"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Psalm 127:3-5

Sunday, January 29, 2012

A Charleston New Year

I know it is a little late for a New Years post but I'll get it in while its still January:) Enjoy!

Our cousin came to visit from up north so we took her to do some Charleston things…


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Like, walk the bridge.


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It was a beautiful day!


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The USS Yorktown, a WWII aircraft carrier.


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The city of Charleston.


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I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

Gen 9:13-16


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Jen-Jen and Philip.


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“Look Mom, I’m holding up the bridge!”


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The little island out in the distance is Fort Sumter.


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A beautiful sunset.


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All that walking made him thirsty.


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On New Years day, we took a trip to the beach. It was a little chilly but great fun!


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The Minnesota girl thought this was great:)


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What’s a boy without a truck?


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The higher the better…right?


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What a big field!


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Our base of operations.


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“Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.”

Jeremiah 5:22


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Can you guess who the drama queen is?


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Two peas in a pod and the third is…trying.


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Fruit pizza at its best.


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Uno for all ages!


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We learned some new crafts.


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Ready…set…GROUP HUG!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Away in a Manger

This song, written by Steve Merkel and Lee Black, is on one of our favorite Christmas CDs; the Carol of Emmanuel. The words are so powerful.

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“Longing for a Savior
A hopeless world would wait
Sin demanded justice
At a price we could not pay;
But God displayed his mercy
The greatest gift of love
When we could not reach heaven
Heaven came to us.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though he knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

In Bethlehem a stable
Became a throne of grace
As God himself our Savior
Drew near to take our place;
His mother smiled in wonder
As shepherds stood in awe
The sacrifice of heaven
Lay sleeping in the straw.

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He is the life that died our death
The precious Lord Jesus
Laid down his sweet head.

Chorus:
He made a way in a manger
A way to the cross
Messiah, the promised
Before time had begun;
For God so loved this world
Though He knew what love would cost
He made a way in a manger
To make a way to the cross.

Creation Museum

In the beginning of this month, we went to visit a family in Kentucky we had met at a conference earlier this year. While we were there, we also went to see the Creation Museum and their annual Christmas Town.

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Duck: “Welcome to the Creation Museum, we begin our tour by visiting my pond.”

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The Johnson girls with our friends we stayed with.

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These lamas were so cute!

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Cow: “I’m loving this!”

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Clara with the zorse and zonkey. They weren’t cooperating too well:)

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Proud as a peacock!

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Kangaroo: “Please do not take my picture.”

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The gardens were a great place to take portraits.

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We love you both!

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One of the first exhibits in the Creation Museum has this picture of Mount St. Helens.

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The Grand Canyon

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The boys really enjoyed the dinosaurs!

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Martin Luther

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We walked through an exhibit all about God’s amazing creation.

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It was beautiful!

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This little guy was so cute!

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Methuselah told us about his life and the boat his great grandson was building.

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Looking at plans for the new Ark Encounter.

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Let’s see, what was Noah’s wife’s name?

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We enjoyed the new addition of Noah. Even he has a problem with closing his eyes during pictures:)

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God’s promise.

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This was Ken Ham’s (the found and president of Answers in Genesis) father’s Bible open at Genesis 1. What a legacy!

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In the evening we walked through the Christmas Town outside.

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The gardens were all in color. It was beautiful!

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Hello Sir!

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We had a wonderful day celebrating the incarnation of our Lord Jesus. What an incredible gift!