Praying for Frankie and all the orphans of Haiti

Please go read their story at:

http://afamilyforfrankie.wordpress.com/

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Praying For The Patterson Family

www.caringbridge.com/visit/adripatterson

Strep Throat

First Upward Basketball and Cheerling of 2010

First Piano Lesson

Buddy Is Due This Week

Getting Ready For A Wedding

Taking Kokone to Church

Visit From Mammy and Popeye

I have been thinking and prying about putting an end to our family blog. For me, it has become one more thing on my "to-do-list" that never gets done, just like my laundry. For, me if there is something in the back of my mind that needs to get done, it stresses me out a little bit (OK, a lot) that it is not getting done, just like my laundry. And since, I can't quit doing my laundry, I had come to the conclusion that I needed to quit doing the family blog.

Well...I was reading in a magazine about an idea and I think it's what I'm going to try. For the year, I am going to try to post a picture each day of something that describes that day int he life of The Sparks Family. There won't be any kind of long explanation for the picture, most of the time there will be just a picture. I think this should be a great thing to look back on come December 31, 2010 and see what we have throughout the year.

The Most Wonderful Gift

Our family received the most wonderful gift last night. Our friends, The Groce's, gave us this picture frame. I had seen a similar idea in Family Fun Magazine a few months back and thought it was a great idea and I have a folder on my computer with a few pictures, but their wonderful family took it to the next level. You see, each letter is from a place that is special to our famliy and theirs.

The "Sp" is from Sugar-n-Spice, where we went to eat on day at lunch, trying to get Gwen to go into labor.

The "a" is from our church playground.

The "r" is from Firehouse Subs where we go together many Sunday Nights (kids eat free on Sundays)

The "k" is from Krispy Kream Doughnuts, which we took to their family the night before Gwen went into the hospital to deliver sweet Ashlinn.

And the other "s" is from Boiling Springs High School, where Travis graduated from and where our kids will attend High School.

We are so blessed to have The Groce Family as our friends and we pray that the Lord allows our friendship to grow in the years to come.

Light Up Inman

Our sweet Faith danced at "Light Up Inman" on Friday night. She dance a beautiful dance in the window of her dance studio. We are so proud of her!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Friday Family Funnies - I'm not a Baptist

I haven't done a Friday Family Funny in a while, but that doesn't mean that my three kids have not been doing and saying funny things - it just means they have been doing so many funny things, I haven't had time to stop laughing to write them down!!!

A couple of Friday nights ago we were at a Woodruff football game and Grammy and Big Daddy had gone with us. Woodruff had just scored a touchdown and they were playing music over the loud speaker. Faith was jumping and dancing around in excitement and Grammy asked her, "Faith, I thought you were a Baptist, you're not suppose to be dancing." Faith reply was: "I'm not a Baptist, I'm a Ballerina!!!"

That same night, Faith also said she was going to call President Barack Obama and tell him to make it a law that you couldn't "boo" the other team.

You Keep Me Spinnin'

Faith participated in the Inman Harvest Festival a couple of week-ends ago. That was her "Hip-Hop" routine, He Keeps Me Spinnin'.

Here are a few more pictures:

(I had put lip gloss on her, and she was looking at herself in the mirror)

Travis was out of town so we splurged a little bit and got face painting and a fried snickers bar.

Are you looking for us?

We're not gone...just having fun! We'll be back soon!

09.09.09

Happy Birthday to the most wonderful friend, husband and father!

Runnin' with the Dawgs

Because Samuel went to the Bruce Clark football camp this summer, he had the wonderful opportunity to run out on the field with the Boiling Springs High School Team this past Friday night. It was extra special because it was Coach Clark's first game back since being in the hospital since earlier summer.

Samuel's football season with the Boiling Spring Jr. High School Bulldogs begins this Thursday. I don't know who is more excited - Samuel or Travis.

Stay tuned...

A Surprise Visit

A couple of Friday's ago, we got a call that Uncle Eric and Aunt Kristi and their kids were in town and did we want to meet for supper - of course we did, we didn't want to miss the chance to visit, so all 16, with half of that number being kids, took over Fuji.

That next morning, the gang came over for brunch at our house and they brought the newest member of their family, Jubilee. My kids loved her!

The girls played dress-up all morning, Steven played his new guitar and Shepherd, tried to keep up.