So Hip... to be Square....

Donna & her Dad have a tradition of going

to the annual 'Car Show' every year! This one

is put on by the Cool Cruisers- they have over

100 cars so it's worth the trip (only to G. Gate) Love the ole pick up trucks.....
Remember the drive up windows?

What's under your hood?

Unique firetruck...

For some reason this has become a favorite

color for me (reminds me of 'Fall')

I could drive this to church- don't ya think?

I hear you calling...

To remember our time in Israel we collected

5 stones each as we listened to the story of

David & Goliath and walked the area where

the battle took place, picked up rocks & salt

from the Dead Sea (even tasted the water)

and came to the edge of the Sea of Galilee

during the early morning hours.

(Thanks Dad for your artwork)

Muslim Quarter....

Our last day we walked through this area..
Donna bargained for 5 scarfs!

so colorful...

tempted to buy the vegetables but we couldn't

take them home!

Our hotel was close to the Muslim

area so 5 times a day there is a

'Call to Prayer' a reminder which

is a chant of sorts. It's played over

a loud speaker placed in a tower.

We discovered this our first day

when at 4:30 a.m the first one began.

Has to be before sunrise. We got

used to it after being there a week!

Oh Israel........

while visiting Bethlehem our driver almost

ran into this herd of sheep- so we were

able to get a picture!

our LDS friend "Mohammed' took

us on a tour of his hometown 'Bethlehem'

we're standing in front of Herodian

(palace of Herod)

Birthplace of Jesus

St. George & the Dragon church


The parable of the 'Millstone'

problems/trauma can be a millstone about your

neck but if taken care of can become a stepping stone.
This is the 3rd post.... more below....

Israel continues.....

Here we are with our guide- Steven Rona and

his twins- we are at the BYU Jerusalem Center for

Sabbath (on Sat.)

view you see sitting in Sacrament mtg.

wildlife in Israel (Donna's version)

Steve loved all the 'army/war stuff'

our guide also served- so guess what alot of

the conversations were about?

whenever a group goes out- adults
or kids from Israel they have a armed
chaperone- this one was nice enough
to pose for me :)
This was taken at Massada!

Hello Israel......

town of Jaffa- story of Jonah and the whale
85 % of Jesus' miracles happened here

salt from the Dead Sea....

Donna & our guide overlooking the town

of Bethlehem

This is a trip of a lifetime- so much to learn-

the scriptures comes alive as you visit in the

actual area the events took place. Our guide

was Steven Rona- he is a member of our church

and grew up in Israel, we were very fortunate

to have him without a tour group- just the

three of us. I will put several posts so here is

the first!

Christmas at our House...

Acting out the Christmas story ( we try)
Ashley & Andrea always have to see who is
taller... Dan was checking!

Audrey, Dan, Andrea, Steve, Ashley, Clint, Donna

Is seven really Heaven? We had 7 cats during

the holidays- our two, my parents two, Audrey

and Dan have two and Ashley brought hers!

Beautiful sisters- Ashley, Audrey & Andrea

Thanks Amber for fixing my blog :)

Breakfast of champions...

During the Christmas holidays we took turns making a special breakfast!

Grandma and Grandpa made biscuits and gravy.

Donna tried Ebelskivers for the first time.

Audrey and Dan made German pancakes!

Steve and Andrea whipped up a mean Quiche!

Ashley & Clint created vanilla & strawberry blintzs..