tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43197545977131217482024-03-05T04:05:39.539-05:00Baker BatchJames, Sharonda & JoshuaSharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-19464421534452433372016-02-01T20:54:00.001-05:002017-10-09T22:17:54.346-04:00What is Holding You Captive?<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">God has been so good to me. He never fails to remember His children, for which I am so thankful. Just as God freed the Israelite people from the Egyptians, so God can free us from those things which hold us captive. When the children of Israel felt imprisoned by the demands of the Egyptians, God gave Moses this wonderful message, "<span style="color: red;">And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace</span>" (Exodus 14:13-14). </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He not only frees us from captivity, but guides us in a life that is joyous! What a Savior I serve! Are you serving Christ today? He will be your Shepherd if you simply ask. There is no better way to live than to live for Him who gave His life for you! Wondrous peace will flow from your heart as you follow His Word and are surrendered to His will for your life. Ask Him into your life today. </span><br />
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Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-40802390419091736672015-04-15T13:36:00.002-04:002016-02-01T20:21:54.563-05:00How is Your Day?The day is beautiful. The sun is shining. The temperature is just right. The grass is perfectly green. The trees are budding. This type of day makes me think about my own heart, and creates in me the desire to be more like my Master, the perfect and true One! Is "The Son" shining so brightly that others see HIS love radiating through me? Is my "demeanor" or my temperature, so to speak, one that is attractive to others and draws them to the Saviour? What about the "color" of my life? Does it show forth peacefulness and cheerfulness, rather than dull, bored, or anger-filled living? God expects His children to share Him with others through living; through the example that is represented day after day. May God help me to follow Christ carefully and prayerfully. <br />
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<br />Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-6130892570138942842015-02-25T00:31:00.001-05:002019-05-21T22:47:21.056-04:00Changes<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I hate changes. Anything new or different is a big mountain for me. Are there others who feel the same as I? There have been many changes in my life these past few months; changes I appreciate and others that have left me feeling blue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I graduated from college in May of this past year. What a relief! I don't have that haunting feeling of continual work to accomplish nagging at me and eating away at my inner-most being! This is one change for which I am thankful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My younger daughter, Evangelyn, married her sweetheart, Joseph Bailey, in October. This has been a huge change, and one that has made our home very different and a little lonely-feeling. She married a young man whom she had dated for a few years. Thankfully, they are living in our general area so we get to see them quite often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Joshua is growing up way too fast for this Mamma. When I look back and see his younger pictures, I am amazed at how time has flown. However, I am so very thankful for a little boy around to make things seem less lonely!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our older daughter, Christianna, married her man, Matthew Clark, in January of this year. Although Christianna has been away from home for a while now since she went to college for five years in Cincinnati, she now lives in far-away Alabama with her new husband. Instead of two hours away, she is now ten hours away! Her visits are few and far between! This seems like a big change that is a little more difficult to swallow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Changes! Have you had any in your life lately? How do you react to them? I am thankful for a Heavenly Father to go to with all my cares. I know He understands. "Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you" (I Peter 5:7).</span><br />
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Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-64514085680894928952014-01-26T19:34:00.003-05:002014-01-26T19:43:21.615-05:00Bold for ChristToday is Sunday, and the day we set aside for worship and praise to our Heavenly Father. Today is the day we go to church and worship together. Usually. However, it is a little different on this day. Another snowstorm has come through and changed our usual plans. I do not like days when I cannot do the normal ... when I have to stay home whether I want to or not. I especially dislike not being able to go to the House of God and worship together with other fellow believers. The day seems so long and so very different. I don't know why God chose His day for a snowstorm, but He knows. Our family gathered together in our little living room, read the Bible together, sang together, and prayed together. My hubby and I dug some children's stories out (for Kid's Club), and colored for a good portion of the afternoon. Fun! Joshua had a great time along with us coloring his own pictures.<br />
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The highlight of my day though, was to finish reading a biography of Julia Shelhamer. She was an exceptional lady for sure! As I read through the book, I was convicted time and again of the little I am doing for Christ. This lady passed out tracts continually. She shared the gospel frequently and went searching for lost souls with the hope of bringing them to Christ. Too often, we wait for the opportune time or the perfect setting. Not so with Julia. She was bold for Christ; and looked for ways to be a blessing and a light to others. Her husband, Elmer Shelhamer, was often gone away from home preaching in revivals. Julia felt lonesome and hopeless while he was away. Finally, one day she decided to do something about it. She purchased her own tent, acquired some chairs, had them set up, and began preaching her own services. God helped her, and the audience grew until it was overcrowded with lost souls seeking God. The Lord blessed her efforts time and again through her spunk,boldness, and genuine concern over the lost. Then I started thinking .... I have always depended upon my husband for leadership in things that we do; after-all, I am just a woman. It is not my place to lead. However, on Judgment Day, I will not be judged for what my husband accomplishes, but for what I have accomplished. May God help me to be dependent upon Him instead of my earthly husband for everything I do. May I be BOLD for Christ! <br />
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Julia Shelhamer tried and was successful in many forms of ministry. She was involved in a boat/river ministry, starting a mission in Washington D.C., a telephone ministry, street meeting ministry, a pastoral ministry, and others. All of these were successful. She did not give up when funds were low; she did not consider anything a failure, but kept working for God despite adverse circumstances at times. May God help me to be faithful, and to seek and save the lost. I want to be busy about the Master's business. How about you? Read the book and I am sure you will be convicted too. (*The book is entitled, "Julia: Giantess in Generosity" by Glen Williamson. You must read it -- you won't be able to put it down!)Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-16255800460074998172013-11-17T19:24:00.001-05:002016-02-01T20:26:44.974-05:00News from Home<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been months since I have posted anything on my blog. School and the responsibilities of life seem to have a way of taking up most of my time. However, this evening I have some time on my hands, since our Sunday evening church service was cancelled due to bad weather alerts in our area. We did not think it would be wise to have church when tornadoes and high winds were predicted during the time of our services. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Besides taking college classes myself, I am now homeschooling Joshua through the A Beka program. I really like it so far, and am impressed with his quick progress. He can read quite a few words already with the short vowel sounds. He recently has been reading sentences! This coming week he will be learning how to add two numbers together. He also is learning to write in cursive. This seems a little early, but he seems to be doing okay with it too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We will be celebrating Joshua's 6th Birthday on Friday. He is growing up way too fast. He lost his first tooth about a month ago! He was very proud of that! </span><br />
