L2L LB Style

Laura Beth is my child - there has never been any doubt. The older she gets the more she becomes like me, bless her heart!!! This year at L2L she took her own camera and captured some great pictures of the weekend. Here is a view of the weekend - LB style!

I actually took the picture of her but she posed herself and the background.

She took the picture of Carter. Both of these were on our balcony.

Kennedy Kerr, Katy Scott and Carter


Katy and Carter relaxing while I was judging scrapbooks.

A Special Ride with RoRo

This year RoRo took the kids on the Delta boat ride. They had a great time with RoRo seeing the sights of Opryland from the boat.

They will always remember this trip. At the end of the boat ride, they got a picture of RoRo with the kids. Sorry I don't have one for this. Thank you, RoRo, for always making special events even more special!

Carter's L2L Speech 2010

Carter took a BIG step and gave a speech this year for Lads to Leaders. We talked about what the theme was and how he could talk about that. Of course, he related it to baseball. We are so proud of him. I love baseball. I love to play it, talk about it and watch it. I am so sad when November comes and baseball is over. One part of baseball I am learning about is trading. I have learned that the Yankees have a lot of money and they want the best on their team. When they wanted the best pitcher, they got CC Sabbathia. When they wanted the best first baseman, they got Mark Texiaria. The Yankees had faith in these guys and they won big in the end!
In our lives, we are given a team to help us get through life. On my team, I have great parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who help me. I also have good friends. I know as life goes on, I will have to trade some friends for better ones if they don't do what is right. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says, "Bad company ruins good morals," and I only want the best on my team.
There is one player I want on my team who is the very best of all. Hebrews chapter 3 tells us He is better than Moses and Moses was great! Hebrews chapter 4 tell us He is a better high priest, and they were very important. Who is the best player I want on my team? JESUS! I have faith in Jesus that He will stand with me until the end and we will win the biggest victory!

Carter's Lads to Leaders Activities

Carter stepped up to the plate this year with his Lads to Leaders activities. He did a great job working hard to get ready for all of his activities. I was not able to go with him to his activities because they were the same time as Laura Beth's. However, I heard he did a great job and we were just proud of his getting up there! He read Psalm 100 for his Oral Bible Reading.

Giving his speech for Gran

Ty Kerr, Carter and Cade Thompson after song leading.

Carter led Holy, Holy, Holy.

Grandad Willis was great to go with Carter to all his events.

Laura Beth's Lads to Leaders Speech

Laura Beth and Kennedy are ready for their speech

If your mom said she would take you to California, would you believe her? She might make you wait first. You may have to pack for the trip, and then drive all the way there. Sometimes that is not very fun but you have to do it. Once you get to California you have a great time. The wait was worth it!

God tells us in the Bible He is going to take us to a better place - Heaven. Even thought we aren't going today, doesn't mean we aren't going. We have to wait on God. Sometimes our wait on earth is not fun but having faith in God helps us wait.

What is faith? Faith is trusting in God to do what He says. How do we know what He says? We read the Bible and believe His word. We can believe what He says because God does not lie.

In Hebrews chapter 11, we are reminded that Abraham had faith in God. God told Abraham to move. Abraham didn't know where he was going, but he went. He had faith in God. Then God said Abraham would have children. He was so old he was almost dead. Abraham had faith and his children are as many as the stars.

Having faith in God can be difficult at times. Along our way, we can put our faith in God by praying because we know He is listening. We can obey Him because we trust Him. We can see the friends and family He puts in our lives to be with us. We can completely depend on Him to keep His promises. The trip may be long and tough but when you get to the end - Heaven will be worth it all!

Laura Beth's Lads to Leaders Activities

Laura Beth, Kennedy and Leigh Ann
Oral Bible Reading - Psalm 23

Katy came to hear the girls read

Leading Singing Oh How I Love Jesus

Kennedy, Leigh Ann and Laura Beth after singing

Anna Catherine came to hear them lead singing

Lads to Leaders Friends

One of the best things about L2L is the friends we make and get close to . . . .

LB and Leigh Anne

LB, cousin Andrew, and Carter

Diane and Becky

LB and Katie Hodges having tea on the balcony

LB and Katy

Anna Catherine and LB

I Just Can't Help Myself

Each year when we go to Lads to Leaders, I can't resist taking pictures of my kids in the beautiful surroundings. I just can't help myself!

Gran Willis with the kids

Gran Willis again with the kids

My Babies and Me

Laura Beth Flies a Kite

Laura Beth had a much better time at kite day than Carter did. She was able to get and keep her kite up for most of the time. She was in her element - running in a big open field. It does not get much better than that for her.

Laura Beth and Lilly Allen - Evan's little sister

She did finally stop to take a ride with some of her friends. I love these pictures showing the kids' excitement!

Carter's First Kite Day

Carter was so excited about his first kite day at school. However, bless his heart, he had some MAJOR problems getting his kite into the air. Luckily for us, Damon was able to come and help during his part of the day. I was able to run around helping other kids and taking pictures. He was not very happy about his kite not flying.

When asked if he enjoyed kite day, he said, "No!" However, he did enjoy playing on the playground afterwards - especially the monkey bars which are his favorite!

Oh well, maybe next year!