Yreka Fair

Yesterday we headed down to the fair. We had a great time! Ate yummy food, saw crazy animals, made a new bunny friend and got really hot and tired.

HERE is the link to see the rest of the pictures!

Hope you are having a great summer!

Aloha.

Dinner with the Quast Family

Jake, Carson, Gabe, Ben, Sammie, Audrey and Sailor

Last night we went to the Quast family house for a BBQ. We had lots of fun, as always. All the kids are growing up so fast! I can't believe I met that family just after Ben turned 1 and Jake was almost 3! Audrey Grace wasn't even here yet! And now Jake is going to be a Freshman at Cascade! WOW! Time flies!

Thank you Quast Kids & Sailor too for playing with Carson and Gabe! They loved playing with you kiddos. And thank you Deborah and Jerry for a fun night! Love ya!

Aloha.

Washer & Dryer Tips

This morning my mom had Ron with A-1 Appliance (great to work with!) come take a look at her washer. While he was here, I got some tips from him and wanted to share with you!

* Always leave water level on a large or extra large size load (no matter what size of laundry load you are doing).

* Fill just over half full with clothing. DO NOT OVER FILL!

* ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS give your washer a 30 minute break in between washing loads. The motor gets really hot and with my moms washer there is a rubber and plastic piece that touch each other. If they get too hot the rubber piece can melt the plastic piece.

* The accordion ventilation hose needs to be about 6" long with out any twists, bends or kinks.

* If you need to put a brick (or something else) behind the dryer to keep it in the right spot (if it gets bumped around or run into) so it won't bend up the ventilation hose do it!

* Make sure the washer isn't lop-sided b/c then the water will hit the rim thinger and leak out the bottom.

* Always buy Whirlpool. Ron said anything else will just end up costing you money.

* Don't drop the washer lid. It can brake the trigger thing that tells the machine to spin out the clothes.

* Turn the dial setting SLOWLY. The knob is about a $90 piece, take your time and slow down.

* And if your washer is lop-sided, lift up the lid, pull the washer down and towards you and kinda jerk it to pop out the back feet.

OK. There ya have it. Those are today's tips for you! Hope it may give your washer & dryer a longer life!

Aloha.

More 4th of July pictures

You can see more of our day HERE if you would like!

Aloha!

June is over!?

HERE are pictures from the month of June. Take a look see if you please!

Aloha!

The 4th!!!

I love the 4th!

This year started a lot differently for Trev and I. We ran in the Ashland 10k race. Wow. A little on the brutal side . I am glad we did it in the end. If we do it again I would like our time to decrease by 10-15 minutes. That is probably why people keep doing runs, to beat their times and other peoples times, huh?

After we ran and didn't fall over (not joking), we ate a couple bites of food they had for us and then rode our bikes back home to shower. After we hooked the tag-a-long and trailer up to my bike we rode back up and met up with the Cox family, my mom and the boys to watch the JETS and the parade.

We had lunch at home, rested/napped and then headed over to the open space across the street from my moms. It was a wonderful, relaxing BBQ. Great food and great company!

After dinner we went home, got ready for bed and called it a night. I saw a couple of the Ashland City fireworks from our bathroom window, but that was it for us and fireworks this year. :)

Hope you all had a great 4th! I am so thankful to the men and women who have served for this countries freedom! And the current solders too! What solders do is beyond appreciated. Remember to thank our troops!

Aloha.

VBS Songs & God's LOVE!

We have been listening to the VBS CD, PandaMania, Where God is Wild About You, a lot this last week. And WE ALL LOVE IT!

Some of the lyrics are really neat and I wanted to share with you. I wish there was a way for me to play it on here so you hear it. It just blesses my heart. And to see Carson laying on the floor, singing along with this song just blesses this mama's heart!

Watchin' Over You

VBS

When you're jumping, jumping up and down.

When you're spinning, spinning round and round.

God's seeing everything you do.

'Cause He's watching, watching over you.

God is watching, watching over you!

24-7 watching over you.

Your life is in His hands - whoa-ooohh

He's got great big plans

'Cause He's watching over you.

When you're waving, your hands up in there.

When you're shouting, no matter when or where.

God's seeing everything you do.

'Cause He's watching, watching over you.

Here are a couple more of my favorites. I could really list all of them, but I think you get the picture from these ones.

His Great Love (Romans 5:8).
(You can click the link (above) to listen to the song)
VBS

Lyrics:
(Verse)
God loves us.
God sent his son to die for us
Because of His great love.

God loves us.
God sent his son to die for us
Because of His great love.

(Chorus)
His great love,
God showed his great big love
By sending Christ to die for us
While we were still sinners.

His great love,
God showed his great big love
By sending Christ to die for us
While we were still sinners.

God Is Listening
VBS

He knows you (He knows you)
He loves you (He loves you)
God is listening (listening, listening, listening)
He knows you (He knows you)
He loves you (He loves you)
God is listening (listening, listening, listening)

Verse
God knows every word before you even say it
He hears every prayer before you even pray it
So let Him hear you now
Let Him hear you shout

Not Forgotten
VBS

Chorus
I am not forgotten, I am not forgotten
I am not forgotten, God knows my name
I am not forgotten, I am not forgotten
I am not forgotten, God knows my name
He knows my name

Verse
Light over darkness, strength over weakness
Joy over sadness, He knows my name
Father to the fatherless, friend to the friendless
Hope for the hopeless, He knows my name
I will praise You
I will praise You
For I am fearfully and wonderf'lly made

Bottom line, is that no matter what GOD LOVES YOU! No matter what! I don't know about you, but that is just so refreshing to me. God loves me. It doesn't matter what I do. He loves me.

Carson told me one day last week that God loves bad guys, (like the guys who broke into our car). We were just talking about it again. He said God doesn't love Satan, but he does love bad guys. He loves us when we make naughty decisions, he loves us all the time!

I pray you will begin to understand how great God's love is for you. It brings me to tears thinking and reading about how great his love is for me! Like His Great Love says,

God loves us.
God sent his son to die for us
Because of His great love.

His great love,
God showed his great big love
By sending Christ to die for us
While we were still sinners.

Aloha.

May Pictures

You can look at May pictures HERE if you please!

Aloha.

A Give-a-way!

Jessica from What I Wore wrote a book that is to be released in just two weeks! With that coming up {she will}...

What I Wore Book Giveaway!

WhatIWore: With just two weeks until the What I Wore book hits shelves, I’m reaching out to you to help me spread the word.

I’ll be giving away 10 signed copies of What I Wore: Four Seasons, One Closet, Endless Recipes for Personal Style plus a personalized illustration (of you!) to one extra special reader!

I love seeing her creativity with daily outfits. Go check her out! What I Wore!

Aloha!

Carson's soccer team

Coach Riley and Coach Clara have a couple of pictures and a little video of the Superheroes that you can see HERE if you would like!

Aloha! Hope your weather is better where you are than it is here!