Camping in the Cascade Mts.

A couple weeks ago we went camping with our friends, the Carlson's. They have kids the same age as our kids, so the kids did great together! They knew about this great spot, about 45 mins from Yakima, gotta love living in the great northwest! We froze our tails off though...it got down to freezing at night and we didn't have good sleeping bags for all of us. Clearly, we need to invest in more outdoor equipment now that we have kids to camp with! Goodness sakes.

You have GOT to listen to this

I recently listened to a sermon/podcast by Voddie Bauchman called, The Centrality of the Home, which was more than worth my time!  So, I thought I'd pass the link on to anyone who is willing to download it and take the time to listen to some wonderful challenges and a different point of view on modern evangelism and raising kidos.

Good stuff.

McCain has my vote and here's why

I am pretty much a one-issue voter in many ways.  So, I wanted to share this with those of you who cherish life and desire to fight for the unborn.  I strongly recommend checking out the National Right to Life site.  

NRTL's site has as a voting record chart for McCain and Obama's (who is a baby killer...seriously...he is a sick, sick man who apparently approves of and votes to NOT protect babies who have survived an abortion and need medical treatment to survive - see Born-Alive Infants Protection Act).  Obama also would like to see YOUR taxpayer dollars fund abortions and would happily see partial birth abortions legalized again and has a 100% Pro-Choice track record.  To see how sick and Nazi-ish/Holocaust-ish a partial birth abortion is, follow the link.  Obama actually mislead/lied about his voting on some abortion issues when interviewed at Saddleback church in California and his campaign then came out and admitted it, etc.  Listen here.

Don't let peripheral issues cloud your judgement (education, price of oil, etc) as you prepare to vote.  There are few things in life that REALLY matter.  I'm not saying that McCain is the answer for our nation, Christ is the answer, but this issue is important and worthy of your time and attention.

Random Summer Stuff

Here is a catch-all entry if I've ever done one!  Here is just a bunch of fun summer pictures and stuff going on in our lives that I thought would be fun to share.  Hope you enjoy.  

Also, THANK YOU so much for your encouragement with my last entry about the sewing projects.  I loved reading your comments!  

Potty training in full swing, and this picture is after a major victory. :-)  Either you know what I mean or you don't on this one...  

We immediately went to Toys-R-Us for a toy!

Evie & Leyton eating watermelon.

My first time making apricot pineapple jam.  

And, it turned out pretty stinkin' good!

Don't call it a picture on the wall...our first 

two pictures are up after living here 9 months! 

Our garden is crazy big right now.  Notice the compost bin Jared built for us in the back corner is brimming full!  Our garden will be even bigger next year when all that 

good stuff is in the dirt. 

sweet peas in our garden.

sweet peas.

My wheeling and dealing got us this table off Craigslist and the umbrella and stand on an end of summer steal-of-a-deal at Fred Meyer.  We are loving sitting out on our deck!