishing company, Randall House Publications. I am honored to support him.

Our oldest child is named Michael. He is now officially a teenager, although I don't think I'm old enough to have a teenager. He is a very sweet and considerate young man. He is my thinker and my reader. He absorbs every piece of new information that he comes across. He loves playing soccer, riding his bike, skateboarding, reading, watching the History Channel, the Military Channel, ESPN and any documentary on TV. I am privileged to be his Mother.

Lauren is our youngest child. She is just 15 months behind her brother in age. She is wise beyond her years. She has a sharp-witted tongue (which sometimes has to be tamed), a quick sense of humor and a heart for people and animals. She loves organizing anything and everything. She loves being with her friends, singing, talking on her cell phone and playing soccer. I am blessed to be her Mother.

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. - Kathleen Norris

On My Nightstand

When I Lay My Isaac Down by Carol Kent
Esther: It's Tough Being A Woman by Beth Moore
NIV Life Application Study Bible

Back On The Bookshelf 2009

~Beyond The Red Door~

Jan. 12, 2008
Photo Hunters - Theme "Skinny"

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This week's theme for Photo Hunters is "skinny". I searched and searched and searched and finally found a picture of me when I was skinny.

This was taken many moons ago when Ron and I were dating. It is probably from 1986.

Here's another one just to prove that the one above wasn't a fluke.

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Nov. 17, 2007
Photo Hunters - I Love ___________

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Today's theme for Photo Hunters is I Love _________. Of course I love my family, friends, pets and so on....but for this theme today I chose FALL.

I Love Fall:

Up close this red tree looks hot pink. It is so gorgeous.

This wide open field just begged for it's picture to be taken.

This picture was taken at a park/boat ramp just a little ways from our house.

Ok - this picture would have been better if I had gone farther down the boat ramp but it was just plain cold and I didn't have a jacket on. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the colors are still as beautiful when we go to Fall Creek Falls next weekend for Thanksgiving. I want some gorgeous pictures. Usually the colors have come and gone by now. But with the Indian Summer we've had the colors are coming out later this year. Surely they can hang on for 4 more days till I can get to the woods with my camera.

So, anyway, I love fall!!!! I love the colors. I love the crisp cool air (except on a boat ramp without a jacket).

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Oct. 27, 2007
Photo Hunters - Theme "Pink"

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Ok - at first I thought I would have a hard time coming up with something for the pink theme. But now I can't decide between 3 different pictures. So, I'm just going to post them all.

The first one is an incredible floral arrangement in one of the lobbies of the Waldorf-Astoria where we stayed when we went to NYC for our Anniversary trip. It was truly incredible. It was huge. And it smelled divine.

THOSE ARE REAL FLOWERS!! It just amazed me. One day we walked through there to get a picture but they were doing some kind of "maintenance" on it. They had a huge white sheet on the table under the plant and were cutting off dead flowers and leaves. This was taken the morning we were leaving. It looks like it hasn't been touched. How do they do that??? Oh and don't I just look overjoyed. if you know me - you know why I look like that. If you can't remember or don't know me at all then you probably should read this entry to find out more.

Now for the other pink pictures. I'll explain after the pictures.

When I was pregnant with Michael Ron built Michael a dresser. When I was pregnant with Lauren Ron made her this shelf for her collectibles that she would have one day. Well, that shelf has moved from house to house with us. But she no longer wanted any pink in her room. (Her room was all pink when she was a baby - then she learned to talk and was able to express her attitude - and that was the end of everything else pink. This shelf was the last to go.) She decided she wanted to paint it white for now to match the trim. We decided that white would match any color she was to use in her room in the years ahead. And she wanted to paint it herself. So, this is Lauren painting her pink shelf white.

When she wakes up I will go in and get a picture of her shelf now. I wish I had pictures of the shelf through the years. I didn't notice any on Ron's laptop - that I'm using today. We used to store her Cabbage Patch dolls (unopened in their original boxes) on the shelf. But she eventually had too many of them for the shelf. So she switched to her soccer and singing trophies and medals. She also has other collectibles/breakables on it.

Oh and Michael does still have his dresser that Ron made him too.

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