For God's Glory: May 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009

As the night came to a close...

As you can tell from the next few photos
it was getting REALLY late. Please note
that I was behind the camera and NOT in front
of it!!!

The leader of late night sillyness!!!

"Bone of her bones and flesh of her flesh"....

Next in line to balance something on her head...
her's was definitely unique...

Uh-huh, now we get the whole picture!!!

More new friends...

Even the children have all been blessed
with some new friends. They all seemed
to be having a great time!!

New friends and wonderful fellowship!!

The Lord has blessed us with some new friends
over the last few months. There is a tie that
binds, (besides the Lord), which we will hopefully
announce in the near future. We thank the Lord
for these new friendships!!

Tammy, Tina and Kelley

Steve, Skip(Tammy's hubby), Ben, and Kameron(Skip's son)

Ronnie and Kristy

A time of reflection, prayer and fellowship.

Misc. pics just because...

Our Alpha and Omega!!!

Part of my reasons to live!!!

Our new adopted son!!! (Rambo...yeah, I know...I didn't name him!!!)

The cat is totally thrilled, can't you tell??!!!

Saying goodbye to an old friend...

We have not been regulars, but every now and then
a "Whataburger" was desired by someone in our family.
It has come to our attention that all but one of their
restaurants in Florida is closing. This made us sad.
Not because of the lack of being able to eat there, but
because of all the folks losing their jobs. We decided to
make one last run...

Sign announcing their closure...

Jessica and Mom

Dad and Rachel

Our precious Liberty!!!

Friday, May 22, 2009

Some new friends and In & Out Burger

While we were camping at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico,
we had the honor of meeting the Trowbridge family. They are
missionaries to the Tohono O'odham Indians in southwest Arizona.
We didn't have much opportunity to visit...a couple hours standing
in the drive of the campground...but what time we did have was
such a blessing.

It is so awesome how God brings brothers and sisters in Christ
together to encourage each other. After parting with them we were
all encouraged. We are praying for God's direction for you all.
If you read this post, please contact us!!!

While visiting with them, they told us about In and Out Burgers.
They are owned by a Christian family and you can only find them
in 3 or 4 states. When we found one, we thought we'd try it out....
It got our overwhelming approval. The restaurants were very clean.
The people were kind and professional. The food was good, too.
If you find yourself near one, give it a try...you won't be sorry!!

The Trowbridge Family...Harry, Karen, Harry IV, Katie and Jonathan

See the scripture on their wrappers!!!

Another quick look at the Redwoods...

Avenue of the Giants

Steve and one of the giants!!

Daddy and some of the gang.

A treehouse or a "root"house?

Route 66 and Cruizers BBQ!!!

Dad and some of the gang.

Dad and Mom loving being able to experience this with our children.

Jess loving every minute of it!!!

Mural outside of Cruizers BBQ where we ate dinner. Yum Yum!!!

More of Cruisers!!!

Stacy chowing down on some yummy corn on the cob!!

Dad and his finger-lickin' good barbeque!!!

Anna acting like she is starving to death!!!

THE MAJESTIC SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

On day 6 of our journey we not only visited the
Bristlecone Pine Trees, we also got to experience
the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We also refer to this
day as the "never ending day". We drove over 600
miles that day. Four hours of the drive was spent
going from the east side of the Sierra Nevada's to
the west side. (I never thought it would end.)
My pictures are a little out of order...my error...
but I think you can see that they went on and on and....

Moon Lake, CA