tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69744003650507549172024-02-06T19:39:37.571-07:00JourneysA place for usLelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-33719434678413403022017-07-18T07:01:00.001-06:002017-07-18T07:01:27.193-06:00CAMP<div class="MsoNormal">
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For the last four years, I have looked forward to the
opportunity to work as a camp counselor at a camp for kids in foster care. I
have witnessed countless moments of God at work in the hearts of these young
kiddos. I have witnessed the change that happens from Day 1 to Day 5, changes
that are hard to explain unless you have witnessed them firsthand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyone who has been to camp knows that the kids are full of
all sorts of emotions as they step off the bus. I’ve had the privilege to see the
shy and timid kids blossom and light up as they step up and take a risk, like flying
down the zip-line, and the sense of accomplishment that brings! I’ve watched
while kids—who may have been told all their lives that they can’t succeed—cling
to the top of a rock wall while other kids cheer for them by name. I’ve heard
the excitement as the kids realize that we are throwing a birthday party for
THEM, because sadly some may never have had their birthday remembered or
celebrated!<o:p></o:p></div>
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The truth is I could go on and on about the things I have
seen and witnessed at this camp, but I want to tell you a very REAL tangible
story about what God does at camp. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last year, another counselor and I decided to give up some
of our break time to go to the pool with our campers. While there, one of my
campers came to me very upset. She had been wearing a necklace, one that she
never takes off, and it was gone. To me, the necklace I had seen her wearing
didn’t seem very significant, but I had learned that it was given to her by her
biological mother and was the only thing she had from her. When we realized,
the necklace was missing, we began searching the pool, her bags, the bus, <i>everywhere</i> we could think to look. It
was GONE.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We’ll keep looking,” I told her. “We’ll keep looking.” What
else could I say? What else could we do? I’ll be honest, I wasn’t very hopeful.
When we got back to camp and realized the necklace was in fact gone, I saw this
sweet girl’s face and started searching through all my thoughts. What could I
tell her? What could make the loss of her necklace better? In that instant, it
hit me. PRAY. We had been talking with the girls about God and about prayer and
in that moment. Prayer was the only thing I could think of. Together, we prayed
for the necklace to be found and safely returned in the morning. We prayed and
then continued with our afternoon/ evening. I prayed some more, “Father God,
this child, this child who has been through so much, who can’t count on anyone…
please, dear God, show HER. Show her that she can count on you.” We walked into
breakfast the next morning, and someone at the pool had found her necklace and
returned it. That little girl looked at me, and said “OUR PRAYER WORKED!” This
story still gives me chills, isn’t God awesome?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Please hear me, this is just one of MANY stories I could
tell you about life changing experiences that God brings to these kids at camp. Camp is one of my favorite things to talk
about so if you have any questions or want to know more please feel free to
ask! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Please be in prayer for camp, and if God has blessed you
please consider financial sponsorship.
We must raise $43,000 for 40 children, age 7-11 to experience camp in
the great outdoors. I will be providing
5 days of service to make this camp a reality.
By sponsoring, you become a sender.
Senders go with me because they have given resources, which are
representation of your time and energy.
Not everyone can go physically, but everyone can go in spirit, when you
send. For more information, you may
contact me, or, go to http://campforchange.org/.
