The following is a video called “Neighborhood Pet”. The video features Mike Ringer (Allen’s distinguished Worship Pastor) and Tyler Ringer (Mike’s son and one of my student leaders).

Get ready to laugh your face off…

NEIGHBORHOOD PET

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Ryland at 10 months is very mobile. He can stand on his own for as long as he decides to. He tries to take a step or two, but almost always ends up falling down… somewhat gracefully. His favorite new trick is clapping. He likes to climb in, on, and over things. He has fallen in love with wind from windows, and ac’s. Ryland says Momma, Dadda, and Ha (Hi) and many other things that we can’t understand quite yet. He has learned how to point at things he likes. He eats just about everything accept milk, peanut butter, chocolate and most berries (he doesn’t really eat sweets… accept when certain grandparents give him sugar cookies or ice cream - hehehe).

Here are a few 10 month snap shots.  

Great Expressions…

The Stuff Rylz Gets Into…

 
the ac

the basket

the train

We Weavers have been off the radar for a little while… but I am glad to say we are back and in the sporadic summer routine that is student ministry.

Ryan, Ryland, and I had the awesome opportunity to be a part of the AM/SM Mission trip to Brooklyn, Maryland June 14th-20th. Allen Memorial Student Ministry has begun a longterm partnership with First Baptist Church of Brooklyn (FBCB). FBCB is in a community that is surrounded by some the most densely populated projects in our nation. The people of the Brooklyn community are in need of many things, the most important of which is the love of Christ. Lou Parodiso, FBCB’s pastor, has a great vision to reach those in the community surrounding them through relational and servant evangelism.

FBCB owns two houses that they are planning to use for education and housing. They are also planning to do VBS this coming week for the children in the area. Our Junior High Students helped to paint a fence, landscape, and pass out invites to VBS. Our high school students removed a massive amount of old furnishings and trash from the home that will be used for education. Our HS students also passed out over 200 invites to FBCB’s upcoming VBS. Both our Junior High and High School students had opportunities to meet and pray with some of the people in the Brooklyn Community.

This trip was amazing… Ryan and I both are extemely thankful for the time we got to spend building relationships with our AM/SM students. We are proud of each and every one of our students who worked hard and now carry the vision of what Christ can do through our partnership with FBCB. We are looking forward to our next trip to Brooklyn.

It is our goal to see all of our children follow God’s call to go into all the world, so… we will train them up, while they are young.  

Ryland got to spend time with many family and friends that he had not seen in a long time and some that he had never met on our 8 state trip.

Nana and Rylz playin’ in the Mirror

Playin’ with Aunt Jo and Uncle Michael

Ryland got to meet Cousin Stephen from California

Rylz Hangin with Caden

Wrestling Uncle Adam

Rylz with Taylor… Makin Moves Already

Rylz and Pops Chasing Skylar
 

The Weaver Men

Liv the Entertainer   

Fun with Pops and Lolly   

G-G and G-Dad
  

Cousin Kennedy

 

 

 

Fun vacay moments… here they are in chronological order:

Our first fun moments happend on our Sunday in CA… We went to Saddleback to do some student ministry recon. After the service we headed up the “PCH” (Highway 1… the Pacific Coast Highway). We went from Laguna Beach to Newport. We had a lot of fun just being together!

The Von Weaver Family Singers… Beltin’ it On the 1


Laguna Beach


It Was Fun Showin’ The Boys My Favorite Beach…

We made it to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Monday in CA. It was a first for all three of us.

Driving on the 101 to Hollywood

The Boys on Walt Disney’s Star

The Hollywood sign viewed through the typical smog of So Cal.

Sunset BLVD

“The Theatre, The Theatre”

We are almost the real life version of this not-so-great movie. This Weaver Bunch made it to one funeral and three weddings in three weeks. How can this be? Well, let me tell you how it went down.

It seems like years ago that we landed in Ontario, California (5/16). But I am pretty sure it actually happened. It was not easy to enter the home where my Grandma had so graciously hosted many of our family gatherings, and not see her there. However, it was therapeutic to see family I had not seen in over three years. I have missed my cousins, aunts, uncles, and of course my Mom aka Nana, Brother and Sister (Johanna). I had forgotten how wonderful California can be. I am glad that I don’t live there anymore, but I always love visiting. I hope that Ryland will grow up with great memories of California.

The next leg of our trip led us through Vegas and onto KCMo (5/23 where we had to get a rental car to get to our next stopping point, OKC (5/24). We were in OKC so Ryan could fulfill the first of his Best Man duties in the wedding of Aaron and Serena Nickles (5/26). After the wedding we headed to Honey Grove where we spent t our next week with Pops and Lolly (Kevin and Chris Weaver).

We were able to visit those at BBC (5/27). I really enjoyed getting to sing with Kati, Callie, and Chris. That Sunday afternoon Ryan officiated and I sang in the wedding of Johnny and Windy Whitehead (5/27). It was awesome to be a part of their wedding. We had prayed for their marriage for a couple of years.

The next weekend Ryan was the Best-Man in his cousin Adams Wedding(6/2). It was a beautiful day that reflected the personalities of both Adam and Lori. We flew home that Sunday(6/3). One of our students Micah Melton drove in the rain from Salisbury to pick us up at BWI. For that we are extremely thankful. 

It is great to be home… no I mean it is GRRRReat!!! We really enjoyed seeing family, but next year I think we’ll take a vacation (hehehehehe).

This coming Saturday (6/9) I will be singing in the fourth wedding. This officially makes us the “real life version” of Four Weddings and a Funeral. Yes, I know it’s a little crazy, but it’s a great honor to be a part of the weddings of those we love.  

*Thanks to all of you who were patient with our schedule. We would have liked to have spent more time with each of you. If you can find the time we would love for you to come see us… and the many attractions the Eastern shore has to offer.
 
 
 

As we were driving North on I-35 through God’s Blessed Red Land of Oklahoma… Amanda and I recounted a few of our highlights on this trip. There are several blogs floating around underneath my lovely wife’s red hair… so I’m going to let her share those blogs… and then I’ll hop back into action on Sunday before our return flight to Maryland.

BTW… Ryland has visited eight states with us on this insane ”vacation”. Our ten-month-old can now be classified as a legit “world-traveler”. (In order of appearance on this trip: Maryland, Arizona, California, Nevada, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas… Other states that Chico has found himself traveling through since his birth: Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, Delware, and the not-so-state-but-not-so-non-state-known-as-the District of Columbia…)

PRESS ON!!!

-Weav