Up To Jerusalem - worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, NC, USA

Thank You Lord - worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, NC, USA

Singing in tongues, worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, NC, USA

Heart of Worship - worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Great is the Lord, worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Be Glorified - worship time, Jesus, Martins/Petermans home group, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Home group - Martins/Petermans - sound the shofars! July 29, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina

Martin Family Reunion 2013

Every two years we gather (with Mom and as many of the original eight kids, plus families) as possible, for a family reunion. 

This year (June 27-30, 2013) it was at the Henry Horton State Park in Tennessee, about 40 miles south of Nashville.

My Mom (Lila Martin Parker)

(L-R) Tom Martin, Sue Johnson, Lynn, Janet and Steve

Many of us went on a hike through the TN woods.

I took some good shots- still and video.

Group shot in state park inn lobby.

(Only 19 made it, out of possible 66.)

Late Bloomers

"If you are in the shadows, your time will come. Continue growing during that time set aside for you. For when your time does come, you will bloom big!" Steve Martin

These pink azaleas are in our back yard, next to the porch steps. They get little direct sunshine, and thus bloom very late in the season for azaleas. 

This photo I took on May 31, 2013, in Charlotte, NC. 

Steve Martin

Mother's Day IS Family Day at the Martins

First there were the two of us, 

Miss Laura Jean Unzicker and I...

(37 years ago and counting...)

...and then overnight two got these four. 

(The water was good...)

 

A few grandkids were added to the Martin clan,

 ...with the help of spouses of course, 

as He lovingly planned!

And then the Blades begin to multiply too...

...to make for more happy days. Yahoo!!

And soon Father's Day will come, 

Could be a few more by then.

Always good to fill the quiver

With boys, and girls, 

and the Blade's red hens.

(Had to end with a word that rhymed.

Andrew and Christen, and Jack,

do though have three hens.)

(Photos and poem by Steve Martin, except for when I am in the photo, holding our puppy Zoe. Then Miss Anna Blade gets the credit line. She is the one on the right in the bottom photo!)