100% of sponsorship funds benefit camp and is tax deductible as provided
by law. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Again, thank you for your prayers for camp, and that these
kids would come to know God’s abundant love, see Him as a personal friend that
they can always turn to and know the power of His healing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In Him,<o:p></o:p></div>
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ABBY<o:p></o:p></div>
Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-59573028404695124862012-06-25T08:27:00.001-06:002012-06-25T08:27:56.904-06:00Mission<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">After years of doing the same old thing, Kevin and I find ourselves being called to do something more something different. Feeling this pull on our hearts we find ourselves looking into <i>our mission. </i>God has called us to raise up and to live a life of service. We have struggled greatly in our search but now find ourselves looking into overseas missions. We are passionate, excited, and yes a little intimidated but truly believe that this is something God is calling us to do. We are currently looking into opportunities to teach conversational English overseas for a year with a program called Teach Over Seas. Mean while, we are also looking into what it would take to go to Haiti with some other members of our congregation this coming March. We are excited about where God might be leading our lives, and find ourselves while a little scared or intimidated by not only the daunting task of fundraising but the sacrifice it would mean to go overseas we are also ready to be RISK TAKERS for Christ. We seek the prayers of our family and friends that we would feel God's pull, have the knowledge and discernment to understand where HE is calling us, and that we would have the courage to GO as he has called us to. THANK YOU ALL For your continued love and support and for inspiring us to live our lives out as HE is calling us to.</span>Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-54762839603431527862012-06-14T08:16:00.001-06:002012-06-14T08:16:34.323-06:00We have spent so much time the last several years feeling dissatisfied and unfulfilled. Pursuing with every ounce of energy a life of comfort, stability and family. We have worked hard at our jobs, trying to scrape pennies together to save towards a house of our own, a second car, or just to be a little more comfortable. I'm excited to say that God is working in our hearts and answering prayers to move us in HIS direction. I'm no longer so caught up with the idea of having a nice house, and a comfortable life. We instead find ourselves seeking a way to live our lives for Him. As well as seeking a way to SHARE HIM and his news to the world. We don't know where God is calling us, but we find ourselves thankful that we are once more hearing His call. We ask for prayers as we continue to seek Him that we would have ears to hear and courage to listen and to follow Him!Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-88853315320884651072012-01-29T07:22:00.000-07:002012-01-29T07:22:22.238-07:00The Good Life: "The Good Life" - Week 4<div>I've joined the conversation, and I would love for you to join as well!</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://thegoodlifeatlcoc.blogspot.com/2012/01/good-life-week-4.html?spref=bl">The Good Life: "The Good Life" - Week 4</a>: Week 4 - Matthew 6:10b "...your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." As I'm studying this passage this week, I'm shocked by the fa...Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-6384954111820079032011-06-28T08:13:00.004-06:002011-06-28T08:23:15.148-06:00our struggleThese last few years have been a struggle, one that Kevin and I never imagined we would go through. While we don't know why God has placed this path of infertility before us, we know that he has a reason for everything. We are trying to be faithful and trying to remember this. Some days are easier then others, especially for me. I have so many friends expecting children, or who have already had them. I rejoice in their happiness and am truly thankful that God has blessed them with such an amazing blessing, but somewhere deep within a part of my heart aches every time I see another birth announcement, another announcement of pregnancy, or even the pictures of my precious friends and their beautiful bundles of joy in their arms. This combination of happiness and longing fill me, I look to God and ask one more time, when will it be our turn.... what is your plan? We stand here, faithfully on this path of infertility knowing that God has a plan, and as hard as it is to understand, I guess my only solace is that I know one day God will reveal his might plan, and IT WILL BE the perfect plan...HIS perfect plan. So as we continue along this path laid before us, We will continue to try to be faithful to the one that has placed it there, and we are glad that all our family and friends can join us as we live out and search for all that God has intended for us.