A Quote for the Day...

Things seem to turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.

~Phil Callaway

"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is." (Yoda)

This was Trevor's prayer at dinner the other day... "Thank you, God, for my food. And thank you for my thumbs and fingers. And thank you for my chin. Amen."

Beauty for Ashes

...They will be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Isaiah 61:3 Our neighbors were burning something in their yard the other day, for some reason. (Yeah. I don't know.) When I went outside to see what was going on, this is what I saw! The smoke actually made the sun, shining through the trees, really beautiful!

My Pretty Kitty!

Remlinger Farms

Field Trip!

Trevor's class went to Remlinger Farms on Wednesday, and I was a chaperone! I got to be in charge of Trevor and his friend, Skylar, who is our car pool buddy. For those of you who live in the Great North West...you know that it was cold and rainy that day! The kids had a great time, anyway! The guy in the above picture sang and played the guitar and had the kids on their feet doing actions to the songs! It was so cute!

Clark and Dina's Wedding

Gavin, Justice, Cami, and Trevor... ...and Sloan.

Dina's Bachelorette Party

Clark and Dina got married on Saturday....but I thought I should post a picture from the bachelorette party, first! Isn't this a cute picture? (Of Dina, of course! Ha!)

The last of the retreat pictures!

Marnie and SawyerKim and Jafeth

Zach doing the robot! Kim and Kerri (of "Jeff & Kerri").

Jeff (of "Jeff & Kerri"), Bryan and Zach playing "Taboo"...men against women!

More Retreat Pictures...

We went shopping with Tim and Marnie in downtown Lynden during our "free time"! It was the cutest little Dutch inspired town! (It took us twice as long to get there as it did to get back because we got lost trying to find it! We must have been pretty lost for Tim to actually stop and ask for directions! Ha ha!) This indoor mall had a "koi canal", although, I don't think you can actually see the koi in this picture. We got ice cream and Italian sodas and sampled pumpkin fudge...yummy! It was a beautiful, fun filled day!

Marriage Retreat Pictures

Apparently blogger will let me post one at a time. This could take a while....

Marriage Retreat

We just got home, last night, from a weekend marriage retreat in Sumas, Wa. (Near Canada, eh!) We had a really great time together, without the kids! The retreat was actually put on by another church that a few of our friends go to. (Zach and Kim, Tim and Marnie, etc.) It was fun to hang out with them and meet some new couples, too. We got some great teaching by the guest speakers, Gary and Joanna Beasley; awesome praise and worship lead by Sean and Stacia; lots of yummy food (that I didn't have to prepare!); game playing; shopping; relaxing... Of course I have lots of pictures but blogger isn't cooperating! I'll keep trying to post them over the next few days. Stay tuned!

More Family Fun Center Pics...

These pictures are from Chris and Yvonne's camera. Didn't they turn out great!?