Priceless

Today I was again reminded of the wonderful girlfriends I have been blessed with in my life.
Erin, you calmed me down when I was freaking out, and I know your prayers helped get me through the day. I knew you'd be there in an instant if I really needed you.
Heather, what can I say? Not a lot of friends would be willing to sit in on the appointment you sat in on with me today. Thank you for your support, laughter, and calming effect. (And really good Dr. referal)
And Taunya, not a lot of friends would witness in the bathroom what you witnessed! :) You did it without a second of hesitation. You were willing to drop everything to make sure I was OK and taken care of.
Thank you ladies for your friendship. What would I do without you. I hope I never have to return the favor, because that would mean one of you is worried about your health, but know that I will be there for you the way you were there for me. Your friendship?....Priceless.

Little Nuggets

I have two little nuggets of great insight that I have gained from BSF this week, and I thought you might enjoy these:

*In the midst of the worst adversity, in the most barren of the desert seasons, God moves and the showers of blessings fall.

This is so true, and how often do we fail to see Gods blessings in the midst of adversity. If we are children of God and we look we will find them. So if times are hard, look up to your father above and know he loves you and can turn even the worst of situations into His glory!

*Ours may be a day of small things, but none of us knows the outcome when we start to serve God in some area. Who can tell what God will do? Who can tell what things He may accomplish from your small beginning?

It doesn't matter how small you feel your service to God is, do it because we don't know the impact it may have on generations to come. What may seem small to us, could be something big to God. Obey Him and you will be blessed.

Parade

Kelly has started cheerleading again, and yesterday she was in a parade. I thought you might enjoy a few pictures. It was so much fun. By the time we made it to our spot in the parade, it was dark. It had such a nice small town feel to it and it was in the upper 70's even after it got dark! It couldn't have been a more perfect night. She did really well remembering her cheers even though she only went to one practice prior to the parade. Heidi and I ended up having to hold the sign for their cheer squad so I didn't get pictures during the parade. But it was adorable.

Happy Birthday Kelly

I can't believe my baby is eight years old today! Where does the time go? I love you Kelly.

1st day of school

The first day of school. Can't believe it is here. Keith off to his first day of middle school, Kelly into 2nd grade. Hard to believe. Keith only got lost once. :) Kelly got into the swing of things pretty easily. I'll have to have Keith write a post about how he's liking middle school! My kiddos are growing up to quickly!

Spirit Lake Weekend

We have have been busy! But now it's all coming to an end. School is back in and so we will settle down and get back into the routine of school and activities. Not that everything comes to a halt, but we do get a schedule back. Which I enjoy. I didn't get a chance to do a post on our Seattle trip. We had a lot of fun. Kelly walked over 17,000 steps at the Pacific Science Center. We enjoyed Underground Seattle and Pike Place Market with my sister. And then had a great dinner at Kathy and Gregs house. We celebrated Gregs 60th birthday. My how time flies. We got to go to church with Uncle Kit, Aunt Jan, and Adam. And they took us to Red Robin for lunch afterwards before we headed out of town. Thanks to everyone who helped make the trip to Seattle so much fun. I love catching up with each other. We don't do it often enough.

Last weekend we spent time with Mom, Dad and Kristin at Spirit Lake. Grandpa and Grandma Fowler joined us one day and we celebrated Dad's 60th birthday and Moms 57th birthday.
Keith and Kelly enjoyed fishing. They didn't catch any huge fish, but caught a lot of them.




We celebrated Dad and Mom's birthday. All of Mom's pictures are on her camera, so I don't have any to put on this post, but I got some great ones of Dad!


The dock at the cabin had this great springy diving board. It was so cold all weekend we didn't really use it except to escape Maddy and fish off of.

I love this picture of my Grandma and Dad. They were having a nice chat on the dock together. We really enjoyed our visit with Grandma and Grandpa. Thank for coming up guys.

The boat rides were cold. One time it even rained, but they were still fun.



Mom and Dad always impress us all with their water skiing abilities. This weekend was no exception. Of course Steve was giving Dad a hard time, trying to get him to start off the diving board! Thank goodness Dad did not give into the pressure!




Most of the weekend was spent just relaxing, laughing (till we almost wet our pants!), fishing, driving the remote control boat Dad and Mom bought, and the kids swimming. I think Kristin swam for two minutes. :) It was a really fun weekend. Thanks Mom and Dad for the great memories. We love you guys.