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The beach watch room.......

the beach is awesome here! There's big rocks and stuff all over the place....



This is the bed I was telling you guy about.....it's tucked right under the stairs so it's really cozy =o) cool huh?

Yesterday on our way to here we stopped to walk up to a lighthouse.....it was pouring rain and we were still in our church clothes but for some reason we decided to get out anyways.....WE GOT SOAKED!!!!! especially me and bekah! but it was awesome! It was all rainy and really windy! You probably would of loved it Jordy! we felt miserable after having to ride in a car with soaked clothes but it was totally worth it......
After that we went to the sea lion caves.......you go down an elevator and see all these fat sea loins in a cave with the sea splashing up everywhere.....it stank! And they roar SO loud it was ferociously scary! i kept thinking about what would happen if one got you!! And I heard you swam with these things Smithy?! listen to the roaring in this vid!...........

it's a really nice day today...we actually woke up to blue sky!!! the ocean is so loud and it's so windy out there it's awesome!! We've been eating all kinds of yummy food! I love food on vacation it's like the funnest part!! We're probably eating a lot better then you boys....hehhee ;o) no fighting over the last hotdog k? ya shoulda come........

churches......

The church at Fossil was really funny.....all the old people were SO excited to see dad and kept saying how much they were so happy we were here and how much they LOVED to here dad preach.....and talking about when dad was a kid and how they taught him sunday school and stuff....it was really funny.........the Pastor and his family are so nice! Remember Mike Mcdowel the guy that came to preach a revival for us? His family is the youngest in the church and he has six adorable kids and the sweetest wife...they were so nice to us and all the old people were so funny and they really like their pastor and the fact that he choose to come there and be the pastor of a church full of old people!! we had a really good time there.....
The church we went to this morning was interesting.......they were actually pretty good but the song service really made me miss my church and the way we sing.....we are so lucky to have good song leaders and piano players.....maybe I haven't been to many churches but most i've been to just don't know how to have a song service and it's all you can do not to crack up ;o) so ya I missed our singing a lot........It's always so interesting to go to new churches and see how they do things.......i don't know how many hands I shook today and how manys times I said my name...everyone there was VERY friendly...it was pretty funny ......anyways I feel like i've been gone forever and miss our church........

awesome waterfall.....

Remember this waterfall guys?

This waterfall is so cool! there's this bridge you can walk upto through a Forest and all the trees are covered with moss and stuff it reminds you of an elven wood it's so cool!

A couple days ago we hiked to a waterfall.....i'm not generally fond of hiking especially when it's steep cuz i'm such a weakling it just kills me but this hike was actually one of the easiest i've been on......there was a trail leading to a suspened brindge really high up and you could see the waterfall from it.....Really neat! Lisa took some pics i'll have to get from her latOr....but It was pretty cool

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Look at this awesome view from our uncles front porch...It was absolutly beautiful when you stand there looking at all the hills with no other building as far as the eye can see! it was really windy there and just an awesome place to go walking around.....

My Uncle has got to be one of the sweetest men I know...he did so much for us to help us have a good time and he's just so nice to be around.......he got all his horsies rounded up for us to ride....i only rode a horse like once before so I was a little scared when I first hopped up there but I just tried to remember that if I didn't act like I was in control the horse would know so I just tried to pretend I was in control and it worked out.......when the horse tried to start running for home and I started bouncing up and down it was like "ouch,ouch,ouch!" every time I hit the saddle and so ya I was a little sore the next day but it was fun ;o)

Caleb wants to do anything and everything outdoorsy that he can down here so he tries to force us to go on hikes and stuff like that when all I wanna do is lay around our cool houses but anyways uncle Jim took him to a place he could raft and i think they had a pretty good time with that....

these are two very sweet dogs....you would like them a lot smithy......they help herd the animals around....they will come and lay their heads on you and they just love attention.....the brown one is still a puppy and like to nip the horses and the bulls so she gets in trouble a lot and gets tied up and she hates it...their very sweet dogs....

so i'm starting in the middle

so right now were at the second beach house and it's so cool...i wish you brothers of mine could be here to see it but i'll try not to be bitter against you cuz you're not ;o) it's hard to explain this house without you actually seeing it but it's kind of an older house with no big light just lots of little lights and cool nook's and crannies....me and Lisa sis get to sleep in this little bed tucked in a cranny it's really neat and the house has all these cool rooms...right now I'm sitting in a room off from the rest of the house with big windows looking out the the beach and the ocean.....It's sooo beautiful! Ok so much has happened so im gonna do a couple posts with random pics and explain what comes to mind.......

We went to StoneHendge......

no...it was just a reconstronction of it but it was still cool.....bekah loved it the most though and was jumping up and down when she heard we were going to it =o)

this is jock sacrificing dad and the alter...hehe

ok missing brothers I expect comments from you cuz I posted for you ok?! ;o)

thought you might be interested in seeing this....... far across the world Rachel =o)

These are the shoes we get to wear at the great departing sorrowfilled drowning in a puddle of tears death of our Jo also known as the very exciting totally unique wedding happily ever after life to be of my sis and silly makes me giggle bro-in-law ;o) ...Bekah found them online and they're so neat....When they first come there is no left or right so you have to wear wet socks and break them in cuz they're made of leather so they stretch really well. They go with our dresses really well...Bekah did SUCH a good job on our dresses..she's the master of the machine =o) We look like elven princesses in them it's sooo fun....

These are Jo's.....they have a little bit of pink in them....they're so pretty....I really like the beads...

These are mine....I really like them...

These are bekahs...not a very good pic but I hope you can see the design..it's really pretty....

We really wish you could be here to see it, but I'll try to get some pics of the wedding on here sometime so you can see how it all looked...it's gonna be so neat.....It still doesn't feel like it's quite real yet...like it shouldn't be happening for months....but it'll be here this Sunday...wow...

You might like to see these funny ones too.....

At Jo's shower we got to dress them up as toilet paper brides.....

Ya Jo's pretty scary but we only had five minutes to do it in and I'm no fashion designer so we pretty much just wrapped toilet paper around her as fast as we could =o) You can tell they thought it was pretty funny ......

well hope you liked the pics and are having a good time in Africa =o)

What do you think of the shoes Mrs. Kim =o)

It's about the Cross

Verse 1:

It's not just about the manger

Where the baby lay

It's not all about the angels

Who sang for him that day

It's not just about the shepherds

Or the bright and shining star

It's not all about the wisemen

Who travelled from afar

Chorus:

It's about the cross

It's about my sin

It's about how Jesus came to be born once

So that we could be born againIt's about the stone

That was rolled awaySo that you and I could have real life someday

It's about the cross

Verse 2:

It's not just about the presents

Underneath the tree

It's not all about the feelingThat the season brings to me

It's not just about coming home

To be with those you love

It's not all about the beautyIn the snow

I'm dreaming of

Chorus:

It's about the cross

It's about my sin

It's about how Jesus came to be born once

So that we could be born again

It's about the stone

That was rolled away

So that you and I could have real life someday

It's about the cross

The beginning of the story is wonderful and great

But it's the ending that can save you and that's why we celebrate

It's about the cross

It's about my sin

It's about how Jesus came to be born once

So that we could be born again

It's about God's love

Nailed to a tree

It's about every drop of blood that flowed from

Him when it should have been me

It's about the stone

That was rolled away

So that you and I could have real life someday

It's about the cross