a trip to denver to visit the rosdils

This past weekend Ryan and I took a short trip to Denver, Colorado to visit with my long time childhood friend Amy and her new husband, Andy. When we were packing on Thursday to head out there we thought we werent going to make it....the reason..they were having blizzards! Yes, Blizzards! There was a foot of fresh snow waiting for us to play in! It was beautiful when we landed and remained beautiful all weekend long! Cold, but beautiful!

the railing leading to the front door...this was gone by Saturday afternoon!
Outside the front door
Amy and Andy live across the street from this amazing park....what fun we had there!

Ryan was amazed at my snowball catching ability..he threw..I caught!

Lego...this is a snowball!
This is Lego...the Boston terrier puppy...she is the cutest!
Always wanting to play
Always willing to pose!
She is just like Amy...LOVES THE SUN!!!

The evolution of the front garden

When we first moved in to the house there was garden in front that I wasnt to wild about..but I let it go knowing that there were other things that were more important. As time went on my distaste for the garden grew..eventually I ended up ripping everything out and tilling the ground. I was ready to plant, but then we had week after week of rain and I could not get out there to do anything. Finally, this weekend that ended and I finished my project! There is still much more that I need to do, but for now it looks good....now onto the back yard..time to get my veggie garden ready!

Before...all of the weeds....need to get those out!

After....allt he pretty flowers are planted!!

Be near

Recently I have taken to this worship song ..."Be Near"..it resonates in my soul and heart and really speaks to me...I have been in a place where I am desperate to hear from the Lord...with my mom's illness and Ryan's dad's illness...there is jsut so much in our lives where it seems that God is not protecting. I know this to be false and I know that God is control and that he will use all these things to his glory....but I would just like to hear from him...to know that he is near.

Here are the lyrics:

You are all
Big and Small
beautiful
and wonderful
to trust in grace through faith
bust I'm asking to taste

Dark is light to you
depths are height to you
far is near
but Lord, I need to hear from you

Be near, Oh god
be near, Oh god of us
your nearness is to us out good
be near, Oh God
Be near, Oh God of us
Your nearness is to us our good

Your fullness is mine
revelation devine
but, O, to taste
to know you are much more than a page
to feel your embrace

Dark is light to you
depths are height to you
far is near
but Lord I need to hear from you

Be near, Oh God
be near, Oh God of us
your nearness is to us our good
Be near, Oh God
Be near, Oh God of us
your nearness is to our good


The line that gets me everytime is ....But Lord I need to hear from you! That is my hearts cry right now! Lord, I need to hear from you!

I love a little yard work

So I should have taken some pictures to go with this post....oh well!
Imagine if you will a yard with grass that is getting taller and taller..and everytime you think about going out to mow it starts raining! That has been us the past few weekends or even weekdays when I have had time to go out and work in the yard. This morning I had had it with our overgrown lawn and decided it was time. So I got out the edger and and edged the lawn (front and back), I then mowed both the front and back yard, then fertilized the lawn...because it was time and then took the leaf blower and cleaned everything up! Done! Tomorrow....I am going to work on the flower beds...because I need to make a run to the nursery...and I also need to pick lemons. Anyone need any? We only have about 300 on the trees right now!

I do truly enjoy being in the yard...the sun on my face and the warmth in the air. Hearing the birds and just enjoying God's creation!!!! What a joy it is!

I fixed it!

A few weeks back we had some terrible wind storms " Santa Ana Winds". These winds were so strong that they blew our gate open the wrong way causing it to break the lock. For a week or so now I have had the trash barrel in front of the gate..but yesterday I took care of it. I bought a new gate handle and installed it all by myself! I am feeling quite handy...now what can I fix?

Replaced the handle

Replaced the latch

completed...

and locked!

This is what happens when a fire hydrant explodes

A few days ago while driving home from work I came across this fountain of water shooting up.....you could see it from a few blocks away. What has happened was a couple driving west on Yorba Linda Blvd were cut off and ran into the fire hydrant. They were not hurt, but the fire hydrant was. It made for some amazing photos and for a lot of people to come out and see what was happening. I normally wouldn't stop for something like this...but it was so beautiful I couldn't resist!

Hawaii here we come

Okay..so this is a little early..but we booked our vacation today! We arent leaving until November 28, 2009....that's quite sometime away! To be exact...294 days! Oh so excited!!!