Island Food

Today we made our first real island food. Tim brought some conch back from Grand Turk yesterday. So tonight we fried up some conch fritters. Very good!! (in case you don't know what a conch is, look at an earlier blog about conch). Just a word of caution - do not eat to many at once. It will make your stomach hurt, but they are so good!! It is like when you are frying up some zucchini and keep eating it and by the time you sit down at the table to eat you are no longer hungry, this is the same with conch fritters. We just keep eating them as soon as they are done cooking. We are hoping to get some more conch soon. Come and see us, maybe we will fry up some conch for you.

Play doh

The kids are enjoying the play doh. The TLC team stopped by here on their way to Grand Turk. They will be working on the church over there and then coming back to Provo for a few days at the end of the month. The team brought us a suitcase full of items. Among it was some play doh. The kids love play doh. Here Alexis made an elephant (look hard - the orange that sticks out at the top is the nose, there are also two eyes and a mouth at the bottom). Trevor made a frog. I think it turned out very nice. Thanks so much to the team members for bringing us the nice gifts. It felt like Christmas opening up the items.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!

We have been away from the states for awhile, so SURPRISE!! We have another addition to our family. We brought our little bundle of joy home yesterday. We are having a lot of fun watching her. She sleeps most of the time, but when awake the kids really enjoy having her around.


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So would you like to meet her?



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Her name is Cheetah. We are in the process of potty training her already. She is doing well at it, thankfully. Here she is.

It's been awhile

Well, It's been awhile since I've blogged. We have been pretty busy. During the summer time I seem to be even busier than during school. I'm not sure why, but I think I get more accomplished during school. So I keeping teasing the kids about starting school up again. Tim had a serious eye infection, the van has still been run down. Thank the Lord Tim's eye seems to be doing better. The bright sun still bothers his eyes at times though.

Tim has been working on the van. It has been broke down for awhile. We had to wait on a part to come in from the states. That took about 2 weeks. He got the part put on and the van still wouldn't run. So he had to dig around for awhile and found out that the crank shaft is broke and the timing was off. So right now he has the van put back together and it is running, not running real well, but at least we can make it to town and get things we need. Hopefully the van will last for a while longer.

Here is a picture of Tanner. He climbs up the frame in the doorway to the kitchen and then crosses his hands, and supports himself with his legs. He thinks he is something to be able to do this.

God's Artwork

Here are some awesome pictures of God's artwork. These were taken tonight if front of our house. It was beautiful to see these clouds, lighting, water, feel the breeze, etc. We serve a wonderful Savior.











This is James Dean. He was fishing. Took a picture of him with the boat he built in the background.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my birthday. As my husband says I am half way to 70, my children say I'm forty, forty nine and a hundred. So how old am I? I am 35. I am very thankful for the birthdays I have. When I was 28 I was not looking forward to being 30. I dreaded it, but then I got very sick. Almost died, was given a one percent chance to live. I believe I would have died had it not been for the prayers of so many people. God healed my body and allowed me to live. I have been enjoying my birthdays ever since and so far it doesn't bother me to get older, even though I do struggle with the gray hairs, etc. Ha!!!

Today we don't have anything planned as our van is still broke down so we can't go anywhere. Tim and Alexis have went to a funeral. The boys have cleaned the house for me. They did a pretty good job. Trevor baked a cake and we are waiting on it to cool so that they can frost it. I am making some bread today because we could not find any at the stores yesterday that didn't cost a fortune. I have lasagna planned for supper,but Tim may come home and decide to cook something. He likes to cook and I enjoy it when he does.

If anything exciting would happen to happen today then I will post about it later.

I am very thankful to God for allowing me to live, He has blessed me with so many things. I have wonderful parents, growing up I didn't think that, but as I am getting older I'm glad God gave me to them. I miss them very much. I miss talking to my mom every day. I still get to talk to them, but not as often now. I am very thankful for the Godly upbringing they instilled into my life. I also have one set of grandparents still alive. They have been an encouragement to me over the years. They are a wonderful example of how to live a Godly life.
Then my in-laws. They are great people. I have gotten to know them while we lived in NC. They have been a big help to us in so many ways and a blessing. We appreciate them so much. I am also thankful for my husband. He has stood by me through many trials, happiness, sadness, etc. I am learning to love him more and more. Then God blessed us with four beautiful children. They are a lot of fun to watch and life my spirits many times by little things they say and do. God has blessed me and I am so thankful for another birthday to be alive and to serve Him.

IN NEED OF PRAYER

Please pray for me. I've been having a rough time lately dealing with some things. The devil has been fighting. Please say an extra prayer for me.