September 2025

September 2025
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Sunday, July 6, 2014

7-6-14 Victory In Jesus

Monday morning was more fun as always with a bunch of our favorite little people.

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Monday afternoon – harvest time.

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Monday evening treehouse fun.

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Routine Tuesday.

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Cherrypickin’ time.

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Wednesday brought some of our favorite little people again along with the heartbreaking joy of their daddy’s eternal victory. While we rejoice for Derek as he is Forever With The Lord, oh how our hearts ache for Leann and these precious little ones we love so much.

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Sweet Lainey hardly wanted to smile for the camera,

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because she wanted a turn with it!

Lainey’s photography -

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Hello After Goodbye

We dress in black and we say Goodbye,
How our hearts break and, oh, how we cry
Yet though we grieve, we still have hope
'cause for all hearts of faith, we trust and know


CHORUS - There is a Hello after Goodbye,
A blessed reunion, promised in time,
We will be with them far longer than we were without
No doubt, no more tears in our eyes
In that beautiful, wonderful, Hello after Goodbye.


VERSE 2 - Next time we see them, we'll never more know
The sorrow and pain of letting go
We're with them forever, life without end
In that most blessed sweet moment when


CHORUS - There is a Hello after Goodbye,
A blessed reunion, promised in time,
We will be with them far longer than we were without
No doubt, no more tears in our eyes
In that beautiful, wonderful, Hello after Goodbye.


BRIDGE - We will see them again, be with them again
Laugh and talk like before, sing and worship forever more.

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful pics and beautiful family as always!!! You are so inspiring to me.......So saddened to learn of Derek's passing. I had learned of them thru your blog and feel like I had come to know them although we never met in person. Will be praying for the family. Take care
    Marie

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