Monday, July 25, 2011

New Carpet!





Well, it's been a while! Last week we got back from a trip to relatives house in Petaluma for four nights, and then a stay in Willow Creek for four nights. It was a very relaxing vacation and great to soak up the sun, but boy, were we ready to come home by the end!

Today, we just got new carpet!!!!! (Thanks Carpet Express!) We had a furniture moving party Sunday after church with some of the boys in our church and got all the furniture moved out, so Monday they could install the carpet. The fun part was that we were basically camping in our house that night with matresses on the floor and empty bedrooms :) It is so nice and makes the house look much nicer! I added a couple pictures so you can see the difference.

Lately I have been hearing that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. I would easily fall into condemnation about things I say or think or do, and cannot in my own power over come that. (It is truly just a trick to get us caught up in ourselves, so that we cannot see others around us) Thankfully, I have faithful friends and parents who can see that in my and call my sin out and then forgive it! What a freedom it is that we do not have to carry our own sin, but Christ became sin for us. We can then be free of that and actually serve and love our neighbors (even the unloveable) :)


Monday, July 18, 2011

Recent Pics

I have been playing around with my camera and settings on the computer... Here are a few pics.




Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Yard Sale and more...






Well today, Payton, Jacob, and McKenna decided to have a yard sale! What a great idea for a Tuesday afternoon, right? :) It was so funny, they sat out there all afternoon and waited for "customers".... They made $2. Everytime a car drove down the street, Payton would perk up and say, "Customer?!" and to his dismay, they would pass right on by. Even at the dinner table, Payton heard a person outside the house and got up and looked out the front door hoping it would be a customer... they are so funny!

My little friend, Eleanor :)
Isn't she cute?!




The Grand Yard Sale!

Payton sitting and waiting, and waiting, and waiting....


On another note, hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

iPhone!

I just got an iPhone for my birthday!!!!! So excited! I just thought i'd do a quick post of the first picture taken with it (no flash, obviously) :)

Saturday, July 2, 2011

A Day On The River!

Well, my dad and I just got back from a full day of rafting with 10 of our young people and Mr. Salinger. The rapids were a blast, and we had fun pushing people out of the rafts or jumping out; we even got to float down the rapids with our life jackets. We hope to make it an annual thing! It was also about 100 degrees there too! The most important thing is fellowship, though; just getting to enjoy eachother and God's beautiful creation...