Goody Bye 2013

Here comes 2014 but not before we share our star events for the past year.

The Krause Klan welcomes grandsons Ellison and Aidan!

 Sianna and Annabelle love to go to church with us and drink lemonade.

Our favorite outdoor wilderness experiences occurred backpacking Bear-paw meadow and chocolate lake.

Family life changed as we welcome grandchildren into our weekly routine so our children can go about work and school.  Every time this family gets together its celebration time.

For Tim, hiccoughs, back lurches, sideways steps required determination to keep the business floating and forwarding. For Char a few of the weekly hours where spent in new computer program learning and teaching while managing all the normal emergency department challenges.

Our greatest discovery is deciding we are both a little crazy to equally enjoy the activity of geocaching.  While many family members and friends have joined us on these mini-adventures, they have not caught the bug as we have. We take delight in hunting, discovering, grabbing these little treasures. We have hid 2 ourselves and launched some travel bugs as well. So if we are hiking or biking or camping or backpacking or shopping, we do pull out our GPS and add to the adventure.

We are pretty sure this has created the foundation for the next stage of our journey as we translate our experience of seeking man made treasures to seeking God's treasures.  So we are on the look out this new year to discover 1,000 gifts and develop a grateful heart. Join us! Download the app here:
http://onethousandgifts.com/get-the-app

(big thanks to Cathy, Val, Cheryl and Lyn as we shared a table at a wedding reception and shared what God is doing in our lives)

OK...you can see us in action here!

This picture slideshow made with Smilebox

NOV 2013

One more thing off the life bucket list. Jerrol took me to his shooting range to experience firing a weapon. The safety instructor asked each student our purpose in learning to fire a gun. While I admitted my fear in holding one (flash-patients with bullet wounds), I admitted my curiosity at my son's interest in this sport. So soon I was down taking aim at the target. A few days later while looking at my target and noticing just a few bullet holes in the center of the target, I realized God wanted to give me a teaching lesson. I have often heard that sin is best described as 'missing the mark'. Now as I observed my skill (or lack of it),  I had a few shots in the right place, but I wasn't good enough consistently and everytime.  So my evidence of making the grade before God was clear. So grateful that God looks at His Son's perfection and not mine.