Saturday, October 3, 2009
Play ball
Henry has a natural ability to throw the ball and hit a golf ball. Who taught him to use his legs to throw the ball??
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
God's way
I am truly amazed once again by God's way. Reading Luke 1 this morning, what appears to be hardship and hurt from man's perspective, God indeed blesses. Elizabeth was barren, yet she continued to be faithful. God says she and Zachariah were blameless, not sinless, but blameless. In their day to day life, the mundaneness of life, they had their hurts, and longings and wants and desires, but in all that they remained faithful and 'blameless'. And our God comes, comes into their midst and blesses. And not just with a baby, but the cousin of Jesus, the son of God, His son! Makes me ask, am I being faithful, 'blameless' in the mundaneness of my life? and as I write this, I am reminded how my God has come, come into my midst to bless, blessing too numerous to list and I am amazed by His ways. I Cor 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him?
Sunday, August 30, 2009
More than a weekend
Inspired by the 'do it in a weekend' magazines, I documented our 'weekend'.
We've been accused of not being tree friendly in our home, seeing we've removed' several trees from our yard. This corner had two large California redwoods. With the pool it keeps us from planting things which shed! The dilemma what to do with this corner. Enter, conversation with yourself,'going green, grow your own vegetables, farmer roots, past garden experiences,the taste of homegrown tomatoes and vegetables out my back door! One of those thots lead to planter boxes...which means Duane gets to build them!
We had the empty corner...
add at least one trip to the local Lowe's store for wood and supplies
a little hammering
more hammering
a lot more hammering, bags of planting mixture, oh and some plants...my favorite part
add zucchini plants and an already started tomato plant since we waited so late in the year
can't forget the sprinklers, how many trips to the hardware store did that take?
a few stepping stones...
lots of California sunshine and heat, and thanks to the early started tomato plant, not too long for some homegrown tomatoes! yum!!!
and zucchini...on its way
perfect
watch out...it's taking over!!!
last week, well the zucchini plant is done...zucchinied out! We are still holding out for a few more tomatoes, but its time is short...
'our' weekend project, which stretched into several weekends and actually we still haven't finished the corner, the stepping stones don't have any gravel in between them, and planting a few more plants...but we are almost done. As the fall weather begins to cool, it really does, doesn't it? we will finally finish our weekend project. One of the benefits? Duane learned to make killer zucchini bread this summer. And we've enjoyed some tomatoes, our weekend project has been fun all summer.
We've been accused of not being tree friendly in our home, seeing we've removed' several trees from our yard. This corner had two large California redwoods. With the pool it keeps us from planting things which shed! The dilemma what to do with this corner. Enter, conversation with yourself,'going green, grow your own vegetables, farmer roots, past garden experiences,the taste of homegrown tomatoes and vegetables out my back door! One of those thots lead to planter boxes...which means Duane gets to build them!
We had the empty corner...
add at least one trip to the local Lowe's store for wood and supplies
a little hammering
more hammering
a lot more hammering, bags of planting mixture, oh and some plants...my favorite part
add zucchini plants and an already started tomato plant since we waited so late in the year
can't forget the sprinklers, how many trips to the hardware store did that take?
a few stepping stones...
lots of California sunshine and heat, and thanks to the early started tomato plant, not too long for some homegrown tomatoes! yum!!!
and zucchini...on its way
perfect
watch out...it's taking over!!!
last week, well the zucchini plant is done...zucchinied out! We are still holding out for a few more tomatoes, but its time is short...
'our' weekend project, which stretched into several weekends and actually we still haven't finished the corner, the stepping stones don't have any gravel in between them, and planting a few more plants...but we are almost done. As the fall weather begins to cool, it really does, doesn't it? we will finally finish our weekend project. One of the benefits? Duane learned to make killer zucchini bread this summer. And we've enjoyed some tomatoes, our weekend project has been fun all summer.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Making Bread
Yep, that's right I'm making bread! With my/our new mixer! Kitchen Aid that is! finally have a kitchen aid, it only took a trip to Arizona to our friend chef Micheal to convince Duane to purchase a Kitchen Aid!Hmmmm...and only a few days before I made bread....many more loaves to come! Yum...can you just smell it baking...and taste it with a little real butter....are you drooling yet!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Henry and bubbles
Had some fun time with Henry boy this weekend. Playing cars, opening a new puzzle for him. And bubbles...soap bubbles.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
June, July
Wow how time flies. Since I last posted, so much has transpired. Our son got married!
Yeah! and then they moved away...not yeah :( But very excited about their new life and opportunities.
We just got back from a visit with our Arizona friends!
Great memories! Sitting on the deck as lightning dances all around as Carole reads from Isaiah 40! Rainbows in the sky! 
Good food! Chef Michael wowed us with his good cooking...
Laughter and talking!! Walks, golf and of course more eating...and who can forget watching 'You think you can dance'!
Friendship is an amazing gift from God. As Pastor spoke this morning about not forsaking gathering together, I reflected on our time with Mike and Carole. We have gathered together through the years, and at each stage of our life, because we have known each other before we had children, our gathering together always comes back to our God. We laugh and talk and play games, but we do 'spur one another unto love and good deeds.' And I come away from our times refreshed and renewed to keep on keeping on. I would pray each of you has at least one friend, a soul mate, a bosom friend, to spur you on, to challenge you to press toward the goal, to win the prize for which God has called us.
Yeah! and then they moved away...not yeah :( But very excited about their new life and opportunities.We just got back from a visit with our Arizona friends!
Great memories! Sitting on the deck as lightning dances all around as Carole reads from Isaiah 40! Rainbows in the sky! 
Good food! Chef Michael wowed us with his good cooking...
Laughter and talking!! Walks, golf and of course more eating...and who can forget watching 'You think you can dance'!
Friendship is an amazing gift from God. As Pastor spoke this morning about not forsaking gathering together, I reflected on our time with Mike and Carole. We have gathered together through the years, and at each stage of our life, because we have known each other before we had children, our gathering together always comes back to our God. We laugh and talk and play games, but we do 'spur one another unto love and good deeds.' And I come away from our times refreshed and renewed to keep on keeping on. I would pray each of you has at least one friend, a soul mate, a bosom friend, to spur you on, to challenge you to press toward the goal, to win the prize for which God has called us.
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