Yosemite

Okay.....I feel like a proud parent, but this time I'm actually a proud daughter! My parents have put a lot of love into their business. Most of you know they own a Bed & Breakfast right outside the gates of Yosemite. They also rent out their Ford Model A & Model T cars to view the valley topless. :) Clean thoughts, y'all. Anyway....they've had many stories done about their love for years, but I thought I would share the most recent with you. It will be published this Sunday in the L.A. Times Travel Section, but it's also online. Hope you enjoy what they love so much. Maybe you all should plan some time to visit and see God's beauty. Here's the link to the article as well as their Inn's website:

L.A. Times:
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-modelt21-2009jun21

Tin Lizzie Inn:
http://tinlizzieinn.com/

Hume Lake

Hume Lake has GOT to be Heaven on Earth, if there is such a thing. :) We have been fortunate enough to stay in an awesome cabin here since Friday. Where else can you be in a gorgeous place, that smells wonderful, learn about God, your kids can go to daycamp for 5 hours a day, and have a great family time??! Huckleberry House is the best thing since chocolate, for the kids and us. We've been spying on them every once in a while.....they've been watching the Jr. Highers do the blob, play duck duck goose, and play in the HUGE sand pit. We've also been able to spy on Tyler be a great big brother to Shelby. Helping lead her the right way when no one else was watching. He has such an inbred way of loving her. It's precious. The Broyles were able to join us for the first few days, so Ty was able to have some great play time and we were able to have some adult time. We explored the Boyden Caves and had the famous Hume Shakes. :)

The highlight today....FISHING! Yipeee! Ty and I took off on our own while Jason and Shelby rested. We actually caught a fish too! Ty reeled it in. We tried to save the poor baby, but no luck. Ty was so excited to get back to the cabin to show Daddy.

We are now off to the Ark to play some fooseball and roller skate. Love to all and wish you were here!!

Celebrating Grandma Rachel

On Sunday Jason's Granmother, Rachel, went to be with the Lord. Her passing was quite sudden, but as people get older seems to become eminent. No matter what, it's never easy. One amazing blessing is that Carol, Jason's mom, happened to be out here on vacation with us. I'm still amazed at how that worked out. God is good. So, the kids, Jason, and I are now in Hemet and we will Celebrate her life with the family today. She was loved by so many.

Below is a scripture that was added to a memory album created for her. She loved the Lord and knew he was "preparing a place for her".

Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.' Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'John 14.1-6