Wendy's B-Day Party

Back in early November, Wendy turned the big 30. I know it is hard to believe, we all remember when she was just a little girl running around in diapers. Now she is all grown up, and we are all so proud of the woman she has become at age 30. Did I mention... Oh hold on....

I just had to take a break from writing because Wendy tried to cut her finger off with a kitchen knife (it wasn't a horrible cut, but a bad one) and I had to use my Nursing Assistant skills. I assessed the situation, made sure the scene was safe, identified the victim, and treated the wound to the best of my abilities. Fortunately, Wendy did not need further medical help. 

So anyway as I was saying... Wendy's 30th birthday celebration. I tried to throw a surprise party for her, however details aren't my strong suit (getting 15 people to come to the same place at the same time is harder than it sounds) so I had to pull of a different type of surprise. 

 SOME OF THE GANG GETTING READY FOR TACOS AND BURRITOS AT OUR PLACE.

 So the plan B I had to avert to was telling Wendy " Well I wanted to throw a surprise party for you but you would have found out anyway, so I hope you have a good time anyway." But what I didn't tell her was that eating at our house was only Part 1 of the nightly festivities. She had no idea what was in store for our night. She was expecting a nice relaxing night of hanging out at our house playing a game or two and talking with friends. She did not know it, but she was in for quite a different night...

 JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE REALLY COOL PEOPLE IN OUR LIVING ROOM TOO. KEVIN, JASON,TRISHA,STEPHANIE,TROY, AND MYSELF.

The pictures below are of Sky High Trampoline World in Tigard, Oregon. Wendy and I had been wanting to go there for some time. It is basically a warehouse full of trampolines!!! How can you beat this? About a football field sized area completely filled with trampolines, and really bouncy ones too!!! By 15 minutes into our hour of jumping most of our group was already tired. You can't go out too fast and bounce like a maniac for a whole hour, it's just not humanly possible. 

 OUR FACELESS FRIENDS... TROY AND TRISHA WELSTAD

If you want to go there you can find their website online, and I believe other places like it exist around America. It was most definitely a birthday party for the ages. We all left tired, we all left sweaty, but most importantly we all left with smiles on our faces.  

   

Turkey Time!

Just in time for Thanksgiving!! Brian and I wanted to post these pictures before the turkey day since we'll be consuming one of these lovely birds for our dinner. Thanks to Brian and Nathaniel Ewing my mom's two turkeys were butchered and placed in the freezer. 

First up: Brian's killing. 

This is one of the best post-butcher pictures ever!!

Next, Nathaniel gets his turn at a bird! He did a great job, I was glad I didn't have to do any of the killing. 

Anyway, all in fun. Most of us will be eating turkey's on Thanksgiving; lets not forget to be thankful for these wonderful (slightly dumb) animals that God has created.  Have a great Thanksgiving everyone! I am truly thankful for the life God has given me, family, friends, health, job, home... and I am thankful for the challenges and bumps along that way, because they challenge me to love Him more and to live a life more focused on the Lord. 

Ephesians 6:10 "Finally be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."