House Divided

I (Laura Susan) am the first Georgia fan to come out of the Darnell clan. (Springer's been a Bulldog since birth.) I come from a long line of Bama fans on both sides. So as you can imagine, the Georgia-Alabama game is a big deal. We decided to watch the game with the Darnells in Macon, and here's what Mom came downstairs wearing! Grandpa's Alabama sweatshirt! She makes me laugh!

But better luck next year to the Tide! (Or not) Go Dawgs!



And this is what Springer thinks about elephants... and don't you love the look on Mom's face when she is laughing? I do!

This is really cute...

http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=9e7c4b40cf5a13cea6ca

Labor Day

We have had a great Labor Day weekend! We spent the weekend in Paradise... Athens, Georgia, and cheered our Bulldogs on to victory. Spent some time with family and friends... and got to see two of our favorite kids on the planet... Levi and Charlotte. We LOVED sleeping in this morning, and we made a garden today. It was really fun... our first gardening experience. Here's what it looked like...

It actually looked even worse than this at first...

covered in pine straw and leaves... yuck!
My cute hubby!
Tada! We had some good ideas for different flowers

(thanks to Victoria for lending me her gardening books),

but all that Lowes and Home Depot had were mums... but we like mums!

I planted basil, thyme, and rosemary.

Booyah, Publix! You will never overcharge me for fresh herbs again!

Oops, let's zoom out.
That's better!
The yellow chrysanthemums are called "Heidi",

and the purple ones are called "Symphony."

We had one mum left over, so it is keeping the birdbath company.

We like gardening! If only we could make grass grow in our front yard...

I didn't truly appreciate iTunes until right now. So I have been really busy with work, life in general... but I really love Shane&Shane. I have been trying to figure out when I could make it out to the Christian bookstore across town to get their new CD.

Tonight, sitting on my couch in my pajamas, I downloaded Pages the new CD... and it's good... and made a copy for Springer and me in less than 5 minutes. That, my friends, is beautiful. I now have a full appreciation for the beauty of iTunes.

"We love you Jesus for so many reasons..."

Hooray!

We have had a lot to celebrate lately.
July 26 is Springer's spiritual birthday... he turned 10 last week.
July 29 is the anniversary of our first date... our relationship turned 3 on Sunday.
Springer's birthday is August 7... he'll be 27!
So there is a lot to celebrate in our house. We thank God for JOY!

There are also some celebrations outside of our house, but in our hearts... I'd like to give a shout out to the birthday twins, Camille and Laura, on August 3, and our sweet friend Charlotte's birthday is August 2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Harry Darnell

http://www.13wmaz.com/video/player_news.aspx?storyid=41265&aid=39126

My brothers went to Barnes and Noble yesterday for the Harry Potter release... dressed up. See if you can recognize them on WMAZ!

Weekend Projects

Hi friends! I have been hoping to post pictures of the house for awhile now, but I had lost the cord that hooks our camera to the computer. Springer found it yesterday, and we are back in business!
We've been working on some weekend projects lately, and here are the results! Caroline came one weekend, and we put these hanging baskets up.

I really like our fireplace. Mrs. Cain painted the picture on the mantle, and it is beautiful!
This is our kitchen! We're planning to paint it green. What do you think?
Caroline helped to paint the bathroom too. We had a fun time, and I really like the way it turned out!
The Darnells gave us this front porch swing. We have spent many evenings out here. Thanks Mom and Dad!
We love our yard! Didn't Springer do a good job mowing?

More to come... and please come and visit!