August 4, 2006–it’s already been 2 years since I walked down the aisle and became the newest Mrs. Moody. 🙂 We decided to celebrate by heading to an artsy hotel in downtown Louisville, KY for the weekend. Stephen had made reservations at Morton’s Steakhouse, so we walked from our hotel room to the restaurant near… Read More Hoosier+Hillbilly=Happy
We weren’t really sure where to go for our summer vacation this year, so when Jon and David both asked us to come visit them, we decided to head for NC. Besides, with gas and flight prices so high, we weren’t looking to go too far from home. We took off last Friday for Greenville,… Read More Visits and Vacation
We are on spring break this week. Yesterday and today we attended our church’s Couple’s Retreat, with Dr. John Vaughn as our special speaker. Tomorrow afternoon we’re taking off for Gettysburg, PA. We’ll be spending a couple of days there before heading on to Elisabeth’s grandparents’ on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. From there we plan to… Read More Spring break!
Wednesday was our last day of vacation. For breakfast we headed to visit with Elisabeth’s friends George and Rita, who we hadn’t been able to see earlier. Elisabeth with George and Rita. Fortunately, since our flight didn’t leave until 8:30 pm MDT we had quite a bit of the day to do some last minute… Read More Vacation: Day 8 (Travelling Home)
This was our day to do nothing, or….almost nothing. We slept in this morning after the exciting events of yesterday! We helped Tara by straightening up a little for her sister’s visit, and then left for the Wright’s house since the power had been restored. It was nice to relax and take it slower today.… Read More Vacation: Day 7 (Lazy Desert Day)
[Ed. note: these events took place on Monday, July 16th. We are now back in Indiana and working on finishing up posting about the last few days of our vacation.] Monday we decided to visit Zion National Park, just a short drive from where we are staying in St. George. Several friends had mentioned that… Read More Vacation: Day 6 (Zion National Park)
Before church Merri Ellen and I were able to practice two specials for the morning service. She had invited me to bring my flute along on the trip, and I was more than happy to be able to play at Westside again. She accompanied me for the offertory and a special before the sermon. Pastor… Read More Vacation: Day 5 (Sunday at Westside)
Our first full day in St. George was a blast! We began by sleeping in. 🙂 It was great, since we hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep in the several previous nights. We are now staying with the Wrights just outside of St. George. (Pastor Wright is the pastor of the church here in St.… Read More Vacation: Day 4 (Saturday in St. George)
Yay! St. George, Utah again! 🙂 We ate supper at the Pizza Factory “ a super fun restaurant that ‘ve missed since being in Indiana. Their breadsticks and salad are fantastic! Then, we headed for Westside Baptist Church. We joined right in with their “Camp Turned Around” VBS. The auditorium of Westside Baptist Church was… Read More Vacation: Day 3 (Pt. 2: Visiting)
The third day of our vacation began with us leaving the Bryce Canyon area, headed for St. George, Utah for the rest of our vacation. We took our time getting back, with lots of detours and exploring along the way. This is the general store in Tropic, Utah, where we stayed. We began by exploring… Read More Vacation: Day 3 (Pt. I: Exploring)