Praying for Paul

I was able to talk to Paul online yesterday. He seems well and hopefully getting more sleep. He had mentioned that his previous couple of weeks at the tree house were actually not that bad. I don't know what that means compares to what normally happens but we are all thankful. =)
Paul had mentioned that they were actually told a date to be back in Germany. Which is very soon. So please pray that these dates are final and that he can soon get out of the place and safely.

Thanks for all of your prayers.

*Here is a recent picture of Paul. Not really sure about any details about the picture.

Praying for Paul

Prayers are needed for Paul's safety. Paul doesn't get nearly enough sleep as he should be getting. Even when talking to him I can tell. His mom said she believes he is sleep deprived. Which makes us nervous because Paul has to be able to protect himself out there. How do they expect him to do that when he is so tired? Just pray that God keeps Paul safe and that a higher authority sees this as a problem and provides more sleeping time for these guys.

Garden of the Month

First they called me.

Then, dad screamed my name and mom waved her arms around.

Dad called Grace screaming and laughing. Grace then screamed and announced to Kurt and his parents.

Then he called his dad to shout the news.

Both of these phone calls consited of, "AHHHHH! HE HE HE HO HE HE HA HA HO HO. I WON. I WON. HE HE HE HA HA HA HO HO HE HE HE!!"

Yes, after all these years, dad finally won Signal Hill (neighborhood) 's Garden of the Month. Signal Hill which is the ever so clever name of our neighborhood has these "garden of the month" recognitions. This is where the "chairmans" go around looking at the different garden's of the neighborhood and put signs out in the garden that is deemed most worthy. Year after year the cute neighbor down the street got the sign. Well.. watch "cute neighbor" the old neighbor gets his chance to shine. So after many years of working in the garden its finally paying off.

Signal Hill's "Garden of the Month" -- Mr Mark Garard's home on 522 Napoleon St.

=)

More Summer Pictures

At Grandma Garards













At Aunt Teri and Uncle Dan's in Florida

Florida Pictures.. Summer 2006

 

There She Goes!

Dad had given me a list of things he wanted me to do around the house. I was almost done when "it" happened. I was vacuuming the stairs and we have one of those massive vacuums that you have to haul step after step. I reached the top of our stairs and it was still plugged in at the bottom. I grabbed a fan and a broken lamp next to the vacuum as I turned around to walk down the stairs I stepped on the cord and it took a dive. I turned around just in time to get nailed in the head. It hit me right in the temple and the side of the face. I lost my balance with the two items in my hand but manage to use the wall to keep me up. After putting everything back where it was, the pain really started to kick in. Now my jaw is sore, my teeth hurts, my one side of the head is swollen and not to mention my whole head hurts. Oh well... at least I didn't fall down the stairs with the broken lamp. Then I would have quite the story to tell. So... what lesson did I learn? Put away the vacuum cleaner before moving to the next step in a days cleaning. I hope all of my readers can learn from my mistakes! =)

GO EAGLES!

This year at RVC they have created this new holiday rule, which I like a lot. If the school gets Monday off because of a weekend holiday then the next day, Tuesday gets off too. Simply because its not fair to the Monday students to be behind one day compared to the Tuesday students who would be ahead one day in class studies. This long weekend has been fun and relaxing. Although I have today off, I need to be studying for classes and reading my chapters. Which is a reason I shouldn't be blogging about it but doing it.
Well, I thought I would share with all of you how school is going so far. I'm taking Math 115, Child Psychology, Ceramics and Nutrition. They are all very interesting classes. I come home from Child Psych. telling my dad everything that he did wrong. Ha.. Dad doesn't care too much for it though. Neither do I. Its all "new agey" stuff of how we are suppose to let our kids be the adults of themselves and we are only there when they fall. I'm not saying its all bad just most of it. I sure hope my teacher doesn't read my blog. =) So overall God has blessed me with great teachers and fun classes. Just pray that this semester goes smoothly. After that I only have one semester left. Yay!!

*Eagles is RVC's mascot

Birthday Morning

Well... So I didn't get to run down the hall and jump on the bed because dad was already up but I did think about it. So like any normal person I just handed it to him and watched him open it. I think he liked it. I also got him a "sweet" card. With dad I always get a nice card. Not one that says, "You are like the moon and stars to me.. Without you I am nothing." Those cards are little bit weird. Mine was something like.. "even though I am growing up I am never too old to be your little girl." I think "daddies" love to hear those kinds of things. We are going to Mel for a birthday lunch today. I think he'll enjoy that. Anyways I hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Inching his Way to 60

My dad hardly ever reads my blog so I know I can say this and get away with it. =) His birthday is this Sunday. He is turning......shhh (51)... So far nothing has been said at home, he probably even forgot himself. Ha. That happens when you get.... close to being old. I won't say old. So Sunday morning I plan to run down the hall screaming happy birthday and jump on the bed with his gift and card. My sister and I used to do that for my parent's birthday. I miss those memories.. I just have to focus not to land on him when I jump. That would hurt someone a lot. Especially someone of my age landing on someone of his age. He isn't much of birthday party kind of guy so we do little celebrations in the morning before we all start our day. So this coming Sunday if you think about it go and say Happy Birthday. Just please, whatever you do, don't do the birthday cheer. People at my church know exactly what I am talking about.