Christmas Memories and 2011 Highlights (just click that play button)

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Sianna's first photo book from Lauren

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The Wall

Thinking outloud about walls. In the Bible, Joshua and the people of Israel wanted the walls of Jericho to fall down. Nehemiah wanted the people of Israel to build a wall. So thinking about walls, I concluded that I might find a matching experience in my own life. So, in Costa Rica I found myself helping a small church build a wall. I had the most humble job of carrying the blocks and placing them on the rebar poles.

 

A few weeks ago, it was time for the wall in our living room to come down and make a great room for our great family that's growing and create a space for Bible study meetings.

Sometimes the things that happen to us help teach us or reveal deeper truths.  So this wall has a very special story. Most know it was built to create a bedroom, a special place for Bryant so he didn't have to share a room with his siblings. The wall served its purpose and gave Bryant a place of his own. However, this wall is no longer needed.

 As I began to knock the wall down, I began to wonder if in my heart I have any walls that need to be torn out.

I'm sure you might be with me on this one. Sometimes there is a mess in our heart that needs to go so we can make room for what God might want to place there. If you have a story to share, send it to me and I will add it here.

Renetta Krause 2011

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The Door

Lots of chaos goes on behind this door because we have a little girl who is almost 1 YEAR old. Hard to believe it's been that long already; it feels like we just brought her home from the hospital yesterday! Sianna loves to see how gravity works by pulling DVDs and books off the shelves, and she's fascinated with Ziploc bags (she's redecorated our kitchen floor many times with them and boy are they slippery!) and toilet paper. She's also experimented with being a kitty; she has drunk out of the cats' water fountain and nearly tasted kitty kibble before mommy could stop her (daddy just stands there laughing and wondering where the camera is so he can get a picture or video of it).

Rachel and Bryant (Fallbrook)

Behind our door is a huge mess, but its created by good times with friends and family, and being overly tired from a baby that doesn't always sleep.

Dace and Charis (Cypress)



Behind this door, there is much to behold
A love so precious, more valuable than gold.
So many possibilities we have yet to see,
behind this door, may come the first "mini me"!
A place to create good times with friends & family,
this couple shares their coffee with creamer happily.
This door will most likely not be the last,
 but one of many holding cherished memories from the past.



 

The First Door

This is the door that the Krause family has entered and exited for 22 years. 3 children grew up behind this door and now bring families back through this door. Behind this door are 2 people who love each other and enjoy welcoming others inside! Oh the stoires this door could tell.......

Backpacking Clicks Creek to Grey Meadow

Well, can't figure out how to give you a picture of 22 miles of beauty, sweat on the uphill, the howling coyotes or the unbelievable night sky with billions of stars. So just a few frames of the weekend.....

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WATCH THE EYES CLOSELY

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So the entire clan drove up the hill off a beaten path (last 1 1/2 miles dirt road) for a few days of outdoor camping with all the traditional events. We did it all, campfire, tents, sunshine, hiking, reading, campsongs, sitting under trees, roasting marshmellows, holding babies and talking.

July 2011

Summer has arrived to Cypress-very warm. Tim was able to capture a pic of the Baker Hawk that flies around our park and sometimes lands on our telephone pole.

Last week Bryant and Rachel moved to Fallbrook. We all filled a bucket with our sweat moving boxes and furniture up and down stairs. Our favorite moments of course holding Anabelle and enjoying her. Rachel and Bryant are doing well with parenthood. You can see pics on FB on moving day.

Dace was the first one to notice that the Krauses in Fallbrook have the same apartment number as the Hueftles.

So Dace will start his new job as a Senior Contract Associate on monday...way to go Dace!!!

Kevin and Jeffry have been spending the week here enjoying So Ca. and visiting the cousins. Hopefully they will FB some of their pics for you. Tomorrow they plan to jump off a bridge...will try to capture the moment

All children: you are requested to send me a pic of your daily work for our next blog! Due 7-14

Blog Poll Results

So the family is split: 4 of you like email updates and 4 of you like blog reports with 1 facebook soul. So that leaves me to do both. Of course I will only do this when I feel in the mood.

Our life update:
Tim is recovering from back injury and bronchitis. Hoping is back will be ready for Bryants big move this weekend. I am finally having a day off after working the last 5 in a row. Hurry up sunshine so I can spin on my bike.

OK: just returned from my bikeride to the lighthouse. When I left the house, the sun was out. As I approached the beach, overcast and no sun. When I arrived at the lighthouse the sun came out. When I looked up, there was a hole in the cloud covering...pretty awesome!

June 2011

VACATION:
So maybe you have heard the story of how Brian taught Tim and Char how to cook a pizza on an open fire? Char declared it way too much work for a camping trip. If you have seen the pictures on FB, then you know that Tim kept saying, just a little farther and had Brian, Wendy and Heidi to the top of Vernal Falls for an amazing view and a complete soak. Our little RV smack into the snowbank has us grateful that we didn't smack into the oncoming car.

QUICK UPDATES:

Tim's mom enjoyed the chance to visit with each great grandchild. Giving Annabelle a bottle, eye to eye contact with her and Sianna was a highlight of her visit.

Jerrol is enjoying his new job. Lauren enjoys being a mom and is happy to have a baby that enjoys the car seat now.

Charis and Dace made the frontpage of our little Cypress newspaper. They helped serve a meal with the Church Holy Grill. (same folks that prepared their wedding feast) Dace is still job searching and learning patience.

Bryant and Rachel have found a new home and will move in July 2nd. This will decrease the job commute and the gas bill. Bryant will be promoted to Corporal next month.

Our house is quiet..back to our routine...Tim makes the coffee in the morning and the dinner in the evening. Char watches over the garden. So far 1 quart of berries from our patch.
Work will continue to give us challenges and keep us alert.

All for today......