Thursday, August 23, 2012

Camping in Kentucky!

We enjoyed a long, relaxing weekend at Koomer Ridge Campground!
 It took us FOREVER to get the tent up and put together. Because "somebody" didn't want to read the directions until we had been working on it for 7 hours! lol!

And then when we finally made progress on the tent, everybody tried to take credit by saying that that's where they thought those pieces went! Yea right?!
 Thanks, Grammy for letting us borrow your tent. It was a real blessing!
 The main reason we went camping was cause Daddy needed to get away for a while and relax. He's so awesome, and we love him tons! :)
 We were soooooo glad that we got to take Diesel along! He was so content, and probably thought that he had died and gone to puppy dog heaven! He made us laugh A LOT!!!!!
 We thought that this was so pretty, almost looks like a flower. I've never seen anything so gorgeous.  I thought some girl had dropped her hair clip and bent over to pick it up and it was attached to the ground!  What an Amazing Creator we have!
 Bryan took along his trucks for he was sure he'd find some 'roads' at the campsite. At first he was disappointed that there wasn't sand to make roads in, but he soon found other roads for his semis! ;)
 We all LOVE to hike! There were so many beautiful trails to hike in the Daniel Boone National Park. We would have loved to hike more of them! Plus it was such a pain joy to feel all those calories burning off!lol!

 There were so many gorgeous rock formations!
 These guys are outa control! Love 'em so much!
 Of course you couldn't just stay on the "marked" trails! So much more fun to do your own trail blazin'!
 I think she's gonna need reinforcements soon, what do you think?
 S'mores, anyone?
On top of the world!

 This part of the trail was a rock 'ridge' that had no railing on the sides! It was awesome!
 The trail then wound down to where we were under the 'bridge' in the before pic.
 I think Daddy and Diesel are the only sane ones in this family! haha! But much to Daddy's chagrin, we all agree that CRAZY pictures are way cooler! ;)

 Here you can see the rock formation that acted as the bridge.


 Whenever we would stop to take more pics, Diesel would plop down for some much need rest! :) I think he really enjoyed the hikes though cause he was usually the one leading us down the path!


Tuckered out!

 I don't know about you, but when WE go camping, we don't skimp on the food!
 Ya know how everything tastes better when it's been cooked over a fire?
 Every Saturday night, the campground has special music come in that focuses on mountain music. Here we were learnin' the dulcimer. I would have loved to take one home with me and play around with it. Since the strings were so close to violin strings, it was very easy to pick up.
 This California dude beside me cracked us up!lol
 Bryan was thrilled to pieces with his torch!
 Sunday dinner was Grilled Chicken, Baked Potatoes with topping, Romanian Sweet Peppers, rolls, and Sweet Tea!


The Chimney Tops.



 One of the places, Daddy and Bryan decided to run off on a different trail and see if we met up somewhere... I think they made it back by breakfast the next morning. JK! They actually beat us to the end of the trail! It's no fair how some people were blessed with a built-in GPS system, when other people like me seem to be lacking in that area! haha!
Whistling Arch! Bryan and Darla had so much fun listening to their echoes!



Diesel cracked us up on the way back home when he jumped up on the backseat. Evidently he liked that better cause he could see the scenery! I told Daddy that I really needed a frappacino on our way back. To which he reluctantly happily agreed! I told you he was awesome! Come go camping with us next time!
Brittany

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Birthday Girl!

Balloons tied to long straws! Saving our $!=)

                    
Fun and CHEAP napkin holder idea that Brittany found.... on Yep, Pinterest!  Gotta love it!

Party Favors tied with long balloons! Turned out so Fun!

