Father's day

We had a wonderful day in Big Sur for Father's day. We bbq'd steaks on the beach and they were fabulous until sand blew on them and made them gritty... even still they tasted good but the texture was just wrong. The sun shining but the wind was whipping. It was a good day. I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story for you. :-) Enjoy!
Blessings to you.

Don't you just wanna live here forever!?

Yellow Lupine

The best use of the timer on my camera in a long time.

Can you hear it... "Yeah, baby!"

Just in case you ever wondered what sand would feel like down the front of your shirt....

Best Buddies!

Update

I thought I would let you all know how the nightmares are going for Josiah.
Well they aren't! He has gone 3 nights in a row with no bad dreams, and I am so extremely thankful! And if that's all we get then I am happy with this progress at least.

I decided that I needed to start praying every single night with Josiah. Now, don't get all upset... we do occasionally pray with him but it wasn't an every night thing. I also sing Jesus Loves Me to him on occasion as well. But for a week now I sing that song to him and now I also pray for good dreams. He's so cute when he says Amen when I'm done. He says "Amen, k, night night." Ohhh, that's my boy. (snif,sniff) growing up.

Anyway, we are grateful for the progress he is making and look forward to another night of no bad dreams. Of course it doesn't make them stop forever, but I will take not every night for now.

Blessings to you.

The life we live

I know, I know... long time no hear. And so much has happened too. I'm not sure where to start...

Well first I want to mention that I got a new job. I know many people have been praying for me and I am very excited that I won't have to drive and hour and 15 min's to and from work any more. I got a job in the town we live in, so I will only be 5 min's from home. That is such a huge blessing in itself, I can't even describe what that will do for me. With the extra time at home with my family and extra sleep, I hope that will be enough to make a difference.

I have become concerned about my son lately. He wakes every night with nightmares and cries for me. He also wakes and comes into our room and stares at me. If you have never woken up with a small child literally inches from your face you have not been sufficiently startled awake. It never fails to freak me out. I open my eyes and there he is... Anyway, he comes in every morning (about 5am) and when I try to talk to him, he doesn't say a word. He doesn't even move, he just looks at me, while holding his blankie to his chin. Then I pick him up and take him back to his bed. By the time I get there his eyes are closed and I tuck him in and he curls into his blankets and sleeps. What is this? Seriously, I need answers. What is going on with my son? Should I be worried? I get told things like it's a stage or it's his age. My husband thinks that it's becuase he has gotten to that age in development where things seem more real now, so it's possible what he watches on tv are coming back in dreams and scaring him. We have noticed that he does seem scared about things now that he hasn't been before. So, if you have any ideas on what this might be or if I should be worried or not, let me know. :-)

We are planning a family trip to OR this August as well. We are looking forward to going back and visiting both of our families. We have missed our families so much since moving away from them in December. It will be a super time for us!

My husband is now looking for another job. He really doesn't like his current one and basically he just isn't making enough for us financially. So he going out on a serious job hunt this weekend. We are going to send his resume to as many places as we can find. He did hear from one place yesterday, Hilti tool co., and they are going to have him in for an interview hopefully next week. We shall see, but we are quite hopeful of this position b/c it would be step in the right direction for him plus a big salary increase, which we REALLY need right now! Please pray that God will lead him down the right path.

Thank you for listening to my concerns and for sticking with my blog even though I don't get enough chances to come and write anymore. God bless.