Sometimes they're just so charming......

Allen picked Peirce up from a birthday party on Saturday. These were emailed to me later by the birthday boy's mom.


I'm not sure I should let these guys out of the house....

What I'd Really Like To Do For Christmas

I've always wanted to do something like this but never had any idea how to go about it. Today on Facebook someone posted something that sounded curious so I checked it out. I'd love to do something like this with Allen and the kids! It's called Club Dust. Here is a bit about them:

Our Goal with Club Dust is:
Serve God's people in simple obedience to James 1:27, no ifs, ands, or "someday" - Just Do It! Club Dust members serve through the opportunity of building for extremely poor families in the border towns of Tijuana and Tecate, Mexico. We believe that this experience of service can be life changing for Christians and non-Christians alike.

Club Dust is different than typical mission trips. At Club dust you can look forward
to water balloon fights, whirlpools in the pool, fresh tacos and optional
camping in the ranch horse pasture. The people involved interact with each
other through morning bible talks, group discussions, singing & talent
shows. We have a high return rate with our summer trips reaching 300-350
participants and the winter trips averaging 200+ people.

Continued contributions have allowed us to cover the cost of the building materials.
This enables us to charge a very low $200.00 per person for the 4 days at
Club Dust. This includes transportation from San Diego Airport to work site and
ranch, lodging, meals, and an authentic Club Dust T-shirt. We hope that you too will catch the 'Vision' of spreading God's love by meeting His people's needs in a tangible way. Not just saying it - doing it, & having fun in the adventure of doing it!

We challenge our participants to spilt off into their own adventures after several trips with us. This allows for each group to form, run and serve in it's own unique style.
In this web site we have listed our contacts, schedules & lessons learned both good and bad!

God Bless,
Club Dust team

Peaches!

I was going through pictures on my camera and realized I hadn't posted about my peach canning day! September has been terribly terribly busy. I kept putting off canning my peaches. One afternoon I realized if I didn't do them that day I might never find the time - so in one afternoon I got to work and did 100 pounds of peaches! I worked feverishly all afternoon and into the evening and got them all done. It's so wonderful to fill my shelves with new canned peaches.

I also made a little peach crisp. I put in apples, peaches and a few blueberries. So good!!


If anyone wants to get me a new canner for Christmas present I'd be thrilled! I would like one that is a little taller. This one covers my peach jars...but just barely and it ends up meaning a lot of water boiling over and making a mess. A taller one would be so wonderful!