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Hello All! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Our lives are incredibly busy these days. School will be coming to an end in a few weeks and the girls are excited about summer vacation. They are involved in so many things now that its hard to keep up with sometimes. They are taking piano lessons now and loving it. They are in girl scouts, and they are also playing coach pitch softball for the Dixie Youth League. They had a double header last night and who knew watching little kids play ball could be so exciting! Those little girls were something to behold! The first game they lost by only one point, but the second game, they steamrollered the other team 15 to 5! Sarah batted a home run and then scored again in the next inning on an RBI. Emily scored twice on RBIs. One of Sarah's scores came from her sister. Emily was up at bat and Sarah was hugging third base. Emily nailed the ball and got all the way to second and Sarah scored a run. The next girl at bat knocked the ball away for a home run and Emily came in to home as well. We were so excited. The girls were just tickled to death. Anyway, we're having a blast playing ball and we are looking forward to more fun this summer. Oh, BTW, the girls are doing fantastic at school too. They have stayed on the Headmaster's Honor Roll all year for having straight As. We're so proud of our girls and all they have accomplished in their lives, knowing how far they have come to get to where they are now. God deserves all the praise for these precious little girls. They would not be here if it weren't for Him. One more thing and I'll wind this up, Our girls were baptized at First Baptist Church Hickory Withe on March 13th. Praise God for these beautiful girls!

Hello All! Golly! It's been awhile since I've been here hasn't it? Well, things are going well at the Garner household. The girls just celebrated their 8th birthday 2 weeks ago. Wow! Can't believe they're 8 already. Time sure flies doesn't it? Well they just had their 8 year checkup yesterday. Both are very healthy, and for the first time in her life, Emily is bigger than Sarah. Sarah is 51 inches tall and weighs 54 pounds. Emily is 51 and 1/4 inches tall and weighs 58 pounds! Amazing! The girls are doing beautifully in school. Both are on the straight A honor roll and are top readers in their class.

BREAKING NEWS!!! This just in from the Garner household. Young Emily and Sarah Garner, age 7, attended Vacation Bible School at Warren Community Church this summer. We just got a call from the senior pastor there and he told us that during that week of VBS, both Emily and Sarah gave their heart to Jesus! I am in tears as I write this. It is so exciting and wonderful that my babies now have Jesus in their hearts. I'm about ready to shout it from the rooftop. My sweet miracle babies that are only here by the grace of God and through the prayers of so many people, are now beginning their lives anew as children of God. Praise the Lord !!!!!!

Hi there! Just dropping by to say hello. We have now been in our new house for about 5 months now and we are enjoying being in the country. Hugh, however, is not so enthused about his commute to and from work. We LOVE country life. There is so much to see and do here that you just can't do in the city. We have so much space to run around and enjoy the outdoors. There is so much wildlife out here, it is amazing. We have bird feeders so we can see a variety of birds up close. We have barn swallows nesting under the eaves of our side porch and the master porch. I've seen baby birds in the nest peeking out at us. So cute! There are Canada geese that stop by the neighbor's pond every morning, and now our neighbor has a little white duck that will just walk up to you to visit. There are Kildeers nesting at the edge of our driveway and they have 4 eggs in their nest. When the babies hatch, they are the cutest little things. They are born ready to run and will leave the nest right after hatching. They look like cotton balls running around on toothpicks. We had a box turtle wander up onto our front porch one morning and the girls were having a fit over it. I went out and picked it up so the girls could see and it pulled itself into its shell and all you could see were its eyes peeping out. Then there are the frogs in the pond next door. Bullfrogs and who know what other kids of frogs are in there, but we get serenaded by the frog chorus/jam session every night. Every once in a while the frogs annoy us, but it is so much better than hearing the neighbors sub woofers going up and down the street at our old house. It is so quiet and peaceful out here. There are people down the road who have miniature horses. I've seen guinea fowl, big African cattle with a new calf, chickens, and even emus since we've moved out here. My Dad has allowed some people to cultivate some of his land and so by summer's end we should be seeing soybeans growing and maybe even eating some edamame'. Daddy has also planted a garden, so we will be eating fresh vegetable from the garden. I'm growing some tomatoes in pots, and a few herbs as well as some sunflowers that have started coming up through the ground. There's just nothing like living in the country. Well, I guess that's about all. God bless- Julie

Hello All! Summer vacation is here and we are having a ball already. The girls are taking swimming lessons and enjoying it immensely. Hugh and I just got back from Paris last week. We had a great time and saw some great stuff. We got soaked in the rain walking around Paris the night Jennifer( another NSA wife) and I arrived. Who cares? It's PARIS! My white canvas flats I had on are no longer white(sigh)and I dropped chocolate ice cream on my shirt, but I was in PARIS. SO, because my flats were wet I had to wear sandals to the Louvre the next day.