Fuzzy Smiles

What a cool service - Build-A-Bear then deliver them to a children's hospital. We started attending a corporate group of people who worship our Savior Yahweh, most people know him as Jesus, but anyway. Their September Service is Build-A-Bear and then they are delivered to Brenner's Children Hospital. I just thought this was such a cool service and they have a different service each month. They focus on the outwardness of the "church" not themselves, we like this.

Baden Lake

By 6 pm the work week had melted away.....................

TJ and I really needed a weekend away and it was nice to spend it with Chris and Laura Friday thru Saturday afternoon. Just hangin by the fire, on the lake with yaks and the guys at the shooting range. On Sunday TJ and I went walking on trails and by the lake. These are the times that make NC nice. Maybe we'll stay for awhile.

Correction for below post

Not velvet ant but spider wasp, still creepy though.

nothin' new

Not much going on around the Hill house, we've been waiting for the hot to leave and the nice to arrive which it's going to this week, soooooooooooooo we're headed down to Badin Lake with yaks in tow for a nice weekend with Chris and Laura. There's nothing like pop tarts cooked over an open fire.

The pic is a velvet ant male w/his lunch. I know it's creepy but these guys, the velvet ant amaze me. This type is call a cow killer, they say it's sting is so painful it will kill a cow, the female is wingless, bright red and fuzzy. I've only seen her once but I hope to get a pic of her also.

Labor Day on the river

TJ's parents have property on the New River by Draper VA so we took advantage of the free camping and headed up with the Jeep packed, and camper and kayaks in tow. Once the camper was set and kayaks unloaded we headed up the mountain trail with the jeep just to see what's up there. Not much, just lots of trees and some rocks. Then we headed to the river with yaks in tow. By that I mean we had to carry them 150 yards to the river (and back). It doesn't sound like much but after trying to paddle upriver, over the intense torrent of raging river water, trying not to dump the yak (had our camera in a zip lock baggy), it was a struggle for these worn out ol' arms. The best part about camping on the river..........living in the same clothes for 3 days..........nice. The best part about this trip was witnessing a river baptism.........priceless.