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-10251261158845207642010-09-30T16:53:00.002-06:002010-09-30T16:57:07.209-06:00NewMan sometimes it feels like we don't do anything, and yet we are entirely too busy for not doing anything ;-). There have been lots of stuff going on between family issues up here and our new church activities, not to mention the new business we started life has just seemed to get CRAZY! I am super excited about our new business... abzuushops.com I think I will be good at it, and just look forward to more opportunities to help teach people a great way to save some money on their purchases :-). CRAZY CRAZY things are right now, but hopefully I can remember to update more, its just that I don't feel like I have much to share, life is pretty boring, but I kinda like that (at least sometimes)Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-36575096232665321752009-08-11T12:49:00.000-06:002009-08-11T12:49:44.329-06:00recent wonderingsKevin and I have been talking a lot lately about where our life is right now and where we want to be. After a recent trip back to Texas we realized just how much we miss it. We miss having good friends to spend the weekends with. Playing cards and enjoying good uplifting conversation. We miss the Texas environment and the friendly people. So why not move back? Well, we are considering it. The problem is we moved back to Colorado to be close to my family. I like that I am close to my family, though at times it gets overally dramatic and I don't know why I am living here close to them. Anyway, we miss Texas a lot and we always said we would move back one day. I knew coming back to Colorado would not be a perminant move... but could it only be a move for a couple of years? Could we really move back to Texas in another year or so. Unfortunatly I do not have the answer to this question right now. If it wasn't for my family, we would move back without a doubt. But there is more to consider here. If we move back where would we move...back to Lubbock? I don't know... only time will tell. On another note, I am looking into another Masters program. Not in Education and DEFENITLY not from ACU. I am actually considering a Masters in Family Life Education or a Masters in Counseling from LCU. I want to work with children and families but I do not want to do this through the education field. I don't know right now that I am going to start either of these programs or if I even want to. I am just looking at them. All I know is that as much as I love my job, I will not keep this job for more then another year as it barely pays the bills. I also have to consider what I will do if I return to Texas. How will I contribute to our finances and how will we eventually be able to reach our goal of being able to adopt a child. There are so many things we have to figure out. I can tell that there are many changes to come.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-37126348615233486872009-07-27T11:49:00.002-06:002009-07-27T11:52:31.034-06:00VacationWe are so excited in less then a week we get to go back to Texas for a whole week. While a lot of our friends have moved out of Lubbock we are excited to be able to spend time with those that are still there. I never thought we would say this but we BOTH miss West Texas so much. Then again, its mainly the people. Therefore it would be nice if we could just move all our friends up here. Common the weather is wonderful most of the time. :-) And when you look to the west its not a red cloud of dust :-D. But in all seriousness we are supper excited. I will probably be posting on the reverse said of the trip how much we hated to leave.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-32768937499431787772009-06-04T20:40:00.000-06:002009-06-04T20:41:09.531-06:00mundane<!--StartFragment--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Spinning circles in a mundane existence where the repetitiveness of life has got us trapped in a never-ending black whole.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>These are the words that seem to express us right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Each day the same as the day before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We love each other and are committed to each other more and more everyday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is difficult dealing with health issues that reek havoc on our emotions and physical abilities as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The strain takes its toll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As we approach our 4-year anniversary we find ourselves in uncharted territory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Do not hear me incorrectly…. Our marriage is not on rocky ground, but that does not mean there are not struggles.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I wish it were as easy to just follow through with the thought “when life gives you lemons you make lemonade”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Over the previous year life has thrown some pretty nasty curves our way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Being told that we are very likely never going to be able to conceive a child of our own was difficult enough without all the nasty side effects of the diagnosis that makes it such.