Visiting Banfill

KETCHUP

A Reader's Digest update of the past week:

I got a Mac. I still pretty much wish I had gotten not a Mac, but the DSL internet I have now is wonderful. There is also 'Photobooth' that Janet, Mom and I had fun with one night when we were all kinda having a bad day. That was so hilarious that we scared Dad away! He wouldn't come downstairs for the rest of the night...


Jackie had a pirates birthday party! yay! We dressed up like pirates and played pin the patch on the pirate. And there was a pet rat named Ivy that came!


Mark and Heather got married! Yay, them! The weather was perfect - not too hot, not raining. The wedding was at a beautiful farm....fun! Looking at the pictures, most of them are of Sammy and Jack - two cute kids in suits - how can you go wrong? I'll put the pix up in a separate post, tho...this one's gotten a bit long...........

I was introduced to a new TV show. Corner Gas. It is AWESOME! Unfortunately...the only place you can get it from is Amazon....I will have to put it on my wish list for Christmas.

I took another trip thru Oma's Garden. Beautiful as always!


Mom seemingly woke up one day and decided to remodel the kitchen. This is how Dad tells it....we both came home one day and Mom had taken the kitchen cupboard doors off and started sanding everything down. Mom says that her and Dad had talked about it for awhile. All this because we got some new paint for the walls! In the end, there will be a new color on the walls, lighter cupboards, new countertop and sink, and a missing wall....fun! Pictures will be added to Flickr as they are taken (sans another stop in internet).


I took a jaunt thru Banfill again. Haven't been there all summer! I didn't realize that the water was so low....I got to stand in a spot to take a picture where, last fall, I woulda been in the water over my head! Again, pictures in a separate post...

After Banfill I dropped by Lukas's to visit. We had tasty food, walked to the park and then watched Little Bunny FooFoo and Sillyville. Hailey is as cute as ever and Ezra walks now! WOW!


Wednesday night I was able to get tickets for the Twins game. Rick, Holly, Janet, Maddy, Katie, Marcus, Kristina, Travis, Jenni and I all went. It was fun, but I was much too tired. The car I rode in left a little before 10, and (as it usually seems to go) all the fun stuff happened after we left. The good thing, tho, is that the Twinkies won!! Yay for them. I haven't been really interested in watching a game since Kirby retired. There was a slideshow with pictures of him thru the years, which was cool!

Seasons

One Tree Hill: the Banfill Edition.

Spring!

Fall!

Winter!

Back Again

Playing Ketchup....the web at my house has been down since last Saturday. It's up again - for now! Went to a Twin's game tonight. It was fun. Very informative (Jenni). Got some good pictures, I think....we'll find out tomorrow when I can open my eyes (they feel swollen shut due to no sleep).

Zzzzzzz for now...pictures later!

Prayer

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and
only two of the men on it were able to swim to a
small, desert like island. The two survivors, not
knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other
recourse but to pray to God.

However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful,
they agreed to divide the territory between them and
stay on opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next
morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his
side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit.
The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided
to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was
wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to
his side of the land. On the other side of the
island, there was nothing.

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more
food. The next day, like magic, all of these were
given to him. However, the second man still had
nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he
and his wife could leave the island. In the morning,
he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The
first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided
to leave the second man on the island. He considered
the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings,
since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a
voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your
companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who
prayed for them," the first man answered. "His
prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve
anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had
only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that,
you would not have received any of my blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he
pray for that I should owe him anything?"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of
our prayers alone, but those of another praying for
us.

When Jesus died on the cross he was thinking of you!

Sometimes I feel like this....

Like there's someone is waiting to help me
when I tell them what I need....
the only problem is, I don't know what it is!

Have a Slice

So, I finally bring you some pictures from the Slice of Shoreview.
Aren't you lucky? (my loverly 3 readers!)

Dancin' the night away at hot, sticky Slice of Shoreview.

8675309 (Jenni)....on cowbell (for Jenni!)

Looks like a paw, eh?