a splash of 'color'

also pictured here are some of the lights we put in

washroom floor--& you get the idea....

no body is going to linger long in this room--ha

as a general rule we are boring when it comes to home decor colors and stay safe with tans, browns and lots of whites--but since the tiny flood in the basement (this past dec) due to leaks in the pipe--required us to cut out sheet rock and replace it--and paint it we decided to go a little on the 'wild' side with bright green and then paint the washroom floor as well a deep red--look at us be so brave--its a lot of fun. we also took out the medicine cabinet and just put in a mirror.

Madeira gets hit with flooding

Madeira (Hayley's last area where she served) got hit with rains and high winds and flooding

surely hope that they recover quickly-mucslides and over forty deaths --are the count to this point. the pictures do not capture the full impact--we googled it on portugal mudslides and saw many other pics of devistation--

Hayley-just letting you know-- we will be keeping your friends in our prayers.

gymnastics

I had the pleasure of seeing the kids do gymastics this past week--what a treat--made me want to do them--it looked so fun and I was proud of them

a few improvements

safety net-woo woo

we lucked out -with minimal accidents on the trampoline when you all were growing up--but to be on the safe side we put out a safety net on ours..(pad too) better late than never--(: right-0?

here pictured too are the kirk kids helping put it out

BETTER TOGETHER (31 years)

notice these two middle pictures -(above ) and wedding pic below notice -how we are smiling with almost that very same smiles as we were smiling in both pics--still haven't stopped grinning

31 years of marriage--this Tues Feb 16th

So Hooray for the Joys of the past thirty One-the day started out sunny Feb 16-79 and by evening it was pretty snowy--the sealing of couse was the most important part and it was wonderful
There is a passage in Corinthians in the bible, we like..."Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth, it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes"

(hopefully we can incorporate--all of this into our next 31 years too)

skiing at brighton last Thurs

a bit of snowy day to start off with Thurs--but cleared off and the ski slopes at brighton were full of powder--it was the most fun I have had skiing since I started back again skiing 3 years ago--(took off most of last year) anyhow--bryan shared his complimentary passes with me--and we went and he snowboarded and I skiied and I had a riot--it was especially fun watching him snowboard and I was trying to show off for him so he wouldn't think his old mother was old--lets just say--I kept up--but nothing to spectacular but I did my thing and enjoyed myself immensly.

here is a little video clip of the days fun--I think bryan took some better ones--but you get the idea

missionary update feb 2-

hayley writes about the baptism of a young girl this past week......

"okay eva was baptized!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good day we got everything ready and we were all there. i didn´t speak this time but said a prayer. and it was really good. except for the part when they went to get into the font she didn´t want to go. she was crying and just kept saying i can´t i can´t cause she was scared. so we said a prayer with her and she still didn´t want to but then we had a great idea. (the night before she saw my cough drops and really wanted one because here they think they are candy its weird. i told her she couldn´t cause it wasn´t candy and i really did need them so she had begged for like 15 minutes for one the night before.) and since we are above bribing kids we told her that if she got in the font and got baptized we would give her a cough drop and she could even have it in her mouth while since got baptized. so funny but it worked like a charm. we figured out that is the reason that i have been sick for so long is cause we needed the cough drops to get her into the font.
i will send you pictures next week but it really was so great!"