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</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-74518468569371581592013-07-18T16:47:00.003-04:002013-07-18T22:54:23.021-04:00Views of our Family Vacation<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A strange picture of us ~ it was sprinkling (It rained almost every day on our vacation)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christianna and Evangelyn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful scenery in the Smokies</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Skylift</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and his two boys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christianna</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evangelyn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the highest point in the Smokies, and yes, it was torture getting up there! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From Clingman's Dome</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again. You are supposed to be able to see a few states from this vantage point on a clear day, but it was cloudy and very cool up there</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan getting ready to "fly" around the go-kart track</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A blurry picture of James and Christianna riding the go-carts!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls drenching their Dad and little Bro!! :P</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mommy and my little Buddy, Joshua</td></tr>
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<br />Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-12738546202207827742013-06-18T13:11:00.000-04:002013-06-18T13:12:17.625-04:00Picture Assortment<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua learning to ride his bike without training wheels</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Mother's Day gifts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan on his 19th Birthday, May 13th</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The youngest, oldest, and mother with the most children at the Voice of Victory Bible Methodist Church where we pastor - Mother's Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the Mothers present on Mother's Day at our church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan and I on Mother's Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two boys on Mother's Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My children on Mother's Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two girls on Mother's Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents on Dad's 70th Birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My brother, Sheldon, and his wife, Erin celebrating Dad's 70th Birthday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kelly and Andrew, two of Sheldon's children</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephanie, Sheldon's oldest daughter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawson, Sheldon's youngest son</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McKenna (Sheldon's youngest daughter) and Joshua, best cousins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan, being silly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christianna and her boyfriend, Matthew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evangelyn and her boyfriend, Joseph, at Dad's birthday celebration</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't know why I am not more consistent in updating my blog. I guess it is a lack of motivation at times. The pictures I have uploaded are an assortment of various events and activities in our lives over the past few months. Yes, some are even before Memorial Day, my last post. ha! Evangelyn just celebrated her 20th birthday on Father's Day, and I realized I didn't even take any pictures. :( I am horrible about remembering to take photos of different occasions. I did take pictures of James on Father's Day, but for some reason, it is not showing up on my camera. Hmmm .... </span><br />
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Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-80378910968098880422013-05-30T11:05:00.000-04:002013-05-30T11:05:03.126-04:00Memorial Day<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Memorial Day, Christianna, Joshua, James, and I went to the Columbus zoo. We had a really nice time together. It was the perfect day for a zoo trip. Although rain was predicted, it stayed dry throughout the time we were there with cooler temperatures and some sun. Evangelyn and Nathan had to work, so they did not go with us. We were hoping the entire family could have gone. Maybe some other time.....</span><br />
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I always enjoy watching the antics of monkeys, gorillas, and bonobos. They are often hilarious! These two monkeys here with their gorilla friend helped make my day special. :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">God has been helping us in our little church over the past few months. These children usually attend our Sunday evening Kid's Club and have become a part of our church family. They are a blessing to us, and we are praying that God will send us more little ones and families in the upcoming days. As I have been teaching our Kid's Club children ~ God commands us to, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). Every one of us has a job to do. We must be faithful to witness and bring lost souls to Christ! Who will tell them if we don't?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*I added the picture of the roses since they are so beautiful. It was a total surprise, which made this Mama's heart happy! Thank you, Nathan! I love you!</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-43612274094234122412013-04-15T14:25:00.000-04:002013-04-15T14:25:32.207-04:00There is Joy in Serving Jesus!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spring has arrived following a few late snow storms. The trees are budding; crocuses, daffodils and tulips are blooming; and the grass is green and growing. Rain has been making frequent visits to help all the new growth to flourish and beautify God's creation. Yes, I enjoy this time of year! Soon the garden will be cultivated and the seeds planted to gather in some good wholesome vegetables! I cannot wait! I love fresh garden produce! The store "stuff" just does not compare! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We enjoyed Revival services at our church with Rev. and Mrs. Wallace Thornton, Sr. recently. What a blessing they were to us! We really appreciated the wonderful singing and sermons throughout the week! God was speaking to hearts during the services. We are praying these lost souls will mind God and seek Him for deliverance from their sins. God is waiting and gently knocking at their heart's door; they just need to open it and submit their lives to Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also had a special service Easter Sunday evening. Most of the children who attend our church come to the evening service, so we thought it best to have the service then. We had good attendance with some new ones present. God is helping us as we endeavor to reach lost souls. If you think of us and the little church we are presently pastoring, please pray. We need God's guidance and help each and every day. We want to be a shining light in the community!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you all are having a Happy Spring, but more importantly, are having a wonderful time serving Jesus! He is coming soon! We must be ready!</span><br />
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<br />Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-2203107799946781802013-02-15T14:58:00.001-05:002013-02-15T14:58:14.277-05:00~SNOW~<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-78828698930217132042012-12-20T23:14:00.000-05:002012-12-20T23:14:02.300-05:00Happy 22nd Birthday Christianna Joy!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was our joy to welcome little Christianna Joy into this world on December 20, 1990, five days before Christmas. What a gift she was! She was not expected until mid-January, but God decided to send her a little sooner; a month earlier, in fact! Only weighing in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces, she was just a tiny bundle of joy, but oh, such a sweet one! Our home became full of fun and happiness as we watched her grow and develop. One thing that stands out from all others was Christianna's attraction to books. At a very early age, she would pick up books and pretend she was reading them. It would only be gibberish, but she seemed to be having the time of her life "reading" the books. Later, she would make up her own stories while "reading" the books. It was no longer gibberish, but words. Finally, the day came in Kindergarten, when she could actually read the words. She then would write her own little books with pictures and words. I still treasure these to this day! She has a very creative mind and is quite artistic. She continues to enjoy reading and drawing, but has become a great writer as well. I am often amazed with her ability to make a simple paragraph sound so professional! God has given her many gifts! I pray she will continue to use these for Him! </span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-11584269375723353732012-12-17T23:31:00.001-05:002012-12-17T23:47:14.532-05:00More Answers to Prayer!!