Revolutionary Love

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Carving Pumpkins

I spent this past weekend at my friend's house. We had a wonderful time together. I sure miss them! It was so good to see them. Elijah's birthday is on Halloween so we had a birthday weekend for him.

his pumpkin smile

Estie playing with pumpkin guts

This was the face she made after taking a bite of the pumpkin. Hilarious!

Elijah liked having happy birthday pumpkins

Sabrina threw leaves up in the air to make them laugh. It worked, mostly. Look at Estie! So funny!

How cute are they?

They had to dress up for me since I wasn't gonna be there for trick-or-treating.

A little Christmas tree. Precious!

Dancing

on the porch

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Happy Birthday Elijah! I love you so very much! You are my superhero!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Last night was so very special. Karol, Nissa and I went down for Nate's birthday party. There were about 30 people there. Nate was surrounded by all of the people who love him. I was so happy that I could be a part of his special day. All of the kids surrounded Nate while he opened his presents.

Nate was really excited about a gift card.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to the boy

Blowing out his candle

Happy with his truck cake. AND, I saw him swipe some frosting!

with his Papa

Becky and Sarah

Nate in his new Thomas the Train tent that he loves!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Happy Birthday Natie!!

This sweet, wonderful, pure, fun, silly little boy is 4 today. I'll never forget the first time I held him. He was ten months old. It was the first time Nate's family had been to Camp Daniel. His parents were leading worship so I held him during chapel. My heart melted. Completely. I was hooked. I walked away from that week knowing that I had to be doing full-time disability ministry and working with families and kids with disabilities. I'll never forget that week. It was transforming for many, including me.

This little boy has taught me so much about loving people and loving Jesus. Nate has an amazing family. I am so blessed to call them my friends, my family. We have all grown and changed a lot in the past few years. God is the one doing the change in our hearts, but Nate opened the door for so many things. God is using him. Nate reminds us about what is important. God is using his entire family and it is so awesome to be a part of it.

Conveniently, the only family picture I have is one from camp where they are all dressed up. haha.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I Miss My Buddy!

I'm missin' my buddy today. Elijah will be 8 soon! Can't believe it!

I miss these kiddos. A lot. My heart is aching for them today.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Portland

Last week I went to Portland, OR with my mom. We had a great time with family. We went mainly to see my grandma. I'm so glad that God provided the money to go.

This is my cousin Angie and her little girl Merry.

My mom and I went downtown to the Saturday market. All of the boothes are filled with things that people have made. There were a lot of interesting people downtown.

This guy played these buckets like a drumset. I could have listened to him all day.

This was a pretty little park that I liked

Mom standing next to this huge tree with growths. How weird!!

We had a family dinner. It was so good to see everyone.

Denise and Dave

me and Uncle Jon

Raewyn and Uncle Bob

me and Gram

Uncle Jon and Aunt Jan

me, mom, Gram

One day mom and I took my grandma to Twin Rocks Camp. It was a suprise. We just told her we were going for a drive. The camp is right on the coast and it was a beautiful drive.

My grandma went to camp as a kid in 1939 and 1940. The camp has been around a long time. The director, Ken Bebe, took us around for an hour. There were still a couple of the same buildings even though they have been remodeled. There were a few old pictures on the walls where my grandma recognized some of the people in them.