My East Coast in Victorville

Is it wrong for me to be happy with this while those on the East Coast are suffering? I LOVE fall foliage! LOVE IT!!!! And my husband LOVES me which is why he got me this tree for my yard =) Every year the foliage lasts longer and every year I love my tree more and more. I have only been to the east coast 3 times in my life, and every time was in the end of September, beginning of October. Beautiful!

With all that said, my heart goes out to all the people who have been apart of this horrific storm! One friend is concerned she may never get power to her house again! I can’t even imagine. These natural calamities are reminders of what is truly important in our lives! The more the come, the more perspective we have!

Birthdays

This summer we had 2 birthdays.

Warren’s was in July and the children made this banner for him.

Warren decided on an ice cream sandwich instead of a cake. Maybe that is because of his new job……Warren started working for a new company (a bakery) in June (the day before Bekah’s birthday) as a Warehouse Manager. He is loving it!

Bekah voted for Costco cake for her birthday this year.

              

Not sure what she opened, but apparently she loved it!

Beginning and Ending with Good-Bye

No we did not spend any time in Hawaii saying Aloha =)

Our summer began with saying good-bye to Fredreike. We were so lucky to have her in our home for 5 months!

She began her trip here with a stop at In-N-Out, so of course we went there on the way to the airport!

The next big part of the summer was saying good-bye, and hello, to new paint for the children's bedrooms.

Benjamin’s YELLOW room. He still wants more yellow =)

Rebekah went with a simple cream and multi colored polka-dots!

Isaac’s baby blue is in the planning stage of an Eargon/sword/battle scene. Or something like that =)

We then had 2 Chinese students visit with us.

Faye and Stephy were great! We really enjoyed them! (More about them and other things later)

Lastly, Damien, who was one of our French boys last summer, came back to visit.

We had a ball with him… literally we went to a ball and did much, much more! He has just left =( It is Labor Day weekend and summer will be officially, unofficially over. We have been too busy, but we have enjoyed every moment!

Good-bye to our special friends from around the world! We love each of you and are grateful to have you all in our lives!

Mother’s Day

We had an extra special day this year! Thank you family =)

First I opened my door to a present hanging in the door frame. Then I had to hold on to the iron rod as I made my way down stairs fro breakfast.

Frederike didn’t make it into the picture because she had just woken up =)

After church, we drove to Riverside to visit the grandmas. First we took my mom a homemade strawberry pie with strawberries from our garden!

Then we took Warren’s mom a homemade lemon meringue pie.

It was a great day!

Miles Christi Sum

Our children have now been knighted Sir Isaac of Victorville, Knight of Hope and Lady Rebekah of Riverside, Lady of Love. Please see our home-school blog for pictures!

Oh, Happy Day!

Great Day!!!!!! Great News!!!! Great Day!!!!! Great News!!!!!!!

Can you spot the difference?

           

   

 

Okay, so you might see a few differences, but there is one big one =)

Ivory Soap

Our Best Bites isn’t just about good food… they are about family too! Here is a great chemistry/science project/craft for everyone to enjoy!

Happy Easter!

Did we get any family Easter pictures? NO. How sad is that! But we did get these…

And we did watch this resurrection video!

I am grateful for a living Savior who atoned for my life and yours! I am grateful for the promise of eternal life and for the joy that is given to me everyday and for the unimaginable joy that is to come!

Fun in the Sun

Today, the Lehndorfer grandchildren got together for some spring cleaning at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. As a reward, we went over to Fairmont Park to play.

Bekah with some of the girls.

Isaac with some of the boys.

Benjamin with his cousin =)

Bekah learning that this activity makes her dizzy. (Does that count as school for the day?)

This was Isaac with his belated birthday presents he got today. By the look on his face when he opened them, his aunts and I were convinced he wasn’t overly interested in Legos, or Harry Potter, or Star Wars. We were home about 2 minutes before he began building EVERYTHING he got today. He only stopped for 5 minutes to eat dinner. All three took about an hour and a half!

This was one of Benjamin's presents. A Stomp Rocket. BIG… I mean HUGE… I mean ENORMOUS hit!

Cousin swinging.

Cousins eating (which mine never really did so they were starving when we left for home).

Perfect day! Perfect weather! Perfect FAMILY!