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I cannot believe Christmas is almost here! I have not done any Christmas shopping since Thanksgiving weekend. My days have been filled with other busy tasks ... finishing up a class (I'm done - yay!), organizing a church Christmas program, hosting a Christmas open house in our home, accompanying our oldest son on his doctor visits, and so on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not only will Christmas be here in a week, but Christianna's birthday is creeping upon me and will be here before I know it. She will be 22 years old on Thursday! Wow! That is a hard one for me to swallow. Where has time gone? Anyway, she has requested an oatmeal pie (yum!). I still need to inquire as to what else she would prefer to have on the menu of her special day. I am just hoping it is not brats and broccoli (as she has requested before - ugh!)! But, if that is what she wants, it is HER special day, so I will sacrifice ... haha!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago, I put some eggs on the stove to boil. After turning the burner on, I set about doing other things in another room. When I walked out of the room, it smelled horribly strange in our house. I walked to the kitchen only to discover gray smoke billowing from our stove. I immediately realized I had turned on the wrong burner; one with a cover on it (electric stove). Oh no! What should I do? Of course, turn off the burner might be smart! haha! Nothing was destroyed except the burner cover, thank the Lord! I have been praising Him for answering prayer and not allowing our entire house to burn down due to this incident. I already have shared about our answer to prayer for Nathan's cyst area in his mouth. Then, most of this weekend and today, I have had a horrible, almost unbearable migraine headache. I have taken pills time and again which would relieve it a little, but not take it away. When the pills would wear off, the headache was back with a vengeance. Tonight, I didn't know what I was going to do. I felt like my head was being cut in half! The pills were not relieving the pain at all! We had family devotions and James told Joshua to pray for Mommy to get better, which he did. Later, James was having private devotions with Joshua before he went to bed. On his own, Joshua once again prayed for me to get better (I had been praying too, not knowing what to do). Not long after this, I realized, my headache was suddenly gone!!!! I believe God answered my little boy's prayer!! God is so good! Joshua and I talked about Jesus answering his prayer before I tucked him into bed. He doesn't quite understand it all yet, and had a lot of questions, such as, "How did Jesus answer the prayer, cuz' he is not here?" "I cannot see Him." Awww .... he is so cute, even if he is a livewire! haha! Well, I just had to share those specific answers to prayer. We have experienced others recently as well. I must say it again; God is soooo good! I love Him so much! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you all are having a joyous Christmas season, and are remembering the reason of the season. Please feel free to share some of your answers to prayer in the comments. I would love to hear about them!</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-76912071067333729592012-12-11T15:19:00.001-05:002012-12-11T15:19:30.868-05:00God Answers Prayer!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yesterday found Nathan and I traveling to the oral surgeon's office for another appointment to check on the area where the large cyst was removed six months ago. The surgeon has been hoping that the area will fill in so no further procedures would have to be done. The first three month appointment following the surgery did not show improvement. The area had barely filled in, and we were very concerned! However, yesterday's appointment proved to be so much different! I was praying and asking God to please let that area be filled in, so nothing else would have to be done. Yep, you guessed it! God ANSWERED prayer once again!!! He is sooo good to us. I heard the doctor talking to the nurses before he ever entered our room about what a drastic change there was, not knowing he was talking about the comparison of Nathan's x-rays. I made a comment to Nate that I was hoping he was talking about him. Sure enough! The doctor walked in a couple minutes later to show us the x-rays with the HUGE improvement! Most of the area is completely filled in now!!! Praise.the.LORD!!! Nate will need to have an x-ray of that area done once a year for the next five or six years to make sure a new cyst is not forming again. There is a 40 to 50 percent chance of him getting another one due to the type of cyst it was. Hopefully this does not happen. I am trusting in God for another answer to prayer. Thank you to those who have been praying for him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On another note, Nate and I will be going to another doctor's appointment on Friday. He will be seeing a Cardiologist this time to be sure his heart is working normally. Since he had the episode with Pericarditis a few months ago, I felt it would be important to have his heart checked again to make sure there is nothing wrong with it, and he truly only had a virus. Please continue to pray for him. We know God is in control.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-6142452566893051622012-11-29T23:42:00.002-05:002012-11-29T23:42:39.917-05:00Pictures<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The promised pictures! (Yes, the order is mixed up.)</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is growing up too fast!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to hide while we sing "Happy Birthday." He had begged me for days not to let anybody sing to him. He gets sooo embarrassed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving Day at Dad and Mom's ~ Cousins enjoyed a table to themselves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening gifts after a tiring Thanksgiving Birthday at Grandpa and Grandma's house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> "Reading" his new dino book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's time to decorate for Christmas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the traditional red and green colors. Can you tell?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Digging" into his piece of birthday cake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A serious game of Balderdash going on</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eating</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new wreath I created this year above the fireplace</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our Christmas trees</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the wreath</td></tr>
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Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-50982108799575607862012-11-28T10:42:00.002-05:002012-11-28T10:54:49.227-05:00It is That Time of Year Again! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Okay. Sometimes it helps me to simply sit down and write during times of extreme busyness and stress. Somehow or other it satisfies my emotions when I express my feelings on paper/blog. There are too many things going on in my life right now and too many responsibilities to feel like I have everything under control. This is not the way I choose to live! My ENTIRE house is a HUGE disaster! P.l.e.a.s.e don't come and visit today! ;o) Christmas decor is "decorating" the floor, the couches, and everywhere besides where it should be. Toys are spread all throughout the mess! Then I walk into my youngest son's bedroom, only to find him sitting in the midst of a PILE of books! Did I only say "PILE"? I should say "MOUNTAIN!" I hope no one trips and falls over the mess; we will have more stress! ha! There are mounds of laundry to fold and yes, the important pieces of clothing are getting slim in our private drawers. :0) I have the washer going with more laundry ready for folding in an hour or so. I have a HUGE project for school to complete in the next week; I need to work on the church Christmas program; our basement ~oh my!~ I won't even talk about that DUMP! I want to have an open house for our church family in about two weeks with food .......... Yep, it is Christmas time and the pressure is on! I'm trying to stay focused on one.thing.at.a.time! This is hard for me, since I see so many things that need to be done. There are people to visit and phone calls to be made; church invitations to pass out and <u>so much more</u>. In the middle of all this, we would like to sneak in a few fun family things to do during this Christmas season. Oh, by the way, we need to purchase a new storm door for one of our front doors before real winter weather sets in. Our doors desperately need painting. My hubby started to clean up the backyard a couple weeks ago. He made it as far as cutting down a tree that seemed to be taking over our yard. The remnants of the tree have been lying on the ground surrounding the tree stump since that day. Our cedar bushes/trees are getting quite overgrown. They must be trimmed before real winter weather sets in. The responsibilities are mounting, but I must remember to take one day at a time and make it useful for God! Devotions and time with Him are priority! If nothing else gets accomplished, I know the time I spend with Him is more important than everything else going on in my life. I know He will help me through the busyness! What would I do without my Savior? I love Him so much!