Give Till it Hurts.....

on earth as it is in heaven.

A friend of mine on facebook shared this blog with me and as I read through her journey, it reminded me of this hymn song we all know.....

I have decided to follow Jesus;

I have decided to follow Jesus;

I have decided to follow Jesus;

No turning back, no turning back.


Though I may wander, I still will follow;

Though I may wander, I still will follow;

Though I may wander, I still will follow;

No turning back, no turning back.


The world behind me, the cross before me;

The world behind me, the cross before me;

The world behind me, the cross before me;

No turning back, no turning back.


Though none go with me, still I will follow;

Though none go with me, still I will follow;

Though none go with me, still I will follow;

No turning back, no turning back.


Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow Jesus?

No turning back, no turning back.


What a blessing this young lady is. Please pray for her on this journey.

Friendly Critter...

Is it just me or are these things growing bigger and bigger every year!

Rough Day??

Well first day of school went rather well for both kids. Brooke's teacher hasn't called yet saying she had to sit in the hall again for talking, she has lunch with couple of her good friends, everyone loved her outfit the first day. (you know all the things that matter to a girl her age)

Brady has 4 of his good friends in his class this year so afraid I may get more teacher calls on him this year about his behavior instead of Brooke always being the wild child. Brady is often shy and does his work in class but when you add all his buddies it's a whole different story. We will see.

One thing I do know is they both are already tired at nights. And instead of me telling them to get to bed like we did in the summer they surprised us by falling asleep at 8:30 while watching TV. Notice Brady even got his head gear on before passing out....They were ready for bed! Day one....It's going to be along school year I'm afraid.

Carnival Fun

Chuck just got back from his 2 week drill in Wyoming and decided to take kids to the carnival for some family fun. We are lucky enough to be in walking distance of pretty much anything in town so decided to walk. About 10 p.m. we started to walk home from long day at the fair and got rained on. But it was worth it.

We Will Miss U Grandma

1911-2009

Victory Underground

Brooke w/the band

Brendon my nephew at National Night Out. Cheetos yummy!

The band.

Brooke and Karston @ National Night Out.

FOREVER21

Can you believe school starts in two weeks....blah...Can you believe Brooke will be in the 7th grade this year? I realize she was 12 and growing up, but does it have to happen so fast???

This year Brooke is requesting for me to take her and a couple of her friends to get hooked up on all the lastest trends. So I agreed to take her shopping in the next couple of weeks to get clothes for this new school year. She loves this store Forever21.

Ok so she's twelve going on Forever21....but she's still the sweetest thing i've ever seen.

Headed off to summer camp

Brule Days in Nebraska

Brady looking on......

Brooke hanging out with cousins & friends

Brady learning to be a firefighter. Or maybe he's looking for his mom to get her soaked.

I was hiding in the crowd just in case.

Brady and his cousin Lance competing in sac race.

God Bless America!

Brendon (my nephew) at park.

Kids and their cousins waiting patiently for parade to start.