Final Florida Pics...

This might be breaking the rules, but you will only recognize the activities in these photos if you are a member of the secret society...enjoy!

Road Trip 2008

Here are some pictures from our road trip from Florida to Washington. We took 2 weeks to get here and drove through 17 states. We saw lots of people and picked up a few along the way...a few highlights were Graceland, the Corn Palace & Mt. Rushmore, the Sears Tower, and the wheat fields of Whitman County...if you look closely, you might see Jared & Nicole, Jen, Anita and possibly even the ghost of Elvis...

Funny Starbucks...

So we went to Mongolian Grill and Starbucks tonight with Charles' sister Christy and her boyfriend Tom. While we were at Starbucks, this lady came up to us and wanted to practice her comedy routine. She was midly funny, but she did have one good joke....Leigh, this is for you:

Question: How does Ronald McDonald introduce his wife????
Answer: Meat Patty

One week and counting...

HE IS LEADING YOU ON...

Tonight we went over to the Kendall's house. Every night this week and each night until we leave are booked with people we love and appreciate but somehow took for granted and are just realizing how precious they are now that we will be gone...


This is Bethel and Paul. Bethel was one of my first friends here in Florida. She and her "Prince" Paul are getting married in October. We spent last Saturday night eating Ghiradeli (sp???) sundaes with them at Downtown Disney. We Will miss you!!!




We had dessert with Dave and Anora on Monday night. We were at their home until 1 in the morning!!! The Totmans are missionaries in Niger. I first met them two years ago when Charles was in the hospital having his appendix removed and they were home for a visit. They are here for the next year and I am SO sad that I won't have the opportunity to get to know them better. Their oldest daughter, Ereina was in our VBS class this summer. Can you believe they gave me and Charles 41 FIRST graders??? It was nuts.




Rich and Ruth Carlson had us over for dinner and a movie. We watched Martian Child. Totally recommend it. Anything with John Cusiac is usually pretty good. Ruth came by our house today and took our dressers because they needed a home and because they are going to be foster parents to little girls and girls need a place to put their clothes! The Carlsons have been a great support for us and a great blessing to our ministry!




I can't believe this is one of the only pictures I can find of Tami Kendall right now, or any of the Kendall crew right now, but this was from a wedding shower where she so wonderfully blessed me with the surprise gift of two of my most special girlfriends from high school. I will get more pics soon of this amazing family, but as I was looking on my computer, I came across this one and it really made me smile...for another special "shower" she threw for me, she had the bakery make this cake...


Ok, well enough for now, but wanted to let you know that our God is so good. He blesses us with so many special people along this journey we call life. My hope is that you are blessed by the gift of our friendship.

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Update

So I guess it has been too long since my last real post. Here is a pretty concise update on the Rhoden family...

For those of you who don't know....we are moving to SEATTLE! Ok, the greater Seattle-Tacoma area. We aren't exactly sure where we'll end up as my parents and wonderful brother and sister-in-law have started a commune in Spanaway...so we will see! What we do know is that we are leaving Florida in our 2006 Kia Sedona mini van on August 1 and plan to arrive on the west-side on about August 14thish...

• I finished school! For those of you who don't know, I taught 9th grade English this past school year at Lake Region High School. It was a really rough year. Between the violent outbursts, the cell phones and ipods, and the utter disrespect, the kids really wore me down. But all-in-all, my year wasn't so bad...but I'm glad its over!






Here are my kiddos performing Romeo and Juliet

• Charles is still working hard with FX ministries at our church. He will be taking a bunch of rowdy middle school boys camping in July along the Kissimmee River. It will be pure torture, but I think boys like things like that....Girls, on the other hand like slumber parties...here is a a pic from the most recent Girls of Xcellence slumber party at my house.

Continue to pray that the Lord will direct our steps as we close things out here and prepare for our transition. Charles is planning on attending seminary and I'm looking for a job. I'm not sure if I want to teach again, so we'll see what doors open up! Seattle here we come!!!!!! Until then....we're gonna soak up some rays!

We went to Cocoa Beach to watch the shuttle blast off last weekend.

P.S. I'm so relieved to find out it was John Locke in the coffin. But how in the world will they make it back to the Island? January is so far away!!!!

You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.

Which Disney Princess Are You?