</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-69387609783100965282012-11-26T23:49:00.003-05:002012-11-26T23:49:32.054-05:00Pictures Coming Soon<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have some new pictures to post, but lack the time and energy to upload them now. We had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Day at my parent's house where we ate a delicious meal and played games with relatives. Thanksgiving Day was also Joshua's fifth birthday this year. He had a grand time celebrating with his two favorite cousins, McKenna and Dawson. I will try to post pictures soon.</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-10500669902440782112012-10-25T15:29:00.001-04:002012-10-25T15:35:43.007-04:00A Beautiful Day for Some Fun!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week I have pushed myself to finish up my school tasks in order to enjoy at least one of the beautiful days God is giving us before cooler weather officially sets in. Most of my work being complete, I grabbed Joshua for a fun few hours at a nearby park. He enjoyed the playground area for a time, and then wanted to go on a walk through the forest. I took my camera along to grab some photos while enjoying our day together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Following our time at the park, we were going to get some food from a nearby restaurant, and take it back to the park for a picnic. I asked him which food place sounded better: McDonalds or Burger King. (There is more restaurants in that area, but I didn't think he would be interested in the others.) He said, "Wait, Mom, wait until we get up to the place then I'll tell you which one I want to go to." I told him I couldn't just stop in the middle of the road, but he was going to have to let me know. Well, he begged to go to Dairy Queen for ice cream, but that was out of the choices since he would only want ice cream, and that is not too wholesome for a lunch menu. So, as we came upon the fast food joints, he immediately said he wanted to go to "that place with the red around it." ha! Arbys!!?? He has never wanted to go there! He said there is steps in there and fish. True! So ... we wound up at Arby's for lunch. By that time, he didn't want to go back to the park to eat, but settled on eating while watching the fish. This was fine with me since both he and I were hot from our venture at the park. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying sooo hard to smile nice! ha!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a nice time together away from home. This does not happen very often, therefore, it seemed extra fun! </span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-85054308039173531372012-10-18T23:23:00.003-04:002012-10-19T00:09:23.222-04:00Fall Furnishings<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is in love with dinosaurs!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fall is fleeting fast and I have failed to furnish our home with the normal fashionable Fall decor. As I sit and study day after day, I become so frustrated with all that I am not accomplishing. Before I know it, the day has drifted into evening, and night has arrived with still nothing done except for school assignments! Does this make me feel good? Yes and no!!! Of course, I'm getting my school work done, but I have so many other things to tend that is often put on a back burner way. too. long!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, I have made up my mind; I'm heading out to the breezeway in the morning where my bins have been neatly stacked for a few days now! I'm going to make a HUGE mess, and dig into those bins with a big smile on my face! I LOVE FALL; the cool crisp air, the beautiful colors, the food, and did I mention cooler weather? Ah, yes, my school assignments will be in the back of my mind for a few hours while I shape my home into leaves, candles, and pumpkins. I'm sad it is only going to be donning it's autumn attire for about a month; but it certainly is better than not at all! Although I don't exactly enjoy decorating my house for different seasons; I completely enjoy looking at it after it is up and the MESS is cleaned up and put away. The house gets cleaned in the process which is a double blessing (it definitely could use it)!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little helper tomorrow! (Joshua a couple yrs. ago)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My helper about three years ago!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Go and enjoy your day tomorrow! After all, it will be Friday! I have a project ahead that has been invading my mind for weeks! I'll be wildly dashing about the house trying to get it done before the man of the house arrives home from work! :o) </span></div>
Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-4279359890000742022012-09-05T22:23:00.006-04:002012-09-05T23:54:29.471-04:00The Storm after the Calm<div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"No news is good news." You've all heard that saying most likely. Well, I definitely feel like that now, after trying to write a post to update eve</span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">ryone a few days ago on the normal routine of the circumstances surrounding our present lives. The humdrum of our lives suddenly changed yesterday. Nathan woke up early feeling fine, fell back to sleep and woke up a couple of hours later with excruciating pain in the back of his left shoulder and radiating down his arm, as well as chest pain and difficulty breathing. He took one of his strong Ibruprofen</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vRTKiXYLsxwuLvhF8p-oZQElQbdfr0uhUyQMO-Z3UZ-Bzx9-AEXHIwihYtT4a_yjUVFEKS-5NKDn761hi65v64PJGaQo-ORM_7G9fPf_9y-SwpXYKUKV_gf37FeI1kVvfdGzlLXiM-SE/s320/IMG_0169.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5784902251650896658" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">pills that he still had from his wisdom teeth extractions. I tried to get him into our family doctor, but there was not an opening until later in the afternoon. I knew he would not be able to deal with the pain for that long of a time, so I decided to take him to Urgent Care. By this time, his pain had let up some since he had taken the pill, but he was still having difficulty breathing. They checked him out, did a chest x-ray, and said everything looked okay and that he probably had some sort of muscle strain. So we headed back home. Later in the afternoon, that same pain hit him again about an hour and a half before he could take another pill to relieve the pain. He started begging for help and to take him to the ER. I hesitated, but quickly knew I had to take him since his breathing was difficult and his chest was hurting with every breath he took. I appreciate the help one can receive at the ER, but the wait is horrible!! Patience is definitely a virtue there, and you better not be dying! :o) After waiting for a few hours, we were f.i.n.a.l.l.y moved to a room. That was one step! Now more waiting! By this time, Nathan did have some relief from another Ibruprofen he had taken, but the pain was still there. He was nervous and I was nervous. We had no idea what was happening. At last, nurses came in with all the questions ~ routine questions, informational questions, scary questions such as, "Does anyone in your family have heart problems?" "Has anyone suddenly died for no reason?" Talking about scary .... yep, I was scared to death. He is only eighteen years old! A.T. L.A.S.T the doctor showed up!! He checked him over and ordered blood work and an EKG as well as pain medicine. More waiting ..... Nurses came and hooked up an I.V., took the blood samples, gave him pain medicine and administered the EKG. Now to wait for the results .... (2 hours or so). The doctor finally comes back in with the results of the EKG. He said, "Like I thought earlier, you have Pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart." He then went on to tell us that they may want to monitor him overnight and do an ultrasound of the heart in the morning. He would go and check with an internal medicine doctor. More waiting ..... At last, he returned to tell us that he did extra research and was quite certain that Nathan's complication is probably viral and should go away on its own with the help of medicine and he could go home. Most young men at such a young age usually only experiences Pericarditis in a viral form. However, the doctor said he needs to follow up with the family doctor to be sure he is improving. So, after more waiting ... and finally getting prescriptions ~ <b>six of them</b> ~ we headed to a Pharmacy which was not easy to find open at 9:30 at night. After problems getting one of the prescriptions, and stopping to pick up some food (we hadn't eaten since lunch) we headed for home. I was dreading the night, since I didn't know what to expect. Would Nate do okay with all these meds? Would he have another attack when the pain medicine starts to wear off? He has strict instructions not to lay down to rest, which he already discovered anyway. He could not breathe laying down. The ER doctor also told him that it is impossible to lay down with this condition. So, Nate slept in the recliner and I attempted to sleep on the couch. He wanted me near him, and I didn't want to leave him alone not knowing what to expect. Thank the Lord, the night went smoothly and an alarm was set for medicines to be taken. He has seemed much better today with no pain. In fact, he has not taken one of his pain medicines today at all! He has more than one, but at least both are not necessary.