Monday, December 24, 2007

Jesus is the Reason for the Season

 
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May the Joy of Jesus's Birth be a focus of your Christmas.

Jesus is the Reason for the season.

Reading the Christmas stroy from Luke 2

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Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Lydia and Bruce's Wedding

The Bride's sister Emily and Bekah went to high school together. Great to see each other. Yes, Emily is due in March.

Chad did the officating at the wedding, Grandma was surprised to see Chad in a suit.
He did a great job by the way!!
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Afternoon in Seattle


We also made a stop at the Children's Museum. Dillon and Dawson had a great time
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Christmas Tradition

A Family Tradtion is to go to the Center House and watch the train, ride the monorail, have lunch downtown and ride the carrousel.
Lita, Dillon, Dawson and I met Auntie Bekah for lunch. It was a dry day in Seattle - which was great.
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Sunday, December 16, 2007

Introducing Dawson to the cows.


Dillon and Kayla showed Dawson how to feed the cows, pine branches and apples. Dawson thought it was great fun.
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Baking cookies at Auntie Bekah's


Last year Cindy and Bekah made cookies. This year Kayla, Dillon and I came to help.


Russian Tea cakes and spritz are family favorites. We also made sugar and shortbread cookies.
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Friday, December 14, 2007

The snowmen have arrived !!

Many friends have added to my snowmen collections - they have come out of hidding for the Christmas season.
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Thursday, December 06, 2007

Flooding in Centralia




To see a very good video of what has happened to our neighborhood
go to www.chronline.com
wait for the flood aftermath to load under Multimedia and take a look.
Thanks for your prayers.
We are high and dry but many of our neighbors are not. Now the work
of cleaning up begins.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007

National Guard - Thank you for coming


At exit 88 near our house the National Guard makes sure you don't try to enter I-5 south.






I sure many of you have stopped at the Country Cousin or Safeway at exit 82 in
Centralia. The National Guard is not usually there. Life is different right now.
We are safe and dry, sold genorators today to people coming from a distance away.
Go to Bekah and Jarrod's blog to see the lake just down the street from them.
Jarrod was stranded and didn't make it to work.
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Flooding in Centralia

The base ball field behind the Jr. High
Borst Park very near the play ground where Cindy and I took Andrew and Nicholas las summer.

Now a big lake.
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My new office


Ced spent the weekend painting and putting new floor in the office at work.
Jarrod helped with putting a new desk together and with painting.
It rained all day on Monday, we drove through a bit of water over the road way on the way to work. Going home was even worse.
As we found out that was only the beginning.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Victorian Country Christmas

The Christmas season has begun. Today Greg, Bekah and I spent the afternoon and
evening at the Victorian Country Christmas.
It is an event held at the Puyallup Fair Grounds,
being the fair ground is privately owned they can
cellebrate Christ birth. These are part of the Living
Nativity signs from last year, that were also used
this year. The music is different this year a wonderful
event. It is at the Fair grounds till Sunday, well worth the
trip.
Fun shopping, good food, great company and topped off with
a celebration of Christmas carols and Praise to our Lord.
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Scooter came and found a favorate spot doesn't look to comfortable to me but he liked it.

Dawson can drive the car (also a 25 + year old family toy)
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Sunday afternoon



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Weekend in Centralia


Kayla stacked and Dawson knocked down the blocks that have been in the family over 25 years.
Dillon got to play golf with Pom Pom, Matt and Jarrod, the course is at the neighbors near Bekah and Jarrod's new house. It was a fun afternoon for the guys. Kayla helped me decorate for Christmas. Matt had come down Friday night and gone hunting Sat. and shot a deer, with a bow.

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thanksgiving dinner at Cristwood


A relaxing dinner at Cristwood, no prepartion or cleanup.
A very good turkey dinner.
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