Christmas Formal 2008

What a Super Fun party! We had a sit-down steak dinner for 60-65 people-the food was great! The company was great! And the dancing was even better! We played games, handed out prizes and hung out until midnight. Thanks to Paula Baldwin and Michelle Norman for washing and prepping 70 potatoes to be baked along with all their help with the rest of the kitchen set-up. 50 luminary bags were set up and lit by Maia and Alexia. Randy Baldwin was the BBQ MAN-he grilled tri-tip for at least 55 people! April Evans baked enough cheese cake, brownies and fudge for 70 people! Dan Barber hooked us up with the dance-dance-dancing Machine and helped transform our living room into a dining hall for 65 people. Shea played with my kids while I washed toilets and then he cleaned the whole kitchen after everyone was finished eating. And Joe Snyder probably put in a full-days work by the time he was done running all kinds of misc. errands for us! In other words this party was a huge success because of all the help we had. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Christmas Lights and Sleepover!

Friday night, we walked the streets of Rocklin and saw some wonderful Christmas lights. After we were pretty much numb from the freezing wind we went back to the church and warmed up with a few games of air soft and poker. We watched two movies, hung out, some crazy people had breakfast at Denny's at 2:00 am, and somewhere between the early morning hours of 1:00 and 5:00am we all fell asleep on the church floor. It was a blast!

Hike to University Falls

University Falls was amazing! We are going to try and hike this trail again and again over the years so if you missed out this time-don't worry. We'll do it again. It's that good! We saw amazing fall color, gorgeous falls (and no I'm not talking about the one I took on a slippery rock), a banana slug, a dumped car, and much more. God is beautiful and the wonder of His creation puts peace in our hearts.

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Get your own

Our Happy Halloween Party was Great! We had so much fun and our hosts (April and Phil) were fantastic! Overall Best Costume went to Nick Vargas. The Most creative prize was taken by Ally Roberts and the Most Effort was won by David Pelz! We had fabulous food, TONS of candy, an apple biting contest which came down to Sarah and Luke (but I think Luke swallowed his final bite first). Check out the pics!

Successful Surprise Service Saturday!

Ok, so the secret kind of leaked out-most everyone knew that Sierra Pines Campground (where Carlo is now working) was our service destination. And we had a blast! We painted, cleaned, scrubbed, shoveled and worked worked worked! We talked about everything from poop to submission in marriage. And after a hard-day's work we left with the tired satisfied feeling of helping prepare the cabin/home that the new camp manager and his wife will be living in soon.

Hume 2008

Just a glimpse of our labor day weekend at Hume Lake. God moved and the weekend was amazing.