Lightning on the River

Went camping on the river this past weekend, tried out one of the CRA sites - fished, barbqued and played cribbage, Phase 10 and just chilled.  We didn't get any of the rain that hit the towns north of us.  But, we did get a great lightning show while sittin' on the bank Friday evening!

Awesome bolts

The storm raged around us and lit up the sky, but never felt a drop of rain.  Still was incredible, awesome and beautiful!

Light up the sky

When we woke up on Saturday morning the river looked like the Mississippi!  Just a brown mess! 

Muddy waters

So much different than the day before......

Me n' Otto on the Colorado

Happy Birthday to our friend, Bea!

Bea blowin' out the candle

Ken and Bea

Another great camping weekend behind us - what a blessing it was to get away for the weekend and enjoy the great river, fishing and awesome storm!

Sprucin' Up The Putting Green

Our old flags that adorned the putting green in our backyard were shredded and faded from the sun, so I decided to make some new ones.  I wanted something different and thought, why not do NASCAR drivers' color and number?

Check 'em out.....

Jimmie Johnson

Tony Steward

Carl Edwards

The finished product

J, Corynn and Granddoggies

A few weekends ago, J and Corynn drove out to spend the weekend and brought the granddoggies for a visit too!
We watched movies, played Phase 10, had sushi, went to the piano bar, barbqued and played golf in the backyard!
Well, y'all know we have our grandoggie, Polo while the Hanson's are in Turkey, so we were all anticipating Bo and Spike's visit and were wondering how all the 'pups' would get along.
It was so good to see the kids before they start teaching this year and visit.  It was also quite comical to see Bo try and get Polo to play with him and watch Spike growl at the puppy!  Here's some pictures of the weekend!
Bo and Spike brought a gift of a large rawhide bone for Polo as a friendship offering!  Well the pictures below will show the doggies getting to know each other below!

Spike, our first granddoggie

The List

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For, if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 1: 5-8

I stumbled across this scripture this afternoon while reading at work during lunch .  I remember someone saying that this scripture is a good way to put yourself in 'check' - Am I doing all that I can to display Christ in me?  This list pretty much sums it up, we need to be faithful, add to that goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and love.  Simple, right?  Not hardly.  But who said it would be simple? 
 
I make lists every day; grocery lists, a list of things to do, places to go, what I ate, my blessings.  With that said, I have more checklists than I can deal with right now, but I think  this scripture has the list with the most importance and I probably should pay close attention to what Peter is saying. I don't want to be ineffective and unproductive in God's eyes, do you?

Happy Anniversary Leanna and Jared!

Happy Anniversary!
The love that shines through you two is a true testimony to marriage and faith!  We are so proud of you and the example that you are for your family. May you have many more years together!
love mom and dad
xoxo