Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Happy Birthday to.....


Natalie! My little sister, my friend! I love you Natalie. I hope that you day is a good one. I look forward to seeing you on Friday when I give you, your very special birthday gift.... SHRIMP SALAD! This has always been her favorite food.
(In this picture is Natalie and her husband Scott. This was taken at my brother's wedding.)
1 John 4:21 "And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love his brother also."

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Sledding with Shannon!


My sister Shannon moved to South Jordan.. We have not had any real free time to get down there to see the new place. Well, with it being CHRISTmas break we have had the extra time to get out and about.. While we were down there, we went sledding. It was a blast! EVERYONE enjoyed it. Here is Shannon, Jon, Jaden, and Joshua getting ready to brave another trip down the hill. We then went to a little trendy place and drank really expensive hot cocoa!
Psalm 51:7 "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

Monday, December 28, 2009

Breakfast at Carrisa's




Some of the cousins had a sleep over at my sister Carrisa's this week. The kids had a blast.. In the morning me and Ryan joined them for a home cooked breakfast.. It really hit the spot! There was bacon, sausage, pancakes, eggs. Yummy. Thanks sister.
1 Corinthians 10:31 "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Happy Birthday to.....



my MOTHER! We wanted to surprise my mom by just showing up at her house and taking her out to eat for her birthday.. It worked.. she was pleasantly surprised. We went to the Beijing Buffet in Brigham.. It was packed. Food was good... we had a blast all 17 of us.
Happy Birthday, I love you mom!

Exodus 20:12 " Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry CHRISTmas....


















Matthew 1:21"And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins."

Monday, November 30, 2009

Happy Birthday to.....


JURNEY! She is now 15.. Who can believe it? I love her so much.. She is a great young lady. I am happy to have her as my daughter.
She is attending Calvary Baptist Academy, 9Th grade. She enjoys painting, drawing, cooking, cleaning, and playing with her brothers. She is looking forward to studying for her learners permit.
Happy Birthday my Jurney...
Love your Dad and Mom... xoxox
Proverbs 31:29 "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all."

Saturday, November 14, 2009

First *SNOW*



It is SNOWING!! I love it! Well, as long as I do not have to drive far in it, I do!


Proverbs 25:13 "As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters."


Thursday, October 29, 2009

Potty Training!



We have started to train Josiah. He is so cute.. I just want to squeeze him! I had to share it with all of you. Here he is clapping; because he just went pee-pee. During Christmas break, we are going to full out train. Right now, we are just getting him use to trying it out. He is almost 18 months. His brother, Joshua, was already trained at this age.


Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Friday, October 9, 2009

I'm A BIG Boy Now!




I have been very sick with the flu. It was going around so bad, they cancelled school. That also meant no school for Mr. Joshua. Everyday though, he would ask if he could go. Today.. Praise be to God, I am starting to feel like myself. So we were cleaning.. Joshua comes out of his room looking like this. "Cheese!" he says. He also cleaned his room. I was able to capture this with the camera.
2 Peter 3:18 "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To HIM be glory both now and for ever. Amen."


Joshua's idea of cleaning his room.
(he stuffed it all in his bottom drawer)
Joshua vacuuming his room and loving every minute of it!

Friday, September 18, 2009

Healing Nicely



Josiah received a 2ND degree burn to his right hand 2 weeks ago from a motorcycle muffler. Our good friend was over showing us his very nice, very new motorcycle. Jaden had set the baby down to admire it and the first thing he does is reach over and touch the hottest part on the bike. He did not cry or anything.. well... not till about 10 minutes later.. Then there was not a thing that you could do to get him to stop. I tried cold water, ice, codeine... NOPE so I took him to the ER. They put some Burn Free ointment on his hand and told me to keep it wrapped and bring him back the next day for a re-check. ( The codeine took about 40 minutes to knock him out!)I did as they said.. Next day they gave me some silver something or other cream and had me put it on 2 times daily and keep it wrapped. That silver stuff is great it took out all the burn except on his palm. Now he is able to use his hand again... It looks great! Praise God that it has healed so well and did not ever get infection.

