Adventures of Andy & Ashley

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

It is amazing to see that the last time I blogged was in 2010 and how different life is today. Today we are 9 days away from Addyson Rayne Barnette's first birthday! It is hard to believe that our miracle has been here almost one year. So many things have changed in our lives this past year. We moved to Nashville 2 months ago when we accepted the youth pastor position at Concord Community Church of the Nazarene. Leaving Florida was hard, but being here has been both a blessing and challenge. I haven't found a job yet and I'm adjusting to being a full time stay at home mom untill I find part time work. This has brought with it many adventures...

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Teen Camp 2010

This was our first time at camp as a married couple...what an adventure! We lucked out and had a room to ourselves...i guess that's what happens when you are the District Vice President and Secretary. Teen camp is just another opportunity for youth pastors to get together and act like kids...just kidding, well that is part of it. We had a great week spending time with the teens and other youth worker friends. One of the highlights of the week included: The Godfather of Love's return appearance and the debut of Her Hotness. This is a South Carolina district tradition that Andy has brought to South Florida and it is by far one of the best parts of camp. This year Ashley got to take part in the Love Doctor skit and debuted as Her Hotness. Basicly this is a time for teens to write love notes to the person they have a crush on and the Love Doctor...or The Godfather of Love reads them outloud and makes comments and gives the teens a chance to meet. We definitly got a laugh out of the letters and each other as we intertained the crowd.

Superhero Night

Celebrating one of our teens birthday.

80's Night

The Godfather of Love and Her Hottness

Group Picture of our teens

Western Night

Thursday, March 11, 2010

The joys of being married to a youth pastor...

As a result of the Haiti Earthquake, the teens wanted to help and decided to collect flip flops to send to Haiti. Their goal was to collect 500 and if they exceeded their goal and collected 750 Andy would shave his beard.

Flip Flop Sunday, the teens encouraged everyone to wear flip flops to raise awareness of the cause Flip Flops for Haiti.

Before Shot

And the shaving begins...

Mid Shot

The final result...looks like Earl from the tv show "My Name is Earl"

I love him...but hate the facial hair. Oh the things we do for ministry.

Sausage Toe

The toe adventure began in December when my toe randomly became swollen and extremly painful. After many doctor appointments and two rounds of antibiotics the physician diagnosed "sausage digit" and the toe was thereafter known as the sausage toe. Mid February we went to see a podiatrist after the antibiotics didn't work and of course I was freaked about the whole ordeal. Andy was cool as a cucumber and came along for comic relief.

The doctor was so funny to play along with the prank we wanted to play on my parents who were visiting for the weekend. She even gave us this fake looking toe and put some fake blood on it to make them think it had to be amputated. I couldn't keep a straight face and they knew it was a joke.