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tropical storm Ike

tropical storm Ike

Yesterday the remnants of tropical storm Ike came through – sometimes at 60+ miles an hour (notice the shingles on the church lifting up)!

Ike promptly knocked out our electricity, so we had to improvise when it came to cooking dinner (and the headlamps from Anna came in VERY handy – thank you again!).
As the electricity was out, we had to do something else for dinner. The apartment complex does not allow BBQs, so … this was a surprisingly efficient substitute. The hot dogs actually got quite hot, and even had grill marks on them. :)
It even worked to boil water for tea this afternoon, and I was going to use the candles again for dinner tonight, but the power came back on just before I was going to light them. Bummer. (jk)

And today, to occupy myself with no electricity (a fun word to spell, by the way), I took random pictures of my tea, the apartment ……. You might get to see a few more later.

from the mouth of Ben

from the mouth of Ben


“Ya know what a wedding shower party is? It’s a big
care package party. Uh huh.”

and another gem from today: “Funny? What do you mean by funny? There’s no such thing as funny in our house.”

Family Christmas

Family Christmas

milk for Santa
Santa was here!
Christmas cocoa

Daniel, reading the description of Amahl and the Night Visitors (Dad’s gift)

Anna’s present

Ben got a truck and a headlamp and a ….


*post to be finished later …

from the mouth of Ben

from the mouth of Ben

Ben and I were working on his math homework yesterday when I heard him mutter to himself, “Now that is just vulgar.”
Vulgar?
What?!!! Since when does an eight year old boy know words like “vulgar”? Hmm. I do not think he knows what it means, but I am curious to know how it got into that little noggin of his.

A Bit Of Time Together (away from home)

A Bit Of Time Together (away from home)

Lake Tahoe Vacation

Daniel, Anna, Leitha (a friend), and I went up to Lake Tahoe on Friday. We met the rest of the family at a friend’s cabin, and spent two very wonderful days with them. It was a short break from the normal routine of work, school, ministry, work, school, ………………
I only wish it had been longer!