Dougs Dream Road Trip

Brett and Doug took a 2110 mile road trip covering six states last week, and lived to tell about it!  The first picture shows them on day one - un-sunburned.  They stayed in Boullion Canyon the first night.  They both thought the ground felt like sleeping on a rock, so the next 5 days they slept in motels, cabins and once at Lisas house.  Don't ya think Doug looks cute sporting the 50's look with his rolled up pants?

The indian ruins were the most amazing part of the trip.  Click on the picture and notice the people inside the ruins.  You will get a better idea how big the ruins were.

The best part was staying in Silverton, Colorado for the 4th of July.  It is a small miners town nestled in the mountains.  The firework show was in surround sound, echoing off the mountains.  It was a quaint town, where people flock for the festivities.

I don't know if there was a worse moment.  They seemed to love every minute of it.

Brad finally jumps on the blog bandwagon

Well, I finally took some time to figure out how to post some pictures of our family.

It's true that we found out that we are having a BOY in November. We are very excited that this one is only 2 years (almost to the day) after Stephanie instead of the 6.5 years we had to wait after Tyler.

Below are some photos of our family to catch you up a little...

On April 30th Tyler finally turned 8 (he had been counting down the days for months). Then on May 10th he was baptized and confirmed. He also became a cub and has already earned a few badges. He just completed Grade 2 and is a great big brother to Stephanie.

Stephanie continues to be such a joy to us. She is quite the parrot and copies just about everything we say... which isn't always a good thing.

Here she is on July 1st at the spray park near our house.

Cindy and I celebrated our 10th Anniversary on May 30th. I took her down to California for the week to the Monterey Bay area. We had been there previously just before our 1st Anniversary so it was fun to go back 9 years later.

Well, take care and we'll try and post some more soon. Love...Brad, Cindy, Tyler, Stephanie, and baby boy Card.

Happy July 1st

Hope ya all are enjoying your holiday!

Doug is on his 2000 mile road trip with Brett.  They left yesterday and made it to Marysvale.  They camped in a campground in the canyon.  Doug said the ground was pretty hard.  He had to choose between taking a sleeping bag or a pad.  they both wouldn't fit on the motorcycle.  Brett got hit in the leg with a rock from a truck, but other than that they are having a very wonderful time.  My mom wonders if Doug knows how old he is!

IT'S A BOY!

 I am surprized that Brad hasn't told the world.  They are having a BOY. They are so excited.  He probably didn't know how to get into that site.  So tell the family.

Chad and Karyn and family have just moved in with us tonight for the summer or until they buy a home.  They have someone who wants to buy their house. It is such a blessing.  She is the first and only person to see their house. It is not even listed yet with a realator so they are going to be able to clear a little more this way.  Once that is all said and done they will be able to buy.  He is going to have an interview for a job in a couple of weeks.  The man hiring is going away on holidays but wants to interview Chad when he gets back.  If he gets this job he will be in charge of the physed program for the high school, teach Social (which is his minor), coach volleyball which he has done for the past 5 years.  It is his dream job.  It is even at his old High School.  So pray for him that he will be able to have this job.  The Lord has been so good to them.

Becky and Dan both have jobs but no baby and haven't had any offers on their place in Calgary yet.  They are a little discouraged but Bryce just finished it completely 2 weeks ago.  It is Stampede Week in Calgary and everything shuts down for a week or maybe that is just the realtor that shut down. They need your prayers too.   We all do.  We'll pray for you and you pray for us.

Love Kathy

Kathy sent me this e-mail and wanted me to pass it on.  If any of you are having trouble posting to the blog, just send me an e-mail and I'll post it for you.  You can even attach pics if you want.  Also, send me the e-mails of you're kids, the younger generation might be more apt at posting!

I just wanted to thank everyone for your hospitality this last month when we came up for Lindas wedding and Dannys funeral.  We love you guys, love catching up with your lives and kids.  It was especially nice to see Brad, we haven't seen him in a long time.  I suppose he knows what sex his third child is now.  He promised to post it in this blog this weekend.

Dannys funeral couldn't have been nicer.  Everything was perfect.  Thanks to Doreen for going out of your way to haul your keyboard to the church.  It made all the difference in the world.  I'm sure Danny was very pleased at what was said.  I really felt Myrtles presence when Bryce was reading poems.  I just bet we had a lot more family members there than could be seen.  This is how I'll remember Danny, always smiling.

Mykas blessing day

Dwayne gave yet another beautiful blessing.  It was a wonderful day spent with family!

We're officially OLD!

Is that what really defines your age and state of mind? Having our first grandchild graduate from hight school is definitely one of those mile markers.  It will be a sure thing when she has a baby and we add "great" in front of our title.  I have been considering being "great" for a while now.  I thought I could be a great singer,  or a great writer.  Then I realized the greatest person to ever walk the earth was Jesus Christ.  If I can follow in His footsteps by serving and encouraging and edifying, that would be about the greatest I can get.  So before I become a "great" grandma, I might just as well get on the right path, so the name fits.