family photo Sunday

Celebrating Mom's 81st birthday Saturday night at the 

Wagon Wheel Fish Camp in Cowpens

Franklin Family Birthdays for Aug 16th - 31st

We celebrate SIX birthdays in the Franklin Family for the 2nd half of August 2014! 

Cousin Greg Brown will be celebrating his 40th birthday on Friday, August 22nd.  

Greg is the son of Pat and Don Brown, and grandson of Emily Franklin Kirby Jones.    

Pictured at left with his wife Kylee

Hope you have a great day! 

Cousin Daniel Pettit will be celebrating his 16th birthday on Sunday, August 24th.  Daniel is the son of Ray and Bernadette Pettit, and grandson of Dianne Dorman Pettit. 

Pictured at right with Miranda

Hope you have a great day! 

My mother, Martha Franklin, will be celebrating her 81st birthday on Tuesday, August 26th. 

Martha is pictured at left holding her great-grandson Asher.

Hope you have a great day!

Cousin Barabara Dorman Wilkie will be celebrating her 63rd birthday 

on Thursday, August 28th.  

Pictured at far right with her sisters, Dianne and Gloria. 

Hope you have a great day! 

Rachel Franklin will be celebrating her 36th birthday on Saturday, August 30th.  

Rachel is married to our son, Brandon, and is pictured at left with all her family - Charlie, Asher and Haley Grace.

Hope you have a great day! 

Cousin Ray Pettit, Jr. will be celebrating his 49th birthday on Saturday, August 30th.  

Ray is the son of Dianne Dorman Pettit 

and grandson of Ann Franklin Dorman.  

Pictured at right with his wife Bernadette.

Hope you have a great day! 

Baggett Family Birthdays for Aug 16th - Aug 31st

We celebrate three Baggett Family 

birthdays this week! 

Josie turned  7 on Saturday August 16th.  

Josie is the daughter of Cindy's brother Sam Baggett 

and grand-daughter of Winnie Baggett.  

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!  

Patrick McDonald will be celebrating 

his 42nd birthday 

on Sunday, August 24th.  

Patrick is married to Cindy's niece Brandy.   

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!  

Rachel Franklin will be celebrating 

her 36th birthday on 

Saturday, August 30th.  

Rachel is married to our son Brandon 

and is pictured with the family at left - 

Charlie, Asher and Haley Grace. 

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday! 

family photo Sunday

Asher Lee meets his great-grandma, Martha, 

at 5 months of age 

(photo from July 24th)

meeting little sister Evelyn

Holding their little sister, Evelyn, 

for the first time!  

From top to bottom: 

Natalie,  Meredith, Sophie, and Ethan

Click pictures to enlarge

Loving the smell of freshly cut wood!

Finally getting around to having our deck repaired. 

The wood was so bad, we went ahead and had it all replaced.  

Loving the smell of cut wood!  

Welcome to our world - Evelyn Caroline

We have a new granddaughter, Evelyn Caroline, 

born at 9:15 AM this morning to Leah (and Stephen.)

She weighed 6 lbs 4 ounces and was 18 3/4 inches long. 

day trips...from our home in GA

If you ever want some landscaping ideas, you should visit GIBBS GARDENS in Ball Ground, GA! Gibbs Gardens is about an hour north of Atlanta. Cindy, Paula and Flora visited a few weeks ago and took these gorgeous pictures (Click photos to enlarge). 

Of course Mr. Gibbs made his living for the past 30-40 years as a landscaper (can you tell?) Click link for more info

family photo Sunday

Ethan, our red-headed grandson in WI - 

showing us how to eat corn on the cob!  

Baggett Family birthdays for August 1st - 15th

We are celebrating 5 birthdays 

in the Baggett Family

for the first half of August 2014 

Cousin Daniel Blackstock celebrated his 29th birthday on August 1st.  (Pictured at left with cousin Bradley Blackstock.)

Daniel is the son Morris (and Linda) Blackstock and grandson of Robbie and Joel Blackstock.  

Hope you had a great day! 

Haley Blackstock celebrated 

her 23rd birthday 

on Monday, August 4th.  

Haley is one of the newer family members; 

she was married to Colby Blackstock 

in November 2013.   

Colby is the son of cousin 

Mike and Susan Blackstock.

Hope you had a great day!  

Cousin Jessica (Jessie) Baggett celebrated her 22nd birthday 

on Tuesday, August 5th. 

Jessie is pictured with her sisters Sierra and Mikaya at left.  

Jessie is the daughter of 

Sheryl (and Anthony) Griego 

and granddaughter of 

Kelsea and Roxy Baggett.

Hope you had a great day! 

Peyton McDonald celebrated her 11th birthday on August 5th.  Peyton is pictured with 

her brother Noah, 

older sister Aurora, and mom.  

Peyton is the daughter of Brandy (and Patrick) McDonald, granddaughter of the late John Baggett and great-granddaughter of Winnie Baggett. 

Hope you had a great day! 

Carl Baggett will be celebrating 

his 43rd birthday 

on Friday, August 15th.  

Carl is pictured during a recent visit to our home in GA 

with his sister Cindy. 

Carl is the son of Winnie Baggett. 

Hope you have a great day! 

Franklin Family Birthdays for Aug 1st - Aug 16th

We are celebrating three 

Franklin Family birthdays

for the first half of August 2014 

My cousin Jeff Brown will be celebrating his 44th birthday 

on Tuesday, Aug 5th.  

Jeff is pictured with his wife Charity and daughters Neeley and Nyah. 

Jeff is the son of Pat and Don Brown and grandson of Aunt Emily Franklin Kirby Jones.  

Hope you have a great day! 

My cousin Terry Albright will be celebrating his 

76th birthday on Thursday, Aug. 7th. 

Terry is pictured with his wife Carolyn.

this picture was taken at our family reunion in 2012. Terry is the son of Aunt Myrtle Franklin Albright.

Wishing you a great birthday! 

My cousin Trey Daly will be celebrating his 21st birthday

on Saturday, Aug. 16th.  

Trey is son of 

Donna and Mike Daly 

and grandson of 

Pat and Don Brown. 

Trey is one of many college students in the family. This picture was taken at an event at Wofford College a few months ago.  

family photo Sunday

Another picture of our baby grand girl, 

Elisea Joy  born one week ago (Saturday)

living in the post-Christian US of A

Things have changed in our country dramatically in the past 10 years.  Our freedom of religion is being taken away slowly 

by the courts across the land.  

One article called "The Price of Citizendship" was posted recently that summarizes the case of a photographer in NM who refused to offer her services for a same-sex wedding.  

Quote from the article read: 

"In an opinion supporting the ruling of the New Mexico Supreme Court against Elaine, one of that court’s justices said that giving up the right to live according to one’s conscience and religious beliefs is “the price of citizenship” in America today" click to read more at Alliance Defending Freedom.org

Video - I'll Never Forsake You

This Pettit Team video was recorded at Grace Baptist Church in Anderson, IN.  We are surely going to miss the music and revival services of the Steve Pettit Evangelistic Team, but "Heart Publications" will still be providing music to listen to on CD's and songs to purchase.  

The song on this recording was written by David L. Ward.

"i[ll Never Forsake You:" is based on a hymn that was written in the 1800's.  You can read more about the "history behind the song" at this link to Thousandtongues.org.