Winter Retreat 2010

I think everyone who went this past weekend to North Shore Tahoe can TESTIFY that God truly blessed us with an amazing time. It was absolutely awesome, praise be to our King who loves us so much! From the moment we left, to the moment we returned home, Christ's presence was so undeniably blessing us!

Christmas Formal 09!

The pictures are self-explanatory. Basically. . . we had a blast!

Halloween Party 09!

Ben and Darla were so gracious to let us use their awesome house this year. And it was perfect for ROOTED's annual costume bash. We had lots of kitty cats, a vampire, lumber jack, a priest, 2 Dorothy's, army men, FBI, a bumble bee, an angel, and a lady bug. . . and so much more. Winners for best costumes went to Jonathan Shea, Westley Cone (all because he wore his tighty whiteys on the outside of his pants) and Sarah Hileman! There was great food, great games, great dancing, Goonie watching and overall great fun! April and Phil Evans worked their tails off to make this party happen, and they did a tremendous job! Thanks to everyone who pitched in food, decor, and effort to decorate and set up for the party! AWESOMEEEEE!

Hume Lake 09!

The Forty who represented "Rooted" from Sunrise had an amazing time at Hume this past labor day weekend. The music was good. The speaker was good. The food was good. And the fellowship and chance to focus on our Savior without any other distraction was awesome! Out of 5 tournaments, Sunrise walked away with 3 championships and almost took all 5! Liz and Randy Baldwin just barely lost the ping pong tournament. And Greg and Steve and their team came in second in the basketball tournament. Matt Fadling walked away with the "Get that chicken" championship. Greg, Randy, Liz, Dave Pelz and Steph Long dominated the volleyball tournament. And Joe Snyder came in a close 3rd place in the kajabe kan kan tournament. Praise the Lord for watching over us, protecting us, and meeting us exactly where we were that weekend-spiritually. Our Savior is GREAT and we thank Him for the time we had at Hume!

Meet Olivia!

Sweet Olivia Grace Hartin is here! After 31 hours of labor she joined her mom and dad (Mindy and Jeremiah) in this world and is blessing them every day.

Olivia

Yosemite 09

So a group led by Randy Baldwin and Neena were brave enough to hike half dome in Yosemite this past weekend. I heard it took about 12 hours round trip to get to the top and then back down again. If you look closely at one of the pictures below, there is a trail of people making their way up to the very top of half dome. But they are so small it looks like a line of ants on a ant hill. Good job guys! Climbing half dome is never something I will be able to say I did in my lifetime. =)

Sunday Sunday!

We had a fun Sunday! Our morning worship was great. Phil and Sarah and "the band" are just doing awesome. We are so grateful for them all. We wished Aimee a Happy Birthday with a big sign and group photo that we emailed to her. And then we headed to the Pelz's House for some AMAZING TACOS!! Thank you Randy and Terry and David! It was a great day!