Vacation(s) Part 2

  Okay, so the title is pretty self-explanatory. Here`s pictures of our family reunion at Johnson Lake!! :)

These two were in the water pretty much right when we got there!!

And, naturally, TUBING!!!!!!!

The sun looked super cool behind this cloud one evening. Made for a pretty legit pic.

Me and Eddie Joe getting ready!!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!

Chillin` by the fire

Peaches and Eddie Joe love hanging out with their cousin Lauren!!

Oh and there happened to be a few national sail-boat races while we were there. Crazy!! So if you saw a sail-boat race on ESPN, we were there. Haha :)

  Yeah so there weren`t really that many pics, but it was a really good time!!! Well, thanks for reading!! Have a great rest of the weekend and dude God is awesome!! Find your joy and satisfaction in Him. Cuz that`s where it`s truly at!


--Rye Bread

New post...finally

Tear-Filled Eyes Hey everyone! If you`re wondering, to your left is a random song that I felt like recording, so if you want to check it out, go for it! :) Anyway, there has been quite a bit of stuff going on in my family`s life lately. Such things as T-bird and I doing drama (it`s been super fun and I encourage you all to come to the performances), everyone doing school, school, school, birthday parties, basketball practices/games, youth group and AWANA, and in a week from today T-bird and I will be attending the IGNITE conference with a bunch of awesome friends. But it seems all this was kind of put aside and forgotten when we got a call Monday night and were informed that my mom`s dad was in the active stages of dying. Scary thought. And not something we often like to think about and dwell on. After all, we would rather think ourselves invincible than what we really are: weak. The scariest thing of all about this phone call though was the state of my grandpa`s soul. It has been very apparent his whole life that he has not put his trust in Jesus. So, really, that was the most shaking thing to think that if my grandpa dies tonight without Jesus Christ as his mediator, he will face God`s wrath. Eternally. A word we will never fully grasp until we are experiencing it. But. There is still hope. While he still draws breath, and he does as of now, God is still able to save him. And while he is not audibly responding to most things, one thing that Mrs. Henn told me and T-bird the other day that I found so encouraging as I thought about it was that when our bodies are dying, the last thing to fade away is our hearing. Did our Creator not design it that way? So that even while living out his final days, God can still use vessels like us to speak truth to his ears? Wow. Our God is so good. Our God is so kind to even use us as ways to plant seeds in people`s lives. So, anyway, that`s kinda what`s been going on in our life. But God is always faithful. And He does all things well.


--Rye Bread

Back again...for now

  Oh boy. It`s been awhile. Sorry about this. We`ve been getting ready to go to Colorado and stuff, but, that`s still not much of an excuse. Although we found out about three days ago that Eddie Joe is to be the ringbearer in my cousin`s wedding (the reason we are going to Colorado) and Peaches will be the flower girl. And the wedding is on Saturday. So, we have been frantically trying to find the right clothes and stuff for them, but it`s all good. =) It`ll be fun to see them both in the wedding. Well, anyway, I apologize again for not posting for awhile, but by now I think everyone is used to it. ;) We leave today for Colorado and we will be back on Monday, so until then, see ya. :) Oh and I just want to say that me and my family are probably the biggest Nebraska Huskers fans you will ever meet. So, I`m pretty pumped to see them wear these new uniforms when they play Wisconsin this season. GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







--Rye Bread

Hey, I`m back!!

  Ok, I got back this past Sunday, and then I remember: Oh yeah!! We`re leaving for vacation this Saturday!!! AAAHHHH!!!!!!!! So, we will get back Sunday, July 1st and I will post the ultimate post sometime after that about New Orleans AND our vacation. I`m really excited to leave tomorrow bright and early (even though it seems like I just got back) and go to the Black Hills and  Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone and all that stuff with my family!!!!! :D :D It`s gonna be a blast!! Anyway sorry for rambling. In short, I will, again, be gone for a bit, but, like I said, I will be back for the ultimate post of everything that`s been going on this summer so far. So, goodbye for now. :) And I hope you are all having an awesome summer!!!!!! Also, please pray for T-bird and everything that`s going on with him right now. It`s not fun stuff. He definitely needs lots of prayer right now. Thanks!! =)


