*Eeek!*

I just sat in a Chevy Traverse!! My dad was on a test drive with a brand spanking new one and stopped by the house! *I love my Dad...* Sweeeeeet! "No, I'm not excited..." hehe

DISCLAIMER: Although I would really love this car, besides the heavy price tag coming with it, God is reminding me of a verse, Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Yup, BE CONTENT. I'm trying, but its ok to dream right?! 

~My Love~

I wanted to tell you all about the love of my life! It has been going on for a while but not alot of people know about it. So, before you hear it from someone else.......

 

Chevy Traverse *love*

This right here is my dream car!!! 2 Sunroofs, AWD, 3 row seating, rearview camera, remote trunk release, remote vehicle start ......ahhhhh......one day....

Tearjerker

I just finished watching a movie called "Letters to God". Kali wanted to watch it and to be honest I didn't really want to watch it because it sounded like a tearjerker. I finally gave in and watched it with the family, stupidly not having tissues on hand. It was based on a true story about a little boy who has cancer and writes letters to God. How he affects so many peoples lives in the process of this whole thing.  I know, just reading the description makes you want stay far away from the movie, like me, because it sounds like you will not see the movie because your eyes are blocked by your tears the entire time. Yup, they will be, but it was really good. Heart wrenching, but good! (If those descriptions can be in the same sentence....)

Just pondering it, I have known some people who have gone through cancer (some not fully recovering) and its amazing the joy and desire to serve others that they really have. Here we are sitting on our good health and having a grumpy countenance because we spilled a little ketchup on our white shirt. I think at this point we really need to be praising God for what He has given us and praising Him for what He allows into our lives (good or bad).  Anyways I just wanted to share this with you all. If you dare to watch it (we found it on Netflix) make sure you have a box of tissues near by and an extra box just in case.....

Gotta Love 'Em

Crockpots.......one of the coolest inventions for the kitchen, in my book! While doing the duties of the day, I have orange chicken happily nestled into the pot cooking for tonight's dinner. What can be better than being able to be free to do other things while dinner is already going?! Love it!

So long August.....Hello September!

On Monday, we went out to a lake and had some fun with the Majors girls! Since Kali already posted about the trip here, (ah, the joys of having someone in your family with a blog also) I won't go too much into it. We had lots of fun and it was really nice to get out of the house and enjoy the outdoors!

Squeezing together!

It was pretty cold and even started to thunder a little, but we were not going to let that dampen our spirits! We went out in the canoe and we were enjoying floating (and trying to steer ourselves) then it started raining! haha Oh well, it was fun and I'm glad we were able to get out and have some fun!

Tonight I made some soup and french bread for dinner. The bread was so good! It was crunchy and golden on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside....mmmmm good!

The weather today has been pretty dreary and cold. The sky was clouded over and staying pretty chilly, so I guess fall is coming! Ahh.....fall makes me thinking of all the beautifully orange colored trees, pumpkin flavored things, and starting to break out those scarfs and sweaters! I'm ready to move onto the next season! 

House Pictures....Finally!

So many people have been asking to see some house pictures, and I am finally making the time to share some of the pics! Bear with me, its a little bit of a picture OvErLoAd.....hopefully I don't lose you too soon into the post. If you don't really care though, feel free to just skip this post!

                                                             Entry Way

My room

Living Room

 (We got new furniture at a great price as a big set, Praise the Lord!)

 (We have a beautiful view out of those windows, but the sun didn't want to work with me that day!)

Dining Room (on the other side of the living room's fireplace)

I bet you can probably guess what this is :o)

Doors in the Dining Room leading to the deck

Our bathroom, two sinks for Kali and I! Perfect!

Door leading to the Laundry Room (there is something about this door that I love)

BIG Laundry Room

Other side of Laundry Room

Dad's Office (like the deer heads?!?!)

A little piece of me in his office ;o)

Main Guest Bedroom

Family Room

Family Room's Wood Stove

Guest Bathroom (We are wanting to redo this bathroom, what you don't see is the green toilet, matching the sink!)

What we like to call, The Retro Room....this is WITHOUT the zebra carpet...hehe

What will eventually be the Exercise Room

Front Yard

Well I hope you all enjoyed getting a "tour" of our house, sorry no pics of my parents or Kali's room...but I have SO many pictures I'm sure you can survive without a few more! Have a great weekend everyone!

Surprise Surprise!!

This weekend was a great and busy weekend! It started out with the Highway 20 camp out, which went excellent! We received many different people to contact through that and hopefully we will see some souls saved as a result! We had 3 first time visitors on Sunday which was a blessing, as well as some people from our home church visiting!

Many of our close friends were not able to make it to the camp out though, because of work. Which was disappointing but we had lots of fun with with our other friends and church family! Kali and I were talking on Saturday how we missed our friends and really felt like we needed some face-to-face time with them. So, on Sunday after church we ventured out to go back to our beautiful island! It was quite the last minute trip and we loved every minute of it! One of those times that its hard to wipe the smile off your face, as we reached closer and closer to our island. Kali and I were SO happy to be going and surprising everyone and discussed what we would do and how we would plan out our surprise! We got to our island and sat at the beach waiting for the right moment to arrive at church to surprise everyone. Man, I forgot how beautiful the ocean is! It was a WONDERFUL sight to behold, living in a dry, brown-like environment right now. I loved every little gust of wind and the sound of the waves.....

It started to rain on our way over! Call me crazy but *I heart rain*

So excited, waiting on the beach! (That was the best excited face I could come up with, rather than a deer caught in headlights look.....hehe)

The plan went over wonderfully and everyone was SO surprised to see us! We were successful in surprising all our close friends. The youth group (my close friend Linnea involved in that) went to Mexico a few weeks ago and we were privileged to get to watch the presentation about how it went! I am so happy and encouraged to see how the youth group is growing in leaps and bounds in the Lord! It's truly amazing to see how the Lord works!

We stayed at the Howers Sunday and Monday night (which they were "informed" that we were spending the night on Sunday, which they were completely pleased with! hehe) and enjoyed all the time we were able to spend with the Hower family. (especially Alyssa!) We made dessert for Mr. Hower, which he was VERY pleased with! Alyssa has Mondays off so we were able to spend the day with her on Monday. A picnic at the beach, playing on the playground and a good game of Sorry Card Revenge was the order of the day. It was a wonderful time and we came back feeling refreshed and loved every moment we were able to spend with our friends and 2nd family! ;o)

         Feeling a little chilly compared to our 90 degree + weather!

Alyssa spying on me swinging :o)

OBITUARY NOTICE: After many, many successful games winning Sorry Card Revenge, the undefeated team (Deborah and I) finally gave up the winning streak on August 23, 2010. It was a sad occasion and many tears were shed. Although some very rude people (not to name them but one starts with A and ends with lyssa and the other starts with K and ends with ali....) were screaming and rejoicing at this event. Although I do not agree with their actions, they will suffer repercussions on the next event we play.

Who ever said I was competitive?!