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While we do not seem to be in agreement about a lot of things recently the one thing that we are now and will always be in agreement about is that we love each other and that we are committed to each other through the good and the bad, in sickness and when we are just sick of each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We are thankful that though there are struggles we still have one another, to have and to hold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We have our Father who brought us together and we will overcome.</span><!--EndFragment-->Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-43077480228825074972009-04-03T13:34:00.002-06:002009-04-03T13:38:39.327-06:00an unexpected turn of eventsWe have been trying to get pregnant for more than two years. We finally got a doctors appointment and the doctor refered us to a specialest. After several tests we have been told that results were consistant with Premature Ovarian Failure. This means while its not totally impossible for us to get pregnant it is very unlikely. The doctor informed us that there was nothing medically they can do to increase my chances of conceiving or to reverse the ovarian failure. We are now considering and discussing our options and will write about where we are going next. Much love to all those who read this blog.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-83228652351747674942009-01-31T20:20:00.002-07:002009-01-31T20:58:46.533-07:00changesLife can be a funny thing, it seldom seems to follow the expected or antisipated plan. A year ago I started a Masters program, studying to be a special education teacher. Now after thousands of dollars in loans and countless hours studying I find myself at an impass. Looking into alternatives I have found that my best option besides doing an alternative teacher licensing program is to enroll in a program that is one night a week, and will take 2 years to complete. It is not a special education program, but instead an elementary education program. I have missed the deadline for this semester though, so if I do this program I will not be able to start until June or July. Another option I have found is an alternative program. If accepted to the program, I would begin teaching with a mentor teacher in the fall and be taking classes for a masters at the same time. I would not be paid as a normal teacher, instead I would recieve at $10,000 stipend for the year. The problem, the enrollment deadline is in March and in order to qualify I have to be signed up for the closest Prexis 2 test date possible the beginning of March. I don't know that I am prepared or if I can possibly be prepared to take such an extensive exam so soon. If I miss this deadline, this program would not be an option until next year. I am met with another decision that has to be made in a timely fashion. All of this pails in comparison to the fact that I don't really know whether or not I even want to be a teacher. Eventually, I want to own a home and run an in home daycare. Obviously living in a 1 bedroom apartment is not a condusive place for a daycare. Working where I am working now, as much as I love my job does not provide me with the money necessary to save in order to find a place of our own. This is why I initally thought of teaching, but I am not sure its worth all the time, effort, and money to do another 2 year program. Now, when I felt like I had things figured out things are up in the air again.<br /><br />Thankfully, Kevin seems content at the moment with working at the bank. He has considered doing a Masters program but is thinking about it carefully as we have decided that we don't want either of us to start another program without truly making the comment to finish it. Why waste all that money. It will be interesting to see what he decides he is going to do. <br /><br />Kevin's birthday is a week from tomorrow, and he will be 26. As I have just recently celebrated my 24th birthday we are both reminded of where we thought we would be at this time in our lives. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be married to such an amazing man, or that I would be living back in Colorado. I am so thankfull for the blessings that God has given me, and the fact that even through this time of uncertainity and self-doubt he has blessed me with someone to share my thoughts, worries, and doubts with. Someone to hold me in times when I just want to cry and to laugh with me when I am acting stupid. :-)<br /><br />Kevin and I are going to be moving to a new apartment in just 2 weeks. I am so excited and can't wait. The stress of moving doesn't even bother me right now (with the exception that we don't know how we are possibly going to move our big couch). Although we are downsizing from a 1 bedroom 906 sq ft apartment to a 1 bedroom 560 sq ft apartment I can't wait. I am ready for a change, and ready to be able to save a bit of money without stressing each month how we will be able to set anything aside. I like the layout of the new apartment as well. On top of everything, we get the added benefit of getting accent walls. I got to go pickout paint colors... 