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My little brother moved to Huntington Beach, CA a few months ago. He moved in with a few really cool guys who are working on their music. I went to Cam's My Space page last night and I was really impressed with their music. Check it out!
Now that Amber has started SST I am always looking at shoes (on other people). At my dad's family reunion this summer my aunts always had cute shoes on. Here is a pair of my aunt Karrie's really adorable shoes. Have a wonderful Thursday!
We hope that you all had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. We had a good weekend. Zac & Ashley Woodhouse were married on Saturday. Congratulations! Sunday we went to a BBQ and had fun playing cards with Cory, Kim, and my parents. Monday we went out to the farm for a while and loaded more of my parents stuff to take to Lolo. Then we came home and were on our way to dinner with the Hunttings and well we got into a little accident. A little truck pulled out in front of us and we hit him. Pray for him, he was a little shook up. So today I am stuck at home without a vehicle and who knows how long it will be until we have our Tahoe back. We are all safe and no one was hurt. Sarah was a little shook up over the whole thing but she has done very well. I am going to go get checked sometime this week hopefully to make sure that lil' Glathar is alright but everything seems to be fine. I will keep you posted.
Where do I start! Most of the summer we have spent our weekends moving my parents to Missoula. My dad's job moved them there and my mom has found a job at a lawyers office. We are so excited for them. Mike's mom and grandma spent a couple weeks with us. They picked us up in Missoula and we took a weekend trip to Seattle to visit Mike's uncle Mark and aunt Becky. Here is a picture of us there. We also spent some time on the beach but mostly just a lot of time in the car. We stopped in Spokane for a night and I got to see my sweet friend Sarah. Our little Sarah Faith turned 1 on August 22nd. We had a family party on the Sunday before and got to watch Sarah eat her first cake. After Mike's mom and grandma had all that they could handle of the Glathar chaos we took them to Memorial Falls on their way to Yellowstone and back to Minnesota. 
The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of
ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 1600's,
England celebrated a day called "Mothering Sunday". Celebrated on the 4th Sunday
of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter), "Mothering Sunday" honored the
mothers of England. During this time many of the England's poor worked as
servants for the wealthy. As most jobs were located far from their homes, the
servants would live at the houses of their employers. On Mothering Sunday the
servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the
day with their mothers. A special cake, called the mothering cake, was often
brought along to provide a festive touch.As Christianity spread throughout Europe the celebration changed to honor the
"Mother Church" - the spiritual power that gave them life and protected them
from harm. Over time the church festival blended with the Mothering Sunday
celebration . People began honoring their mothers as well as the church.
In the United States Mother's Day was first suggested in 1872 by Julia Ward Howe
(who wrote the words to the Battle hymn of the Republic) as a day dedicated to
peace. Ms. Howe would hold organized Mother's Day meetings in Boston, Mass every
year.
In 1907 Ana Jarvis, from Philadelphia, began a campaign to establish a
national Mother's Day. Ms. Jarvis persuaded her mother's church in Grafton, West
Virginia to celebrate Mother's Day on the second anniversary of her mother's
death, the 2nd Sunday of May. By the next year Mother's Day was also celebrated
in Philadelphia.Ms. Jarvis and her supporters began to write to ministers,
businessman, and politicians in their quest to establish a national Mother's
Day. It was successful as by 1911 Mother's Day was celebrated in almost every
state. President Woodrow Wilson, in 1914, made the official announcement
proclaiming Mother's Day as a national holiday that was to be held each year on
the 2nd Sunday of May.
While many countries of the world celebrate their own Mother's Day at differenttimes throughout the year, there are some countries
such as Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium which also
celebrate Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May.
I told you that when I got my pictures off my camera I would post a picture of Sarah in her Easter dress. Well, here she is. I can tell that I really don't have the knack for picture taking. I took Sarah out at my Grandma's house to take some pictures in the grass (even though it was REALLY cold) and I see that I have all of the cars in the background. I wish that I had an editing program I would try to take them out but I guess they will have to do. If any of you incredible photographers have some tips for me I could use some of your wisdom.
I completely agree with Laura Beth, I think that I am going to have to plan some bigger family festivities for Easter next year. How about dying some eggs... I am sure that it will be fun with Sarah being over a year and half to have an Easter egg hunt.
Last friday I went to the hair dresser with Schelli. While we were there for 3 hours I had plenty of time for the Holy Spirit to reveal things to me. Schelli came in with blond hair and left with a light brown color. Something in me was really connected to one of the other hair dressers there and so I decided that I needed to make an appointment with her. So I Wednesday was my appointment and here is what happened. I went in with blond/brown hair and I came out with walnut/red hair. I am sure that God is doing something there but it will just take time. Pray for Kelli!
