photo of the week

The end of this September has been very busy - too busy to blog, so I will try to recap the the last week or so with a "family news" blog either today or tomorrow. But the highlight of the week for me was to be able to take Mom to see her sister Louise last Friday. It was Aunt Louise's 81st birthday. I had been trying to think of a good time to take Mom to visit her sister in Tennessee, and it finally worked out.

Happy Late Birthday to Aunt Louise!

the Texas bunch survives IKE

Except for Carl's Tahoe, it appears our family in Texas survived Hurricane Ike. Many are still waiting for electricity to be turned on so you know it has been a long two weeks now! From the looks of the photos Carl sent, his truck and Tahoe may have saved the home from getting hit by the tree limbs. Keep them in your prayers.

family photo Sunday

"Yesterday, when life was young . . . " - the Baggett cousins (summer of 1978) gather around the front porch swing for a photo with Mam-ma Baggett.

the One - political video of the week

singing the songs about Heaven

We had a wonderful service Sunday night as our choir presented "Going Home." The program featured a one-person drama (who lived in Paradise, Kentucky) and the reading of the poem "Go Down Death" - written by James Weldon Johnson. Morris Kent has a voice comparable to James Earl Jones and did so well reading the poem. Our choir sang many songs that look forward to our heavenly home. Several were arranged for choir, men's ensemble and ladies ensemble by Becky Bonam. Since we began working on this program in June, the choir members had been looking forward to this program.

Songs from the program included:

"When I Get to Heaven, I Will Sing" -full choir
"Finally Home" - ladies choir
"Sweet Beulah Land" - mens quartet
"Life is Like a Mountain Railroad" - choir
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - piano solo by Becky Bonam
"I Shall Know Him" - Nikki Finch
"Going Home" - Rob Finch
"Wayfaring Stranger" - choir
"O That Will Be Glory" - choir
"Mansion Over the Hilltop" - mens choir
"These Are They" - mixed quartet
"No More Night" - choir

To quote Pastor Sweatt from Sunday morning, "Sometimes we need to forget all about the nasty now and now, and take time to think about the sweet bye and bye."

family photo Sunday

Our granddaughter in Pennsylvania, Brielle Michala, turns two years old today!

Happy Birthday!

photo album

I have updated my "franklybaggs gallery" with photos from Cindy's trip to Wisconsin to see our middle son's family - Stephen, Leah, Natalie, Meredith and our newest grand-daughter Sophia.

Click this link to view all photos

first visitors

We welcomed our first visitors to our new home in Georgia last week. Brandon's in-laws are missionaries to Uruguay and stopped by to spend the night with us. Don and Pat Garwood will be returning to the mission field in a few weeks, and we were glad to have dinner with them and get to know them better. Since it was Wednesday night, they were able to visit our church and Pastor Sweatt asked Don to speak briefly about their mission field.

never forget

Today as we remember the attack on America which took place on September 11, 2001, I am posting links to two memorial project websites. There are photos, videos and more to help remember those who died in this tragedy.

September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center

Pentagon Memorial Project

political video of the week

As the election draws near, I will be posting my favorite political video found on you tube each week. This first one is from last Thursday at the Republican National Convention and the MSNBC reporter was left speechless by Newt Gingrich.

September Birthdays slideshow

family photo Sunday

Mam-ma (Cindy) with grandkids (Photo taken Labor Day weekend in Beaver Dam, WI)

grandma's girls all smiles

I have finally uploaded the photos Cindy took on her trip to Wisconsin to visit Stephen's family over the Labor Day weekend.

Here are pics she took of the happy girls - Meredith - Natalie - and Sophia