Isaac

On Labor Day, we had a family breakfast with Tyler, Ana, and Isaac, Ana's parents, Randy and Bev, Dad Mohlers, and Jason and Sarah and kiddos. Sadly I didn't pick up the camera enough, cause I only got pics of Isaac. We had Finnish pancakes, which are baked in the oven, then covered with a multitude of toppings: most commonly sausage, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, berries, and syrup. Now you may be saying, "YUK!" , but don't knock it till you try it. I am one of the biggest fans of keeping foods on my plate separate, particularly fruits and veggies or meat. But, I like this!

25 years... WOW

Twenty Five years ago, Beth embarked on quite the adventure... marrying me! This week we celebrated our 25th anniversary and feel like the past 25 years have just raced past.

Looking at this photo, you can see that at least one of us still looks young. Beth is an amazing woman who inspite of 3 boys, 2 girls and another one on the way barely looks like she has aged abit. As I look back at the past 25, it is amazing to see where we have been, and just as amazing, where we are going. God has really blessed us with 5 wonderful children, our beautiful daughter inlaw and a handsome little grandson Isaac. It is hard to imagine life without anyone of them, and now as we are expecting #6, we can hardly wait to see how our famiy changes when we bring AJ home from China. Hopefully soon!

We celebrated rather mildly, (in anticipation of our upcoming trip to China) and we had a wonderful dinner out at our local Italian place, Bel Tramonto. Food was wondreful and Beth and I were able to enjoy a quiet evening out, just the two of us and reflect on our lives together.

God is good and has promised to give us the desires of our hearts, it will be just amazing to see what he has planned for our future. No matter how hard we try, it must be his plan, and his will for our lives in order for us to be truly satisfied.

Sunday Night Sushi and the Singles

Sunday night we had a BBQ/Game night for the College/Singles in our church. Ernest...being American/Taiwanese...brought Sushi...one kind made with fresh raw tuna. Well, Sushi is new to some of us, so it turned into a little "Fear Factor" style cheering each other on to try this new thing. Lindsey (not a fish-lover) had the hardest time. I think she looked at it too long. It finally went down...washed by iced tea...and from my motherly intuition...almost came back up!




Sophie even ate it...after she unwrapped it! Didn't care for the seaweed.
Sarah and Thomas finish their sushi.

Oh Balderdash!

Misc. August

It's a grab bag of this and that!

Tea time

Sophie really took off in peddling her trike this summer.
FOUND! In the closet putting on eye make-up!
Sophie and new friend, Lilly. Our long time friends from Dallas, Nick and Cathy, came to visit.
Monkey CAUGHT in the closet!

Camping at Juanita Lake, CA

We spent 3 nights and 4 days at this nice little lake, just an hour from home. It was the church campout...each night brought more people till we ended up with about 50 people and 8 dogs and 2 goats! Thumb's up! We're ready to go!

As I took this picture of Jordan hanging out the window, I realized the chairs were slipping off the truck in the back!Didn't take long to get a stubbed toe!





Something about this gnarly old juniper tree that I like...Waiting for hot chocolate.
Let's go, friend!
There's got to be more to this!
Texting home for more supplies!


Early morning fishing...Jordan and Ernest
Roughing it...there are some things that it's hard to do without.....Thankfully we don't have to!
Dad mans the coffee kitchen.

William loved the scooter!Ernest and Emma...fish caught.
Campfire teaching time

More swimmin'...keepin' cool!

It's COLD!What form!
Lindsey is having a little trouble getting wet!

Warming up!
Water war...Jordan and Travis
Jenny and Sophie
Travis

Dryin' hair...Jenny and Sophie