God still answers prayer

In His time He'll work a miracle

He will NEVER fail

Satan has lost the battle 

When to the Lord we humbly bow

GOD STILL ANSWERS PRAYER!!!

I do!

I had the privilege of organizing a Mexican Food potluck, aka a FIESTA, for my team at work for today.  

So a guy at work told me, after eating my food, "Wow girl... I don't know why you don't have men running after you all the time." My response, "I DO, I just run faster than they do!" Haha, he had to laugh!!! :)

Dickinson Family visit... so much fun!!

 Seeing Heather, Phil, Kimberly, Sarah, Noah and little Elijah was soooo much fun!!

It was also so nice to see Michael and Beth and spend some time with the Gospel Center Church family. How good it is to have so many friends!

Me with my 'other' nieces and nephews. I'm sorta' like the adopted Auntie for everyone!! :) I like it!  More to spoil!!

The picture below was sooo funny. Isaiah was soooo super excited to get his picture taken that he was running everyone out of the frame and then yelled, "I'm GONNA' GET MY PICTURE TAKEN!!" It was so hilarious!! We couldn't stop laughing because he was soooo serious when he said it.

 

Hmmmm... 

This is where Michael stole Bro. Phil's piece of chicken, when he had his back turned, and replaced it with a chicken bone. Haha!! They are definitely brothers!!

Dear friends! It's even more precious now that we both speak the same 2 languages. :)

 

 Making a new little friend!! Elijah and I found we adored each other from the first moment we met, until the  moment our visit ended! :( We were both very sad.

No hugs and NO kisses!! :) Sarah!!

(Inside joke!)

 

 Auntie Janet brought all of the kids some 'harvest' suckers to help them sleep that night.

Hehe! They were a hit!

This is where Heather screamed at the top of her lungs with a raspy voice, "We are SSOOOO good looking!" Haha, this prompted Brother Phil to gag... and say, "oh brother!" Haha, good times!!

Silly!!

Look at poor li'l Elijah's face.. he really wants that sucker and the girls are just cheesin,' not to mention Michael.

Rest assured, in the end, Elijah DID get his sucker. Haha!

Unfortunately, all of the Dickinson family got very ill when they were in AZ so...  this allowed me to spend a bit more time with them.  A couple days before they left I  played chauffeur for Heather and the kids as we ran last minute errands, eating yummy lunches and delicious ice cream. :) As you can tell by my 'lip' I hadn't been feeling too well that week either. Haha, Kimberly kept wanting me to act like she punched me in the lip. Hmm?!? =)

On our way back to the house that day Noah was looking at the mountains with dreamy eyes and said in the sweetest voice,

"Mommy, I wanna' climb a mountain."

Awe!! Heather wasn't feeling a hundred percent so I asked him,

"You wanna' climb a mountain?"

He replied, "Yes!" in the sweetest, pleading voice.

How could I resist?!?! I told him,

"Well, if you wanna' climb a mountain then we better climb a mountain!"

I then said, "Would you like to climb a mountain with me?"

I of course looked at Heather with the same pleading eyes as to say, 'Awe, is it ok to offer and will you say, uh, 'yes?' She nodded.

I told Noah, "well, I'll make you a deal... if you wanna' climb a mountain, I'll climb a mountain with you tomorrow morning but you have to get up really early. Can you do that?"

He was elated!! His face lit up the Arizona sky. Haha, which is hard to do!! :)

So the next morning he was to be up no later than 6:15ish.

They were so excited and I was so exhausted... haha!! :)

I am a sucker when it comes to kids.

Here we are early morning before our hike!

 Hiking Dreamy Draw

King on the Mountain!!

 Allowing Sarah to jump off a cliff... haha, not really! Just angling the photo so it looks like it. :)

We had so much fun!!!

The kids did awesome... all that walking in Colombia has sure made them good hikers.

 

 What a great shot of the hiking group!

Sarah was officially Jake's guardian, though Jake kept a good eye out for coyotes, chipmunks, squirrels and other creatures that appeared a threat. He did great with Sarah.. he altered his pace, selected his path carefully according to her ability and was extremely patient with her. It was so neat to watch him be her guard.

 

We made it!

Kimberly and Sarah had driven my car when they lived in Phoenix but Noah and Elijah had not gotten their first driving lesson yet... well, there's no time like the present.

 They loved it. I actually drove down the street with Noah, he had a blast!

As you can see, Elijah had a terrible time saying 'goodbye' to me! :( Poor baby!

I was so excited that the Dickinson's got to spend some time at my sister's house after they left Arizona. What dear friends we have in the family of God!