Sunday, November 29, 2009

Today at Church . . .

the girls were asked to play their intruments for the worship time.
They played five songs and did great!
Songs played:
In Christ Alone
How Deep the Father's Love for Us
Be Thou My Vision
Great is Thy Faithfulness
Knowing You

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Christmas Portrait




Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
Yes.....we are decorating for Christmas BEFORE Thanksgiving!
Joe is "helping " us un-pack Christmas tree ornaments
Us kids having fun! :-)



New lighted snowman in our front yard


Can't get much cuter than this!


In the process of putting up our tree, Daddy was suddenly attacked and forced to wear this hat
:-) :-) :-) :-)


Love you everyone!
Lydia

Monday, November 16, 2009

"Puppy Love" at Antioch Adoption Auction

On Saturday, our family went to Seattle for Antioch Adoption's annual auction fundraiser event. It was a good opportunity for us to help out, however we could, in raising the funds necessary to continue their ministry of helping foster children find forever homes. The children at "Crossroads Country Ranch":) donated a puppy to be auctioned off! Below are the pictures of that part of the auction.
On the right, standing with her husband, is our Antioch Adoptions caseworker. She and her husband have a yellow lab puppy, and would like to add a second labrador sometime soon (preferably in a year from now). The bidding got off to a slow start, so they jumped in to help it get going! It got to a point where they almost won the bid!
But in the end, a very nice dad and mom, of three kids who are very anxious for a puppy, got the winning bid. You can barely see the mom holding up her number right under the puppy picture. It was very exciting!

Saturday, November 14, 2009

A Few of Our Favorite Things . . This Week

Our First Snow



Mommy put this snowman lawn ornament out on our front lawn as a surprise for Kyle while he was away helping friends move. He had been keeping a very close watch on the weather forecast all week, and was really hoping for enough snow to play in:(
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Valerie's Oat Pan Rolls and Meatloaf


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A Couple Slumber Parties


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Ten. . .
Getting-More-Cute-and-Fun-Everyday . . .
Puppies




Thursday, November 12, 2009

They Heard us say "Christmas" . . .

So, it must be time for the "Christmas" train!!!





Friday, November 6, 2009

Fall Colors

Here are two reasons why I love fall so much!
These are two of the new trees we planted in our yard a year ago!
Aren't they beautiful?





Birthday by Candlelight . . .and Lantern

Last night we enjoyed a fun finale
to all the birthday celebrations we've had the past several weeks.
And we did so with a bang . . .
of sorts . . .
Around 6pm our first power outage of the season began!
It lasted for about five hours or so!
So, here in this photo, you can see Lydia
holding up a lantern to provide more light for the photo:)


Thursday, November 5, 2009

Thirteen years ago today . . . .

It was election day!
Remember . . . . how we couldn't believe Clinton got re-elected?
Then . . . God chose to lighten our hearts,
brighten our day,
and change our lives and the world forever for the better . . .
so He caused something wonderful to happen!!!
And now, today, we are the proud parents of four more
awesome teenagers:)! Woo hoo!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Fun Chemistry

Lydia's dream of making soaps from her sheep's milk
is becoming a reality!
She has done so much research and gathering of supplies . . .
now the fun can finally begin!!!
What scent of soap would you like?

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