 Jesus totally healed the day for us. THANK YOU, JESUS!  We'd planned to be OUTSIDE to save our Haus since we were getting out-of-town company within an hour after the party.... but the forecast was calling for S.T.O.R.M.S. And those don't match with kids and parties.  I prayed hard and asked some others to help me pray too and re-thought the party order.... and as you can see Jesus came through for us.  We played 1st and boy was it EVER HOT!!!! Volleyball sand pit area in the shade was a favorite for many
                          So was the water cooler that I'd brought along with about 5 gal of cool ICE water!!!
                                                                    Fun building a Volcano!
 Smiles!

Twins... so much fun!

The Girls!

CHEESE!

The Boys!(who were included for Bryan's sanity!)


Fun Sunny walk to the....

S.P.R.I.N.K.L.E.R.S!!!!!

 The park had put in all sizes and heights of sprinklers and boy was that ever a welcomed retreat after that HOT SUNNY DAY!!!!
 Walking home all cooled off and soaking wet!  But there wasn't any complainin about the heat now!=)
Looking Back I wonder if Jesus didn't give me the scare of the storm and rain so I would do the party food part at home and save us HOURS of work!  Lol! "Walking Taco's anyone?"
 Torture... since I didn't know they aren't allowed to "reach" for it... I wondered why they didn't just grab that chip and run.... now these pics are Happy-sad rather than just funny! ... but we were howling laughing cause no matter how high you'd pull up the chip they'd just tipsy-toe all the more.  TOO CUTE... and great obedient boys! Way to go Dee!

THE FOOD PART of the party underway!

Cheers with Darla! RED Fruit punch!

Three Stooges!

This was Natasha's job the whole afternoon... Man can they eat! =)

                                                   Ice Cream anyone and Mocha cupcakes!

 So Jesus healed the day for we all got home changed into dry clothes and at the table when the clouds let loose and it RAINED. HAILED and STORMED BIG TIME!!!! God is so good, for I didn't have another day that I could plan a rain date.  Daryl made this decoration below with his students during a cultural hour that one of the other teachers had prepared...  and so we saved it thinking it was...
SOOOOOOOO Darla! Our Fun, FULL of SUNSHINE GAL!

 This sign below says it all and how we thank Jesus for the day he gave you to us, Darla.  We loved your sweet bubbly self from Day 1!  Never a dry moment when you're around! Usually a giggle close by too! Our prayer is that you will ALWAYS serve Jesus and give of your Best to Him, Your Master.  You'll never be sorry! In fact you'll look back over your life someday and the places He's taken you and the People you've met will amaze you!  Keep IN touch With Jesus EVERYDAY in EVERY WAY and your life will be lived to the fullest! Thanks so much ladies for sticking around and helping me make sense out of the party and get all "signs" (those not to great signs like dirty floors and trash etc) of it put away before our special guest arrived!!!
 Our Fun Day with Sally!!!!

Sally Sebo and our Four at the Creation Museum!

So a funny story on us.  (Make that ME)  After Sally arrived we were talking about what hour we'd need to leave for the museum the next a.m. and due to the storms our computer was still unplugged so no one checked the time it opened.  Daryl thought 10 and I thought 9!!!!  Guess who was right??!!!  Since WHEN have the Hausman's been 1 HOUR early for ANYTHING!!!! =) Yep... you guessed right. We got there and the workers weren't even there yet!  Thankfully they gave us clearance to go to the Garden of Eden and boy was it ever beautiful and COOL and other wise we wouldn't have had time to see it.  So all things work together for GOOD!!!!



 Waiting for the speaking session to begin!
 Fun addition Jesus gave us... was to get to meet the founder Ken Ham in person! We've been to this museum several times but this was the 1st time ever when he was actually there speaking! 
Sally treated us to some D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S. PIZZA... it may have been a LOT  tad pricey but if you go you have to try out Palm Pizzas!  The crust (my favorite part by far) was AMAZING!!!!

Very Full and exciting weekend.  Thanks Sally for everything! It is always so wonderful to catch up with everyone and everything from there in Romania!  Hello to all of our friends over there!  You are in our prayers often! we can't believe how much you all have grown!  Keep serving Jesus is our prayer for you all too!