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Saturday, 12 September 2009

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Summer 2009

Wow! It has been about 3 months since I last updated! Where has the summer gone???? Kervin and I didn't do a lot this summer but we did have fun hanging out quite a bit. Kervin is now in the 1st stages of wading through the nursing program at Blue Ridge Community College. Really, you have to have done it to know exactly how painful nursing theory, making beds and bedbaths can get. I'm not sorry I'm through with that part of my life.
Now back to this summer. . .Dad treated us to a fishing trip to the Cheasapeake Bay in July. We had an interesting trip. One of the motors to the boat quite working. Jake rigged it to work and then it caught fire in the middle of the bay! Yeow! We were glad to step onto dry ground after that trip!
The Bay at Sunrise
Fishin' away

Soooo glad to be back in one piece!

Kervin and I decided to do a camping/mountain biking trip on weekend.
Our camp

We spent about 6 hours on the trails mountain biking. We foolishly didn't take food and just about ran out of water. After 2 hours we "bonked" and it was a miserable rest of the trip. However, we did discover a beautiful patch of wild blueberries. We came back and extracted a total of 10 gallons off of the patch!

The bushes were tall - some were way over our heads! I have never seen the like!

Our 1st pickin

Kervin's friend Jimmy Summy got married this 1st part of August. They had a lovely reception!

The handsome couple

Get away truck

Happy Honeymooning!

Another highlight was hiking old Rag Mountain last week. What a phenomenal hike!

The blue marks are trail markers

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~Just over there is the top~

We made it to the Summit!

Spectacular views

And then the decent

A prayer request. . .
We just found out my Grandmother Good has pancreatic cancer and her life expectancy is about 3 months. Please pray for Grandaddy and for Grandmother as she goes through these last couple months. Pancreatic cancer is very painful.
Until my next post,
Karla

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Western Trip

Well, hubby and I got back from a Western trip not to long ago. We have been wanting to do this a long time and finally got around to it.
We drove out to the Grand Canyon and hit some other parks on the way. Overall we had a great time!

Here I am eating cereal in a Shell parking lot (We had to stop and buy milk).

Kervin getting all fancy in the Palo Duro Canyon in TX.

A rain storm sweeps through the desert in NM.

Patio of the Painted Desert Inn with the Painted Desert as a backdrop (my 2nd favorite picture of the trip)

Kervin playing with a petrified log in the Petrified Wood NP.

We hiked the Grand Canyon while we were out there. We were at the trailhead at 4:30 am. As you can see, it was a little dark when we started.

Kervin reading the map at daybreak.

Kervin hopped up on a ledge to look down over the canyon. (this is my favorite picture!!!)

We reached the Colorado River by 0730 and looked around at Phantom Ranch.

We crossed the river and headed up the Bright Angel Trail (we had come down the South Kaibab)

We stopped at Indian Gardens which is an oasis. A stream runs right under the ground, so trees can grow and shade the earth. Kervin cooling off under a huge cottonwood.
We finished the hike around 1230 - just a thunderstorm came through. The temperature dropped into the 40's in no time and we froze!!! Thank goodness Kervin had insisted we take rain gear.

We drove through the Navajo Indian Reservation. Depressing!!!

4 corners monument

Suppertime in camp at Mesa Verde NP

Indian cliff dwellings

Arches National Park

Grand Teton NP. The weather was cloudy and we were thankful for raingear again while hiking. Just for an instant the clouds lifted and we could see the summit.

Welcome to Yellowstone NP

Old Faithful

A cool falls to which we hiked (I forget the name)

Yellowstone Lake

A visit to Wyoming wouldn't be complete without dishing up some Rocky Mountain Oysters. YUMMY!

"Mountain Biking" in western Nebraska (supposedly the best) - We found it nothing more that an overgrown pasture with cow trails.
We stayed at Kervin's Uncle Vernon and Aunt Mary Troyer's who don't have running water in the house or electricity. The outhouse was. . .shall we say. . . less than desirable.
We made it home and are back in the swing of things now. It was good to be in church last Sunday for the first time in a month.
Have a great day,
Karla

Saturday, 16 May 2009

Wedding

Today my sister Gloria and Jacob Mumbauer married. Congratulations! May you have a long happy life!
Getting ready

The parents prayer

Oh yeah, the rings

Sisters forever

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

The Bridal Party
Brandon and I, Greg and Lisa, Kelley and Lawina and Jake & G

A witness to the wedding. Josh corrupting little Hannah.

The lovely Mrs. Jake Mumbauer

Jake and G

Mom and Dad with G

We were barefoot for the wedding

Jake attempting to shoot the garder @ the reception

The couple speeding off in Jake's drag racing car 'Ole Rusty

Ole Rusty had to remain well hidden - his location was top secret due to the mischevious nature of some of Jake's friends. He was just about hijacked on arrival to the church and Kelley attempted to block him in.
Until next time,
Karla

Monday, 09 March 2009

Maryland/Delaware

This past weekend, my oldest sister Lawina, Kervin and I decided to go to Delaware to visit some of our Heatwole cousins and surprise her boyfriend Josh.
Uncle Ed and Aunt Jill

We stayed with our cousin Ginger, a CPA at a local firm

Holly also lives with Ginger with her pit bull Eddy and her little mutt Bentley as well as her guinea pig Chewy. Holly is a vet so of course she loves her animals

Cousin Scott and his wife Kristine. Scott is an areospace engineer for NASA.

We went to the beach Saturday after stopping in to see Uncle Eds.

Aunt Jill cuddling Chewy
When Ginger and I went to go out running Sunday morning with Eddie, this is what we found

Someone had leveled her and her neighbor's mailboxes and cable box. However the cops said that one of the car tags came off in the incident which is helpful in finding the perpetrator.
We walked into Laws Mennonite just after Josh started preaching. He stopped, repeated his sentence, studied his notes and kept going. Josh never is at a loss for words, so I think we surprised him very much.
It's spring!

The happy couple at Josh's house. Josh's screened in porch looks out over the lake. It is beautiful!

Until next time,
Karla

Tuesday, 03 March 2009

Checkin' in again

Just a little note to say I have NOT diverted to facebook! The only thing that is good about facebook is the pictures. It is NOT a good way to keep up with other people because all one can do is post things like "I am feeling good today" and "I am hanging out with friends tonight" etc. I'm pretty sure it was created by an ADHD person. Enough about facebook . . .
I guess I have not felt the need to post because nothing incredibly interesting has happened over the past several months. Kervin is now eagerly and somewhat anxiously waiting to hear whether he is accepted to nursing school at BRCC next fall. I don't think I have let my friends on xanga know yet that he is currently working with me at the RMH ER. We have a lot of fun working together and talking about the day on the way home from work. He is getting some wonderful experience.
This pic is from Christmas. My family had a wonderful seafood supper by candlelight. I had recently found out I was allergic to shrimp, so we had some delectable orange roughy and salmon.

The engaged couple! These guys are getting married in 2 months!

On seasonably warm Saturday, Kervin and I decided to try out a new mountain biking trail. It was a wonderful discovery and I think we will hit this trail again - Festival Trail off Tillman Rd.

A party we had the first Sunday in February. =)

The gorgeous wet snow we had a couple months ago

And if you're snowed in and can't make it to the gym, a lamp will suffice as added weight for lunges.

Kervin helping out around the house. I love him dearly!
We spend our Valentines supper here at home. Kervin grilled some awesome ribs! It was a romantic affair that featured ribs, fresh fruit, chocolate, roses. . .

And just when we thought spring was coming, winter hits with a vengeance. This morning it got down to 3 degrees F. I am thankful for a warm house!