Isaac feeding baby lamb 

Jordon, his Daddy, Mike, and Isaac with baby lamb 

Grandma Cindy and Isaac (he only wanted Grandma after falling in the gravel) at Great Great Uncle Don's Ranch. We saw lambs and ewes.  

Pray for North Korea Website

Please join us and get the word out to everyone you know to pray for North Korea. In case you didn't know, the people are starving, beaten and oppressed greatly there. They are also extremely isolated, are killed if caught trying to leave, Christians are persecuted and if you aren't loyal to their leader you can be tortured, killed, or imprisoned (in a filthy prison) whether you are 6 years old, or 85 years old.

Huh?

Very cute boys Jackson and Isaac with Heather 

Caught!

Cousins AJ and Isaac 

ROCK OUT DUDE!!!

These guys can really JAM!! Or make mommies he ears hurt!
 

I've got a secret!

Two adorable buddies hangin' out, watching Veggie Tales and apparantly telling secrets.

Isaac and his friend Jordon (5 weeks older) are so cute together!!
 

please stop eating genetically modified soy (and other foods)

Here is information enough to question whether it is smart to eat genetically modified food. Most soy eaten in America is GMO. (genetically modified organism). This food is not like a "hybrid", a cross of two different species. It has been tweaked in a lab. Please stop eating soy if you can!!!! Try to get organic, non-GMO!!!!

there have been times we've wanted to quit!

Carl has finally acquired the one thing that seemed so far out of reach! His license is approved and valid until 2009 to teach 3-8th grade! halleluJia!!!! wooohoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course it may be a while until he is actually able to get a position, unless we want to move away, but he can substitute if he wants also. Thank you FATHER GOD for your provision!!! :)

comments on bigotry

I recently commented on the lifehack.org website, in response to a piece concerning discrimination, bigotry and fear. here is a link to that article

 

Generation Unleashed

Here are some pics from an awesome youth conference we went to a couple weeks ago!
About 3000 kids 12-24 show up to get filled up, fired up and worship God! It was an awesome time for all of us!  

kickin' it

Here is a long lost pic from my old 1megapixel digital camera! Recently found... Isaac fell asleep like this (back when he still slept in the car!) with his thumb in his overalls. We felt the little farmer really needed that piece of grass to chew on as he kicked back in the hot summer shade! 

Isaac's shiner! In case you're wondering he tripped and hit a footstool! 

Lego "build your own robot"! Awesome!

Check out the link above this is SO COOL!!!! Lego has a new Mindstorms set coming out this year where you can build your own robots. Bluetooth compatable. if you don't know what bluetooth is just google "bluetooth" learn away. this is so awesome!!

XBOX Champion!

 

Check this out! SO GROSS!!!!!!!!!

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Latest goings on around here

Well, we had a very nice Christ-mas and are hoping to have a happy New Year too. Isaac got some very nice toys and clothes. We all got much more than we need and gave lots of great gifts too. We are TRYING to go snowboarding, but the weather has been so funky it just isn't going happen quite yet. If we didn't have to drive so far away!
Isaac is officially walking now. He walks most places. He still looks very much like a baby, and is a baby and is adorable as ever! It is so funny and cute to see him walking. He took his first steps at 9 months, and has been really walking since around 10 months, but now he crawls very little. I am trying to figure out a smart solution to having his birthday party. He also has two new little ladies in his life now. His cousin Abby, well she's been around for a couple months now, and his new little friend Hannah who is about 3 weeks old. He really likes the babies. He loves the little dogs and cats we see at peoples houses (or the neighbors cat in our yard). He love getting into EVERYTHING!!! Especially the refridgerator, the dishwasher, the bathroom, playing with his heater..... all NO-NO's!!! He is VERY good though, so happy and fun!

Anyway again, HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone and I hope to post a little more often and put in more interesting info.

We must take a stand

This link is to a blog talking about a cross that is supposed to go up in Portland at the Pioneer Square (boy wouldn't the "pioneers" be flabergasted by what they see?) We absolutely must take a stand to have that cross put up. Early Christians were killed just for being Christians. What are we going to do in 5 years when we are in that position? Obviously if we keep doing what we have been doing (which is nothing) we will be in that position soon.
Either way, I think we must do something, whether we end up having to defend ourselves physically or not.
We are getting closer and closer to the position where Christians will be killed for their faith in America. The apostle Peter did carry a sword. And according to Jesus the rightful place (in Matthew 26) was back in its sheath at Peter's side. But when the right time to defend yourself and when to turn the other cheek is a difficult question. Trusting the Lord and listening to His voice for when to use or not use is the only way.
But right now, (thank God) we are only required to stand up for our beliefs and the freedom to express them. And thankfully we truly get our freedom from the Lord. This will further the cause of Christ not put a damper on Him. Unlike Lars Larson's (see his website at larslarson.com) perseption, which I think is wrong but it is his to make and he is free to have. Look at all of the other countries (I can think of a few) that attack Christianity. The mainstream media doesn't want you to know it but there is "revival" in the church in most if not all those places. China, India, North Korea.

God forbid we ever get to be where they are. Of course, the Christians in those places think the same thing about us. The would never want our freedom. It breeds complacency. Where they are, you make your decision, and you better be serious about it because it could cost you your life. And choosing to become a Christian, choosing joy over sadness, love over hate, holiness versus filth, wholeness vs. emptiness is a crime. It is becoming a crime in America.
STAND UP FOR CHRISTIANITY AND FREEDOM!!!