Grateful!

We are so grateful that God brought us safe to Camp Lejeune and that Katie has her and Andrew’s keys to their new home. It was no easy feat for the two of us to get all these suitcases off the luggage carousel at the airport, into the shuttle van, into our first hotel, into [...]

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Before the Leftovers are Gone…

…I better share our Thanksgiving Day photos! I was going to share photos of Andrew and Katie’s new home in North Carolina but I left my camera cord in the rental car downstairs and I’m too wiped out to head back down there to get it. Katie and I arrived safe and tired and muscle [...]

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All Packed and Ready to Go!

Katie and I are in the air headed to Chicago and connecting to Raleigh-Durham. We arrive close to midnight, or at least we hope that all goes well and we arrive on time. Here are some of our packing photos from Black Friday. My sister Lana is the master of packing. At the end of [...]

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Advent Begins ~ O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Image from Google Images The first candle (purple) “CANDLE OF HOPE” means His promise and hope. We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises He made to us. Our hope comes from God. (Romans 15:12-13) The lyrics echo se­ver­al pro­phet­ic themes. The ti­tle comes from the well known Isai­ah 7:14: [...]

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And That’s A Wrap…

or…the rest of the story. These are Polaroids taken mostly by Jamie, Katie’s Maid of Honor, at the shower. Before I show the rest of the photos here’s what’s happening around here and we’ll title it Yes, it’s possible to accomplish anything while feeling like a Zombie… Thanksgiving: We had a wonderful celebration at Dave [...]

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Photos Shared…

The following photos from Katie’s bridal shower were taken by her long time friend Christie. Christie was one of Katie’s friends from our church here in Seattle that we attended for 20 years. Christie now lives in Alaska with her husband and 2 little girls. She was in Seattle visiting family just in time for [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone ~ 2011

May God bless you with a peaceful gathering enjoying good food, friends and family! Count your blessings, name them one by one!!

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Leftover Turkey?

Try this Toasted Turkey Sandwich that’s simple to make. To see the method head over to Mennonite Girls Can Cook today… Thank you for all your kind thoughts and encouragement about my Crown trauma. My appointment yesterday was a breeze and having the permanent crown put on was so much easier than being fitted for [...]

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Love Watching…

…my little visitors and other randomness. We are being threatened with flooding rains today. We’ll see what happens. Today I’m getting my temporary crown replaced with my permanent one.  I’ve been encouraged that this will be nothing like my last appointment so I’m optimistic. While I’m out I’ll take care of getting what I need [...]

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Thanksgiving Came Early…

…at our house this year. As I think over the last few years this early celebrating has become somewhat of a tradition. When you have adult children that are hither and yon you learn to seize the moment when you come together and celebrate. There were eight of us at our early gathering. My turkey [...]

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