1 for my bedroom and 1 for our dining area. :-) Yay for not having white walls. I am hoping that it will allow me to feel a little more at home. It is also with in walking distance of my moms house and over looks a walking park. It is also right behind a library, so thats also fun. <br /><br />Anyway, I know this entry has been a little random but I have lots of things on my mind :-) hope life is treating each of you well.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-73720672148031839172009-01-01T17:24:00.002-07:002009-01-01T17:39:34.664-07:00New YearAt the start of a new year one finds themself looking back, searching where they once were and where they are going. Just a few years ago, we had just gotten married along with many of our friends. We lived in what we refered to as the LCU bubble. Life was great, seeing friends several times a week, being together, things were simpler. Just 3 years later, we find ourselves in a place where our closest friends are hundreds of miles away from us. Our social life consists of play cards with mom/mom in law and her friends. We go to church, though in a congregation of over 800 people it is easy to feel lost. We find ourselves walking through the day to day life. With work, family, and church it seems like things can just keep moving, rolling on without really noticing it. <br /><br />It has been two years now, two years since we decided that it would be nice to have a family. Two years since we made the decision to stop taking birth control and to let God have control. It can be deficult at times, to trust that is. To trust, that God will provide for us, provide a family when it is his will. When we got of BC we new that it would probably take a little while to be able to conceive a child, but it never occured to either of us that it might take this long. <br /><br />Looking at this new year, and at what things might come we hope that perhaps this is the year God has choosen to bless us with child, but if not we know that he is with us and that he will guide us. For now, we continue living our lives, trying not to let time just pass us by. We embrace each others wants and desires and we look forward to the many years that are still to come. Our prayers go out to all, that this new year will be full of many blessings. We pray that life will not pass you by and that you will remember, to embrace what God has given you, and to count your many blessings. <br /><br />To a Happy New Year! God Bless.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-81268072396784520752008-10-05T12:22:00.002-06:002008-10-05T12:40:10.172-06:00Crazy thing called Life<p>Life has been interesting as of late. Kevin is still working at the bank, and things got a little crazy around there but will start calming down for him. Things have gotten crazy because he has been stuck working by himself a lot even on the most busy of days. They have hired a new employee so he should <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">technically</span> get some more help soon, provided they don't change their mind about where they are going to place the new guy. I have completed another class, and all though the grades are not posted yet I have a good idea that I have <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">maintained</span> my 4.0 Average. Which I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ecstatic</span> about. </p><br />I have been experiencing migraines a lot lately so I went to see a doctor and was prescribed some heavy duty migraine medicane. A couple of days ago I came home to find my dogs had gotten into the medicine and there were 8 pills missing. All of the pills had been chewed on, and powder from those pills was all over the floor. I called the vet, who insisted they both be brought in ASAP. I struggled to find a ride (since Kevin had the car) and what seemed like an eternity later Kevin was able to take a few minutes to come get me so that I could have the car. I spent several hours at our vets before finding out that I needed to take the dogs to the Emergency Animal Clinic in order to be monitored and on IV medication. So needless to say I was not very happy, because we had to pay the vet for the emergency appointment and then they were sending me to another Emergancy where I would yet again have to pay. Scrappy was stayed the night and was able to come home the following eveing. The vet is reasonably sure Scrappy hadn't gotten into the medicine at all. Which meant Malaika had consumed all 8 500mg tablets. She had to stay an additional day which. All in all we had an extremely expensive week of Dog care. They are okay and home with us now which we are thankful for. They still have to go get another blood test in a week to make sure there were no latent signs that were missed previously. <br /><br />Now, we have to figure out how we are going to pay for this. We had to use credit (which we hated doing, but we were able to finance with a low interest rate) We are trying to decide what the best way to handle it is and I am probably going to have to look for a second job. That makes me concerned because on top of my already existing job (which is now 35 hours a week) and on top of grade school I am wondering how I am going to handle anotehr job. Not to mention finding transpertation to another job.