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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Summer in Pictures Part 4


Around 2:00pm, Friday we arrived at Grandpa & Grandma's.

It felt so good to be done driving, and get a big hug
from Grandma.



Happy Grandpa.

 

Sabbath, after Church and a good meal we went for
a hike to the old quarry.

Little 2nd cousin.



2nd cousins
throwing rocks into the quarry.


The day was topped off by Uncle Stacey
& Aunt Amy coming over.


 
Quite a few of our family were there.
It was good to see them again and meet Uncle Arlin,
If I'd met him before I didn't remember.
 


The next morning drug by slowly but finally
we got to go pick up My Sisters from the airport!!!


They were so tired but managed to keep their
eyes open till bed time.


We enjoyed the rest of the day at Uncle Jerry &
Aunt Amanda's house.


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Summer in pictures Part 3

The summer didn't drag on for ever though,



In the middle of August we headed out to Colorado.
Thursday morning after being delayed in town
(we kept meeting people we hadn't seen for a while)
we were off!


Maybe not the wisest thing to do with a van
that had acted up before.



It wasn't! as we soon found out.

LONG story short, the heat had something to do with our van trouble.
Though it wasn't vapor lock, or just plane over heating
some valve or something. :)

We ended up having to stop every 20-30 min. for 30 min.
After the van cooled down it would drive fine for 20-30 min.
then it would quit. and we would have to coast till
we could find a place to pull over than wait...
this happened all day in the heat (probably 105` F).




And so the sun set.
And we were still some where in Idaho.

A night worth of driving lay ahead.


The night...
I won't even try to explain.

But when the morning came we were somewhere in
the middle of nowhere.
.

It was cool enough that day that the van did'nt act up
for a while.




Getting some much needed sleep.
the back seat was wonderful to sleep on. 

Faithful driver!


A little while before noon it got warm enough
that the routine started over again.



Talk about a lesson in pacience!
a how God worked through our problem!!! 
 
 One miricle (shown in this picture)
where we coasted up hill to a pull out
after the van had quit, stopping about 20 ft.
from the gard rale.

Yes the Lord was so good to us  in this trial.


We had hoped to bring these roses from our
garden to Grandma but the heat had it's way.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Summer in Pictures Part 2


Thus began my summer.
The loneliest one I ever lived through.



Almost immediately after Bethany and Emily left,
the Garden demanded attention.

 
 So did the weeds! :)


Daddy and I putting the string up for the beans. 

 Along with keeping up with the vegetable Garden
there were the berries.


Lots and lots of them.

Preserving them.


We even got our cherries (most of them anyway)
before the ants did.


Apricots...

 and Apricot leather.

It was delicious!
 

Just keeping up with the household duties was
enough to promptly smother my hopes of doing
school through the Summer.

 By the way, Mommy did a lot too,
but I defiantly had my share!!!

There aren't a lot of pictures with her
in them because she was behind the
camera quite offten!


We did a few things with friends but that only
helped my loneliness for that day.

When, your sisters are your best friends
and you've shared a bedroom with them
practically all your life...
then when their gone,

the house is  just way TOO empty!!!





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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Summer in Pictures Part 1


Here's the summer in pictures...
and some words.



 
Baling hay with friends/neighbors.



I got to drive the truck,
and had a lot of fun!


It was a big job.


During all of the spring and early summer
 Bethany and Emily were packing and sewing
for ASI Youth for Jesus in Texas.


Next was my Baptism.


Followed by one last week together,
and topped off by a bad bug that I got
and so I was miserably feverish
for most of those days.

Then on the 8th of July, Bethany & Emily left.


Praise the Lord they never got sick!


I was so thrilled with the idea of a flight
on a commercial airline and the adventure that lay
ahead of them that I hardly realised that they were
going away for a LONG time and that I would be
by my self...
and all those things that I began to realised later.

YFJ


Their adventures in Texas are enough to write a
book. So you can just imagine.


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Sunday, November 18, 2012

When God gives us Friends...


Our time together is over...



...it was beautiful...

but like the leaves of autumn...
It's most visible glory has vanished.
 

Yet the memory still burns in our hearts...



It always will.


...always...


 
...always...


...always...

till eternity is here.

Our time was spent with friends...
NO, Family!
 
Through trials, yes blessings,
 
 the Lord has knit our hearts together.
I love you Uncle Greg, Aunt Sue, and Aunt Jan!
Come back again Soon!

 
 
When God gives us friends he gives us extra family.