<br /></span><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Since this has happened, I have been told by a nurse that Pericarditis is sometimes caused by wisdom teeth extractions. This would make a lot of sense since he just had them pulled last Thursday. Whatever the cause, we are praying that he does not have anymore problems and that his heart is fine. The ER doctor did tell us that his heart looks healthy; it is not enlarged or anything like that. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Well, that is a long and detailed rundown of our "newsless" life that turned into a scary experience. Please remember Nathan in prayer. He has had a couple of scary physical incidents in the past few months with the large oral cyst that was removed and now this. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just a few additional "news" items from our family with prayer requests: </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size:100%;"><ul><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nathan will be starting college through the distance learning program at G.B.S. next week.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">An installation service will be taking place this Sunday at the Voice of Victory Bible Methodist Church where my husband is currently pastoring. Bro. Sams will be conducting both services. Please pray that a good crowd will be present. We want to win the lost to Jesus.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">Evangelyn will be starting Phlebotomy classes at a nearby college in January.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:verdana;">James' next writing assignment for <i>Union Gospel Press</i> is due at the<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>beginning of October (I </span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">think) and he has been working long hours at<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>his regular job. Please pray he will have time to get this completed.</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">We are leading very busy lives. At times we feel that we have too much on our plates. I know God has a purpose for all this, and we must trust in Him to see us through. He has never failed yet, and I know He never will.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><br /></div>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-14543319251366562452012-09-03T22:59:00.006-04:002012-09-04T13:45:37.941-04:00~No New News~ (hardly)<span style="font-family:verdana;">I really don't have any exciting news to share; hence the reason behind the lack of posts. Nathan did have his three remaining wisdom teeth removed last week. We are thankful this is over and he is doing well at this point. An x-ray of the cyst area was taken, and there is still a large gap that has not filled in. The oral surgeon says it takes a while to grow, as he is hoping bone will fill in this area. So far, after three months, very little growth has taken place. Hopefully this changes in the future. I have no idea if anything will be done if the area remains empty. The big concern is that another cyst could form there. Nate will be seeing a Dermatologist in the future for the possibility of skin cancer. This was what our family doctor recommended since he did not seem to be too familiar with this sort of cancer at such a young age. He did check Nate over for any signs of the cancer, and says he appears healthy to him, but will need to be monitored in years to come by a Dermatologist.</span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Christianna and Evangelyn chose to go on a trip with a group from God's Bible School to New York City. They left Friday morning and are expecting to return tomorrow evening sometime. They have been enjoying many sights in the area which they have never experienced before. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Nothing else new comes to mind at this point. If I think of something else, I'll post again.</span></div></div>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-68856078060812197892012-07-11T14:50:00.003-04:002012-09-03T22:58:46.617-04:00Some Updates<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just realized I have never given an update on Nathan's last dental visit with the results of the biopsy. The oral surgeon checked things out and Nathan seems to be healing nicely, but a hole still remains which is not expected to heal completely for three months or so. He has to carefully clean it out daily so there is no food residue trapped inside of it! Yuck! We were a little startled about the results of the biopsy, but we know God has everything under control. The type of cyst Nathan had can be a symptom of Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome, a topical skin cancer. The doctor sent a copy of the biopsy results to our family physician, and suggested that he see him in regard to this. I have an appointment set sometime in August when he will be checked for this cancerous condition. On a somewhat positive note, the doctor did say that of all the cancers, this is the one to get if you're going to get cancer since it can be treated and doesn't affect the liver, heart, lungs, and so forth. The oral surgeon said Nathan's shoulders, back, and temples need to be watched carefully for any signs of cancerous spots throughout his life. He also mentioned that often a person who has this sort of cancer has extra ribs and a bigger forehead (which Nate does not have). Anyway, please remember this in prayer when you think of us.</span><br /><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On another note, James has recently consented to being the pastor of a little country church about ten miles from our home. He has felt that God would have him pastor again for the past couple of years or so, but with older children it is difficult to suddenly pack your bags and move when they have jobs and commitments. This opportunity opened up and we feel it is God's way of showing us where He wants us. Please pray for us as we follow God's leadership in shepherding this little flock and gaining new souls for Him at Voice of Victory Bible Methodist Church in Waynesfield, Ohio. We want to lead lost souls to the One who can provide forgiveness, peace, joy, and hope. Our first service is this evening's Prayermeeting service. We are excited about what God has in store for the little church there!</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-16064203893681935862012-07-10T22:46:00.001-04:002012-09-03T22:58:17.629-04:00Vacation = Family + Fun + Memories<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1Kd-1Skb27JylkD8QRHCi-7nOryEHr1qEUMYaPrZhFgwCLl15W3oPSmrdaSVXtma-ynYeFzrBqqB_IoPCif3sqn7buBkiUR1tjkgP7roUBstgNUcNpvWtZfK7W5bxe48y69hzS8sq6bz/s1600/IMG_0417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1Kd-1Skb27JylkD8QRHCi-7nOryEHr1qEUMYaPrZhFgwCLl15W3oPSmrdaSVXtma-ynYeFzrBqqB_IoPCif3sqn7buBkiUR1tjkgP7roUBstgNUcNpvWtZfK7W5bxe48y69hzS8sq6bz/s320/IMG_0417.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Christianna Joy at Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Paradise, MI</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakWdqJBAL-AQVG75HjdctTpitSI0sCcYTPNRLisInqRiLJZZ9LJUqfrw_V08BFqdEahdrxr9_wQljy7S2_PEZYJKMxF18GBHh-T8Wda4MfoP7y8eZnGZigJKka_mPdgdrwGkvZjve4PXT/s1600/IMG_0418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakWdqJBAL-AQVG75HjdctTpitSI0sCcYTPNRLisInqRiLJZZ9LJUqfrw_V08BFqdEahdrxr9_wQljy7S2_PEZYJKMxF18GBHh-T8Wda4MfoP7y8eZnGZigJKka_mPdgdrwGkvZjve4PXT/s320/IMG_0418.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan by the Upper Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUU_QzLVXe4ljyZcV_kGpCeqYdGpePBJvSye93mcUQn3JyOJAAE_gHfGQ15d31bcYbtrjHAz_DzfKsvkrXUrFjAr_kyjottoSsQVuL7cogHc-iOcc6K8AafCRYUqSEWDbUQIojevYMWSq/s1600/IMG_0421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJUU_QzLVXe4ljyZcV_kGpCeqYdGpePBJvSye93mcUQn3JyOJAAE_gHfGQ15d31bcYbtrjHAz_DzfKsvkrXUrFjAr_kyjottoSsQVuL7cogHc-iOcc6K8AafCRYUqSEWDbUQIojevYMWSq/s320/IMG_0421.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James and I in front of Upper Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9m4gJTsz5BR9ViyACHe2_8MbW-CsNb5Lu6-yhtUixbj1_jRQ4B9ut7UtwxErOEfCWra6TC86ztIHSquA09O7g9CWPYtbigCR1gIzFkF33BLCma7E3izTBxYuc6epfMT25y8Ik-FpWgek/s1600/IMG_0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9m4gJTsz5BR9ViyACHe2_8MbW-CsNb5Lu6-yhtUixbj1_jRQ4B9ut7UtwxErOEfCWra6TC86ztIHSquA09O7g9CWPYtbigCR1gIzFkF33BLCma7E3izTBxYuc6epfMT25y8Ik-FpWgek/s320/IMG_0422.