Workin’ Man

My little brother has grown up into quite a man these last few months. 

He has become the big brother I have always wanted:) Last year he worked a part-time job at Tremaine's berry plant, stacking crates on one of those hot, miserable, berry-pickers. This year he has upgraded and is working a full-time job at Pacific Northwest Packers;) So proud of him!! His hours are all over the place, as of right now he is working from 5:30 to 3am. But it's supposed to mellow out to 11 hour days. Don't know how that kid can do that. 

 

Mah handsome big brother. So awesome:D

 

Such a stud, hard to imagine he was an annoying little brother at one point.

 

He was supposed to be pressure washing the house this afternoon, but as soon as the sis with the camera came out, it was break-time:P

 

<3 you Jake:)

Psalm 8:3--9

Psalm 8:3-9 

3. When I consider your heavens,

 the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

    which you have set in place,

4. what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

    human beings that you care for them?

5. You have made them a little lower than the angels
  and crowned them with glory and honor.

6. You made them rulers over the works of your hands;

    you put everything under their feet:

7. all flocks and herds,

    and the animals of the wild,

8. the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,

    all that swim the paths of the seas.

9. Lord, our Lord,

    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

<3 Jess

Random Tuesday

I know, I know, "random" and "Tuesday" don't rhyme. But since this is my blog, they're my rules:)

I'm just gonna post a bunch of random pictures anywhere from a year ago, to now. Starting with this one:

Whale-watching at deception pass. Never did see any whales, only porpoises and seals and walruses. Although I guess that's better than nothing!

These are the beautiful waves coming out the back of the boat. I could just sit and watch them for hours on end.

Playing army-men with my brother Daniel, we get a little crazy. The men are a little on the fuzzy side, but the flag is crystal clear and that's all that matters, right?

Little baby Mary, not quite a baby anymore but don't tell my Mom that. Again, it's a little fuzzy, but it makes me smile every time I look at it, and figured it might give you a smile, too.

You probably don't want to even think about snow, but Elijah's face was so precious, I couldn't resist. 

Me with the camera, taken in a mirror, hence the backwards numbers and letters.

There aren't as many pictures as I had originally planned, but the picture-downloader-thingamabob just didn't want to do it's job. Sorry!:)

Jess

I'm Back!

Can you believe it? Life has been pretty busy and I have kinda forgotten I even have a blog:) 

The Youth Fair is this weekend and I am doing Teen Leader in the horse division. So excited! Last year's Youth Fair was a real highlight as I won the contest for drawing the 25th anniversary Youth Fair logo!

 It was very fun seeing my drawing on the backs of all the T-shirts at the Youth Fair:) 

Anyhoo, looking forward to seeing some of you there!

Jess

Half full? Or half empty...

Or like I always say, if you filled it it is half full, if you just emptied some, it is half empty:P

I got......

...my permit!!

Now my Dad can legally let me drive:D

My hard copy is coming in the mail.

It took us like 2 hours from the the time we went through the doors to the time we left.

I`m not going to tell you how many I got wrong, but I only had to try once:D

Mummy Slept an Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast

Daddy fixed breakfast.

He made us each a waffle.

It looked like gravel pudding.

It tasted something awful.

 

“Ha, ha” he said,”I`ll try again.

This time I`ll get it right.”

But what I got was in between

Bituminous and anthracite.

 

“A little to well done? Oh well,

I`ll have to start all over.”

That time what landed on my plate

Looked like a man-hole cover.

 

I tried to cut it with a fork:

The fork gave off a spark.

I tried it with a knife and twisted it

Into a question mark.

 

I tried it with a hack-saw.

I tried it with a torch.

I didn`t even make a dent.

It didn`t even scorch.

 

The next time Dad gets breakfast

When Mummy`s sleeping late,

I think I`ll skip the waffles.

I`d sooner eat my plate!

-John Ciardi

 

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DAD!!!!!

Summer Break

I will be taking a summer break from the computer for a while

I`ll post now and then…….may be

Collage

Having a LOT of fun playing around with Picmonkey and making collages! I got the pictures off the internet=)

Not the best, I know. The first one is called a “pugloaf”. The hamsters can speak for themselves=)

I especially love the crab.

More collages coming soon as I am loving this.

Jessie

Saw This and Thought I`d Share it with You:)

Sorry Alexis, I did steal it