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Yard work

Lately, since the time change and nice weather Justin and I have made it a goal to get our yard looking nicer.  So far we’ve weeded and mulched the front of our house.  Yesterday we planted hostas between the bushes we had planted earlier.  We also scattered some impatients in the area.  Yesterday, mostly Justin, finished the left side of our sidewalk area with mulch and hostas.  We still need to get a few more bags of mulch to finish the other side and do some touch ups.

We have also burned a little brush on the left back side of our property. Our dream is to fix up the yard and ditch area so it will be a nice area down by the creek for Java to play and us to sit and enjoy.  Hopefully this week Justin and our neighbor Roy will rent a tractor of some sort and finish the job so we can burn it all up.   I can’t wait to get home today and start burning some more.

My family is coming on Saturday for Easter. I can’t wait to see everyone.  Especially the star of the show, Walker. Can you believe he is almost 8 months old?

I hope everyone has been enjoying the weather like we have.

4/11/2006 by life 0

This weekend

This weekend we watched our friends’ son Peyton for them while they went out for the evening to celebrate their anniversary.  It turns out their anniversary is our “6 month” anniversary.  Peyton was so good for us.  We took him to McDonalds and then the park.  Then we played outside with Java a little and then played with some of Justin’s old car toys.  Then it was time for Chicken Little.  Peyton helped to place and bake some cookies and we had popcorn too.  Justin is so good with children.  It makes me excited for the time when Walker is old enough for us to take places.  It was definitely fun.

Then on Sunday night, we went to Polk County to share our Moscow story with the congregation.  We spoke for about an hour.  It felt like just yesterday that we were there.  The memories came back so easily.  I think they really enjoyed hearing about it and were very supportive.  Before the service we were able to take Java to see her mom (River) and Maple.  They all played and ran and even got in the creek.  Good times!

3/28/2006 by General life 1

Walker

Walker is 7 months old today. Can you believe it? Mom (Erin) says that he is pulling himself up to a standing position all by himself and even greeting people with a “Hey”.  What a smart boy!

3/24/2006 by family life love 0

Java

Yesterday when Justin and I got home from church, we saw that our neighbor was down in the creek in his back yard burning some brush.  We saw that Buttercup was out playing and Java (has now learned to jump up at the kitchen window and look outside) spotted her from the kitchen so we let her outside and decided to stay in the kitchen to watch them play.  We didn’t think she would notice Roy in the creek but we were very wrong.  She and Buttercup went zooming to the creek.  Roy said that Java went over the steepest part of the bank and then went for the water.  It was a good time.  The dogs love playing with each other. Java loved the water (she used to be terrified of it).  She even brought Justin a 6 foot branch from the water.  I can’t wait til we can get our part of the backyard to look like Roy’s so Java can play more.

3/20/2006 by family life 0

Invite

Yesterday Justin and I were invited to our friends’ Jack and Cary’s house for supper.  They grilled turkey and regular burgers.  mmmmm! We had a great time! It was the first time in forever we had an evening out as couples.  Jack’s friend Will was there too. He is cool! We all just sat and talked and the time went by quickly.  Too bad we are all old haha. We were ready for bed by 9:30pm.  Here’s to doing it again sometime 🙂

3/17/2006 by life 0

Wow

God is so awesome! Amen? Lately I feel like I’ve been having “Joan of Arcadia” moments on a daily basis. I really feel like God is directing me and telling me what to do next. It’s the weirdest thing. It’s random moments when someone will be talking and then everything else seems to get quieter and that sentence the person is saying sticks right out at me and seems to answer a question I have. It’s so nice to know that no matter what I do God is there to help me out. Anyone else ever have that? I sure hope so. If not, you just aren’t listening hard enough.

2/23/2006 by General life 0

Walker’s Baptism

This weekend was a blast but also a whirlwind. Justin and I got up early on Saturday morning and met Jennifer at Crestview for Breakfast. Then we went back home and packed up and started our trip to visit Erin, Mike, and Walker. We had to bring Java to Justin’s parents’ house and then head back in the right direction for the Shores’. We got there around 5pm and got to play with Walker. He is quite the little man. He is sitting up so well by himself and can flip himself over. He has the best personality. He was in a good mood the whole weekend. I got to feed him on Sunday morning before church. Mom, Dad, and Kelly made their entrance during the hymn before the baptism. They had made a wrong turn and almost missed it. Walker was wonderful throughout the whole service. We went to Golden Corral afterwards for lunch and everyone had a great time. Then we all got in the car and started our long journeys back home. We got home during the end of the 2nd quarter of the superbowl and watched that and Grey’s Anatomy. What a weekend!

2/6/2006 by family life 0

Decision to make

A friend of mine showed me a place in one of his textbooks where it mentions “The Wager” posed by Blaise Pascal (found in Philosophy of Religion by Peterson, 1996 pages 77-79).

Here’s the general gist of the wager idea:

You basically have two choices and within the two choices you have 4 possible outcomes.

Choice 1: You do not believe in God
Choice 2: You believe in God

If you choose not to believe in God and find there is no God, you lose nothing. If you choose not to believe in God and there is a God, you lose everything.

If you choose to believe in God and find there is no God, you lose nothing. If you choose to believe in God and there is a God, you gain everything.

I’m not sure if I agree with all of this but just thought it was something to think about. I have to leave it up to you to decide because I believe in God. Not only do I believe but I know there is a God. Let me know what you think.

1/31/2006 by life 0

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