2 Corinthians 9:15 "Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift."

Monday, September 14, 2009

Happy Birthday to............



Joshua! He is 3 years old today!! Man does time fly right by! His favorite color is green. He loves trains. He always wants to pray when we have devotions or bless he food. He is a very busy boy. Now, when I say boy.. I mean all boy, total boy. He carries around bugs. He will put them down to use the bathroom and that is about the only time he will.
I took this picture Sunday at Church during his Sunday School class. I just love this guy. He has ran around all day today singing ..... Hapgy bifday to you, hapgy birfday make me cake... It is so cute. While I am teaching at the Academy he is over at a very dear friends house and they made a train cake together today. He had the best time. We are thinking of having a party maybe in a week or two.. Who knows. I know one thing though.. I love my little Joshua.


Joshua 6:27a "So the Lord was with Joshua..."

Friday, September 11, 2009

Welcome HOME... DALTON!


Dalton Brasel is on his way home right now, as I type, a full fledged MARINE!!! OORAH!
I can not wait to see him. His family left Tuesday, to drive to California to attend his graduation from the MCRD. He left on June 14Th, his graduation was today the 11Th of September. His mother was able to send me a picture message from her phone. So I got a look-see already of how much he has changed. Congrats to Dalton for finishing strong!
2 Samuel 22:35 "He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms."

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Happy Birthday to.....



ME! I have been having a wonderful day! Zippidy-do-dah-zippidy-ay! Yes, Mr. Blue Bird is on my shoulder.. :)
33! I keep having to ask Ryan just how old I am.. The other day we had a visitor come to our church. I was talking to her, you know doing the greetings to you type thing.. and she says to me.... Your Pastor said that there were young couples here??... (Like she was not talking to one of them?) I do not feel old at all. I think she was like 20?! Who knows. UPDATE ON ME:
Lots is going on. I am now a school teacher at a Private School. Calvary Baptist Academy, I love it! I am so busy now with school things, but it is so good for my kids. They are around other children all the time now. *BONUS* They learn daily the things of God. No one is picked on, no is made fun of. I tell you, it is lots of hard work to be a teacher ! I would not change it for anything!
Happy Birthday to ME!!
2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Happy Birthday to...

Jaden! He is now 12. We had a big surprise party for him with my family. What we did was we acted like we were just going to hang out as a family and watch a movie in me and Ryan's room. I turned up the TV all the way and everyone snuck in. When they were all there I told Jaden it was time to eat lunch and we would just have to watch the rest of the movie afterwards. Well when we walked out everyone yelled... SURPRISE! Jaden was so shocked he turned bright red. It was great fun.. Happy Birthday Buddy we love ya!




1 John 4:19 "We love Him, because He first loved us."

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Big Boys Now!


Now that my dad is back at his own home, the little ones can have their room back.. This time it is CRIBLESS! Ryan spent days glueing this bunk bed set together, then he and Michael set it up. It took them hours, but they wanted to make sure that it was solid! Here is a picture of the boys enjoying the new beds. Josiah has the bottom and Joshua gets the top. They sleep all night on their own beds, in their own room. How nice this is.
Psalm 4:8 "And I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in saftey."

Sunday, August 23, 2009

All Better!



This is my dad's original wound. It is all healed and better. He has had a couple on the top of his foot that he has dealt with, but all in all he is doing great! In fact he is doing so well, that he moved back home just last Thursday. My mom is very happy that he is back at home with her! He also was able to get an electric wheelchair that can go about 6MPH and run for 9+ hrs.. Now 6mph may not sound very fast, but when my dad was going down the side walk, I was worried. He was scaring me. :) He loves it though. It gives him freedom that he has not had in a long time. I am going to miss seeing him everyday. Bye dad! Love ya!


Acts 21:6 "And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again."


