Summer Time Fun Part 2

Philip n Billy at Wonder Works...avoiding sharks on the blue screen!
Probably the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while.



Learnin' bout space and how to fly this little capsule...I'm ready for NASA!

The scariest thing ever. Climbing a blacklight ropes course 3 stories up and worrying that people below you can see up your shorts!




Boys trying to be cool at Ripleys.





Dinner with George at Boar's Head! I had totally been crying because I had just deleted my camera memory card!

Sooo....in early August I used some more of my vacay time and took a week off to go down to Panama City with the hubs and the Morris brothers! So we had a 4 day weekend at the beach and to top it all off I was George's big 3-0!!!PARTY! We spent time at the beach enjoying the surf and the sand, and we also did a little exploring. We at fantastic food the entire time! We had breakfast at Thomas' (my total favorite!) Margarittaville, Fatty's Deli, Pineapple Willy's, Boar's Head...just to name a few...I mean I could gain weight just thinkng about it! We went to Wonder Works and Ripley's...it was fun. Vacay with the Morris boys is always an adventure and there are always stories to tell, but I'll just post a few pics from the trip. After all a picture is totally worth 1000 words!!!! PS...we are missing several pictures from the trip because I somehow completely erased my memory card on my camera. I know....I'm a nerd...and yes...I cried!

Summer Time Fun

Aunt Jo enjoying the Coed's at a Pub!


Elise (Left) and Kaylin (Right) Love them!



Posing with Blowie the Blowfish at the Columbia Blowfish Game with Momma! I mean how do you look cute posing with a flippin blowfish?


Sooo...this one is for the Momma... She has been riding my case about the blog. Apparently she has nothing better to read! So for the last few weeks I have been one busy bee. So this post may likely have 2 parts. First off, The first week of this month I had some PTO time built up at work that I had to use so I took a road trip with my Aunt Jo! Where to? Welp we went to Columbia/Charleston SC to visit my Momma. There is not enough space on this post to tell of all of our adventures, but needless to say there were quite a few. Lesson Learned #1 Robert (our GPS man) will intentionally try to get you in a wreck. Lesson #2 My mother can not 1. see to drive nor 2. follow directions to drive. Lesson #3 If its to hot for Aunt Jo to shop its just plain to HOT! We had a blast...though. Columbia (Being the heart of Gamecock country) was full of college kids and obnoxious fans.(Insert a loud ROLL TIDE here!) On a side note while we were visiting Charleston I did get to see the cutest little girls in all South Carolina! We went to eat at Califonia Dreamin' with Jon and Sarah Compton and their ridiculously adorable little girls Kaylin and Elise. The girls were totally sad that "FiLip" wasn't there, but were so excited to see me. I sure do love those girls! Part 2 to come very soon!

A Few of my CV Memories!

R & R for a Fattybread

Okay, so I know it has been a while since I have had a post...and I also know that I have not really changed the crazy template or text color of my blog, ITS COMING SOON! Okay now that that is off of my chest, we shall continue. I had a little use it or lose it PTO built up at work so I decided that I needed it to use it. I spent the last week working as the nurse at Camp Victory (CV from here on out). Let me give you a little back up info on CV. It is a CBM (Children's Bible Ministries) camp located in Hacoda, Alabama(like 10 miles from my house). I went to CV as a camper, and CIT(High School Staff), Counselor(College Staff) and have filled all imaginable roles at camp in some capacity or another. To say that I love the place would be a terrible understatement. It is my home away from home. My Oz at the end of a gravel dirt road so to speak. You get the idea. The full time missionaries that work there are practically my family. I love them very much. I have met some of my very best friends there, met my best friend through there(Heart my JMO), and essentially met my hubs through mutual CV friends. This place is part of who I am! The best thing about CV is that when I was 8 years old, I realized my disgusting sinful nature and accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior on the porch of cabin 3. So as you can see CV is near and dear to my heart. Back to my past week. I spent the last week as the nurse at camp. It was amazing to see campers that I had in my cabin as a counselor now counselors themselves. The neatest thing about my week was that CV celebrated its 50 year anniversary while I was at camp. I got a little nostalgic looking back at all the changes that have happened at camp since I have been there. I realized that in total I have logged like 19 years at CV. It is crazy to think about. The motto of Camp Victory is " Where Memories are Made and Where Lives are Changed" It blesses my heart to think about the tens of thousands of lives that have been effected by the ministry of Camp Victory...AMAZING. God is so Good. I would like to close my post with the following:

The Top 10 Reasons I Love Camp Victory

10. I love CV because I have friends all over the world that I have met at CV!
9. I love CV because I have a passion for Missions because of missionaries I have been exposed to at CV.
8. I love CV because it was there I learned that serving others is truly a ministry.
7. I love CV because it taught me how to be creative and make the most out of everything...I mean these people save stuff that you wouldn't believe.
6. I love CV because I learned that encouragement is vital in order to have an effective ministry.
5. I love CV because every time I show up there no matter how long it has been I feel like I'm home.
4. I love CV because I have met my very best friends there...Ms. Libby calls us "The Herd".
3. I love CV because I met my bestie Jennifer...aka JMO...and where the majority of our many adventures began.
2. I love CV because my CV friend Andrew introduced me to my hubby...Philip George, and Philip and I have had opportunities to work side by side in the ministry at CV.
1. I love CV because it is the place where I fell in love with Jesus Christ and gave him my entire life!
What can I say I LOVE Camp Victory!
Cara Gail

One giant step for a fattybread....

I am officially a member of the blogging community....Wow! If you are gonna read my blog, I guess I should give you fair warning that I tend to punctuate when no punctuation is needed. I also tend to spell things how they sound to me. If you are a grammar or a spelling freak this may not be an easy journey for you. I guess I must define the term Fattybread for those of you who may have no clue what exactly that is...if you need this definition I would probably classify you as a yankee (or you are at least from above the sweet Mason Dixon Line or from below the Bama/Florida border!) A fattybread is defined as(this is the Cara's dictionary version) someone who is slightly pudgy, fluffy, or the new pc term would be curvy or voluptuous. I'm a true southern girl in that I'm definitely a fattybread. In short, my thighs rub together, I'm not afraid to eat a carbohydrate, and I'm actually about 10 sizes away from a 2 or 4 and I'm okay with that. Now that we have the fattybread part out of the way, I must also give you fair warning.... I love the Alabama Crimson Tide, I'm definitely a conservative, and I'm a little opinionated, and that I can talk myself in circles until my thoughts make since to me. I ask for patience and mercy as I discover this whole new world of blogging. The most important thing you need to know about me is that I'm a sinner saved by the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. I am currently running a race in my life you see. I'm not the first to run this race and I won't be the last. I have to ask for forgiveness and grace often. I'm so thankful that Jesus is patient with me and doesn't give up on me when I make a lame decision or when I get prideful. I love Jesus with my whole entire heart. I love my husband Philip as well. You will probably become very familiar with him in my little blogging adventure. I hope you enjoy this blog. I pray that it brightens your day or at least reminds you that it could be worse. You could be in the crazy life of a FATTYBREAD!!!
Blessings,