--Rye Bread

Family Fun......until it rained

   
 

   Haha I really like that picture. I kinda stole it, but, oh well. I`m Back... :) Anyway, that was really random, but what I really wanted to say was we went to Bacon Creek Park last night as a family. We thought, "Oh this`ll be so much fun and it`s not supposed to rain till, like, 8 or 9:00. We`ll be good." Or so we thought. Yeah, we were there for about twenty minutes and it started raining. Oh well. We did have some fun while we were there. :)

Not sure what Eddie Joe`s looking at...

We played an intense game of Monster. As you might be able to tell, I was the monster in this picture.

Although, I don`t think I ever caught anybody.

Pretty awesome bird picture, I think...

     Then, after it rained, there was a really cool rainbow. We were driving when it came out, but my dad managed to get this picture at a stoplight.

    Not as cool as the real thing, but, that`s the closest we got. =) The lighting was pretty awesome when we got home, so my dad took some pictures of the house.

Our new cream siding!! with our very white garage doors. Hopefully, we will paint them soon. :D

   Well, I hope you enjoyed the pictures of our somewhat failed family outing. And remember to never trust the weather man. Oh, and if any of you haven`t heard of the banana sketch, you haven`t lived yet. ;) I will post the Mr. Nmit video soon. Signing off with a joke,

Have you ever heard the bed joke?

No, I haven`t.

Well, that`s probably because it hasn`t been made yet. --courtesy of Jack


 --Rye Bread

My Siblings

      Since videos are all I`ve been posting lately, I`m going to mix it up. :P I have THE coolest, funniest, awesomely weirdest siblings ever, so, I have decided to dedicate this post to them. I hope you enjoy reading about their personalities and such. =)

Peaches - I guess I will start with the youngest. Peaches is 5 yrs old and is the newest addition to our family after we brought her home from Ethiopia last March. We all love her for her hilarious laugh and her love of meat. :D She is a drama queen and is all attitude. It`s pretty funny to watch. She is determined to get her way in everything, and she usually does. It`s hard to say no to the big brown eyes and giant, white smile. She`s an amazing little girl who brings so much joy into our lives. =)

Eddie Joe - Next up is 7 year old Eddie Joe. There is not a moment where he is not full of energy and a crazy man! He also has quite a bit of swagger and is always ready to prove that he is right and you are not. He always seems to have the giggles and can`t seem to ever stop laughing!! His interests mainly involve clothes. He is the matching king. His dream is to someday work at GAP. :D Eddie Joe is a very dynamic person and fun to be around.

The Big Fella - Why the nickname Big Fella? Because he is The Big Fella. 9 year old Big Fella is what you would call a character. He is always jumping around and playing football with himself. He loves Star Wars, LEGOs, Star Wars LEGOs, and video games. Being by himself and doing his own thing is where he is happy. Unlike Eddie Joe, clothes and matching them are just not his thing and he`d much rather be playing sports outside. The Big Fella is a very unique member of our family and his dynamic character keeps us laughing. :D

T-bird - My twin broskee T-bird is 15 years old (same as me, if you`re wondering) and it`s always a party when he`s hyper. When he comes out of his shell, he can be one of the most dramatic, hilarious people I know. Completely unlike me, he is very organized and he is always the one to declare that our room needs to be cleaned. :) T-bird is an amazing big brother and always finds time to play with his younger siblings. He is an awesome twin brother with one of the coolest personalities.

Sunshine - 18 year old Sunshine is a ball of energy (when drinking Mountain Dew and when around certain people) and one of my best friends. She is one of the funnest people to talk to late on a Friday night and pretty much any other time. And just like her little sister she is quite the drama queen. Check out her blog at Bursts of Sunshine if you want to read more about her. We all love her and are so thankful to have her in our family. :D


Hope you enjoyed reading about my siblings and I hope all of you have an awesome rest of the day!! =D


--Rye Bread