Winter Retreat

Last weekend a group of teenagers from BBC in Oak Harbor, made their way over the mountains to come visit us! They were meeting over here for a Winter Retreat! (Might I add it was very strange being the "destination" for a winter retreat gathering, first one since we moved over here!) We had a BLAST!! The group of teens were so great, singing was uplifting, preaching was better, and fellowship was sweet! We let them know we would love to have a spring retreat soon! hehe The girls stayed at our house and we had fun playing games and chatting. Friday we went tubing, which was a blast! Much laughter was shared between all of us! It was a great source of encouragement to us all to see those "familiar faces" once again!

I even got a ride up the hill once, so  nice! :o)

That group, plus Linnea taking the pic, where all on those 4 tubes going down at once! SO MUCH FUN!

Eating dinner after a long, but very fun, day!

God Gives Grace

Things have been rough for me lately, without going into all the details, I would appreciate your prayers for the Lord's guidance in my life.... This evening I was listening to music on my phone, it was on shuffle and guess what was the first song that was played. God gives us just what we need.....




On a lighter note, we have some teens from our home church coming this weekend and we are all very excited about it!! It will be lots of fun!

Also, this morning I got an unexpected email from a friend, telling me of a single lady in her church whom I will start to be emailing! I always love meeting (or emailing) other Christian Ladies, so fun and encouraging!

Sticky Fun

What's better than roasted marshmellows?! Especially when you're under the age of 7  :o)

I love this one...so cute!

Happy Birthday Josh!!

Josh (my favorite brother) turned 22 today!! Since, he moved back home this past weekend (did I tell you all that?!), he spent his birthday with us! It was SO much fun and great to have him back home!! It included a scavenger hunt to find his presents and a surprise at the end of it! (Kali is going to post a video, so be sure to check it out!) For dessert, I made some peach cobbler (by his request) and paired it with some vanilla ice cream! Mmmmm...delicious!

Josh is right in between Kali and I in birth order. I'm sure at some points he wished he had a brother, but he definitely made up for it by teasing and picking on us! He is truly the best brother and I love him so much! We have had so much fun together, especially as we have gotten older! I look forward to more memorable times to share with him and belly aching laughs! I LOVE YOU JOSH!!

(He insisted we take the photo in front of "The Office" picture in his room.....lol)