<br /><br />So as I sayed before. Life has been crazy. Hope everything is well with all of you. MUCH LOVE!Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-11117979253486869772008-08-15T16:29:00.002-06:002008-08-15T16:41:18.546-06:00As of LateThis month has provided us with many experiences. We started this month taking a week vacation in Texas to see friends and family. It was a blast, although we were tired when we finally got home. We are not use to staying up until 5am everynight. I haven't stayed up that late in forever. Whether it was playing cards, Wii Fit, Dominos, Tennis or Rock Band (for Wii) we kept busy seeing friends and socializing. Something else we got the pleasure of doing was celebrating our 3 year anniversary. I love my husband so much and can't believe we have been married for over 3 years now :-) I am richly blessed. After our vacation we came back to Colorado where I started my work at the school again. My husband is also going through changes at work with old employees getting permotions and new employees taking their places. Things are moving like crazy but we are loving life!Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-50641114259928235872008-07-04T08:41:00.004-06:002008-07-04T08:55:41.075-06:00feelin lonelyWe have been saying a lot lately that things in Colorado are good, they only probably we seem to have is that we don't have friends. The truth of the matter is, we do have friends. There are people we both would consider friends that we work with or go to Church with. What we mean when we say we don't have friends is that we don't have people we really hangout with outside of church and work. There are a lot of older and younger people that I would say we are friends with at church. We really don't have friends our own age, friends that we can hangout with and play games with. While in Lubbock, we had lots of friends but we had two couples that we hungout with all the time. We would hangout at each others houses, cook dinner for each other and play games at least once a week if not more often then that. We would sit and play spades and hearts and other games like that for hours on end. We would be playing games and having conversation and realize it was almost 4 in the morning when we had work or church the next day. These are friends we shared, and I believe still share a deep intimate connection with and we couldn't wait for the next time we got to hangout. These friends where friends that were experiencing the same stage of life that we were. They got married within a month or even a week of the time we did. The people we work with, and the friends we have are at different stages than us. This is not a bad thing, it just makes it more difficult to hangout or to share that connection that we so desperatly want and need. Our friends from Lubbock can never be replaced and they will always hold a special place in our hearts. For that we are extremely thankful. For now, we continue to search to search for another couple of people who we could hangout with. Who like to just chill at home and play games, a group of friends that we don't have to do anything with but that we are just content being with and who are content just being with us.<br /><br />I felt the need to clarify as I was concerned that our comments about not having friends up here might have offended some of the people we do consider friends, just any a different way.<br /><br />Lots of love, and until next time may the Grace of God surround you.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-84056537120392937122008-07-02T12:50:00.009-06:002008-07-02T13:11:59.380-06:00First Camping TripWe went on our first camping trip this last weekend and it was wonderful. We were up in Pike National Forest. We stayed at South Meadows Campground near Woodland Park Colorado. This campground was a decent size, having approximently 60 different lots. It was well kept and the bathrooms were as clean as possible considering they were nothing more than OutHouse type buildings. We were able to have several campfires. We enjoyed eating Breakfest burritos and Hambergers made over the campfire, which I might add I can think of no better way to cook or no better tasting way to eat breakfest burritos. We went on a walk with the dogs around the camp ground and around the near by Manitu Lake. We were definetly out of cellphone range, but we were only 5 miles outside of town which was good because when I realized I had forgotten stuff for S'Mores we were able to go into town to the grocery store and by the stuff that was needed. It got cold at night, even for the dogs so we all had to cuddle together in order to stay warm. We know that we will definetly be going camping again and we can't wait. To be able to be up there away from cell phone, tv, and computers. Not having to worry about what todo next or what has to be done. 