LipscombSports.com - Scripture at the heart of Sanderson's walk

LipscombSports.com - Scripture at the heart of Sanderson's walk

Halloween 2011

Jay is Elvis every year he gets to dress up!

Our crew---Walton's & Martin's---the sweetest witches I know. Willie's objective was to be SCARY--accomplished. Ruby was a Greek Festival dancer.

Oh, here's Ruby as a ninja--pre-Halloween party!

And, Willie went to the pre-Halloween party as Robert Boyd- one of our players.

Life goes Fast!

Whoa! It's been a minute since I've been able to document the Walton's happenings....well, okay almost 2 months. Since Willie's football tournament is postponed for the weather this weekend, I have unexpected time on my hands to post some pics and update this family's blog.

Lots has been happening and I wish I could pour every little detail here of all that the Lord has been teaching and showing our family. One day we'll be able to share it all. In the meantime, I've got to fill the gap in our family blog or when we're old we will just wonder....what in the world were we doing:)

The last 2 months have held some of the most precious memories for our family with Cristina in Nashville. What a beautiful privilege to have her here in our home. She's back in the DR now looking forward to hopefully coming back soon for her studies. May it be fast!

Willie has spent most of his time on the field for FLAG football field or soccer. (Or chess club!)

a little defense...

quarterbacking....

and with Ruby, you never know what she is into, she will get away from you fast! I thought she was downstairs the other day. I went to check on her and she was in Jay's car unpacking the console and Shizzle was in the car with her...

One beautiful Sunday afternoon in October, she was dancing in backyard watching her shadow and slinging her hair in this sweet dress. I don't want these times to go fast.

Honestly, she's not fast enough on soccer field yet but Daddy was the perfect coach.

Next......Basketball season is upon us and Bisons promise to be fast! They play Tuesday night in an exhibition game.

And, while life goes fast, there's also the waiting....Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6.

Cristina in Nashville!

Many, if not most, of you know that Cristina is in Nashville! While her journey from her life-long orphanage in the DR here to the Walton home is unfinished story, we trust in God's sovereign plan for her and rejoice daily in the blessings we are experiencing through the journey. Hope you'll enjoy some of the these fun snapshots of her first days and a her first holiday weekend in the US.

And check our updated family photos....

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Please keep us in your prayers!

End of Summer in the States

In addition to Jay and I having time of our life on our DR trip (see previous posts), end of summer got hot as usual in the South which means 2 things......

1) stay in A/C and get creative. As you see, Ruby has no problem coming up with something to do even in the dog days of summer. How about just dress up your dog in a cheerleader suit???

2) or stay in the water!

Annual trip to Lake Martin to visit my dear friend Wendy and family.

These are legs of a 4 year old!!!!!



The big kids....
and baby B!

And a perfect summer day with our friend Montreal at a local splash park.

With school back in session and flag football practice starting, we welcome the crisper days to come. Summer 2011 was full of blessings!

LipscombSports.com - Dominican Travel Blog - Day 6: La Romana Orphanage

LipscombSports.com - Dominican Travel Blog - Day 6: La Romana Orphanage

This link will take you to our visit to the orphanage in La Romana. For my Faithbuilder friends, you'll see a few glimpses of your contributions at work. Willie, Ruby, Nana & Papa and I assembled the donations into backpacks for each player to have some "tools" to play with the children. Thanks for providing those tools!

LipscombSports.com - Dominican Travel Blog - Day 5: Church and Bisons win

LipscombSports.com - Dominican Travel Blog - Day 5: Church and Bisons win

All is well here in the DR! Actually, absolutely great and if our kids were here with us we may would just stay forever. The pace is much better and the need is much greater. Our resources are invaluable to most amigos here in the DR.

The link above links you into the daily blogg maintained by LU Athletics.

We added some family pictures on FB with Cristina who has traveled with us all week. What a blessing to have Cristina traveling with us and bonding with Jay and me all week. We pray and hope all will go well for her to visit us very soon in the States.

Thanks for everyone's prayers!