Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

Hello All!

I feel like I'm the person from the camera commercials that never prints her pictures but just piles them up in her camera. These past few months since we've moved to camp, lived there for 3 months, and moved back home, I have done a pitiful job of keeping track of pictures! Here are the ones I pulled off my camera tonight. Enjoy!

Kilee's 1st Sleepover with her best buddy Ellie

Aren't they cute in their jammies?

Dressed up for church

Such a cute dress. She looks like such a lady!

Kilee and Daddy picking wild violets in the yard.

Adorable

Trying out Mommy's purse

Her backside after slipping in one of Racer's mud puddles!

Kilee and Grandpa

She put her shoes on all by herself!

Kilee and our dear friend and Crossings staffer Dustin, a.k.a. "HillBill" Nice matching camo!

This picture is one of my favorites because she completely dressed herself. I was going through some hand-me-down clothes from a friend and she was "helping" me. She was already wearing the shirt, but the bottom is actually not a skirt. She put both legs through one hole in some gray gym shorts to make a skirt! Hilarious. The red shoes pull everything together, I think.

My Current Favorite Book!

Okay all of you stay-at-home wives and mommies! I'm always behind the times as far as coolness goes, but I found the most awesome book at Half Price Books the other day I want to share with you! It's called Living Well On One Income In a Two Income World by Cynthia Yates. Mrs. Yates is a Christian author and humor columnist, and her book is teeming with incredible financial wisdom, stories that will make you laugh so hard you have to run to the bathroom, and godly insight about how to use the resources God has given us for His glory. I totally recommend it! You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll want to evaluate how you use your money, gifts and time. Chapter titles include: Live Within Your Means, Let's Organize, It pays to be Savvy, Roll Up Your Sleeves, Use Things Up, Waste Not, Discover Your Creative Genius, and Presentation is Everything . . .or is it?. Amidst the godly wisdom, she has interjected absolutely hilarious stories of her and her husband whom she refers to as "Wonder Man." The following is an excerpt from the "Use Things Up" chapter. SO funny!

"During one of my household "sweeps," I found midnight blue satin sheets in a basement box. To the thrift store, or to use? No question! Always wanting to rev up our love life, I decided this would be a night to remember. Upstairs I raced. Pillows flying, blankets on the floor, I wrapped the bed in blue. Candles came from all around the house, perfume was spritzed, and I slinked into a nifty satin nightgown. No matter the long sleeves and that it hung just below my knees; Wonder Man would be dazzled. "I'm coming, Wonder Man!" I yelled. And in a playful mood I ran into the bedroom and dove onto the bed. Satin on satin makes for pretty poor friction. I hit the wall at 45 mph. We thought twice before we went to the emergency room."

Just wanted to share it with you! Enjoy ladies!

Zambia, Seattle, and Alaskan Fishing Boats

Hello all! Sorry it's been so long. We've been pretty busy and I haven't posted any pictures because our camera is broken! I guess Scott tried to take a picture of me before I put my makeup on and it was just too much for the poor camera. Ha! Just kidding. Anyway, Mom and Dad forwarded these pictures to me.

The first two are from the airport when we were seeing Scott off on his trip to Zambia. He went to Kitwe, Zambia to visit the Lifesong School that Crossings is partnering with to reach orphans in the area. It was a life-altering experience for him to see the hugeness of God through the testimony of orphans on the other side of the world. After Kilee and I watched the footage with him this week, we are just blown away by what God is teaching us.
The second two pictures are from when my Mom, Dad and Jeremy's girlfriend Katie went to Seattle to meet Jeremy during his debriefing time after his first contract at sea. Jeremy is an Alaskan groundfish observer and is working contracts observing fish on Alaskan boats until Thanksgiving. This was a special treat for everyone. I wish we could have seen him! The first picture is of my parents and the second one is of Jeremy and Katie.

More posts to come as soon as we get our camera fixed!