A few days away in June..

You are beautiful beyond description.

Too marvelous for words.

Too wonderful of comprehension.

Like nothing ever seen or heard

Who can grasp you infinite wisdom.

Who can fathom the depth of your love.

You are beautiful beyond description..

Majesty enthroned above

And I stand,

I stand in awe of you

Jesus...

I stand, I stand in awe of you

Holy God to whom all praise is due

I stand in awe of you.

("I Stand in Awe," Mark Altrogge, 1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24JgbmbkTvg

A delightful family weekend away

showing our precious packages we carried... Thane's.... was for the day...mine til October :)

Old Man's Cave

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Hocking Hills ,Ohio

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early June

{intriguing ferns growing out of the side of the rocks}

California Family Dinners

I love a table spread out and set

especially when loved ones are near by to share the bounty with. Here is a few of our dinners that we were able to enjoy and spend some time with family in California. A BIG Thank you to each of you who opened your home and greatly blessed us with yummy food, fellowship and lots of laughs!

Pacific Coast Day Trip

Saturday morning in California we decided to head to the ocean for a quick trip while everyone(my immediate family) was off work. Leah & I packed a light lunch and then we were off...

We stopped at a favorite little town San Juan Bautista and enjoyed our picnic lunch among the chickens ( across the street from the mission). Orrin couldn't hardly concentrate on eating when there was chickens to go see.

so colorful

a bit too chilly to swim

we stuck our toes in

missing papa

U. V gives great piggy back rides!

We kept finding beautiful mossy rocks....

and these adorable mossy patches.

- wouldn't they look great planted in a little pot

The best shot of my attempt(s) to get a nice picture of the two together.....

a pebble beach

On our way to one of the beaches I found out we were right by an...... Anthro!!!!! It so happened that I needed to stop it! ( really I did--i told my niece if I got near one I would grab her a mr & mrs mugs for a bridal shower she was going to.) So my dear brother & Dad let us girls run in while they went ahead and took the children down to the beach. Thank you V I really didn't know it was there.... i really didn't have a secret agenda !!! love you V.

Beautiful visual displays- of course

{amanda.me. leah}

my sis-n-law & my youngest sis

loved the natural cotton sticks(? what are they called?) especially against the aqua

.....hmm maybe Thane would let me use a little in our new bedroom......
..... I'm wanting to have some blue.....

....hmm we shall see....

We had a wonderful day just enjoying God's amazing natural beauty all around us and simply being together. Our last stop before home was to grab some yummy-warm clam chowder, of course in a bread bowl -on the Wharf.

Meeting Baby Emma Faye

We flew in to California early in the morning. After going to Grandma's and getting re-situated our next Stop was to go see ....

............Miss Emma Faye [3wks old]

Soo sweet

Praising God for your little life.

May He bless you & keep you close to Him always

She is my dear friend Kelley's first baby!

Emma looks a tad worried about meeting these girls...

...And she had every right to be as they were wild..... after being cooped up in an airplane they had to let go......

{Arabella & Maebrianna}

---Orrin was happily playing @ Grandma's s--

My friend Heather & I braved flying with out our hubbies....

we made it ...................2 mamas & 3 toddlers

Finally a still moment!

Now to the present moment... we are home & it looks like this....

We are planning on moving next week into Thane's parents. They are so sweet to be letting us use their little apartment in their walkout basement. So if everything goes well we will be in there until our house is done.

I have managed to schedule a few more posts of the rest of our California trip while I am busy packing! Enjoy & Blessings on your week

b.