The Bowl

Ahhhh....the Bowl

What could be a more fitting day to talk about a bowl then Super Bowl Sunday. However that isn't why I bring up the word "bowl." You see, this weekend our family has had to get aquainted with a different type of bowl. Other wise known as ... "the throw-up bowl." This is the bowl that prevents you from sitting by the ...



TOILET BOWL
....all day long.




The ideal bowl will be large and plastic if possible so you aren't shocked by the cold glass on your face as you lay in misery.



The bowl should also have a large volume to prevent spills and be easy to wash. This wonderful invention has saved many linens, carpets, and even Mom herself from the indignities of being covered with...um, well, you know.

My poor son Jacob is wondering why I would be so weird as to write about this topic. I really think that everybody can relate to the miseries of the stomach flu. All kids accounted for and hopefully safely over the stomache flu as of this morning. Now hopefully it won't be Mom and Dad's turn with "The Bowl!"

Jacob...almost 10

What can I say about Jacob? A millenium baby. Born 2/8/2000. Jacob is funny and helpful, inquisitive, silly, and always wants to be in the limelite. He is a collecter of coins and strange facts. His imagination knows no bounds. Greggarious like a scrub jay....only his cap is red not blue. :)

J aunty

A cheiver

C urious

O bsessed with Hot Wings

B asketball player

Dreaming of summer

Ahhhh...that was the life....back in the days....um...last summer... before the iceberg landed in Casper. :) Here's dreaming of future summers enjoying hiking with family and enjoying God's creation. (Ok...the snow really is pretty. It's just been a little freezing lately!)

"The Death of Joshua" by Tamlyn

My dear neice Tamlyn wrote this poem about Joshua's death. She did a great job. Very direct and to the point. Thank you Tamlyn.


"The Death of Joshua by Tamlyn (with a little help from mom)
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Joshua the brown haired boy
Doing dares with his friends
They dared him to jump in the river
and he did with joy
The rushing river flushed him around the bend
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Some people say he got knocked-out
I don’t know what to say.
Micah wanted to save him, his head so full of doubt
"I’d pay anything to have him back",
it was the darkest day
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My uncle Jeff came to see
But a rude guy with a camera was in the way
So Jeff kicked the camera man, a round house to the knee
The man after that didn’t have much to say
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When aunt Sally heard the news,
she ran to the truck, her mind a blurr
"It couldn’t be, not my Josh, no never",
It just didn’t make sense to her.
Could her son be lost forever?
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No, for a time, for a season we had to say good-bye
But not forever.
When our work is done, our bodies weary,
down we will lie
Only to be gathered up in Heaven
to resume that relationship that death couldn’t sever"

2 Year Memorial Pics

September birthdays

Happy Birthday!

To all those wonderful people I know with September birthdays!

May these balloons of happy birthday find you from afar!

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To my two adorable neices

who live far away in Albania!

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To my wonderful sister Kelly

who also lives far away in Oregon

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To my awesome stepson Westley

currently in Washington State

(Happy birthday today!!!)

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To my beautiful little cousin Sierra

turning 6

in California

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To (yes myself but I am not far away :) )

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And to my son Joshua

His big 13 in a week

How I wish I could celebrate with him

He is beyond birthdays

eternal

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Ok...stop reading now if you don't want to be depressed....

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Joshua sure loved his birthday

hmmm...enchilada dinner was usually his favorite

His excitement was always contagious

I don't know what he would want this year

I don't know what new interests he would have now.

2 years ago he would have wanted an ocarina

or zelda games, or and electric scooter. :)

He would have grown and changed in these two years

Who would he be today if he was still here?

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September used to be a month we shared

Our birthday month

Now it is bittersweet

I can't celebrate my own birthday without missing him

I have shed many tears this month already without him

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So happy birthday my son in Heaven

If you are aware of what we are doing

I hope you have a big smile knowing how much we love you

knowing how much we will aways celebrate the day you came into our lives

The Rock Field

Adventure or burdon?

what do you see

When you look at these boulders

strewn before me

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As kids, my sister and I

would have run to go climb them

perhaps we would have even

climbed down inside them

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They look so fun and exciting back then

and when we were camping our cousins joined in

we created elaborate games inside our rock homes

and just layed back enjoying the giant stones

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Now I am older and the rocks still look fun

I might even climb up on one and set in the sun

But to see so many blocking my path

can be very unnerving...you do the math

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How can we ever make it from here to there

The end of the path blocked to me I fear

The path if it were smooth would bring me there fast

But these boulders look so daunting I don't know if I'll last

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Perhaps the end of the path is not the prize

Perhaps its the journey...behind each rock a suprize

Why are we in such a hurry each day

to get to the end of the road right away

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If we are willing to stop, explore and even pray

We might find God has more in store for us today

So slow down and take a look

inside each cranny and crook

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You might be suprized at the strength that you gain

through life's little twists of joy and pain

Ups and Downs and even right under a stone

With God right beside you you're already home