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua and Daddy </td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwiZDiNbik97yOgaz_BMRLTu50MMGX0MqZoFgqj35VYp_WKi0BgyuVJvsTNALjt_nK7yHfRI3TQFV8cNA-1pE_Hur3NAy8y5oaZbdwPwHNse43O_0H7r99rhxjIC9mfOpWVpm1mDdcClz/s1600/IMG_0424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwiZDiNbik97yOgaz_BMRLTu50MMGX0MqZoFgqj35VYp_WKi0BgyuVJvsTNALjt_nK7yHfRI3TQFV8cNA-1pE_Hur3NAy8y5oaZbdwPwHNse43O_0H7r99rhxjIC9mfOpWVpm1mDdcClz/s320/IMG_0424.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty photo of Upper Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aalBkkjGh3HZfTbC7frz7eIArhXi8rtL6ANdYC2iCe3zGSFURreyyFE1Cgk1RX7d52uRrZribrblFcpNO-yxHmzrPbBQdxLis63kzVIE5RvAgZLOhTUVidv54qrDuFTH_e6YqP6HmCE4/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1aalBkkjGh3HZfTbC7frz7eIArhXi8rtL6ANdYC2iCe3zGSFURreyyFE1Cgk1RX7d52uRrZribrblFcpNO-yxHmzrPbBQdxLis63kzVIE5RvAgZLOhTUVidv54qrDuFTH_e6YqP6HmCE4/s320/IMG_0426.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX8Urwfa_5k-fv4zisHKtGLcOA-asCjweDRzzqr-qt8nfu6PYWlodeHgTkXcMS-kUUdck8ndBgKqUSvZcq9OrkAE86xK013ze8A3wpnbw4ib6BCBdFsrlaaBgGoOqoFX_ov2YLWhbg2zF/s1600/IMG_0430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeX8Urwfa_5k-fv4zisHKtGLcOA-asCjweDRzzqr-qt8nfu6PYWlodeHgTkXcMS-kUUdck8ndBgKqUSvZcq9OrkAE86xK013ze8A3wpnbw4ib6BCBdFsrlaaBgGoOqoFX_ov2YLWhbg2zF/s320/IMG_0430.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My attempt to get a night time picture of Mackinac Bridge ~ Did not work!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7bOuHzXPV_rGdoNlnyUOzE5nqdM0cZDvv-7X46f0m9xz0Pz-DVNxCq5kTJEQ0ZToJUcIBW-p8tG4EbMr1e8HvkDPJad8IkvsZBv9xvQ2CEvXnPrakoD9BcJ8BTr42A81mokl9UkqRr0m/s1600/IMG_0439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7bOuHzXPV_rGdoNlnyUOzE5nqdM0cZDvv-7X46f0m9xz0Pz-DVNxCq5kTJEQ0ZToJUcIBW-p8tG4EbMr1e8HvkDPJad8IkvsZBv9xvQ2CEvXnPrakoD9BcJ8BTr42A81mokl9UkqRr0m/s320/IMG_0439.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the bay in Petoskey, MI</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OJO1FfV6vshRIEilCCyGvWTbofMN8bbNZoimXtfnpcP20cbu4VgCi08Ju0fF8bCPBnbp0GVQFDZ_RQPB6xQIhUmNJVQBP8nVFJvZP7QoxPPYoexb9vWClUnuiR-X4T4TxOAvBNrxpxUk/s1600/IMG_0442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OJO1FfV6vshRIEilCCyGvWTbofMN8bbNZoimXtfnpcP20cbu4VgCi08Ju0fF8bCPBnbp0GVQFDZ_RQPB6xQIhUmNJVQBP8nVFJvZP7QoxPPYoexb9vWClUnuiR-X4T4TxOAvBNrxpxUk/s320/IMG_0442.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan relaxing along the bay</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OKhpS9oi91srHNm0oPq_eknO7kNcyBaf5atmnmjqBIpIHQTX7AKb7EoFXPEi-ANFvxo_ww9BYjQPLdeJOaAkTZAQqMQVHwSJ-Fp7k72tOiuFeTtDdJbdlDls9slAHNCdclUl0b00Ztzc/s1600/IMG_0448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OKhpS9oi91srHNm0oPq_eknO7kNcyBaf5atmnmjqBIpIHQTX7AKb7EoFXPEi-ANFvxo_ww9BYjQPLdeJOaAkTZAQqMQVHwSJ-Fp7k72tOiuFeTtDdJbdlDls9slAHNCdclUl0b00Ztzc/s320/IMG_0448.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big Jackson Tabernacle, a church my Grandfather started when he was around 90 yrs. of age<br />Paris, MI</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6soaTzz87UjhRbpEMrFlIJcZ6PPzWsuMkytQGGn76UcOyFNu8FZh1lQWJ84_sBqJx_dDBmjoA3RB2mbMz2odRyUJKQAgUpGncqxnRFsWylKY_zIxt3UQQwJAv-fjvQG9ivrDDxsmhhp7_/s1600/IMG_0451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6soaTzz87UjhRbpEMrFlIJcZ6PPzWsuMkytQGGn76UcOyFNu8FZh1lQWJ84_sBqJx_dDBmjoA3RB2mbMz2odRyUJKQAgUpGncqxnRFsWylKY_zIxt3UQQwJAv-fjvQG9ivrDDxsmhhp7_/s320/IMG_0451.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sign near the church typical of my Grandfather's advertising (He probably had this made)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xu8z6RgwwIoPtdVfTiKD_EgPZQJNiDSU-54B3ePaLck-2q-Gc6tVoelp-X_Ke5mnEyP9UnbvsKA6haK0uX92lP6km6enaiSjW8VcJmA81QHZenBl3Md2dhAZeI2o26VRQzpjSi8Tf2v/s1600/IMG_0452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8xu8z6RgwwIoPtdVfTiKD_EgPZQJNiDSU-54B3ePaLck-2q-Gc6tVoelp-X_Ke5mnEyP9UnbvsKA6haK0uX92lP6km6enaiSjW8VcJmA81QHZenBl3Md2dhAZeI2o26VRQzpjSi8Tf2v/s320/IMG_0452.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Great-Grandfather and Grandmother's old homeplace where my mom was born<br />Grandpa and Grandma Draggoo</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIXwcM2mvp5-cvY1nhuH21RztOfPmEzKWg0gNEhJpjeHDxGzwQyx26SsNC7KyjbmX6OKsCbriyDXw12Um7kRu30gx0eS6s92qIFSBtbtU1l67d7AC_-Dcx55jxty5qlQf-EUMG0wdYuOI/s1600/IMG_0287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZIXwcM2mvp5-cvY1nhuH21RztOfPmEzKWg0gNEhJpjeHDxGzwQyx26SsNC7KyjbmX6OKsCbriyDXw12Um7kRu30gx0eS6s92qIFSBtbtU1l67d7AC_-Dcx55jxty5qlQf-EUMG0wdYuOI/s320/IMG_0287.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Horse Carriage ride on Mackinac Island, MI</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAK6bECZ1mF0NPAju67bb-A1yZCGQzvdz4mvsTWggiLM2NFlG9N1oaDAaSYeaqO_VgNr7SU-wlQWMg_8zDYVOMyXtyMfatfkiwZuYYw7o6JSH1gAHqVc_C2esaqDMlfmcVTNaNemBbA-U_/s1600/IMG_0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAK6bECZ1mF0NPAju67bb-A1yZCGQzvdz4mvsTWggiLM2NFlG9N1oaDAaSYeaqO_VgNr7SU-wlQWMg_8zDYVOMyXtyMfatfkiwZuYYw7o6JSH1gAHqVc_C2esaqDMlfmcVTNaNemBbA-U_/s320/IMG_0291.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the island</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkM6ojw_JeHo5QaY2LmUhFeWz4AZl1msup7NowDaVXaNeFK7R9wVMcWMwd6qoCDDkx8m3ep4AJKoB_TRaRxciaQYmRVH_XJCI8RhNWN2ojK2coMsC5tHbfvopLdWMPMD2pYXdyMmxtasZ/s1600/IMG_0303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkM6ojw_JeHo5QaY2LmUhFeWz4AZl1msup7NowDaVXaNeFK7R9wVMcWMwd6qoCDDkx8m3ep4AJKoB_TRaRxciaQYmRVH_XJCI8RhNWN2ojK2coMsC5tHbfvopLdWMPMD2pYXdyMmxtasZ/s320/IMG_0303.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful sunset from a free Vesper Cruise we took on July 4th</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdf4GtggOib_MYxd4DNp3IybE8Jyx5bcpwp6uKbyfwLl8vmsm2Fd85dnEyYs12353nyK427aCHBn48vzUPJ8tTMOuyh1LoVGRblqK4LHk73v-lunXnit9fMkv3Vy4huhRc4ilZvPzV73HX/s1600/IMG_0306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdf4GtggOib_MYxd4DNp3IybE8Jyx5bcpwp6uKbyfwLl8vmsm2Fd85dnEyYs12353nyK427aCHBn48vzUPJ8tTMOuyh1LoVGRblqK4LHk73v-lunXnit9fMkv3Vy4huhRc4ilZvPzV73HX/s320/IMG_0306.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan at sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TwOeWktuysPN9unDvMzH_cgEYba5mobz0Mk7QNPk0hKx2-6yCaj_4dKpAp1hiWf3p4wSFCw_Et3ZvrTofCklDqmjkWmP_tSjCeZPJJ0_Hda_kXtw6QiNbL2jqwyWifHjDpH8LNSqTQNL/s1600/IMG_0298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TwOeWktuysPN9unDvMzH_cgEYba5mobz0Mk7QNPk0hKx2-6yCaj_4dKpAp1hiWf3p4wSFCw_Et3ZvrTofCklDqmjkWmP_tSjCeZPJJ0_Hda_kXtw6QiNbL2jqwyWifHjDpH8LNSqTQNL/s320/IMG_0298.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God's gorgeous design</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1LRYaHI2Fr1zAZvtfKkFCjPhP134eO_XsNK6O-NwRBCFfASpHlmwuxcCxtaDnz8U72SE6A9S1qcA-UOXnOc7m_bgsb980tuXPlyaVvCUh6kirtsXfVZ8n6UBEv0zApcRtTW5UK2ckyXx/s1600/IMG_0307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1LRYaHI2Fr1zAZvtfKkFCjPhP134eO_XsNK6O-NwRBCFfASpHlmwuxcCxtaDnz8U72SE6A9S1qcA-UOXnOc7m_bgsb980tuXPlyaVvCUh6kirtsXfVZ8n6UBEv0zApcRtTW5UK2ckyXx/s320/IMG_0307.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christianna Joy enjoying the boat cruise</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-b2fe0njinSG9ngjH-NceDnZlPddbr-dHOWeWir1FO3ICOEVFqK2cSGBvL98H5bYq_56XuJzBSLTc3OgRHM2RwT5zzn3m6wtsRf5HMljOXE1r_U2ztD0g3qoAw6Mk-aWM0rYaz2g667I/s1600/IMG_0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-b2fe0njinSG9ngjH-NceDnZlPddbr-dHOWeWir1FO3ICOEVFqK2cSGBvL98H5bYq_56XuJzBSLTc3OgRHM2RwT5zzn3m6wtsRf5HMljOXE1r_U2ztD0g3qoAw6Mk-aWM0rYaz2g667I/s320/IMG_0312.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow parachute is coming from Nathan's boat where he will parasail ~ ScArY!!!!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILsWpHbxScFKvEdJvS3w9PoIN_tn8qPI_x7-dK-JfG7dxtxlJ7nVc4kPrWetHktWomt0nuUgaR424YFkMzwYbMD13o97ubY9mWVJQeM9R-YfD9GyyhixIbQwIQF90eCwp-Hztr3bY-KNS/s1600/IMG_0308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgILsWpHbxScFKvEdJvS3w9PoIN_tn8qPI_x7-dK-JfG7dxtxlJ7nVc4kPrWetHktWomt0nuUgaR424YFkMzwYbMD13o97ubY9mWVJQeM9R-YfD9GyyhixIbQwIQF90eCwp-Hztr3bY-KNS/s320/IMG_0308.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evangelyn enjoying the ride</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhz2Ai6S36_EgQNq5oPPcyCJLnjjpUboFYZWkIkfe-tuJBMmywx8tGKVEYuDDXYC0-R5GdJhEycUUOPjLFH9fTl129wYjzgo1lhDlNY3uvmtl_okrx1EnkXcTYIpefdSQMuDSqYqv0CTZ/s1600/IMG_0316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhz2Ai6S36_EgQNq5oPPcyCJLnjjpUboFYZWkIkfe-tuJBMmywx8tGKVEYuDDXYC0-R5GdJhEycUUOPjLFH9fTl129wYjzgo1lhDlNY3uvmtl_okrx1EnkXcTYIpefdSQMuDSqYqv0CTZ/s320/IMG_0316.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly Nathan parasailing (3 were on his boat ~ not sure when he was up there)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEmBD8sea_mGxkfD-BGCo0BBubA2OOHps0TW5xwUwX5232WRnmQvZVULMQMZ0pVzQLCTAB2mlAtrIETV8F147qWUwXVitY39nkgv1ADJ4TLlWMo4SXE9N8nQ-1U1w5aBYLLUxBgroaZt2/s1600/IMG_0356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEmBD8sea_mGxkfD-BGCo0BBubA2OOHps0TW5xwUwX5232WRnmQvZVULMQMZ0pVzQLCTAB2mlAtrIETV8F147qWUwXVitY39nkgv1ADJ4TLlWMo4SXE9N8nQ-1U1w5aBYLLUxBgroaZt2/s320/IMG_0356.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sault Ste. Marie, MI locks</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlyxWeP8OcIs6DNXrR7IpuyHgVxaq9kheMOlcwE1ZzT3tmXufnn62PPFhAS7CcBxC4y2qhWNkGSuB_qdnPFi3HPbd4Wwv18iHGChR_Ud0hFO0UfecbWBQWTGTmIruFUEpF8lHvP4nWgY6/s1600/IMG_0354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqlyxWeP8OcIs6DNXrR7IpuyHgVxaq9kheMOlcwE1ZzT3tmXufnn62PPFhAS7CcBxC4y2qhWNkGSuB_qdnPFi3HPbd4Wwv18iHGChR_Ud0hFO0UfecbWBQWTGTmIruFUEpF8lHvP4nWgY6/s320/IMG_0354.