It has been a crazy day !!!!

It has been a very interesting day today. We got up thinking we would get the kids out of the house and take them to the lake so they could play. We get down there and they closed the beaches because the water was so high, so after we tried to explain that to a 3 & 4 yr. old, all we heard was yelling....and I don't know if you can relate to being cooped up with two small ones with a teenager in the back with a big mouth only two things can happen - go gray or go bald ( well the baldness is working on Matt ) haha!! Anyway we found a park to satisfy them for a little while but it was so hot we wanted to leave that is Matt & I. So once we got back in the van it was back to the yelling. So we made a trip to Sams and bought a pool to satisfy everyone at least for right now.


After along day we ate supper and as you can see ( no its not spaghetti )Matthew loves ketshup!!! Its amazing what kids do when you turn your back.




Needless to say I Love Them!!! They grow up so fast!!!

In Memory of Maria

May 22, 2008
Maria Sue Chapman (2003-2008)
Maria Sue Chapman, adopted and youngest daughter to Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, was killed Wednesday night in a tragic accident in the family driveway on Wednesday evening. She was LifeFlighted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital but for only reasons God can explain she went home to Him... not to Franklin as we all so desperately wanted.





Your prayers are needed for all in the Chapman family. This is a family who has so generously loved and given to so many. Just hours before this close knit family was celebrating the engagement of the oldest daughter Emily Chapman, and were just hours away from a graduation party marking Caleb Chapman's completion of high school. Now, they are preparing to bury a child who blew out 5 candles on a birthday cake less than 10 days ago. These words are unthinkable to type. And yet we trust in a God who was not surprised by this and because of Jesus I am certain through faith in Him we will see Maria again. - Jim Houser (Manager)





Maria's Miracle Fund
In memory of Maria Sue Chapman (2003-2008)


Maria Sue Chapman, adopted and youngest daughter to Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, was killed Wednesday night in a tragic accident in the family driveway. She was LifeFlighted to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital but for only reasons God can explain, she went home to Him.

In lieu of flowers, the Chapmans request any gifts be directed to Shaohannah’s Hope. You can donate below to give to the Maria's Miracle Fund in memory of Maria Chapman. For donations by mail, send to Shaohannah's Hope, c/o Maria's Miracle Fund, PO Box 647, Franklin TN, 37065.

If you would simply like to leave a message for the Chapmans, you can do so on this blog in memory of Maria.

Lil Praise Program

Last night was so hilarious watching the kids sing the songs they have been so hard praacticing for the last couple of months. ( I've have been listening to the songs for so long I hear them in my sleep ) I was expecting mine to just throw a fit, but I was shocked, well until the very end anyways. Isabella did really well, she knew her songs, but Matthew on the other hand didn't want to sing at all although he knew the words to them all. All he wanted to do is sit with his hands over his face and hands. The very last song he started acting up and crying ( poor baby ) , but he made it through it. I was very proud of all of our future christians!!