Sunday, August 10, 2008

CaVinG!!

We decided to stay one more day on our ReTurN trip HoMe with my ParEnts. So with that we did a LiTTle HiKinG around the LaVa CaVes in Tulelake, CA. It was a FuN, CooLing, and AdVentuResome.
ChoColate CAve didn't TaSte that good but the rocks and water dripping into the cave gave it a milk chocolaty look...
SkuLL ICe Cave was so ReFreshing especially when having a HoT FlaSh!!
We are so glad we stayed to ResT before an almost 12 HoUr drive. ThanKs MoM and KelCie for talking us into 1 MoRe DaY.
LiGhtS OuT!!

1. AmY coming to visit for a month (NieCe)

2. LanterNs that WoRk

3. Not Being CluMsy

Friday, August 8, 2008

HaRt ReuNion ChaPter

BlaCKberrY PickiNg - EaTiNG!!



BroKe my FinGer and almost my BacK - for blackberries - what the H!!!


..... for CoBBler, that's why.

1. Having a BiG middle finger...tweet-tweet
2. YuMMy cobbler
3. HOME

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Wings

An article in the National Geographic several years ago painted an incredible picture of God's wings.....
After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesque on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked the bird over with a stick. Upon doing so, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings.
The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. When the blaze had arrived and the heat had singed her small body, the mother had remained steadfast. Because she had been willing to die, those under the cover of her wings would live.
Psalm 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
1. Relief Society LeSSons
2. ShoWering before everybody else-HOT waTer-yes!!!
3. Sara sitting fairly StiLL at church (miracle)

Friday, August 1, 2008

CurtiS FamilY ReuNion

"MaRs"


This is a BeauTiful place to SwiM among all the other locations on the IlliNois VallEy RiVer!! Driving to the swimming hole the ground is red dirt/rock (like St. George), and when you get to the river it's all RoCk....hence the name. We had so much FuN there. The WaTer is CrYstal clear, pretty WaRm, ClEan, and with many locations to enjoy beyond this place...and so far we have been to 2 of them...4 more days left!
1. Phone call with KaroLynn
2. Girls SleePing through the night
3. A BrEEze at night to cool off to.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

MoDoc InDians

GraNdMa TeLL Me a StOry....
"Bloody Point Massacre..and the Modoc Indians"
We asked GraNdma to take us down their ProPertY "The FaR SoUth FieLd" to tell us some HiStory... What a TrEat we HeArd as she told us of a people not often thought of in the eyes of history books at school..the MoDoc InDiaNs. Tulelake is a rich agricultural place with an abundance of produce..meat--veggies. It is truly BeaUtiFul to drive into this lush valley and see HaRd WoRk, which equates to full and happy tummies. We do not see the lake which used to blanket this land, the teepee's occupied, woven baskets and homes, the weapons of choice and the vast barren yet beautiful (still is) landscape. We also do not see a people who once inhabited this land...due to choices they made they are a people almost forgotten..EXcePt the people who live here...ThaNk You GraNdma...with a KeEn mind (not that she is old by any stretch) she told us of this massacre that is hard to find even on the Internet. What I have found (through the internet) is only parts of the whole story (and there are different versions pending on what side you were on), please look up and enjoy learning some history not told. I hope that I can remember what she has given me as well as her grandchildren so we will NOt forget...So RiCh in many ways...We are very BleSSed
God Bless the USA!


1. HiStorY Lessons from Grandma
2. CarD games
3. NiBbleys for LunCh

Monday, July 28, 2008

My FAMilY ReUNioN!!


FoRt KlamaTh FisH HatchERy


CratER LaKe


KiMball ParK - NatUral SpriNg water-
WooD RiVer

FouR WheeLiN

By the CaMpFiRe-S'mORes-SkiTs


BBQ


HoMemade FooD-FaMily-FuN!
1. MiKe and Family
2. CherYl and Family
3. ToniA and Family
4. ToNia and DaN (Cassie missing-SaD)
5. BrOOke and TayLor
6. AleXis
7. GranDma and GranDpa
8. GamEs
9. CooL NiGhts
10. LauGhing MuCh

Friday, July 25, 2008

My FamiLy ReuNion 2008...

"A PiCtuRe's worth a
ThouSanD WorDs!"
1. CreaTing Family Reunion MemoriEs
2. PiCniC Lunches
3. CraTer LaKe-KimBall ParK-FiSh HatChery