Saturday, August 22, 2009

Vactions Bible School


This picture was taken the last day of VBS. The kids had a blast. Mr. Jeff and Mrs. Heather come pretty much every summer and do VBS with our church. The theme this year was "Jungle Tales". You know I realized something this week! I have always been a creationist. But I never realized just how important it is to make sure that our young people know that it was GOD who made all things including them. Evolution is being taught all around us. Millions of years is what the kids hear all the time. That is a lie straight from the Devil himself! The world is actually only 6 thousand years young! We wonder why our kids act like animals. Maybe it is because they are being taught that's what they are or were.. For more info you can go to www.creationfamilyministries.org
John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."

Friday, August 21, 2009

FINALLY~ walking!

Josiah started walking on July 19Th. Me and Ryan were both there to see it. We were sitting in our room and was talking about the day and how it went.. We thought that Josiah was just going to do his usual walk from the bed to the chair (one step) type thing. Nope! He just walked across the room. Me and Ryan just looked at each other with our mouths hanging open! WOW! It took him a very long time to even act like he was going to and then *BAM* He did it! Here is a clip of his walking later that week.

Acts 3:9 "And all the people saw him walking and praising God:"

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Family Camp Out


**I am going to be posting often for the next while so that I can get caught up to the present (if that is really possible)**
Our church had it's annual family camp out toward the end of July. We stayed at my family's land up in Mantua. This place is called the Jungle! (I have so many memories of family reunions there when I was just a wee one.) Josiah crawled EVERYWHERE. He was so dirty. Anyhow Michael, my Pastor's son found that if you gave Josiah a stick he was content to play for hours. Here he is holding the "STICK". Thanks Michael :) !!
The food was great! The fellowship that we had was a real treat. The preaching really hit home. We had a great time together up there at the Jungle!
1 Corinthians 1:9 "God is faithful, by whom ye are called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord."

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

4Th of July!




We had a very nice night on the 4Th. I know I am now just telling you about it and it's August, but I have been very busy! Joshua loved the sparklers. He is so fun to watch. We took time to think about how great our country is! We are free because of men and women giving their lives for us. I just want to say Thank you to all who have gave their lives for this freedom! Dalton Brasel is in the Marine Boot Camp right now getting ready to protect our freedoms as well. I want to tell him that we are praying for him. OORAH! God Bless America.






John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."




Thursday, June 11, 2009

Long Time No Post!



Busy, Busy, Busy! Okay where to start. Jurney and Jaden have been at camp this week. I pick them up tomorrow! I miss them like crazy!
Me and Ryan have went on a couple of bike rides. Ryan pulls the babies along in this bike/stroller and I follow along. Last night we rode for 4 miles.. It was mostly up an incline, it was tough, but very rewarding! Jurney has been sick for a while now.. They found out that she has to have her gall bladder removed. We do this on Tuesday at the new Tremonton Hospital! That is all that I can think of for now.. I hope to write more very soon! Oh yeah.. The garden is looking great! I put in a second garden this year. I will have to do pictures soon for you.(when I get them weeded that is! )
DAD UPDATE! My dad is done with Hyperbarics! YEAH~Praise God. His wound is all better and closed up. He still has one wound that is healing nicely. (this one was caused by a doctor wrapping him to tight!) His ankle is healing and we see the doctor next week. he had to have surgery to have a fistula creation started in his left forearm. They do this when they know that you are going to start dialysis soon. My parents are going to be selling their house and moving out here so that I can help when they need me.

Psalm 84:12 "O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee."

Friday, May 15, 2009

Better Late than Never! Happy Birthday to .....




Happy Birthday My Love! I just want to let him and everyone know that I am truly married to my best friend! I am blessed to have a man that is so dedicated to Lord Jesus Christ! Thank you Ryan for all that you do. I hope that you had a wonderful day!

Song of Solomon 1:9 "I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots."

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Happy Birthday 3 times around!

Josiah is 1 today! I just can not believe it!









Josiah has had 3 mini parties.
This one he is opening a present from G and G Hansen.
Cute little Happy Birthday Bear!














SATURDAY!
You can not have a party with out some cake.
Here is what he looked like when he was done!
It is even in his arm pit..
Needless to say he had a sink bath right after this shot was taken.










