Photo of the Week - July 25, 2010

Friends and Family,

It was a hot and steamy Saturday. However, I was thrilled to be out in the sun with friends and Jeff at a volunteer project with a multi-church event. Our church partnered with three other churches. We installed a new landscape for Manual High School in Peoria. This was the first time since our wedding that Jeff and I have called a time out and served in the community, and we were very blessed. See some of the handy work...Jeff did the design and donated the materials. I did my best with a shovel.

Check us out on line too:

http://centralillinoisproud.com/fulltext?nxd_id=128485&watch=1


http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/Helping-Hands-Reach-Across-Peoria-99175679.html


In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' Acts 20:35

Photo of the Week - July 18, 2010

Friends and Family,

Take me out to the Ball Game! It was family night at the Peoria Chiefs game for the Hoerr Nursery employees. Barbecue dinner, lawn seats, and a clear July evening made for some All-American fun. I got my picture taken with Sunny Bear...who isn't the mascot, but a fun game attraction none the less.

Enjoy!

Jada

A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz. ~Humphrey Bogart

Ok, Ok, not exactly the best quote coming from a vegetarian, but I trust that you get my jist!

Photo of the Week - July 11, 2010

Friends,

I am going on 15 days of married life now and I am convinced that it is a spectacular institution. In the midst of merging two home, opening gifts, and submitting paperwork for a name change, we took a time out. On Saturday we headed up to the top of the Peoria Heights Water Tower with Jared and Jordan. We enjoyed looking out over all of Peoria and Peoria Heights. It was a gorgeous day...both in beauty and experience.



The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual’s dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Photo of the Week - Independence Day, 2010

Friends and Family,

Honeymoon = Dream Vacation. Rafting on the Nantahala River, Hiking on the Appalachian Trail, Touring through the Smokey Mountain National Park.

Enjoy the photos!



Psalms 121:1-2

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.