Canada

I can't believe it's only been one week, since we were in Canada to pick up our brother from Bible school. We left our house early on Tuesday and traveled all the way to Vancouver Island and then to another Island. It took us 6 hours before we entered onto a ferry. After 2 hours on the ferry we drove 2 more hours then caught another ferry for 20 more min. :) We arrived at the school around 7:00 and excitedly greeted our brother. It was great to meet people that he had mentioned to us. The next day we walked down to the school and uttered "Hi" to all the people and met new ones. ;) We walked around the campus and walked down the pier then walked back to the house we were staying at and had lunch.(we definitely acquired all of our exercise by walking) :) After lunch we dressed up and walked back down to the school and observed the baptisms then saved our sets in the lecture hall for the commencement ceremony. Right after the ceremony was dinner!!! :) Their cook at the school is a 5 star cook!! :) He made the most amazing dinner ever!!! After dinner we chatted and played games with people and some of us stayed there till 9:30. :) Bright and early the next day we left on the 6:20 ferry and made our way back home. Although we did make a little detour to the airport to drop off a student from the school. On the way back home we stopped by our Great Grandma's to visit them. We ended up arriving home at 9:30. All in all it was a fantastic trip!!! :)                          Lunch in the car!! :)

         A DQ stop and Hollywood beach. :)

On the ferry!! :) If you can't till it was super windy. ;)

I was really bored, so I tried to take a picture of me though Susy's sunglasses. ;)

They have to coolest signs in Canada!!

When I saw this sign I laughed. ;)   

The house we stayed in. :)

Smoochy the lama. ;) 

Have a Great weekend!!! :)

Tea Party, Puppy, and Pumpkins Oh My.

Yes, you read that right. ;) This last weekend we had a tea party for the middle school girls at our church. It was a blast. ;) We had Great food and fellowship too. ;)

A family in our church just got a puppy. ;) So the Mom was coming to the tea party and she brought the puppy. ;)

That was on Sat. then on Mon. I went to work and we planted all the pumpkins and gourds. ;) This year we planted them all in one day!! I think that's a record. ;) I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures. :(  But this year we had seeds the colors of the rainbow. ;) Oh, the weather on Mon. was crazy!!!! I would go outside and put a group of planted seeds in the greenhouse and then I would go back to the barn and then all of a sudden it would start to poor down rain. It would dump and get everything wet then in 2 min. the Sun was shining and it would be really nice. Then it would do it all over again. ;) Well, I need to go practice the piano.... and write a speech. Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Jolene!!

                          HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOLENE!!!
                              Today is Jolene's 18th birthday. She sure is getting old. ;) 
      
                                                 J- Jolly
                                                 O- Odd (but in a good way of course)  
                                                 L- Likable 
                                                 E- Egg headed (feel free to look up what that means) ;) 
                                                 N- Night owl (some times) 
                                                 E- EIGHTEEN!!!!

Jolene and her best friend

Jolene is a great sister and friend. She has always enjoyed farming and ranching and I can't wait to see where God takes her. Feel free to wish her a Happy birthday down below. ;) I hope you all have a wonderful day today.
Tina.

Good Friday

I know Easter is past, but I will post this anyways. ;) This year for Good Friday mom did something unique and amazing. She had stations around the house for us to go through.

One (in the playhouse) had communion and you were to read Matt. 26:17-30 (the Passover meal), and 1 Cor. 5:7-8. Then take communion.
Another one (on the porch swing) was about Suffering. You were to read Matt. 27:26-31 then you were to pray a thoughtful prayer Thanking Jesus for Humbling Himself for you.

The next one is really neat. (it was in the front room) We were to read Eph. 5:2 (it talks about a Sweet smelling aroma), and Matt. 5:16 (that talks about being a light) After we read we were to light a candle and put it on the menorah. There are only 3 more. ;) The next one (it was by the fireplace) was confession. The verse was 1 Cor. 11:27 and 31. There were pieces of paper to write down the sins we needed to get rid of. After we were done writing them down we were to throw them in the fire.

I really enjoyed doing this next one. (it was in the guest room) We were to read Matt. 26:30. Then we were to go through the Hymnal and pick a song that was meaningful to us and sing it to Him. And the last but defiantly not least. Prayer. We were to read Matt. 26:40-41. Then write down a list of people and things to pray for, then go find a quiet place to pray for an hour.
Mom did a Great job of putting this together. I extremely enjoyed doing it. I hope you guys have a Great week. :)

Day Two..

Here are the pictures from day two of the snow. Jenel got to stay home and the little children that she watches, came over for the day. It was great to have them over. The snow the second day was not good for rolling, but it was good for packing. ;) So we packed some snow. ;) 
                                                                    Our backyard. ;)

                                            Mike taking snow to the front yard.

                                                    Jenel and I taking packed snow to the front yard.