MONDAY!
We are part of the Cold Stone Birthday Club..
So we received a free ice cream for his birthday.
He had banana ice cream with bananas in it..
He loved it. Dad did most of the feeding, but Josiah did not care!
As long as we kept it coming he was happy!








TUESDAY!
This one is at our house tonight. He loves chocolate cake. Isn't he a doll!
Let's see.. He crawls at the speed of lightening, waves bye bye and night night,
walks along furniture, blows raspberries, smiles like crazy, loves to love me!
We love him so much.. Happy Birthday Josiah!


Proverbs 23:25 "Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice."

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Healing!


This is my dad's use to be gangrene wound.. I know that this may look gross, but if you knew what it looked like to begin with .... you would think that it looks great as well! It is healing! YEAH!!! He went in for a skin graph last Tuesday. They also fixed his broken ankle while they were at it.. He is doing so well right now! I am personally praising God for how He has worked at saving my dad's leg. We seen the doctor Monday and he took out the staples and said that the skin has already taken. Wonderful! Praise be to God!
I have to tell you how good my dad is doing in other ways.. He is a diabetic. He has really never had his sugar under control. Well with a little trial and error and God's wonderful help... His sugars are in control! His weekly average is at 132! That is so close to being normal(non-diabetic)! My dad should be all better in a couple of months.. I am hoping that by the fall he will be able to return to work!
Psalms 107:8 "Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!"

Saturday, April 11, 2009

All Aboard!


For Ryan's Spring Break we wanted to do something that wouldn't break the bank! So we decided to go to the Union Pacific Train Station in Ogden. We had a wonderful time! Joshua absolutely loved the model trains that they had set up in the museum! We took a lot of pictures on the trains outside. The best part was being able to climb on and explore them. We then went out and had dinner. It is wonderful to be able to go out and enjoy the family that God has blessed you with.
1John 4:10 "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

In Memory of Aunt Faye


We found out this morning that my Aunt Faye passed away sometime during the night. This picture was taken at my grandmother funeral just a little over 2 years ago. She was such a great aunt. I use to go and stay with her during the summers when I was younger. She always made you feel cool. She did special things for you like take you shopping or out to lunch. She was only 51 years old. Her only son, Bryce is on a mission to Spain. We are all very much in shock.. She was not ill or anything that would make you think that this would be happening. I am truly thankful that God knows everything! He knows the beginning from the end. He is my strength and, I can rely wholly upon Him.
Psalms 18:2 "The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower."



Monday, March 23, 2009

Welcome Home Daddy!



My dad has been very sick now for several months. He had a major heart attack almost a year ago. In December he seen that he had a blister on his foot. 2 days later it it turned to gangrene. He started Hyperbaric Chamber treatments in mid January. His foot is healing nicely.. Then my dad started to have problems with passing out.. He would stand up and a few minutes later.. Down he would go! On Wednesday he went down, but this time he dislocated his ankle (his foot was on backwards after he fell) and broke his leg. He was taken by the ambulance to Brigham Hospital where he was told the only way to fix this is surgery, BUT because of you having gangrene in your foot we can not do anything. Man what a blow. The next day the social worker comes into the room with the head nurse and tells my dad.. We are discharging you, but you have to be put in a nursing home. You are to unstable and need constant care. You can not put any weight on your broken foot at all. Man another blow. Well, this is where I come in! I told my dad I would take care of him. So we got everything arranged and he moved right in. I took this picture last night at 2AM. Josiah is teething and my dad was too hot. So I thought hey take a picture. Since my dad has moved in he has made some great progress. He is doing so much better.

Exodus 20:12 "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."

Monday, March 16, 2009

Resolutions 2 Months Later!