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ship going through the locks</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboLOMAFe-eu5TVIDNr4_8APCtVdqE5bEERVFI6prJHGb1GgZXPLdDq324Szfb-AEclbbNbZm8x2ygY1RWkwoEtBGaymX6v_uHCEpxb2pgflRbBVxC5McfmgaY_NPE6pirVXz3nQz9pUmf/s1600/IMG_0357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboLOMAFe-eu5TVIDNr4_8APCtVdqE5bEERVFI6prJHGb1GgZXPLdDq324Szfb-AEclbbNbZm8x2ygY1RWkwoEtBGaymX6v_uHCEpxb2pgflRbBVxC5McfmgaY_NPE6pirVXz3nQz9pUmf/s320/IMG_0357.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyxB5F6gH9MhLj66gs_EB2pt3H1nytUzIpzNHMf74kaA_w7V_iGm7mU66Ipn62BwNpsTRC1Faf4EY_uKHA2fow3hIQy-iiLuh63j7pjL4iZFrFmaFfdFlnKnUKG2TmQLAPT9Ihqji8t2C/s1600/IMG_0358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyxB5F6gH9MhLj66gs_EB2pt3H1nytUzIpzNHMf74kaA_w7V_iGm7mU66Ipn62BwNpsTRC1Faf4EY_uKHA2fow3hIQy-iiLuh63j7pjL4iZFrFmaFfdFlnKnUKG2TmQLAPT9Ihqji8t2C/s320/IMG_0358.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repeat</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dl3PqAJDyj5sso4viCUYIhFYmRaCzykuXWeb0QFcSDwpBaFEX0o5d-jlaUBD2wcOcMt67jngYJ-j2U_rbGQHNaO0B8pIvO3zVdJYuUrcQqOSoSxJd1R4beA5Qt5tQp02qiSjr509aVwP/s1600/IMG_0336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dl3PqAJDyj5sso4viCUYIhFYmRaCzykuXWeb0QFcSDwpBaFEX0o5d-jlaUBD2wcOcMt67jngYJ-j2U_rbGQHNaO0B8pIvO3zVdJYuUrcQqOSoSxJd1R4beA5Qt5tQp02qiSjr509aVwP/s320/IMG_0336.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another attempt at a nighttime photo</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxGj7fNJTQ-a0B9AcaL_tdLjM1boaLKZ2fDDRg0lMaaSNgyQDcge0I8zybYenMy0qalXaKYdS8jFMDXtHk34Z8JFv_b3vo3-xiCF1-8rjfWk_eM03bs7EgtcYIBdfBIAUBBhmRwycen8q/s1600/IMG_0328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxGj7fNJTQ-a0B9AcaL_tdLjM1boaLKZ2fDDRg0lMaaSNgyQDcge0I8zybYenMy0qalXaKYdS8jFMDXtHk34Z8JFv_b3vo3-xiCF1-8rjfWk_eM03bs7EgtcYIBdfBIAUBBhmRwycen8q/s320/IMG_0328.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbrhzXSFxKuxt2jsWlqjBYceU5YkRaA0AqPdxx4gEiuFSPOJIipLrQwzFzW3Mjqtj5_Q2uUuYI0jZ07SYyBBd6qo-nrTD_sasifvk1D15nO6YEUlQ8YIWkvAPgls5JwBP-3omb7M707mq/s1600/IMG_0361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbrhzXSFxKuxt2jsWlqjBYceU5YkRaA0AqPdxx4gEiuFSPOJIipLrQwzFzW3Mjqtj5_Q2uUuYI0jZ07SYyBBd6qo-nrTD_sasifvk1D15nO6YEUlQ8YIWkvAPgls5JwBP-3omb7M707mq/s320/IMG_0361.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper Peninsula landscape</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QgvLpiq63QM0bsyfqK0AonWR_lxOuBJ7zU3rO6QVrbQ9T3CnKXH9iOo-bpWipVeqcWffwp_EWydzWQyBk8jzAVazlCCilNrnS3APx6QR10RM_OFjdEWnG_U6YHi_PJJND-TisUwZ6hUM/s1600/IMG_0366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_QgvLpiq63QM0bsyfqK0AonWR_lxOuBJ7zU3rO6QVrbQ9T3CnKXH9iOo-bpWipVeqcWffwp_EWydzWQyBk8jzAVazlCCilNrnS3APx6QR10RM_OFjdEWnG_U6YHi_PJJND-TisUwZ6hUM/s320/IMG_0366.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tahquamenon Falls State Park</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r8YmKMw74XX1xvEwMLIp5l4Z4IRaPLMCTp-qMa76icRZo1Z3XjvZaMFWE2WWFueapxBpp0JRs4-s9fOdrbXgrCby7Yu5cApjJxykz3AlrF5JnVWrsBOYOTu7t_miEfCOKeIPe58eFFkX/s1600/IMG_0367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6r8YmKMw74XX1xvEwMLIp5l4Z4IRaPLMCTp-qMa76icRZo1Z3XjvZaMFWE2WWFueapxBpp0JRs4-s9fOdrbXgrCby7Yu5cApjJxykz3AlrF5JnVWrsBOYOTu7t_miEfCOKeIPe58eFFkX/s320/IMG_0367.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lower Falls area</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-Ry9bzdC6-Yg8YmAzP4KH-MiTV1E2kexlQphy7uSxuzmIF0nrX0BU3T93reDlpTI7pmJ1vYWq1bBE3HReS7ajfQh72NxZ-7GbERUmHjmREek5jpN8U1Jj4dmjMACHRlQRE8auNIH0Oos/s1600/IMG_0369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-Ry9bzdC6-Yg8YmAzP4KH-MiTV1E2kexlQphy7uSxuzmIF0nrX0BU3T93reDlpTI7pmJ1vYWq1bBE3HReS7ajfQh72NxZ-7GbERUmHjmREek5jpN8U1Jj4dmjMACHRlQRE8auNIH0Oos/s320/IMG_0369.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwQVQJzGfkp5SXn_BFRrvYmEQaQH6kgPWn1JNh16DRowieZwamMmy3scfwqoWuGHmy2Yp7gbpqSCMqb7-jSMtfU1XSi7F9Tid6qqhyphenhyphen1wSEhBoyIgUmq-QuXSHIBRZLclcqLLwwaKpnQGM/s1600/IMG_0371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwQVQJzGfkp5SXn_BFRrvYmEQaQH6kgPWn1JNh16DRowieZwamMmy3scfwqoWuGHmy2Yp7gbpqSCMqb7-jSMtfU1XSi7F9Tid6qqhyphenhyphen1wSEhBoyIgUmq-QuXSHIBRZLclcqLLwwaKpnQGM/s320/IMG_0371.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our three oldest (Wish it would have turned out better)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSq_IoyR7twq8BdsG7sHdQ-hz0oC-MvN67ybsNGqZv2xC-63wnHOKDLFfOUFlafWC25fnt6THnJc2ODJkg6so6-u9jLnKOIQ0ZRW5JdW7lGTdeThEGZm_jOTbAiABjUpodlyvVyj5gkAh/s1600/IMG_0372.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSq_IoyR7twq8BdsG7sHdQ-hz0oC-MvN67ybsNGqZv2xC-63wnHOKDLFfOUFlafWC25fnt6THnJc2ODJkg6so6-u9jLnKOIQ0ZRW5JdW7lGTdeThEGZm_jOTbAiABjUpodlyvVyj5gkAh/s320/IMG_0372.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSGAnzQMzat5qB-kSG-7DQUR_5jUdTcoM2yo-qm0Og7gB7BlSBCFl9FStW33KhNmTGJKa0YJls_a8PqoiMROsra3ZlnMfnaPgE41xuTth5ivMkJtH5tg-j1uyN_Padb1oc8YKjOPlX_zv/s1600/IMG_0373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSGAnzQMzat5qB-kSG-7DQUR_5jUdTcoM2yo-qm0Og7gB7BlSBCFl9FStW33KhNmTGJKa0YJls_a8PqoiMROsra3ZlnMfnaPgE41xuTth5ivMkJtH5tg-j1uyN_Padb1oc8YKjOPlX_zv/s320/IMG_0373.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Darling and Handsome Sweetheart!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gBVK7uCjCPild7iFeedwC2HUj6UW67ELXjneYC-bJfr9l_9vC8jdDlxkwHMksW7OYetUBcatYQ0wABMuZWshL4p2otrXip1ighie9Q8-53oAUlSMa4rL1MGsisQsQci-Wg6CZFwTI9F7/s1600/IMG_0382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5gBVK7uCjCPild7iFeedwC2HUj6UW67ELXjneYC-bJfr9l_9vC8jdDlxkwHMksW7OYetUBcatYQ0wABMuZWshL4p2otrXip1ighie9Q8-53oAUlSMa4rL1MGsisQsQci-Wg6CZFwTI9F7/s320/IMG_0382.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lower Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzH79AWNqWvftrvoi1kjc745LKhOi7h9UOOmd7z8118FsieD-PpUVDDPmIFyOm1v2WtAnMUJ5ibWR2NMtWFBylugFzP6jdSXa9kMAtai8Y6H615LR6-jAVHAyHHLk8n4PWGjaBEt68EAX/s1600/IMG_0383.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibzH79AWNqWvftrvoi1kjc745LKhOi7h9UOOmd7z8118FsieD-PpUVDDPmIFyOm1v2WtAnMUJ5ibWR2NMtWFBylugFzP6jdSXa9kMAtai8Y6H615LR6-jAVHAyHHLk8n4PWGjaBEt68EAX/s320/IMG_0383.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">God's Creation</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_DV3SOwy8z9DeI_HvRBs4dLexbE9lcA_H4JUo7QxrSOSZ92BtiLdX4i0ET_ChGkIu1mrRqE5pW90Ffy9Bavx190ZBjtqjgagzqkAdEoFO167uvDeAELgZJ454-GGB5d2uLngincIqVLm/s1600/IMG_0384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_DV3SOwy8z9DeI_HvRBs4dLexbE9lcA_H4JUo7QxrSOSZ92BtiLdX4i0ET_ChGkIu1mrRqE5pW90Ffy9Bavx190ZBjtqjgagzqkAdEoFO167uvDeAELgZJ454-GGB5d2uLngincIqVLm/s320/IMG_0384.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua enjoying the beauty</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMyrc9wvQRzHTq68lJdUcRweGxC_eXRgVxOh7BbMCDxtwt461tPq23SB6FgjYz2Qbow5oFycoam987l9Us3i93Lw5d7DG1aWSgjmlOv5ojQJTGPNtTHjN85AIndOmdnlGnAA3c7hK1TI1/s1600/IMG_0396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMyrc9wvQRzHTq68lJdUcRweGxC_eXRgVxOh7BbMCDxtwt461tPq23SB6FgjYz2Qbow5oFycoam987l9Us3i93Lw5d7DG1aWSgjmlOv5ojQJTGPNtTHjN85AIndOmdnlGnAA3c7hK1TI1/s320/IMG_0396.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Misty view of Upper Falls</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sdlTKbvi5FVQ9dZfiC2pnoTUMPBsh3EOPLvD4RpRiK6JDP8iKmHufjNhbf_ON9ecwPSvPb2egnwumGJ0SeJ_cChXyqhKOw45lnNZHoTLjepM1o385rz8QIc7Pg5oydDonBdtMGJ5-kMb/s1600/IMG_0400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sdlTKbvi5FVQ9dZfiC2pnoTUMPBsh3EOPLvD4RpRiK6JDP8iKmHufjNhbf_ON9ecwPSvPb2egnwumGJ0SeJ_cChXyqhKOw45lnNZHoTLjepM1o385rz8QIc7Pg5oydDonBdtMGJ5-kMb/s320/IMG_0400.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better view</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHWVPLfrQEMLLFQ-kXSmNxzWRtJjmAjJkQxDatVG4Z7E5KEM3kthdmapTjIwvh77GsCk8xXbT4Zv8K63J5FF2VWDIrI72HnI6wwGnw7DLYWHalZrV5vhoXu-2zK_SLDz5oRHoOeo-0Yvo/s1600/IMG_0406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTHWVPLfrQEMLLFQ-kXSmNxzWRtJjmAjJkQxDatVG4Z7E5KEM3kthdmapTjIwvh77GsCk8xXbT4Zv8K63J5FF2VWDIrI72HnI6wwGnw7DLYWHalZrV5vhoXu-2zK_SLDz5oRHoOeo-0Yvo/s320/IMG_0406.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing down 94 steps to view Upper Falls up close</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3x8_Q9A48m8dFuMwxlVLQqXa0OqJ_gYnSK0m2N6-Yju-_SRzqTosCr5wxc8MhZLi6RSvv_Hhx_uOG2MYeMn9bLqOQm71rQqPo0dDjIFq5JAJIz4L5gGsGPAjOYL9thuqZYFa5lR_CZX-7/s1600/IMG_0409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3x8_Q9A48m8dFuMwxlVLQqXa0OqJ_gYnSK0m2N6-Yju-_SRzqTosCr5wxc8MhZLi6RSvv_Hhx_uOG2MYeMn9bLqOQm71rQqPo0dDjIFq5JAJIz4L5gGsGPAjOYL9thuqZYFa5lR_CZX-7/s320/IMG_0409.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closer view</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ayR2MSbDTNV8YKigRY5T5SOtJz3ARAMLZmccvaQmPk4wBCh-KxN_fpNv0jj1bG9_Vr4tgWfu6wBbzGJNv5Kq4PT1H67NNi3A6kUpmZZTnOCGtePuVgjeZyAbal70n3jGziSll482gbK3/s1600/IMG_0412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ayR2MSbDTNV8YKigRY5T5SOtJz3ARAMLZmccvaQmPk4wBCh-KxN_fpNv0jj1bG9_Vr4tgWfu6wBbzGJNv5Kq4PT1H67NNi3A6kUpmZZTnOCGtePuVgjeZyAbal70n3jGziSll482gbK3/s320/IMG_0412.