Nightmare!

Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. (NIV)
There is a beautiful, peaceful song in spanish by Daniel Calveti that reminds me of this very important verse. I love to go to sleep at night without worrying. I love to give myself over to the Lord at night and know that he is keeping not only me, but my whole family safe. What peace! What confidence!
Well, my peaceful night ended abruptly this morning with a piercing, unending sound that seemed to jab into my brain. My peaceful dreams turned into a horror story. I tried to cover my head with my pillow, but I couldn't breathe. That piercing noise just wouldn't let up. I looked at the clock it was 4:45 am. On a regular school day, this would have been a great alarm, but today is summer vacation. Today I get to rest. I struggled back and forth trying to cover up the sound with my pillow, with prayer...but, nothing worked! This was not peaceful! This was a nightmare.
(The cricket continued singing his praises to the Lord!)
Finally, annoyed and frustrated, I jumped out of bed and went to sleep in Edson's room. I tried to remember my sweet dreams, but could still only hear that loud "beep, beep" of the cricket ringing in my head.
Since I couldn't sleep anymore, and the birds were all up anyway, I decided to get up and write this blog. It was definitly a nightmare-ish end to a peaceful sleep, but I DO thank the Lord for a refreshing, peaceful night before the little cricket's song started.

Some New Year's Fun...

Little imitator!

I usually take Edson home on my lap when we are coming home from Church. We have others in the car, and he is usually sleepy so he gets to sit on my lap. Don't worry, we are not "breaking" the law since he is not in a baby seat. The policemen are only out at Christmas time when they can fine you enough to buy their Christmas meal and New Year's bash.
Anyway, last night we got in the car with Edson once again on my lap. He looked at me and said "AHHH, ahhh" with his mouth wide open. I looked at him kind of strange and said, "What are you doing?" He just smiled and said, "mamá". Then he opened his mouth real wide again and looked in the side view mirror to see himself.
After doing it several times, I finally understood! He saw me yawning with my big mouth open real wide and thought that was the thing you do when you get in the car at night (after church). I said..."you little copy-cat...I'm tired!" The whole way home that was our playfull joke...who could "yawn" the biggest.

Happy Birthday...Dad!

This is my dad! Dad is quiet, but usually knows a little bit of everything, especially cars and computers. He has patience to tell you all about it, too. He is usually a very happy guy...except that time we ripped up his grass with Dianne's baby-bathtub. (But, ohhh that mud-slide was sooooo fun. We got a lickin' with a 2x4 that time!)
Well, we all know that you are on the computer more than all of us...you just don't comment on any of our blogs, but I am sure you'll be reading this so...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
We all love you lots!!!!!

This is an interesting short movie I found. Watch it and tell me what you think.
http://www.appreciationmovie.com/

End of School 2008

Before it becomes OLD, last year's news, I wanted to post some pictures of Awards Day at school. The elementary kids had their awards on December 5th in the morning and the Jr. High and High School kids had their awards handed out in the evening.

Both programs were beautiful and the church was PACKED!

Stevia - Ka'a He'e

Stevia
An interesting article about Stevia, a natural sweetener, actually grown (discovered by Moises Bertoni) in Paraguay. Check out these sites…it’s pretty interesting.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a6CFXL5ukz1E&refer=home
http://www.vegparadise.com/news75.html
http://vitamins.ultimatefatburner.com/stevia-sweetener.html
It also VERY cheap, here!!! Do you want some?