Thanksgiving 2008

Abundance, gratitude, and thankfulness is what my heart expresses during this time of year of reflection. God has been so good to us and I am reminded of His faithfulness to me. "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and sing praises unto His Name."

Happy Birthday Gretchen...last year in your twenties...

Looks like Finn was making a wish before Gretchen blew out her candles at her birthday party. We all had a good time and enjoyed the food and company. Bernie bought this beautiful cake at the Fall auction for Birchwood Christian School. It was chocolate raspberry truffle and it was outstanding.

Maxwell Smart

Here are some fall pictures with Bernie picking up leaves with Finn riding the mower with him. Finn loved it. See how fast we went from autumn to WINTER!!

The first picture of Bernie with the Smart car is in Oregon. The following picture is of him in AK driving up the Alcan. It gets great gas mileage...about 44 mpg and you sure do get alot of people doing a double take while driving. It has a five star rating for safety (which surprised me) due to the steel construction framework. It is barely bigger than a 4x8 sheet of plywood! They are all over in Europe and just started selling here in the US. He says he stayed warm the whole trip home from Portland. He took the ferry from Bellingham, WA and then took a day and a half to drive home from Haines, AK.