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joshua enthralled with God's awesome creation</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwbZeFlDaEjorblCcErkMzUA_020CW_C8Z-OS-fhp3P6IBYyVLPGT5bQqk5cWY_qTQp5zLNZdUSpI2x6tLoxIOrhd5sCvkZ2tvhtAr5dLgNREnQe_YKfstgXnaj87ob-X7Jbzt4oHRTPK/s1600/IMG_0280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwbZeFlDaEjorblCcErkMzUA_020CW_C8Z-OS-fhp3P6IBYyVLPGT5bQqk5cWY_qTQp5zLNZdUSpI2x6tLoxIOrhd5sCvkZ2tvhtAr5dLgNREnQe_YKfstgXnaj87ob-X7Jbzt4oHRTPK/s320/IMG_0280.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James and I in front of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, MI</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhBEG7TV66MtnZYkbcJntOldd5sdkUuN3H_2_M0V9G_eS7i7IHcgwzTN13_0eZPPkm04hiRXK3whDpYWvHTUWXanSydKYRvzL2DKGu-nPMrsN0G-iHyh8Od2VURf3HHZ9-mUmtwIu3S-H/s1600/IMG_0286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhBEG7TV66MtnZYkbcJntOldd5sdkUuN3H_2_M0V9G_eS7i7IHcgwzTN13_0eZPPkm04hiRXK3whDpYWvHTUWXanSydKYRvzL2DKGu-nPMrsN0G-iHyh8Od2VURf3HHZ9-mUmtwIu3S-H/s320/IMG_0286.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small cave on the Island</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYXHikoWUbSoyXQKFaBgehsud2ARqx4GhXYR4Yf9fuKE4MMB1xaHiBeCAmYQ5Jz23uKicQ_5gLPFN2gpHfc0WEpzDGGUCDhQKzA6JFhNTsJNubX4mAYt5ejrLkHb5mkdFzFRhgLrYN2gH/s1600/IMG_0273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYXHikoWUbSoyXQKFaBgehsud2ARqx4GhXYR4Yf9fuKE4MMB1xaHiBeCAmYQ5Jz23uKicQ_5gLPFN2gpHfc0WEpzDGGUCDhQKzA6JFhNTsJNubX4mAYt5ejrLkHb5mkdFzFRhgLrYN2gH/s320/IMG_0273.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The family</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh5auLSEVU8Su_GtI-1B4CzrtpFpm2_gr58wBJWNFsIQNp8lNyllzkMa9zKuM67uwzjUPgCcatzI5hYP2Vpk1nc15KcQfy_dMyj7BUbGytqG2dcgGiyF5hq6yfqDI2E0nwYcEw-gg2GxJ/s1600/IMG_0241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh5auLSEVU8Su_GtI-1B4CzrtpFpm2_gr58wBJWNFsIQNp8lNyllzkMa9zKuM67uwzjUPgCcatzI5hYP2Vpk1nc15KcQfy_dMyj7BUbGytqG2dcgGiyF5hq6yfqDI2E0nwYcEw-gg2GxJ/s320/IMG_0241.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the bay at Petoskey</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsDEjQv2XjXlrrbPIZF0Bgy8GQZC1kdA17c8mO43JsG27F1DrsxmsUsO1EZDrMNJvMk_JxOCwNTzDA5UuT_qYavw72fOTJSeUiIocqisRJrT-Zyc-rXN4QdFk2stAXnW2FDAqepyBog5f/s1600/IMG_0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPsDEjQv2XjXlrrbPIZF0Bgy8GQZC1kdA17c8mO43JsG27F1DrsxmsUsO1EZDrMNJvMk_JxOCwNTzDA5UuT_qYavw72fOTJSeUiIocqisRJrT-Zyc-rXN4QdFk2stAXnW2FDAqepyBog5f/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mackinac Bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofNL2mWHinSdpB11mYU8f-4zPVzUyCgigHG9fcsKpSb7vGSZLDRZbUV-DcqJRSyMCc6OMdtk-qFrHrlUb_x8mo4MNcW5wH5WWwVvCarCa3JwIrvEy-aJOPMZYmxrQPlCc1Ih3JrtGvcf7/s1600/IMG_0260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofNL2mWHinSdpB11mYU8f-4zPVzUyCgigHG9fcsKpSb7vGSZLDRZbUV-DcqJRSyMCc6OMdtk-qFrHrlUb_x8mo4MNcW5wH5WWwVvCarCa3JwIrvEy-aJOPMZYmxrQPlCc1Ih3JrtGvcf7/s320/IMG_0260.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mmmm .... yummy Mackinac Island fudge<br />Joanne's Chocolate Peanut Butter is the BEST!!! Delicious! Murdick's is also tasty!</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bqBgTBb07KDITgB6Wt_zf426LPckPIlL-JvA8wLUPqKctNnLsHbXv9gszE8pe7lv8-MNWcALWY4TMWX6zbYShQ3Qvujcxa37RIDGiD1feit3fYmHJV3MSF-TJ7Rf6fXuF0r5VEVBEnB/s1600/IMG_0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6bqBgTBb07KDITgB6Wt_zf426LPckPIlL-JvA8wLUPqKctNnLsHbXv9gszE8pe7lv8-MNWcALWY4TMWX6zbYShQ3Qvujcxa37RIDGiD1feit3fYmHJV3MSF-TJ7Rf6fXuF0r5VEVBEnB/s320/IMG_0261.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Mackinac Island view ~ no cars here ~ only horses and bikes</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDNREFDI_QHNGK1-A6BB9hfVZX3EOLkn_kvhAgCI97N3kjQYQWPOJWflL0Engf-gUZ4bT4k3ANYeTApv2J2rVMKcn-LGCVT0p5UjjlVIyD8F1yr5MGS1tyAQCtgkLODUbYSHAbmWntNe_/s1600/IMG_0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDNREFDI_QHNGK1-A6BB9hfVZX3EOLkn_kvhAgCI97N3kjQYQWPOJWflL0Engf-gUZ4bT4k3ANYeTApv2J2rVMKcn-LGCVT0p5UjjlVIyD8F1yr5MGS1tyAQCtgkLODUbYSHAbmWntNe_/s320/IMG_0262.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view from the Island</td></tr></tbody></table>Last week was an enjoyable week for our family to get away from the normal routine of life. We spent our time in the northern part of lower Michigan, as well as the Upper Peninsula. This area of America definitely shows God's beautiful handiwork. I love it up there, and so does the family. Enjoy the pictures and take a trip there sometime. You will not be disappointed! (Sorry the pictures are so mixed up, but that is how they uploaded.)Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-40942162125961173612012-06-22T12:01:00.002-04:002012-09-03T22:57:38.548-04:00God Is So Good<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Once again, I have been struck byGod's Word and His expectations for His children. He has been remindingme over and over of the importance of obedience to Him. Family may causeus grief, friends may fail us, the world may shame us, but we must remain true. God put forth His demands of the Israelite people, and expected them toheed them. If they obeyed, God was with them and blessed them abundantly. However, when they failed to follow His commands, they found themselvesin a heap of trouble. It is always best to obey God! We have onlyone life to live; let us make it count for Him!</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Another note, I just want to praise God publicly for helping Nathan through hisfirst surgery on his jaw which involved the removal of a wisdom tooth, a molar,and a very large cyst. Following the surgery, Nathan was uncomfortablefor a few days, but is doing well. He does complain about soreness nearhis temple, which seems a little odd to me since his actual surgery was on thebottom teeth. I have come to the conclusion that maybe it was how his mouth waskept open during the surgery or something. I am not sure. He willbe going to the oral surgeon this coming Wednesday to see how he is healing,and best of all he may be able to eat more than just soft foods. He isexcited about that! Following his complete recovery from this surgery, hewill be getting his other three wisdom teeth out. He definitely is notlooking forward to this. It is too bad that his other wisdom tooth on thesame side of his present surgery was not removed, then he would have had onlyone bum side next time. Oh well, I guess the doctor knows best. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding that though. (ha ha!)</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Followingthe Spring quarter at G.B.S., I had three classes to complete throughout thesummer months. The expectations were to complete one class a month and befinished by the end of July. Well, that is probably not going to happen. Although, I feel like progress is being made, and things are coming alongquite well. I have completed one class, and am halfway through anotherone. So, we will see how the rest of it turns out. We are planning ontaking a week's vacation so that will put me back a bit. Oh well, I needto enjoy life just a little now and then.</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">Hopefullyall of my friends are having a great summer enjoying the beauty of this time ofyear (and the heat ~ ha!)!</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4319754597713121748.post-87490072550785435342012-06-07T22:02:00.001-04:002012-06-07T22:04:47.036-04:00God's Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of the writers in the "Pacific Garden Mission" newsletter made a comment which I have not been able to get away from for the last few days. He said, "If God's people do God's work God's way He will provide" (P. Kwiatkowski). What an inspiring and needful truth for today's society. Too many people, even those who claim to be "God's people," are rapidly sinking into righteous neglect and shameful living by seeking their own selfish ways of attempting to accomplish God's work. Time and again, I have witnessed people trying to be religious by fitting in with the church crowd, but adamantly disregarding God's Word in some areas of their life. God will not put His sanction upon such an individual. We must meet all of His expectations, or we will not make it at all! People make too many excuses and disregard God's Word as the ultimate authority on how to live their lives in obedience to Him. People claim God is merciful and He understands a particular situation or desire. I don't believe this to be true. God has struck many a person dead with a simple lie (Acts 5 ~ Ananias and Sapphira) or an act of disobedience (I Chronicles 13:7-10 ~ Uzza touching the sacred ark of the covenant). We must be "true blue" in order to make it to Heaven. We must live WHOLLY in obedience to His commands brought to us through His Word and through prayer. Caleb in the book of Joshua (ch. 14) was given the land of Hebron because he WHOLLY and completely followed God's commands. He was blessed because of his obedience. We, too, can be blessed by following God all the way. We cannot excuse anything in the sight of God. Again, as Kwiatkowski put it, "If God's people do God's work God's way He will provide." What a promise!</span>Sharondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13148484356616792360noreply@blogger.com0