these are the days (of Elijah) :)

These are the days of the harvest,
The fields are all white in Your world,
And we are the labourers in Your vineyard,
Declaring the word of the Lord!

Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call;
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes!!

There's no God like Jehovah...
great concert tonight...too bad Josh thought he was ``too noisy`` for his liking (and therefore I had to miss a good chunk of it). also too bad I forgot my camera. For all his dislike of loud noises (he folds his ears shut, its quite funny :) ) at least Josh is not shy at all about meeting people. Jade, on the other hand, our resident music-lover, did approve and loved it but was too nervous to pose for a picture with him. :)

Al Mohler on Reading

Thanksgiving in Vermont

Thanksgiving is such a great holiday, and we have so much to be thankful for!! Prosperity and freedom and fellowship on top of His incredible spiritual gifts...God's goodness inspires us to praise. On top of it all, this year we were able to go to Vermont to visit our dear friend Jeremy...we are so thankful for God's hand of blessing on our weekend. The pictures speak for themselves, but if you haven't been to Vermont yourself you can expect it to be about 100 times as beautiful as these pictures make it look. Look at Rachel's blog, linked on my blog list below, for better scenery pics.

It is a shame that Josh is missing his pants. thankfully this was because he fell in the water and nothing else. :)

Group shot. thanks to Erik & Rach for coming b/c I don't think we would have gone otherwise...although now that we know how amazing it is there, we are definitely hoping to go again.
oops, those were out of order. Here they start, with the road trip:
Horton hears a Who was good for some great laughs. :)
Our Destination: Saturday morning (we left Friday afternoon and arrived in the wee hours)
at the top of Mount Phyllo! (I think!)






It was such a pleasure to visit Jay in his church. What a great calling. We were encouraged and blessed by the worship and preaching of God's word.
These pics are still on Saturday, hiking (as much as the little ones would take, anyways...)









Sunset viewing from Jay's backyard.
We were so excited to be able to visit Dan & Sarah...we have often talked about going since Sarah has sweetly been inviting us for years. I don't know why we didn't visit sooner!! It was so special to be there on Sunday afternoon and to spend time with this beautiful family. Nate & Beth were there too and I hope they didn't resent us for storming in on their visit. Not to mention the work they must have had to do for the Thanksgiving feast we consumed that afternoon, they must have slaved for hours!
yum, yum, YUM!!
I love this picture of the farm boys. :)


ho hum, deer are running around in the field while we walk past.

beautiful, BEAUTIFUL!!
THANK YOU, DAN & SARAH!!
what a beautiful, special family. We were completely pampered by them, and blessed by their sweet hospitality and fellowship. It felt like family, and the best part is that we really are brothers and sisters in the Lord. This communion of the saints is something I am hoping I never take for granted.

Monday morning we headed out to a local park...


met up with old friends, Julia & daughter Summer. Sarah & her little ones came by too...



And then we had to head home! But who minds the drive with scenery like this!!?!?
We didn't leave until 4pm so we weren't home until about 1am...tired but very happy and thankful for God's many blessings. Wasn`t the weather perfect this Thanksgiving tooÉ (uh oh, what happened to my question mark...)

Thank you Jay, for welcoming us and for planning so many things to make our visit so wonderful. We LOVED it!!

Sweet Grandma

It seems we are hardly getting out to see Kev's family anymore, and usually we would be heading out for thanksgiving weekend but even that isn't going to happen this year. :( We miss them. We were able to see everyone in September though. Dear Grandma sweetly lives her carefree life in the nursing home, never complaining, always cheerful.

pardon Josh. He is in that stage.

Grandmothers are one of God's greatest blessings, wouldn't you agree??

Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
For His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:4-5

Joy comes in the morning...

after years of many tears and much grieving over the precious mother we feel we lost, JOY has come to this family again in the form of a sweet new life expected in April. Congratulations, Nic & Wade!! We can't wait to meet your darling little one. :)

a visit to st. t wouldn't be complete without some bonding time with the family puppies. err, well Kev might not share that sentiment but they sure are cute looking!! :) meet Buddy and Otis

and Ginger and Otis

not enough sweet sleep on weekends like this, but it sure is cozy in Papa's bed.