Saturday, July 19, 2008






Our dear dog Nemi, was recently found to have cancer in her hip and shoulder. Sadly, we will have to put her down soon. /She is the best dog in the world, and I don't like dogs. Sorry, but I really don't. but Nemi and I have always understood that- and she doesn't mind. The reason I like her so much is she has never messed in my yard, doesn't stink, doesn't shed hardly any hair, is quiet, and gentle, yet can scare the you know what out of strangers! I really will miss her. I will never forgt when we went to get her at the airport 7 years ago. The lady said that she was a ladie's dog, and that she would do best if I took her from the cage into the van. I was very pregnant with Hudson. The lady said to have hotdogs to feed her, so I vey cautiously reached my hand into this cage and fed her the hotdogs. I'm thinking " I really need my hands, you know, and if this dog bites one off we are all gonna suffer" Well she gobbles them up and slowly I open the cage, the coller goes on , then the leash and then she runs with me running behind her- it was a hoot. I am being pulled all over the cargo area of the airport- with my big stomach out front behind this massive dog! Phil yells " I have a whole pack of dogs on the front of the van floor see of you can get her close" I don't know how, but before I knew it we were in the van and she was scarfing down 16 hotdogs.. She finally sat down and as I stroked her back she went to sleep and then we suffered the horrible smell that we soon came to realize was "just Nemi" The aftermath of 24 hotdogs on the stomach of any creature can be somewhat unbearable! We love this dog, and will miss her very much.

Saturday fun with Dad






Some Saturdays Phil will get in the little dinky pool with the children, they could not be happier if it were an Olympic size! Oh! the contentment of children. Just another illustration of Jesus' words, " unless you become as one of these children you shall in no wise inherit the Kingdom of my Father" " for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven" I need these daily reminders of what I am to be.




Each one picked an instrument of their choice. Either a harmonica, a flute of a mouth harp....not an easy thing to make music with- but Timothy has at least gotten a sound from it.

Vicksburg




The children seeing toys from the 19th century.

I am determined to finish this today! More pics from the last 5 mnths. Enjoy.








The Birhtdays that I have pics from: Here Ellie wth some of our dear friends fro her 4th birthday.




More pictures from life at the Weiands. The pics of Jon and Mary are from last year when both went to Haiti- oh well They basically look the same. Dear Ellie playing dress up.

July









This is really embarrassing! I never did post the last entry, so I decided to post it now, even though it is no longer June, but July! And the middle of it at that. wow !! Where has this summer gone? We intended to do school all Summer long- Ha ! Not hardly- to my great dissappointment. The girls visited their dear friends in Florida the last two weeks of May. Then Jonathan headed for Haiti in June. He had a gret time with friends and helping with the work down there of a P.C.A> pastor. The weeks have flown by and now we are about to begin our new school year August 4th. I am posting a few snapshots of our summer fun.