Final Flashback

For a little while anyway.

Yeah, *sigh* ... I just don´t have much time to blog these days. Didn´t think I would say it but, blogging has become last on my "to do" list.

Not only has summer started and I want to be out more, I am taking care of a 5 month old baby every day too. She is precious, don´t get me wrong. I just forgot how much time one little baby can take up. I know I already blogged about this, so I will just go on and on about how sweet and bubbly she is. She is growing and has adjusted to being with our family. Oh, and she loves her feet!

In retrospect of camp coming up,  here is a Photo flashback picture of one of our first camps together in Spain. Our boys were ages 6, 5, and 4. We finally got to enjoy and work at the camps as a family!

Camp Ebenezer in the Barcelona area

Family camp 2005

Monte Calvario Campamento Bautista

Family camp 2005

I was going to link up with the Completing Him Challenge with some wedding pictures too, but I have already posted some. If you would like to see them. Please go HERE. 

This week´s challenge is to pray for your man! Pray specifically. I pray for him but, the list Courtney had on there just blew me away. I realized how specifically I really should be praying for my dear husband.

I will be starting another challenge as well. This one is very very important to me. I don´t want anything getting in the way. This one must become a priority. Discipline has been an area that I have needed to work on. Discipline in fitness, healthy eating, in my house hold chores... well, and one other area.  I have wanted to make more time for is my daily Bible reading. I read, but I must admit, it´s been a long time since I have really delved in.  Here is what I am committing to.

Read through the Bible in 90 days!

Well, hope you all will miss me a little bit. I will miss you all.  Be back to post pictures when I can. Meanwhile, maybe you will join in on some of these challenges too.

Nine Years Ago Today!

Friday Foto Flashback takes us back 9 years to when my youngest son was born. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. The second of my sons to be born in Spain. He considers himself Spanish even though he holds an American Passport. He loves America and Spain. He has the best of both worlds.

He loves his family, he loves to laugh, run, and play football with his family! Both kinds of football - Soccer and American football.

He is helpful and caring. He cares for those who are sad, or sick. I believe this comes from him having gone through a bit of sickness himself. He had open heart surgury as a one year old, and has been several times in the hospital due to asthma. He understands other´s suffering.

Here´s the card I made for his day. 

This free scrapbook made with Smilebox

My Family Flashback

Alicia at More than Words started "Friday Photo Flashback" because she had so many pictures from her PRE-digital camera days. She thought it would be fun to scan them and share them. We are having so much fun doing this, that we would love for you to join us, too! So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner to good use! Don't forget to sign in to MckLinky on Alicia´s blog so we can all visit and comment on each others blogs!

Christmas 1995

This was such a memorable Christmas. It was my sophmore year of College. I had met the man of my dreams. He was going to come and ask my father for my hand in marriage and meet them all for the first time. As I look back now on this Christmas, it was the last Christmas on the actual day, that we got to celebrate with my side of the family. I went looking for more pictures but, have so few pre- digital pictures.

This is my mom and I. Little did I realize how little I would get to see her as the years progressed. I cherish all them memories and looking forward to this year as we have planned to be with our family for Christmas!

This is my mom´s side of the family.

My mom and dad (left) Me and my brother(top middle) My only first cousin on my mom´s side. (topright)

My Grandparents (middle) My grandpa went home to be with the Lord a few years ago.

My moms middle brother and wife are next to them. 

Then my moms oldest brother and his wife are on the far right.

Missing from this picture is my mom´s adopted brother who passed away last year.

Can´t wait to see them all this year!

Time Flies

We arrived in Spain in Febuary of 2000. We lived in Mataró (Barcelona) for almost 2 years before the Lord showed us that He wanted us in the north of Spain. We packed up our three babies and headed north where there was only one Baptist church in the whole state of Asturias, Spain.

This picture was taken shortly after we moved to Asturias. Asturias is an area of Spain that is unknown to many. Many think of Spain as the bull-fighting, flamenco dancing, happy land, but Asturias is bag pipes, celtic history, green hills, mountains and gorgeous coasts. 

We came to Asturias as a young family with three babies.

Here we are in 2001. How time flies!

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He´s been ours for a decade!

Here is a quick flashback of the past decade measured by our second son. He is the quieter, pensive, peaceful, playful, sweet, fun loving member of our family. What would we be with out him.

Happy 10th Birthday to our big little man,

Andrew Jay!

 May you continue to grow into a great young man of God. You are already showing so much fruit and growth, living for Jesus daily.

We love you, Andrew!

Make a photo book

Love Mommy, Daddy, and your best buds

Linking up with Friday Photo Flashback.

Great Great Moments

It has been almost two years since the last time we saw my Grandma. This picture was taken on our last furlough.

I know it´s not pre-digital, but I was thinking about my family and the next time I will get to see my dear Grandma. Time sure is ticking. Praying to see her this coming Christmas.

July 2008

We love you, Gamma!

Linking up with Friday Photo Flashback.

Caught in the Act!

Ok, I´ll explain even though to me the picture says it all.

This is my dear hubby at one of his favorite restaurants that my parents introduced to us. The ribs, buffalo wings, and sauces are incredible.

