Praising the Lord for His protection

God is Good!

My brother, Joe, got into a car accident just last week.

We were on the way to a friends house and we received a call from Stephen saying "Joe got in a car accident and he is in an ambulance and on the way to the hospital...seriously hurt." Then he said that mom told us to go ahead and go to the party. After thinking through the facts...and calming the initial panic rush, I realized that it couldn't have been that serious if mom told us to "go ahead."

Joe was on the way to school talking on his phone to Rachel when he said "Umm...I think I just ran out of gas..." and then she heard no more. Naturally she was worried and called mom...abut before they had a chance to start freaking out Joe called. He said he was in the ambulance and on the way to Creighton Hospital, then he hung up.

It turns out he had stopped at a stop sign and then proceeded forward, then promptly ran out of gas in the middle of the intersection. He was T-boned by a lady from the right...spun around and rammed into the car ahead of him.

He suffered a mild concussion and a scraped up face. That's all. Praise the Lord.

On a funnier note; while at the hospital he was continually making very short phone calls. Rachel received about 10-12 and a friend from the basketball team, Dan, received about that many as well:) They were very short calls consisting of "Are you almost here." And, "Where are you?"....etc. When we asked him about it he denied it all...but then quickly looked at his calls...and we were correct! He can't remember anything...it's just like a dream...except for the fact that he doesn't have a car anymore:)

Sisters

Joe gave me the little hat for Christmas...what do you think?

A visit long overdue

It was such a pleasure to be able to spend an evening with my mom's cousin, Jeff, his mother (and Grandma Ann's twin) Aunt Paula, along with Robin and her daughter Seriah (sp?) I can never quite figure out how we are related to Robin...but she is such fun to be with that it doesn't really matter all that much:)

Jeff is the one that first introduced us to Settler's of Catan..or did we first show him?...as you can see I am a little bit fuzzy on the details, but I do know that Jeff loves Settlers and we love to play it with him. Anyway, Robin came into town and we had had such fun with her..I think 5 years ago...that Jeff thought we could teach her how to play Settlers and have fun at the same time. We agreed to give it a try...and I think succeeded pretty well *smile* She caught on very quickly, and there was enough chili and ice cream to go around, that it all worked out quite nicely!

It also gave Aunt Paula a chance to see Grandma.

Grandma wasn't wearing her glasses, otherwise they still look very much alike!

Seriah was a little sweetie! She played happily with puzzles by herself for a while but soon required someone else to entertain her. The only person not playing a game was Stephen, so he was elected for the job. He told me later as I was tucking him in bed "Anna, I really didn't want to play with her...but I did it anyway...because you wanted me to." I love that little kid *smile*

I do not think any of them read my blog, but if you do...Thank you for coming over!

I thought it was pretty clever...

I heard this just yesterday and I thought that I might as well share it with you too! If you are a Huskers fan, or even if you aren't, you probably heard of the NU defensive tackle Ndnamukong Suh. He is a game changer...and evidently really good at what he does...(at least that is what my brothers tell me *smile*)

This is a clever rendition of Jonny Cash's song entitled "A Boy Named Sue". So if you enjoy Husker Football, or in my case have brothers who enjoy it, you might enjoy this (I did at least);

A Man Named Suh

Side note: make sure you note how it starts out...with the NU fight song...very fun:)

Random: )

Stephen, the baby of the family:)

A while ago Ellie sent me this picture she took at Father/Son baseball. And it is so cute I just had to post it!

And speaking of Ellie...she is coming home SOON!! Miss you Ellie, and can't wait to see you again *smile*

My favorite joke *smile*

What did one snowman say to another snowman?

"Do you smell carrots?"

Elise...

Our precious little...

Oh the joys of fall:)

Combine a trampoline + a bunch of leaves from our yard and get....

...hours and hours of fun, LOTS of energy burned and a good lymph system workout:)

Just because he is amazing!

- before-

If anyone ever needs any sturdy storage shelves...just give my dad a call! He can build them at the drop of a hat! It has brought organization to our clutter full pantry, and now our storage room in the workshop! Every house we have lived in since I can remember dad has built wonderful shelves that have allowed our family to function in a semi-organized state: )

-after-

Thank you dad!!!

Just because....she makes me smile!!

Never stop exploring...

"Where's my nose?"

Among her list of accomplishments she has learned to walk!! The steps are somewhat unsure but exciting none the less! *smile*

Oh she just makes me laugh, smile and be happy all at once: )

Happiness....

...in the form of a new PINK camera!!!

Isn't it cute?!?!

My old camera got left out in the rain...and became quite random and unreliable! It would just sit in my purse and turn itself on and then off...and whenever actually wanted to turn it on the battery was dead or it just wouldn't...very random...lol! So if you will take an excuse...my lack of a camera is the reason for my slow blogging! *smile*

Unexpected Visitors: )

A fun, morning surprise!

Random: )

Just a fun, random picture of one of our dogs!