California.......here we come!

The AFS club went to California last week. They left early Wednesday morning (2/23) and traveled to Rio Vista and arrived there approximately 3 PM. Matheus stayed with a family that had a boy his age so he enjoyed having a brother again for a brief period of time. He said the family was very nice and that it was cool there because everyone cursed....ha.

They got to visit San Francisco where they rode a cable car and walk on the pier. They also went to Sacramento where they went to the zoo and a place called 'Sky High,' where the floor is made of trampolines.....:) They visited this bar that has an impressive collection of stuffed animals and they experienced a progressive dinner. Matheus seemed to really enjoy the experience. I hear through the grapevine that he met a girl there named Wynter.....very pretty blond.....of course he says they are just friends but Marco had signed a heart above their head in a picture.....:)

They arrived back home last night......late! He didn't have to go to school until 11 today. Allen Price's mom gave him a ride home so we didn't have to travel in the middle of the night....Thanks Stephanie!!!

Matheus & Wynter......is this love???

Pier 39 in San Franciso

The Golden Gate Bridge.

Beautiful cat at the Sacramento Zoo.

Who hunts giraffes?

Wrapping up the AFS weekend!

To wrap up the AFS Winter Weekend, they had a luncheon today after church.

Here are some pics!

The Price Family with Dennis--their weekend guest. Dennis lives with Dwaine Coley in Alexander County. The Price family is very nice....Allen goes to WCHS & is a member of the AFS club.

Matheus chats with Marco.

Pic of the entire group.

Matheus with a few friends....Lucas is the one with the flag in his mouth.....he was one that we considered before Matheus.....he is a sweetie!

AFS Winter Weekend

AFS Winter Weekend continued last night as the kids went to Bo's. This morning they went to Hawk's Nest to go snow tubing and tonight they went to the college to hang out and socialize. Matheus seemed to really enjoy....check out this video he shared of them tubing!

AFS Winter Weekend--Simms BBQ

This weekend was the AFS Winter Weekend in Lenoir. The kids all got together Thursday at Simm's BBQ in Dudley Shoals. We had never been there before.....it is out in the boonies....ha. Everyone had BBQ to eat and then we were entertained by some cloggers. Then the fun began.....dancing....check out these pics of our boy.....getting down....ha.

The Chicken Dance!!

Swing your partner!

Shake your booty down to the ground!

Security?

I received a call from Tommy today while I was at PHS......he started with....'don't stress out....I'm ok'.....not the way you want a conversation to begin. Someone broke into our home today while he was gone taking Matheus to school. Thank God he had gone to the store to pick up a few things after he dropped him off or he may have walked in on the thief's.....God is SOOO good to us! They kicked our back door in.....the molding around the door was completely destroyed and there was footprint on the door. They took our brand new LCD TV that we got on sale on Black Friday, along with all our wii games, some movies, my sound machine, my computer, Matheus' computer and headphones. I hated having to tell the boy about it.....we called the school and had him call us as we needed the brand of the computer for the police report. He just said 'unbelievable.' It looked like they were in a big hurry as they had started to take the wii but just left it as it is hard to disconnect. It didn't look like they did much upstairs as the sound machine was the only thing taken.....thank God they didn't take the gun! Our great friend, Dillon, came over and fixed the door for us or we would be sitting up all night with the gun! He said he put some extra reinforcement on the casing around the door.

It really makes you start to think about security and how we are NEVER secure.....if someone wants to get in your house....they can do it. The police officer that came out told us that most burglars know how long it takes for the police to get there so they don't care about alarms. Very reassuring...huh?

True security comes from God.....Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:19-21 I praise God that NO ONE can steal your love and mercy and that my salvation is secure!

Orlando with Pedro

Matheus had the opportunity to travel to Orlando with his friend, Pedro. They went to Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.....had a blast! The offer came in at the last minute so we were not able to get him to the airport.....but Karen (his liaison) came through and she took him to airport and transported him back home from Charlotte today as she was there visiting her daughter anyway. Thanks Karen!

What an actor!!!