We found this one on accident driving to a doctor´s office in TX on our furlough 2008, but Famous Daves actually originated in Minnesota. We were so excited to see the chain in Texas that we did a u-turn and had lunch!

So, I share one of my hubby´s favorite flashbacks at his request today, as he down with bronchitis. Poor baby!

Linking up with Alicia at More than Words for Friday Photo Flashback!

The Good Ol´ Fashioned Sunday Tradition

OH, the memories!

Get a big bucket of fried chicken and potato wedges and you have an instant picnic. Add old fashioned clothes and a model T (or whatever type of car that is) and you have a Good ol´Fashioned Sunday Picnic!

Did you ever have one of these?

I have such sweet memories of these days. Yes, even the Watermelon-seed-spitting contest!

The year was probably 1986 or 1987. I think I was about 11 or 12 at the time. I remember because of the glasses and the pre- braces days. That man at my side, of course is my Dad. I love this picture because, it´s one of the few pictures I have with my Dad. He or I were usually the ones taking pictures.

What are your photo flashbacks? Come and join in with us on Fridays at More than Words.

Three Little "OLD" Men

It´s Friday Photo Flashback time!!!!

Here are my three little "OLD" men, especially Michael in the middle!

This picture was taken in Spain in 2001.

Here is a more recent picture from our 2008 furlough at their Grandma´s house in California.  A little less formal. Ok, a lot less formal. You can totally see their charaters shining through.

Enjoying them while we have them.

10 Years of Flashbacks!

You can click on the picture to enlarge it.

We just finished printing and mailing out these letters. Wanted to share it with you all for Friday Photo Flashback.

10 years of flashbacks!

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Nightmare Flashback

This is my nightmare flashback!

In this flashback, I dream that I will always look like this picture, that I can´t ever get back to the way I was before my pregnancies. Some days, I actually think that I still look this way.   To be honest, I was in denial back then. I did not think I was that heavy. In fact, I didn´t really know I was very unhealthy. I still thought I was athletic and somewhat fit as I had been the majority of my life.

Until one day, I came to grips with the fact that I was overweight, unhealthy and unfit.  I prayed and asked God to help me at the beginning of  last year, and He has!

My story, for His glory, is being posted today on one of my favorite fitness blogs.

In fact, this blog´s author, Sandy, is Fitness Friday Girl. She asked me to do a guest post on how I lost 35 pounds. Thank you , Sandy, for giving me this oportunity to give Glory to God for what He has done in my life.  

Interested on how it happened? Want to see real incredible before and after pictures? You can´t miss it. 

Head on over to God Speaks Today to see for yourself.



Just know you are not alone in your fitness journey.
Let´s encourage one another.

Flashback to the Future

Friday Photo Flashback    

is going to meet with

Fitness Friday Girl 

 

in the near FUTURE ...

showing some incredible pictures.

This Friday! 

Tomorrow!!!

Be THERE... I mean here!

One, Two Buckle My Shoe

"One ...

two buckle my shoe."

One day you are quoting this little poem and then the next...

WHAM! Size 8 shoes

My 11 year old´s shoes have surpassed mine!

Now it´s hard to think that those little shoes belonged to him. He use to look like this. My little ham!

Enjoying Friday Photo Flashback ,

Before We All Spread Out

I would go home to NY for Christmas. This is the Christmas break my Freshman year of College, 1993. I thought I knew everything! But one thing I probably didn´t know, was this would be one of the last Christmas´ together.

My Mom and Dad had to move. I got married. My Grandparents have recently gone home to be with the Lord, and we hardly ever go back to NY. My Aunt and Uncles are the only ones left up there. Those were the days!

My Grandparents are the ones who are in the best place, though!

Do you have sweet memories of your extended family all being together?

Post some of your Flashbacks with us at Friday Photo Flashback.

The New and Improved Version!

It´s Friday and I actually had Friday two days in a row. I was ready to post these posts yesterday, thinking that it was already Friday. I love Friday so much, just wanted to have it two days in a row.

Friday is awesome, because it´s Friday Photo Flashback day and Fitness Friday (see the post below). I love these memes!

The year was 1996. We had been dating for a year. We were working that summer and getting to see each other a few weekends a month. We obviously lived for those weekends. One of those weekends, I took off of work, and crazily went out to Ohio, where my future hubby was working in a church. I totally surprised him, but he surprised me with my engagement ring!!!

This picture was taken in my back yard in upstate New York. My grandparents that summer camped out in our backyard in that trailer. It was a great summer.

My DH wanted me to post what we both feel is the new and improved version of this picture, taken in Germany this New Years 14 1/2 years later.

Happy Friday!

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Our Little Bundle of Kinetic Energy

Even from the his first sonagram picture, our first born son was a bundle of kinetic energy, ever moving and making us smile.

Yesterday, He and all that kinetic energy turned a big eleven years old!

Happy 11th Birthday, Isaiah! We love you!

He just tore into his package from Gammy and Gampy! We love packages! Isaiah received a great new game called "Be the Expert" made by the Smithsonian Institution. We can´t wait to play it.

Gammy and Gampy always know exactly the right candies to send us! We can´t get these here in Gijón, Spain.

 

Thank you Gammy and Gampy!

(except now I have to hide them from myself!)

* I am joining in on Friday Photo Flashback hosted by Alica at More than Words. *