Refugee Empowerment Program

Our church has recently started helping out with the Refugee Empowerment Program in Memphis. Many families from Burundi, Sudan, Somalia and the Congo are brought to the U.S. by the UN and Catholic Charities to escape the oppression in their countries. REP works to address the needs of the most under resourced people through education, leadership development, community building, cultural adjustment, and spiritual enrichment. Our small group has been paired with a family to help them make the adjustment. We are very excited to be able to help and to get to know them!

Design Star

My sister's sorority sister is a finalist on Design Star. Her name is Jen Bertrand. If she wins she'll get to host her own show on HGTV. You can vote once a day online and 5 times via text. Please VOTE! Voting ends tomorrow morning and the winner is announced Sunday, August 3rd.

An artist in the family

Mallory went to Art Camp last week and had a wonderful time. Here are some of her masterpieces. Maybe next year Campbell : )

Loose tooth

Mallory has had a dangling tooth for the past several days so Popsy came over to help her pull it out. She did it all by herself and is very excited to use her tooth fairy pillow tonight!

Camille Elizabeth Garrett

She has arrived! Cami Elizabeth Garrett weighed 6lbs 14oz and was 21 inches long. Congratulations Mindy & Chris!

Learning

Now I've learned the importance of reading the post or doing spell check ahead of time. Once you post, it's too late to correct it. : )

New Niece

I'm anxiously waiting for the call from my sister in KC to announce my new niece has arrived. She checked in to the hospital last night. This will be my 5th niece. I already have 9 newphews so it will help a little with the balance. And I don't mean that my sister has 14 children. They are spread out amoung several siblings and in-laws.

It's hard being the only one that lives away from home. But I'm counting on the new technology and my brother-in-law to send me photo updates throughout the day. I'll post a pic once she arrives.