Friday, November 03, 2006
Sloan
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Happy Birthday, Chris!!
It's your day of all days! It's the best of the best!
So don't waste a minute!
Hop to it!
Get dressed!
Today you are you! That is truer than true!
There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
Shout loud, "I am lucky to be who I am!
Thanks goodness I'm not just a clam or a ham,
Or a dusty old jar of sour gooseberry jam!
I am what I am! That's a great thing to be!
If I say so myself, 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME'"
If you'd never been born, then you might be an ISN'T!
An Isn't has no fun at all. No he disn't.
He never has birthdays, and that isn't pleasant.
You have to be born, or you don't get a present.
If we didn't have birthdays, you wouldn't be you.
If you'd never been born, well then what would you do?
If you'd never been born, well then what would you be?
You might be a fish! Or a toad in a tree!
You might be a doorknob! Or three baked potatoes!
You might be a bag full of hard green tomatoes.
Or worse than all that...Why, you might be a WASN'T!
A Wasn't has no fun at all. No, he doesn't.
A Wasn't just isn't. He just isn't present.
But you...You ARE YOU! And, now isn't that pleasant!
(Adapted from "Happy Birthday to You!" By: Dr. Seuss.)
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
The boys...
Apparently, I have to post one picture at a time. (Note Gavin's left foot! Shaun Alexander is out with a broken foot right now! We tried to wrap Trevor's knee, too, but he would NOT have it!!)
Halloween
The boys dressed up as Matt Hasselbeck and Shaun Alexander, for Halloween. It was a pretty close call...Up until the last minute, they kept changing their minds and were wanting to be things that we didn't have costumes for! Which would mean they would throw something together and I would be telling everyone who they were suppose to be, all night long! Speaking of telling everyone all night long...Bryan went as an NHL, first round, draft pick! (Clever.)
So, we started the evening off by making a quick stop at my mom's house, on our way to a Fall Fun Festival where the kids got to play games, get lots of candy and see their friends! (As did we!) Then, we ended the evening at Bryan's parents' house where we ate chili, caramel apples and popcorn and played a game! Fun times! The boys were so tired by the end of the evening! As you can see, blogger is not cooperating, so you'll have to check back to see all the cute pictures! You won't want to miss them! I can't wait to see everyone else's pictures, too!
Monday, October 30, 2006
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
Saturday, October 28, 2006
"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."
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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!
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! Monday, October 23, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
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!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
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!) Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Marnie and Sawyer
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!
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Monday, October 09, 2006
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!
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