The camerman follows as I am still high above the earth, What a spectacular view! Almost ready to begin the landing sequence!

 
 
 
  

I landed gracefully near the drop zone!

 
 
 
  

Jess makes a beautiful Landing!

 
 
 
  

Do The Puyallup!

Jonathan and I spent a day at the fair, we saw livestock, lots of produce and my brother and his friend Tyra do the Big Sling Shot! All in all it was a wonderful day Here are the photos:
 
 
  

 
 
 
  

 
 
 
  

 
 
 
  

The Mercy Me Concert was great! 

Mercy Me 

Jess and Ton at the Mercy Me Concert at the Puallup Fair 

Mt. Rainier Pictures

 
 
 
  

Mr Rainier Pictures

 
 
 
  

Rainbow

Today, on my way to work I saw a rainbow! It was really pretty :) It was really nice to see as we head into Washington's "Rainy season".

I must apologize for not having Mt. Rainer photos up yet, but our internet has decided to become obstinate. I just cuts out all the time and I haven't been able to get it to work in 4 days. So while my photos are all at home I have been writing my blogs from work.

We had an Official Thursday Night get together at our place last night, it was very enjoyable. I made ginger glazed salmon and rice for dinner and cinnamon-raisin bread pudding with rum sauce and vanilla ice cream for dessert. After Dinner we played Balderdash and Rich beat us all soundly. Jess stopped by after Youth Group and she joined for part of the game and got to look at all of our Yellowstone Pictures.

Tonight Jonathan and I are joining Jess at the Puyallup Fair to see Mercy Me in concert at the grandstand! Fall is shaping up to be okay after all. I will like it a lot more when the leaves are pretty colors.

God Bless!

 

We Remember

Growing up my parents would occasionally talk about what they were doing when Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon. It was a great day in American History. I think that every generation will have its own national "I remember day." 5 years ago I woke up to continue working on my quilt, with the knowledge that I wouldn't be able to afford college that year. I woke up after my parents left for work and my brother and sister were already at school. Mom left a note telling me to turn on the television because America had been attacked. So amidst stacks of colored squares I watched the Twin Towers collapse under the weight of passenger planes. The lives of every person in America had changed. While we have participated in wars that affected every American family it had been a long time since our nation had been under attack on our soil. It all changed in a matter of minutes. No one was prepared for the loss of loved ones, the American Citizens in the World Trade Center were civilians; fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, and daughters. Each one left believing that it was going to be a regular day at work. The Personnel stationed at the Pentagon were caught equally unaware to the danger the day held. We were not at war, we were completely shocked by the attack that hit us 5 years ago, and now we must remember why it is that we fight overseas to protect our nation, our parents and children must be kept safe here while our American Soldiers fight for us.
Thank you to all who serve and who have served the United State of America, may God Bless you everyday. To the families and friends who lost someone they cared for 5 years ago, May God Bless you and keep you, and give you His Peace.
God Bless America!

One Year

Today is the one year anniversary of me working here at SuperFloors! It's kind of cool.

Friday after work last week I stopped VERY suddenly to avoid hitting a semi-truck that pulled out in front of me. It was a bit scary. Unfortunately it also wreaked havoc on my poor brakes. The Explorer started sounding a little funny and driving oddly. Jonathan deemed it Absolutely necessary to take it in before I could drive it. So we took my parents to Mt. Rainier in the Suzuki on Saturday for some hiking and a picnic. We had tons of fun! The mountain was beautiful and the weather was very nice.

Sunday we had our new floors put in, I am so excited, they look really good! It did of course leave a fine layer of dust all over the house.

Being Labor day weekend, there wasn't a car repairman to be found anywhere until Tuesday morning, so I took the car to the nearest place and walked home and spent the day cleaning the house (finally got rid of the floor dust). When I finally received a call from the auto-repair guy it was 4:30 and I had missed a whole day of work, just to find out that it wouldn't be done until noon on Wednesday. So I did some more house cleaning, until the car was ready and put in a half day of work on Wednesday. Now here I am on my one year work anniversary at my first full day of work in 6 days!

I will attempt to post pictures of out beautiful Mt. Rainier trip soon!

God Bless!

Yellowstone National Park

Wow! What a wonderful vacation! If you would like to see a sample of my photos please click on "My Photo Site" under my links. We had a lot of fun exploring the amazing array of new and exciting sights. From Bears, Moose and Bison to Mountains, mud pits and Geysers, it was like being in a whole new world! Please enjoy the pictures I have so far and I plan to post a few of my absolute favorites (sadly not all 389) on the blog itself for you to enjoy! I have decided that Jonathan and I should take our children there sometime in the futeure when they are our age to see the differences that will take place. It was a lot of fun to spend a week with all of you who came and I can't wait to visit and share pictures and stories with those of you that we missed having along :)

God Bless!