St Charles Peeps

Laurel got married and instead of a traditional reception she threw an awesome party in the park.  I got to see so many of my friends from St. Charles.  These were the kids in my youth programs and high school.  The ones I went to seminary with, and young women's camp, youth conference and dances.  We were small in numbers but had some great times.   Laurel's dad was the bishop when I was a youth and he was there and came up to us and said how happy it made him to see us still friends and still in the church.  It really is amazing that you can go 20 years without seeing someone and you are still close and have tight bonds.  I love these people so much and they were great influences on my life. 

And we got to see Abe perform on stage with Jericho Road :)

Flashback Friday

Let's go back to 1979

Our house

I had to put this picture in the flashback...I do NOT remember the house ever looking like this without all the huge trees in the front.
A few comments about the picture:
I love Grandpa's motor home in the shot and if you look behind it to the right you'll see a big red barrel. I have no idea where these came from but we used to play on them all the time. We would do balancing acts like log rolling around the backyard.

The Kids in front of the motor home

Sherry, David, Me, Danny, Heidi, Steve and George

Family Picture Time

Mom, George, Steve, Dad, Sherry
Me, Danny, Heidi and David

Funny comments about this picture:
Heidi's underwear is falling down and you can see it below her dress.
I love the macrame owl on the side of the house - that was there for years and years. I'm not sure if Mom made that one or George - he was quite the expert at macrame :)