Here we are at the Arby's in Brigham. We had a nice meal. We tried their Roast Burger for free.
It was delicious! This picture really has nothing to do with what I am posting about, but I like to have a picture. So now that that is over with.....
I am going to update you on how things are going. We as a family started this journey to be a healthier family. We have been doing just that! I am amazed at our progress. I will tell you about Ryan and my progress: Since 1/5/09:
Ryan has lost a total of 22 pounds!
I have lost a total of 36 pounds and a total of 29 and 1/4 inches from my frame! My clothes are loose on me. We are praising Jesus for this wonderful victory! We are going to keep on!
1Chronicles 16:29 "Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness."


Monday, March 9, 2009

Babysitting or should I say Doggie?


Definitely BABYSITTING! The bottom 2 are my little sister Natalie's; Allister and Isabella and the top one is my my Mother-in-law's Garfield. We had a very interestingly fun time babysitting these three. How does someone get so lucky.. Well, I will tell you. First of all, I have dogs. Next up I don't mind (this always helps) Lastly, I have a knack for taking care of and training dogs. My sister had it arranged that I would watch her dogs way in advance. Her and her hubby were going on a vacation. Then they day before we get the dogs Ryan's mother calls and says that she has to go and stay with her sister for a few days, could I watch Garfield. Well, why not! So we had a lovely week with these little guys. They became the best of friends!
Matthew 24:42 "Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."

Thursday, March 5, 2009

10 Months Today!

Josiah is 10 months old today. Man does time fly by. He is almost a year! WOW! He is doing well. He is finally crawling. I am so excited for this. It is great to have him be mobile. He plays so much better and is over all a happier baby. He was standing in his crib the other day. He has sprouted a tooth. Yes, just one! I have tried to get a photo of this, but with no luck. It is on the bottom right. He says Dada and Mama as well. He grunts when he is eating table food. You just can not feed him fast enough. He loves his brothers and his sister. Last night when Ryan came home from school Josiah was in the walker and started screaming for his dad to come over and pick him up. I am still his favorite, though. :) We are blessed to have this little guy!

Proverbs 23:25 "Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice."

Monday, March 2, 2009

Regionals, Jurney's turn!

Well, this last Friday was the final Regionals. This one is for the teens grades 7th-12th. This time it was at Berean Baptist Church in Ogden, Utah. Jurney entered 3 categories. Photography (nature/color), Sketching, and the Spelling Bee. She took 3rd place in all divisions. Jurney takes her camera everywhere. Jurney was very excited that she was able to place at all. Once you get in with the teens the competing level is very advanced. You should have seen some of the things that were entered. I am very proud of how hard Jurney worked on her projects. Next year, Jurney is going to enter in the speech and possibly singing competitions.
Click on image to make larger.


Psalms 30:12 "To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever."

Monday, February 23, 2009

Regionals- hard work pays off!

Jaden did very well at Regionals this last Friday. Regionals is where once a year kids from Independent Fundamental Baptist schools come to compete in such categories from art to chess to speeches to quartets. They have from the end of the school year till the next competition to have their projects done. He took 1st place in the Popsicle stick division. He worked on this project for almost 2 months! He made a fighter plane out of the notched craft sticks. It came with very complicated directions. He also competed in checkers. Here he is standing in front of his project. I am sure that you can click on the pic and it will enlarge and you can see it much better.

Colossians 1:29 "Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily."




Saturday, February 14, 2009

I love HIM!



I love this man! Ryan is the best husband any woman could want. He knows me so well. He loves me, takes care of me, provides for me. He is my best friend. I am so thankful that God saw fit to give me such a man.

Happy Valentines Day to my love, my friend!

Song of Solomon 2:16 "My beloved is mine, and I am his:..."

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Bridgerland Applied Technology College

This is Lenard.. He is one of Ryan's teachers at Bridgerland. Yesterday we went to a job expo at Bridgerland. They had all different exhibits set up for you to look at. This was one of the demonstrations for the electronics department(Ryan's department). This does not sound that loud, but I tell you.. It made you jump! What they are doing is blowing up a capacitors by giving way more electricity than is needed. Thus the explosion.. Just before we started to record he yelled.. FIRE IN THE HOLE! After we seen this we went up front to where they had their beauty class set up. I had a wonderful hand and arm massage. Jurney received a scalp massage. Ryan and Jaden headed back to the diesel department and ate cookies and enjoyed a coke. We had my friend Stacey watch Joshua and Josiah so that we could have an outing with the older ones.. All in all it was a fun and very interesting time.