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1P86VOmltIv0sC5e1vUFMgx0jDIHWP7cbUVywqvFAhZDfz0r5EmYEbzNx-Dv7ZtaHpOXe4cUkzAG6r-BOYz4MZfednqzvKukJzVAV6qmmKDjez92P75umcpujsro3BrEQ6v1ii2tqbTYj/s320/100_1882.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-47237872974318403012008-06-25T21:41:00.000-06:002008-06-25T22:14:35.294-06:00Notre Famille (our family)So, This past weekend our family was up visiting from Texas. We showed them a good time. Went to the Garden of the Gods and up to one of my favorite places Estes Park. It was great spending time with them. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr8JpxYQiLqFZMyv0oFYeHfMwq943W16djI64wTX2-bdq_heJ-4_s-mWThs_xN9USQPxwRQ7WFJAhtt1YnSLG29fFuOsJd2XLuBwHgQMQSIXPGzEInay_X75Uy6tFGOSsUbkGgYOLRNbm/s1600-h/Estes+Park+019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216036004796069298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr8JpxYQiLqFZMyv0oFYeHfMwq943W16djI64wTX2-bdq_heJ-4_s-mWThs_xN9USQPxwRQ7WFJAhtt1YnSLG29fFuOsJd2XLuBwHgQMQSIXPGzEInay_X75Uy6tFGOSsUbkGgYOLRNbm/s320/Estes+Park+019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxY4wvbZAvNiw-nQPYOcdEYI8VOIERHH74wXKcMkCxwHYNs_cPAeg8NTJobeJhbOnXJqwjqItGJg6AA_2LQHBdOgFCIY5NePE7joO04rZU1ODIt7fdseeLztQz0xZ8n8REBz3f7NceC2B/s1600-h/Estes+Park+041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216037507289389378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxY4wvbZAvNiw-nQPYOcdEYI8VOIERHH74wXKcMkCxwHYNs_cPAeg8NTJobeJhbOnXJqwjqItGJg6AA_2LQHBdOgFCIY5NePE7joO04rZU1ODIt7fdseeLztQz0xZ8n8REBz3f7NceC2B/s320/Estes+Park+041.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbjdAVv5azIAC2SFpUTmTsJwR8vIJ5g83AOmkzYiq4On9O3Ue_fOqKb8In31WMk3127nhD5XmHI1yd2ESFo-zD9trbo_Xt2PveLx2_FSetFcSUwh_B5Hawv2lhA1m6LKPCZyfAbNK8zLt/s1600-h/Estes+Park+040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216037501435554050" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbjdAVv5azIAC2SFpUTmTsJwR8vIJ5g83AOmkzYiq4On9O3Ue_fOqKb8In31WMk3127nhD5XmHI1yd2ESFo-zD9trbo_Xt2PveLx2_FSetFcSUwh_B5Hawv2lhA1m6LKPCZyfAbNK8zLt/s320/Estes+Park+040.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10zwvwBBGbgNQpcjnVau3rHM7k5KJXHsg4wo6mdcnKciDKTqNnFShNNpLGgy6u3-TWW5LumUov3rx6_NG7Yy_Mw6fRpyFKS9AgaZ7ZANsVUf3Zq8iaJr4fhPdLXddPaWiSCNbk5dZlaya/s1600-h/Estes+Park+064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216037514054535666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10zwvwBBGbgNQpcjnVau3rHM7k5KJXHsg4wo6mdcnKciDKTqNnFShNNpLGgy6u3-TWW5LumUov3rx6_NG7Yy_Mw6fRpyFKS9AgaZ7ZANsVUf3Zq8iaJr4fhPdLXddPaWiSCNbk5dZlaya/s320/Estes+Park+064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dd6DTqzTojTeMkoKx8i6BngPzyY5H86oyRI9yKa7ddkcrxqUJCzvJIAjwJNP1q984PfCT1D7giWQ4uLFuSnjk6u9FjLw2zPCSMQkdxbD61GYcELmqaWgvul05PvvTrZvn0kFmyiOsb5Q/s1600-h/Estes+Park+103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216037515522126994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1dd6DTqzTojTeMkoKx8i6BngPzyY5H86oyRI9yKa7ddkcrxqUJCzvJIAjwJNP1q984PfCT1D7giWQ4uLFuSnjk6u9FjLw2zPCSMQkdxbD61GYcELmqaWgvul05PvvTrZvn0kFmyiOsb5Q/s320/Estes+Park+103.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFiClS_eXuSPnFfON2CCGvZLG2Df2spfXIR17Bz0kmwpHT0kvnxxeJ7h-WHmwUD3YpNNg1Oe7ARCyzGC3HEH2RixrLG2Dv6lEnFcJYEKnzUZsQjvVCaVRQnE1oQPGRoDy9WDJXPfvXdhf/s1600-h/Estes+Park+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216035998882502962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFiClS_eXuSPnFfON2CCGvZLG2Df2spfXIR17Bz0kmwpHT0kvnxxeJ7h-WHmwUD3YpNNg1Oe7ARCyzGC3HEH2RixrLG2Dv6lEnFcJYEKnzUZsQjvVCaVRQnE1oQPGRoDy9WDJXPfvXdhf/s320/Estes+Park+008.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YSVbWXw5qkuXgFUGUasuC7uyddN0zqQ-_yY1nqzg7xbyHxQHK4DYH_4ciGtYqWY30-ZY7zCCqkqzu4B3u8vHT2w6XXZrWrg0A1NKR4V5FzI1wB6LPRYt0C9_QMmr43_kKOLr2r2n-vml/s1600-h/Estes+Park+020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216036012795707218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YSVbWXw5qkuXgFUGUasuC7uyddN0zqQ-_yY1nqzg7xbyHxQHK4DYH_4ciGtYqWY30-ZY7zCCqkqzu4B3u8vHT2w6XXZrWrg0A1NKR4V5FzI1wB6LPRYt0C9_QMmr43_kKOLr2r2n-vml/s320/Estes+Park+020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuJag7IVoUV__yU2azYZbzqB3TF-COdjTQkbEcbKC7mHrLFgw4v_J9UdnUUj_cEwiWDiDF5EQfzzFjjZRGveoaavPvAdBRt_CsQapg2cTa5WnuZ14tYhpyRhqdeTZD2KqRRjufmg1SzGO/s1600-h/Estes+Park+027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216036024596192226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuJag7IVoUV__yU2azYZbzqB3TF-COdjTQkbEcbKC7mHrLFgw4v_J9UdnUUj_cEwiWDiDF5EQfzzFjjZRGveoaavPvAdBRt_CsQapg2cTa5WnuZ14tYhpyRhqdeTZD2KqRRjufmg1SzGO/s320/Estes+Park+027.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfMN7VGlp88yOp28GJg3WPEWS00YDvCehygGAkd8sA9_HhuxXq_gdNQ6N14fgaVdp1kSPjPxWtHAm7jX0wzGomARfa8LpjzQLiouIoZlBr85TH7z1FaMLtpNU-sbNfoRYYo43-CJ_5f49/s1600-h/Estes+Park+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216036026776572034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfMN7VGlp88yOp28GJg3WPEWS00YDvCehygGAkd8sA9_HhuxXq_gdNQ6N14fgaVdp1kSPjPxWtHAm7jX0wzGomARfa8LpjzQLiouIoZlBr85TH7z1FaMLtpNU-sbNfoRYYo43-CJ_5f49/s320/Estes+Park+030.