Elena's 40th B'day Party Nov.'08

Helped with a party for my sweet friend Elena! She is very dear to me and my family and we had a great time celebrating her 40th. We had a scrumptious pasta potluck and played some really fun games, lots of laughs! Above is a picture of myself, Elena, and Kathleen, with Elena's favorite cheesecake!

Finally we are back to blogging!

Well...., life got a little crazy and blogging fell by the wayside. After fixing the technical difficulties with our computer we are up and runnning. To catch up, here is a quick run down of the past few months. Let's start with...Oct. '08! Enjoy the pics!


A little trick or treatin'! My Rock Star Tori, and Monkey Braelyn!

My niece Kayla Turned 13 October 21st! Crazy!, and she is officially taller then me now!

Threw a suprise b'day party for my friend and neighbor Theresa!

Had a Disneyland day with just Tori and I, special times!

Almost back to blogging!

Well, the external hard drive has been purchased and just waiting for Daniel to install it! So... we will be back up and running. I will have tons of catch up to do. I have pictures from Nov. '08 that have been waiting to be uploaded and shared. So just want to let you know that I'm almost there!

2 year Anniversary for our sweet Logan in heaven!

First, my computer has been messed up and I have been sick off and on tons since December. So... that is why this blog has been sitting unattended or unchanged for so long. I apologize, but it just hasn't made on my list of to do's lately. Wanted to just put up a picture of our sweet Logan to celebrate her second anniversary in heaven. Two years seems so long for us, but we have to remember that in the light of eternity it's not long at all.(hard for us to humanly understand of course) We miss her immensely, but continue to keep on, keepin'on as we walk daily in God's abundant grace. I see third graders at Tori's school and I just try to picture her as a big 8 1/2 year old. It' s impossible to imagine! We of course will always remember her as our joyful, 6 year old. Thanks to all who have sent greeting of love and prayers, we really appreciate it! Thanks to my neighbors and sweet friends from church who brought me lunch today, I love you all so much! We pray Logans' life can encourage you all to love God more and share of the promises He gives us! " We love you sweet Logan, and we long for the day when we can all be with Jesus, and you!"

Sweet Reese in Perfect Peace!

Our dear friends the Kostjuks held their Baby Girl Reese as she went safely into the arms of Jesus this past Thursday. God let us all be blessed by her little life for one year exactly. What a blessing she was to remind us of God's faithfulness and complete sovereign control, even down to exactly 365days. We are sad and rejoicing all at the same time. So excited for the joy that little girl is experiencing, that we can only imagine. Oh, this makes your heart ache, longing to be in heaven with our Saviour and free from sin and suffering. We will miss you sweet Reese and look forward to when we will all get to heaven too! I don't know, but I like to imagine you and Logan playing on the streets of gold...!

Peach Pickin'

One day this last week we took the neighbor kids peach picking. It was fall break for the older kids so it was a great time to do something out of the ordinary. The Richards, Chamlings, Youngs, Ashley Busenitz, and Waldecks had a great time eating and picking peaches. Each family filled a big bucket with yummy peaches and we all had plenty to eat while we were picking as well. It was fun experience! We have eaten many of them, and last night I made a cobbler that was delicious!
All the neighbor kids, ready to go....
And they are off....
Grandma Richard and Mrs. Richard looking for good ones...Kaylee, Tori and Josh, helping!
Braelyn enjoying a peach!
Kaylee, Tori, Brae, and Ashley

Dayton Richard guarding his bucket!
All the kiddos with all their peaches!

A Getaway to Arrowhead!

Last weekend 10/4&5) Daniel and I got away for the weekend with our friends Aaron and Kimberly Johnson. Aaron is the music pastor at our church and we have enjoyed getting to know him and Kimberly the last couple years. They have been married 9 months, so for us it was fun to hang with some newlyweds. We went up to Lake Arrowhead for the weekend and enjoyed some relaxation, and fun fellowship. It was cold and cloudy the first day, which was a fun change for us. It was great because it made us cuddle up and just relax. The next day was beautiful and sunny so we got to see God's beautiful creation surrounding us up in the mountains. We had some great laughs, and some great times of encouraging each other. It's always fun to have a little time to getaway!

They were waiting for me at our church.... I was just a little late.
Our hike by the Lake, cold and cloudy!

Dance, Dance Revolution... you should see these guys move!
Enjoying a yummy dinner!