Life....

I found this that I had written 
about a month ago:




Life can change in the blink

of an eye.

Last week our old pastor,

from when we went to Maple Grove.

His wife was in a freak

bicycle accident.

Now she is in a coma

and they are sure

what is going to happen.

She was on vacation in Oregon

and now her life and her

families life is changed forever.

Sometimes you forget how

fast something can happen.

I have really been reflecting

on that this week.

I haven't seen Glenda for years

and it hit me so hard.

I remember them helping with the

youth group when I was in it.

Pastor Bill dedicated Caleb when 

he was a baby.

I pray that they will have a miracle

and she will be healed.

We had our miracle,

I hope they get theirs.

It is amazing how something can happen

so fast and change you life completely.

We need to trust God to take care of us

and know what is best for us.

Talking to him daily about the little

things in life. 

Stuff you don't think matters but it really does.

Praying throughout the day for 

our families.

Catching Up...

Well it has been a long time since I posted on here.

I can't believe summer vacation is 

almost over,

one more week til the boys 

go back to school.

They got their teacher assignments

this week.

I think Gabe got a good teacher.

Caleb has lots of changes this year,

he has a schedule and a locker, 

which will be different for him.

It seems like we have been very busy this 

past month.

At the end of July we had

VBS at our church,

which was lots of fun.

This was the first time they have

had it there since we have been there.

the girls leading worship

playing games

these guys did skits every night, 

they did such a good job.

We were so proud of them.

big kids playing in the sand.

We had a lot of fun doing VBS,

the kids seemed to really enjoy it!

Last Friday night we had a picnic

for the youth group.

It was raining really hard

in the morning and we were afraid

it would rain that night,

so Sam cleaned out the barn floor.

It turned out to be a beautiful evening.

The kids had a fun time swimming in the pond.

Last weekend we went to the beach

for the weekend,

we left Saturday afternoon.

What a mistake.

We sat and sat in traffic.

It took us five hours to get there

when it should have taken three.

Needless to say we were glad to get there.

We had a fun time at the beach

and in the pool at the hotel.

Gabe was so sad to leave.

outside of where we stayed.

the boys liked watching the boats.

we also saw some jellyfish in this water.

Wednesday Gabe finally got

to get together with 

his friend from kindergarten.

They had so much fun together,

unfortunately they will not be 

together this year.

We have also gotten some calves 

over the past month,

I especially like this one.

Lucky

Friends...

Yesterday Caleb's friend from school,

Seth, came over to play.

Caleb was so excited to see him.

Gabe tagged along with them

most of the time.

Gabe was so sad his friend 

wasn't able to come over.

Seth wanted to take a picture with

both of them.

He arranged how everyone

should stand.

Good News Club

Last week the boys went to a 

Good News Club 5 day camp.

They had such a good time.

They were sad when it was over.

The best part for them 

was when they got to get

the teachers wet for raising enough

money for the missionaries.

group shot

Gabe's turn to get the leaders wet.  He loved it!

Cape Henlopeon State Park....

On Monday the boys and I, 

went to the beach

with Mom & Dad

and Logan & Alyssa.

We went to Cape Henlopeon state park.

My aunt has a place down there,

so we spent the night and came home the next day.

We got to the beach around 3.

Which is a nice time to go

because people are starting to leave 

for the day.

It rained a little bit after we got there

and more people left.

It was nice not having many people around us.

The boys love going to the beach,

they were in the water the whole time.

This was only their second time at the beach,

it was Alyssa first time,

she seemed to enjoy it.

The park also had a nature center that we visited.

An Answer to Prayer....

We have really been in need of rain lately.

We have been praying for it.

Our crops were

looking so good,

in the middle of June.

We were getting rain and

the corn was really green looking good.

Then it just stopped.

Friday the corn was looking bad!

It seems like the rain was going around us

on Friday which is really depressing.

Saturday morning I woke up and 

saw puddles.

I was so excited!!!

Over all this weekend we got 2.5 inches of rain.

That is AWESOME!!!!!

God surely does watch out for us.

We just need to trust in him

that he will provide for us!!

Lego Night

Friday night we had lego night

at church.

We had about 60 kids there,

which is great!!

Everyone seemed to have fun

playing with there legos, 

eating snack and

visiting with each other.

Every kid got to take a lego home

with them, these are what they

could choose from.

There was lots of legos for the kids to 

build with.

Caleb getting his legos

Gabe having snack

snack table

Sam and his buddy, Christopher

some of the finished products.