2 Timothy 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

Thursday, February 5, 2009

9 Months today!


My baby is 9 months today.. he is Ryan Jr. for sure.. looks and all! My mom scrap blogged this picture that I took.. He is such a cute little guy! He almost has one tooth (on the bottom). He pulls himself up to things.. He is very close to crawling.. I know.. this really is a good thing to have him not totally mobile yet, but they are so cute when they start crawling! Well, who can believe it has been 9 months already.. NOT me!
Proverbs 23:25 "Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice."

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Resolutions one month later!


I had announced that our whole family was going to be making some big changes and when we had all the kinks worked out I would let you all know what we are up to! Well, it has been one month since we all sat down as a family and decided that we wanted to be a healthy family! So, we now get up and exercise together everyday for 30 minutes. We eat proper portions and best of all we eat healthy foods. What a difference this has made.. Praise God for the discipline He has given to us to see this through!
Progress:
Ryan- lost 12 lbs.!
Me- lost 24 lbs. and 12 1/2 inches gone!
Jurney- lost 3 lbs. and 4 inches gone!
Jaden- working on a six pack
Joshua- well let's face it.. he never quits running.. He is a workout! :)
Josiah- working on crawling and cutting his first teeth!
1Timothy 4:8 "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."

Friday, January 30, 2009

Brrr.. It's cold


Man has it been cold.. Our furnace has been on the blitz lately.. We have it running all day long and as soon as we go to bed.. It shuts off! So when we get up it is around 54 degrees in the house..Brrrr... We finally get it going in the morning.. So this is how we have the baby dressed to keep him warm.. Layers.. and then more layers.. Joshua now thinks that when you go to bed, you have to put on two pairs of pants.. Well, we are praising God it ran all night last night! We are also thankful for space heaters and warm clothes. Ryan thinks that it is the thermocouple.. What ever that is.. He is going to fix it this weekend!
Proverbs 17:3 "The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts."

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Moving up...OR.. should I say down?


It is time.. Josiah has started to pull himself up to the sides of his crib.. To avoid injury, we are moving the crib mattress down... Ryan and Jaden had this done in no time at all. Josiah has nor real interest in crawling.. He could if he wanted to.. he leans over... gets on his knees.. sits back up.. sometimes he falls onto his belly.. a few moments of this and he starts to cry, pick me up.. I do not want to learn how to crawl.. What can you do.. When he wants to go, I am sure he will!
Proverbs 3:23 "Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble."

Saturday, January 17, 2009

R.I.P.


Our pet rat Templeton died yesterday afternoon.
He has been very sick the last couple of weeks.
Jaden is getting ready to go out back and bury him. He lived with us for almost 3 years. He was given to us by my dad. He had bought him to feed to his pet snakes, but the rat put up a good fight and the snakes would not eat him.. So my dad called us up one day and said do you want this rat? Either you take it or I am going to flush it down the toilet.. Well, needless to say we took him.
Genesis 2:19 "And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

They SHARE it all!!


Joshua and Josiah share it all. As you can see they are sharing the Binky here.. Yes, you are seeing correctly Joshua has 2 in his mouth.. Josiah does not like Binky's at all and as soon as I was done taking this picture he spit it out.. Joshua on the other hand thought this was fun for a minute or two! When I said above that "THEY SHARE IT ALL" I meant it.. They both have strep throat again.. Poor babies! They are always sick with something.. it seems like anyways.
James 5:15 "And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."

Monday, January 5, 2009

Back to WORK!


Well after a long and well needed break.. it is back to work.. Well school work that is! It was a rough start today, but now that I have gotten started it is alright. Schedules are great... they keep things moving! We had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Our family has made a very big New Years resolution... Once we get all the kinks worked out we will share it with all of you! Hope your return to normal is a good one!





Psalms 90:17 "And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it."