A good day indeed!

We are California kids....but how often do we go to the beach? Not that much...but yesterday we made a day of it and enjoyed it thoroughly! However, it was not the beach that made it such a great day...it was being with the best of friends!!!

Headed to the Coast....

With LOTS of cameras!!

After knowing each other for 22 years....still as goofy as ever!!

 And still love spending time together!! :-)

TRADITION!!!!! (a must have picture)

Who would take pictures of their feet when they COULD take pictures of their thumbs?!!

3 of my best friends....so happy together!!!!

The only thing that could have made it better would've been to have the 2 J's with us :)

We drove up HWY 1 a couple hours and stopped here at Jade Cove to hike around on the rocks!

Luke got a little too close with the waterproof Go-Pro....

resulting in a BIG grin!! :D

Kevin needed a picture for his college application...so there are a LOT of pics of Kevin. HOWEVER...MOST of them are not suitable for application purposes....:P 

We headed back down to Cambria and topped off the trip with Chocolate Malts and a basket of Fries!  

SO thankful for friends and days such as this that will not soon be forgotten!

A Hike...

It is a BEAUTIFUL Spring in the Canyon! Luke and I drove home yesterday afternoon and marveled at the green grass and colorful flowers that covered the mountain sides! Luke took this picture from the car window....

So this morning Luke and I determined to clime this mountain and get a closer view! Cameras in hand we began our assent....

"For the beauty of the earth, 

For the beauty of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise."

"For the beauty of the hour

For the day and for the night,

Hill and vale, and tree and flou'r,

Sun and moon and stars of light,

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise."

"For the joy of human love, 

Brother, sister, parent, child,

Friends on earth, and friends above,

For all gentle thoughts and mild, 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise."

Back at the car again....

Thankful for God's love and a hike with my brother in God's beautiful creation! 

Heritage Quilt

I remember as a little girl being read stories like Little House on the Prairie and other stories of such sort and how the ladies would be working on quilt blocks...and I wanted to saw a quilt too! When I was a little older I started on one but needed lots of assistance and it never got very far. I think there may be a box in the closet somewhere with the beginnings of that quilt. Well...I never really thought about sawing much until a couple weeks ago when the Hendersons were down on Sunday. As usual, Aunt Vangie was working on another quilt...this time though the fabric caught my eye as being old fashion. It WAS old fabric and it inspired me! Years ago when my Great Grandmother past away we acquired BOXES of her fabric scraps. They were put high in the rafters of our shop where they set for years. Well, that Sunday night, down came the boxes and I rummaged through to find any scraps that could be incorporated into a vintage style Dresden Plate quilt that I determined to embark on.....

Some of the scraps were very random and tiny and some so old they did not make it through the wash...but it was fun to see what I could get out of each piece! There was only enough of this green poke-a-dot fabric to get one block out of!

It's been fun! :D 

The Arrival of a Package!!!!

Papa arrived back from his trip to the mail with an Amazon box under his arm....
"Is that for me?!?!!"
Sure enough, my name was typed on the front of the box!
I love the smell of new books....there is just something about it! And these new books are extra especial!

Learning Hebrew is something I've wanted to do for some time now. My Greek books are well loved...now it's time to dive into the world of Hebrew Studies!

Right now Hebrew just looks like a bunch of markings on a page....but Greek used to as well and now it looks like words with depth of meaning!

I have in no way mastered the Greek language and I am sure I never will until perhaps the Millennial Kingdom :D But I am thankful God gave us the resources to be able to have a taste of these very important languages that He used in giving us His infallibly Word!

Jeremiah gave me this Hebrew Bible for my birthday and I can't wait to be able to read it! Spending some time in these Biblical Languages has, even more importantly, given me a deeper appreciation for the Bible I can open every day and read in my own language and understand it as the Holy Spirit opens the eyes of my understanding to its truth!

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:9-16

Little things...

Yesterday Luke and I ventured out to find some critters to photograph within the bounds of our camp. From the general view there was not much moving but a closer look revealed that an abundance of activity was underway by little things.

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful:
The Lord God made them all.

1. He gave us eyes to see them,
   And lips that we might tell
   How great is God Almighty,
   Who has made all things well.

Thankful for a friend

Have just been reminded recently of how very blessed I am to have this girl as my friend!

People usually speak of peer pressure as a bad thing...but when you have godly friends "peer pressure" from them can be a very good thing! :) So thankful for this godly friend!  

September 26th, 2013

50 years ago today my Papa was born. In 1991 the doctors told him that his second child would be born to him on September 26th. I was that second child but come as his early birthday present on September 23rd. Papa and Mama did not know if they were going to have a girl or a boy and Papa was afraid to have a daughter because he didn't think he had what it would take to raise a girl. I stand here today, 22 years later, and say with all my heart that he has been the best Papa a girl has ever had!

Happy Birthday Papa! Thank you for walking with God! I love you!

A Day at the Zoo

                Due to Zeke's 6th birthday a trip to the Zoo was in order. It is amazing to see God's handy work. The creatures that are there so clearly testify of a Creator...but still mankind so often refuses to acknowledge it. 

"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:" - Romans 1:20 

A Few Pictures from the day:

The Photographer and her trusty Canon :)  

These Two are NO kin to the monkey! But they are two of God's AMAZING creations! 

"An ant sucker upper" - Zeke