Sunday, March 23, 2008

Happy Easter!

The weather was a bit rainy and the wind a little chilly but still it was a BEAUTIFUL day to celebrate Christ's resurrection and victory over death. We are so thankful for God's provision in our lives. Isn't He wonderful? Every time Ryan or I might get worried about how something in our lives is going to work out God always gives us a reminder of how much he loves us and how he is watching over us. He ALWAYS provides for our needs! We trust you all had a wonderful day! We'll leave you with some pics of the family enjoying the day.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Happy Birthday Lila!

Today was Lila's 3rd birthday. She's been telling people she is 3 for quite some time so today we made it official. When given the choice of what to have for dinner Lila requested pancakes. After dinner the long awaited opening of the presents began. Lila received many beautiful dresses which pleased her greatly as did the pink bathing suit, "church shoes" (as she labeled the sandals), books, and ponies. Lila also requested chocolate cake and ice cream. She had difficulty blowing out the three candles so we helped her out because we were afraid there would be a lot of spit on the cake if we gave her any more chances. All the kids had fun celebrating with Lila. We thank God for you little Lila Faith!

I'll have to upload some pics tomorrow - blogger is having problems right now and I can't get them to post!

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Coasting

There was no school the end of this week because of mid-winter break so we decided to take a little family trip. We headed down the Oregon coast to Tillamook on Thursday. We went swimming as a family at the hotel pool and the next morning we went to the Tillamook cheese factory and watched some hard workers slice, package and inspect all the cheese. I think the kids' favorite part was getting an ice cream cone at the end. The Tillamook ice cream you buy there is somehow even better than the stuff you buy in the store! We stopped on our way down at this lookout over the coastline. The clouds were low on the water and it looked like we were in an airplane flying above the clouds from our viewpoint there.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Want some ice cream?

Oops, I guess I ate it all!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Friends

We had a nice visit with the McFarlands this last weekend. Diana was taking some classes in Vancouver so we met Lyle and the girls on Saturday for an outing in Portland. We went to OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry). The kids all had a great time. Lyle joined us in the praise team on Sunday morning with his bass which was awesome because we miss jamming with him. Several members of the church were asking him what he does for a living so they can find him a job down here. It was so great to see them and have the girls play together. Emily and Rachel have played together since they were infants. We met the McFarlands when we started attending Bethany Bible in Kenmore. Rachel and Emily were pals in the nursery there. It is so neat to see that even though there is quite a distance in between their homes, they are still great friends. Emily misses you, Rachel!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

More Rules (see previous post)

Apparently Emily encountered different problems in her classroom because this morning there were more rules posted. I had to ask for translation on #5 - its says 'Eat politely please.'