100!!!

Today, Hobie and Gobie turn 100...well, this is my 100th blog post. I had lots of ideas on how to make this special (and others helped me think of great ways to commemorate this milestone) but nothing was just right.

Until I read Psalm 100. What a GREAT passage and perfect for my 100th post. Every picture I've posted and paragraph written over the past year can be attributed to the goodness of the LORD and His many blessings in my family's life.

This is from The Message.

Psalm 100

A Thanksgiving Psalm

^1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter,
sing yourselves into his presence.

³ Know this: God is God, and God, God.
He made us; we didn't make him.
We're his people, his well-tended sheep.

⁴ Enter with the password: "Thank you!"
Make yourselves at home, talking praise.
Thank him. Worship him.

⁵ For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever.

Here's a really old picture of our family...but I'm super thankful for my husband and daughter.
I love her "cheese" face!

Johanna!!

We had a special treat this weekend because one of my roommates from college and BFF, Johanna, came to visit from Kentucky!
We were busy having fun so we didn't take many pictures. The weekend consisted of food, fellowship (we had a bunch of people over to visit with her) and flicks.
We also taught her our favorite game, Settlers of Catan.

A Post about Hair

For the third (or fourth?) time, I cut off a bunch of hair and donated it (the first few times here and this time here).
Here's the before:
And only 4 people noticed the difference...but here is the after:I actually want it shorter, but this length is pretty good because when I work out, I can put it up in a ponytail.

Big Fish!

Luke spent the 3rd of July hogging with some buddies. Click on the link if you want to know more, but the basic idea is that you catch catfish with your bare hands.


Needless to say, I've never been hogging.



After a 45 minute fight, here is the behemoth Luke and his friends wrestled to land:At 53 pounds, this catfish is bigger than Kara!

Not Messy,right?

"Kara, your room is messy," I said.
"It's not THAT messy, Mom," she said. You be the judge.

Here is the after picture thanks to a fundraiser at church called "rent-a-kid."

Our Favorite Game

Does anyone know what game this is? I love this picture (especially because I'm orange)!

Nashville Friends

It's been a month now, but in early June we visited our good friends in Nashville. Here are some pics from that fun weekend (we went back to that great park!)


This tent/tunnel play yard was especially a hit!


It was so cute to see (6 months after last time we visited) Javen and Kara having so much fun together. Here is my favorite picture! What good friends!