Once upon a time...

...A Grandpa and Grandma decided to take their kids and grand kids to Israel for a Trip of a Life Time.
In 2007 my Grandparents took all but seven of their grand kids and kids to Israel. You may be wondering why I'm posting about the trip that happened almost six years ago. Well I just finished my album for the trip. (I kept on putting it off.) Finishing it made me remember the trip and what a Blast I had. My Grandpa was a pastor and took people on tours in Israel, so he had taken his whole family quite a few times. They decided that since most of the grand kids were older now that they should do the trip. We left on April 4th and came home April 16th.
We met up with our cousins and everyone else in London. ;) We had to wait 5 hours for them! We were only supposed to wait 3. It was a Long wait.

London was beautiful!

Windsor Castle

                                                         The Group. :) Well most of us. ;)

In Jordan. Lets just say that Jordan isn't the most clean country in the world.

Apparently they Really like blond people. ;) By the way I Know I look terrible in though's glasses. ;)

Jenel and I in Jordan.

A family picture in Jerash,Jordan.

                                         Israel! You can till when your in Israel, It's clean. ;)
                                                    Tina playing with flowers.

A family picture with Grandpa and Grandma in Israel.

One without Grandpa and Grandma.

                                                                        Us Girls. :) 
                                                                    Mare

                                                               A Family picture.

A family picture at the wailing wall.

  While walking on the ramparts I decided to have a seat. :)

Swimming with my cousin Katie at the Gan HaShlosha National Park, which has natural hot spring pools. ;)


We had the opportunity to be baptized in the Jordan river by our Grandpa. It was so special and I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity. Mare getting baptized. :)

Tina getting baptized. 


Me getting baptized. Oh just to let you know, the water was super cold!

Having a Great time watching everyone get baptized. :)

We visited Mt. Bental and on the way up to the top of the Mt. they have creatures made out of metal.
 Here two of my cousins are playing on one.

Austin, me and Jenel on the top of Mt. Bental.
 On a boat on the Sea of Galilee. ;) Having fun! :)

A sunset on the Sea of Galilee.
                                                   Katie, Jenel and I on the Boat. ;)

Jenel and I in the Sea of Galilee. The water was super warm!

The last family picture in Israel. :) It was taken in Caesarea.

 I'm so Thankful that I got to go. It was definitely a Trip of a Life time.

Being a Veterinarian

While I was gone in Belize one of my goats got attacked by two dogs. They jumped the goat fence and attacked Addy. I didn't know about it till we called home and they told us that she might die. (They hadn't found her till almost a day after it happened.) I wasn't expecting to hear something like that when I called home. They took care of her till I got home. They thought that she had just been attacked on the right side and under her neck. (It's hard to find wounds on a goat.) They put different ointments on her neck where the wounds were and they healed up. When we got home Mare run outside to see her and there was a Huge scab coming off her neck on the Left side! One of her wattles got ripped off and a Lot of hair. Under the scab she had a Huge wound. Here are pictures from when the scab came off, to her almost healed.   

                                                                                                       Her almost all the way healed. :)

                                                            Getting ready to change her wrap. ;) Oh, Corona is Amazing! It helped heal the wound and keep infections out. I Love it!

Mare holding her so I can change it. :)

It took four months to heal completely! It was a long couple of months. Although I learned a Lot from it. Hope you all have a Great weekend. :)

Christmas (part 2)

Now for Christmas number three. :) Where do I start. Well, we were supposed to leave on Friday morning. The weather this year has been crazy and it was snowing and there were roads closed, because of it. So we didn't think we would leave on Friday, but the roads opened up and we decided to give it a try. We drove for three hours and then sat on the road for another hour. We got off the freeway to make a pit stop and they shut down the roads again. We decided to go back home. Our friends were surprised to see us so soon. :) We had a Great night and stayed up really late. ;) The next morning we All slept in and the parents went out to eat. :) While they were gone we cleaned up a little and talked. As soon as they got back Dad told us to get in the car. We usually leave Early in the morning but we left at 12:30 pm! Which meant that we would drive all night long. We made it to CA and had dinner with our friends. After dinner they told us about a Christmas light dive-though that we saw on the way to their house. They gave us money to go though it. It was really neat. I think that all towns should have one. ;) 

                                                          This is what you first see. :) 

                                                            My kind of lights. ;)

                                                             Hanging out and talking. ;)

                                                          Cousins and Best friends. ;)

Cousins are Great! I don't know what I would do without my cousins. 

                                                    Playing and Singing on Christmas Eve. :)

                                                                    Second cousins. ;)

                                                          Sunset at the beach. :) 

On the way home. :) Oh, so on the way home Jenel got sick. :( She got it from one of our cousins and then gave it to one of our cousins, who then got his whole family sick. Guess what? Nobody else in our family got it. ;) God was good to us. ;)

                                                 Beautiful sunset on the way home. :)

Hope you guys have a Great week. ;)