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUckzjJgd1bknHFoQiELGCc4Hp6nEyVikE7YKMesswgrwtcFJDqwSdNynygv3eEejaSDkxdKHs1ag2j_QzRP7-Gu95B2gDaijC6Zcb4alOpwWKc5SC9LX_FU8LT-OcFUG4oeT0tEdVEYwq/s1600-h/Estes+Park+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216034135446735506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUckzjJgd1bknHFoQiELGCc4Hp6nEyVikE7YKMesswgrwtcFJDqwSdNynygv3eEejaSDkxdKHs1ag2j_QzRP7-Gu95B2gDaijC6Zcb4alOpwWKc5SC9LX_FU8LT-OcFUG4oeT0tEdVEYwq/s320/Estes+Park+012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>So <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56_YTUACKU8HbrkywULKNIPl229w_QyAB4uLyXDIJcuXlHsmMLHsnknNGTb8mguPDWjknL_NDrkjbxBKvh6ZeyxAmhVh7J8qNZidzVCC2B1HO6il7nbe4M14K67bLDf0hxZbxLbWOeQkd/s1600-h/Garden+of+the+Gods+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216037525798582498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56_YTUACKU8HbrkywULKNIPl229w_QyAB4uLyXDIJcuXlHsmMLHsnknNGTb8mguPDWjknL_NDrkjbxBKvh6ZeyxAmhVh7J8qNZidzVCC2B1HO6il7nbe4M14K67bLDf0hxZbxLbWOeQkd/s320/Garden+of+the+Gods+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-70867575063817495802008-05-07T18:45:00.000-06:002008-05-07T18:51:33.549-06:00lifeLife has been busy for us her in sunny Colorado. We still don't have any friends here but we are working and we both are in school. We are trying to strengthen our marriage even more but more importantly strengthen our relationship with God. We love being here (at least most of the time) though life does seem to get lonely a lot. Scrappy and Malaika seem to enjoy each day, especially when I take them for walks and they get to play in the creek. I guess I don't have a lot to say because although life is busy it has been pretty boring. So until the next time I write, peace and God bless.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-71326543796866387382008-04-04T06:25:00.000-06:002008-04-04T06:47:12.734-06:00whats newTo begin with, I never thought I would say I was sick of winter, I forgot how Colorado's weather can be. One day its 66 degrees out and the next is 40 and snowing.... I wish it would just decide to be spring and stop snowing. On the plus side, almost every day is sunny with blue skies. It makes me want to take off my shoes and wonder through the green grass on a morning day. But thats not really the point of this blog so back to what I was going to talk about.<br /><br />Kevin and I are loving life, we struggle sometimes being here away from friends, and I know he misses his family. Sometimes I wonder if we made the right decision moving her, and then I think of where it has braught us. I am finally working a job that I love, and that I want to go to each day. Working in the BEAM program offers many challenges, some harddays, and some great rewards. Here we have these kids that have been kicked out of other classes and other schools because of their behavior, kids with anger problems, mental disabilities like autism, and kids with an<em> interesting</em> but <em>sad </em>homelife. We are working with these kids on a daily basis, helping with social skills, anger managment, and schoolwork as well. We have managed to get one child almost completely integrated into her mainstream classroom (just checking in with her at the beginning of the day and at the end) another is going to 4 classes with his piers in the mainstream room, and another has 1 class we have integrated him into with another one starting in a week if we continue seeing good behavior. The last one just started with us so he can't be integrated yet but with another day of great behavior I might get to take him to recess with his class on Monday. Its great when you really get to see progression, it make you feel like you really are making a difference.<br /><br />I also started my grad school program and am enjoying the online setting. It seems to me that I might be more successful with this setting then with the typical in class one. I have only been taking the first class so we will see after a little while how I really like it but so far its better then I expected. If it continues as is I think it will be very worth finishing to get my Masters in Special Education.<br /><br />Kevin is doing well, he is working at Chase bank. He enjoys being a teller (at least a little bit). He has finally found a job he likes, at least doesn't hate it. Which makes for a little less stress around the house. He is still doing his gradclasses and trying to figure out what he wants to make as his career. <br /><br />We moved into our own place, one day I will put up pictures for everyone to see. It is a two bedroom apartment, that is a block away from work. Life is great and I am loving it, mostly ;-)Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6974400365050754917.post-71765356723912940722008-02-02T21:38:00.000-07:002008-02-02T21:41:25.568-07:00About UsWe decided that we each had our own journals but we wanted one that was ours together. A place for us to add pictures, and let everyone know what was going on in our lives. A place where we could tell our family and friends to go for updates and to see what is new. We will post periotically and hopefully we will stay ontop of the updates. May God be with each one of you reading this.Lelo and Stitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16593370972307552954noreply@blogger.com0