Happy Birthday to Tom!

On Feb. 2nd, my youngest brother, Tom, turned 27! Happy birthday to him! I will have to do some searching to find a picture of him when he was little to put up here.

Not to leave Cheryl out!

To be fair, I have to pick on my other sister, Cheryl also. You know, one for all and all for one, or something like that. Although, this is probably not what they meant. :) Cheryl turned 31 on January 1st. She was the new year's baby that year. Awwww.

Happy Birthday to Ann!

Happy 21st birthday to my not-so-baby sister MaryAnn! She is 21 today. Seems kind of weird though if you ask me. Not as weird as Stephen getting older though. If she gets on here and sees this, she'll probably kill me whenever she sees me again, but I had to do it! What are big sisters for if not to pick on the younger ones? :) We'll call the pictures "past" and "present".

A Happy Boy and his Grandma!

Mom got to come visit us over the Thanksgiving holiday. She was here for two weeks and we had a great visit! None of us was ready for it to end. She hadn't been out here for five years. I did most of the Thanksgiving day cooking and Mom did some of it. What a blessing it was! Here are some pictures.

A Good Day

August 17th was a good day for me. I was baptised into Horizon Christian Fellowship. That is the Christian church Stephen and I have been going to for two years now. We really like it there and are both learning a lot. The gentleman on the left of the picture is Cappy. He is the youth pastor. He will be leaving sometime in the not-too-distant future on a mission trip. The gentleman on the right side of the picture is Pastor Dave Love. He is the senior pastor at our church. He does a very good job of explaining scripture and teaching. It happened to be one of the few days out here that was a little chilly and it had rained for a solid two days straight the two days before this event (also unusual out here this time of year) so the water was quite chilly. It was full-immersion baptism. It was well worth it though and to all of us that were there for Baptism, it didn't really matter what the water felt like. It was a great experience.

Happy B-Day to Me!

It's my 35th birthday today. Stephen thinks I am "a little" old but it doesn't bother me. 40 might be a different story though. :) Thank Goodness I have a few more years before I have to worry about it! ;) Nothing much happened today since it is a weekday. Maybe I will get to do something this weekend. Take care if anyone out there is still reading my blog.

Garden

Here are some pictures of our garden throughout time. We planted tomatoes, strawberries, zucchini, peas, lettuce, potatoes, pumpkins, watermelon, and carrots. The peas and green beans are done now. It was too hot this year for them to produce much, but at least we got some of them. I planted some spinach yesterday after I took the beans out. I was told it should do better know that most of our 90 degree days are over. I might plant a couple more pea plants also. They grow fast enough that they should be able to produce before the season is over. Enjoy!