A couple of months ago this is the card that Tim and the kids gave me for my birthday. Now, it wasn’t my birthday “card” nor did it contain my birthday “present”, but it did make my day happy nonetheless! You see.. … Tim doesn’t normally like to go on …

SEATTLE TRIP:In June the girls, Nathan, and I headed out to Seattle on the spur of the moment to go to the homeschool graduation of good friend of ours. A family friend of ours, Bonnie (flower bed planting Bonnie) also came with us. She went to visit her family while …

2005 YEAR IN REVIEW:PHILLY-DC-NYC-PLYMOUTH TRIP Every year my aunt from Germany comes to the States to pick up my grandma to take her to Germany for 3 months. This year my aunt had a trip on the east coast so we packed everyone up and met her there! It was …

2005 YEAR IN REVIEWAPRIL, MAY, JUNE Missoula Children’s Theater: Emily and Josh both had parts in the Pinnochio play which was performed in April. PROM:Amanda was invited to go to the prom with one of her friends from youth group. She had a LOT of fun shopping for the dress, …

YEAR IN REVIEW – JANUARY 2005 – VACATION PART 4Miami, Everglades, Ft Lauderdale, and heading HOME! After disembarking the cruise ship, we met some friends from Miami at the Miami Zoo and enjoyed an afternoon of fun playing, sightseeing, riding a train around the zoo, and eating! Above Nathan is …

YEAR IN REVIEW- January 2005:VACATION PART 3 EXCURSIONS:One of the best things about cruising is waking up each day in a different location with all new excursions awaiting you. Our first full day of cruising was spent at sea so we were definitely ready for a little off-ship adventure by …

YEAR IN REVIEW – January 2005: VACATION PART 2: CRUISING:From Key West we drove to Miami where we stayed at a hotel over looking the cruise ship port. The first glimpse at “our ship” was as it came in to dock early in the morning on the day of our …

YEAR IN REVIEW – December 2004: VACATION Part 1 THE KEYS:We left home a few days after Christmas to spend a week exploring the Florida Keys. I found a “keysee” place in Key Largo via the internet called The Hungry Pelican. In a strange sort of confirmation that this was …