"Qaulity People"

So I went out to a game night last night with some ladies, I only knew a few people most of them went to another church. We started talking about different churches and them being grounded in the Word, which is the most important thing in a church, Then I was thrown for a loop when one of the ladies mentioned other Churches and said they have "Quality People". Wow that got my wheels turning. I didn't say anything because I was new but I really started thinking. Is that what we look for in a church "Quality People". Quality people in whose eyes? Aren't we all in Jesus'. I'll stop there. I have so many thoughts on this and wanted to throw it out there, in blog world, and get your feedback before I spill everything that God showed me with this. It actually made me sad to think about. Any thoughts???

I need to add this point because of some other thoughts. I was/am in no way judging this person who said this. It just sparked something in me to think about and discus. And since I didn't ask what she meant by it I cannot judge, but what do I (and you) think about it.

Happy 11th Birthday Ethan!!!

Wow I cannot believe how fast time goes by. Ethan turns 11 today Sept. 15th. Looking back at all these old pictures definitely took me down memory lane. So much has changed in these last 11 years. I had some trouble with the pics because we didn't have a digital camera back then so I had to scan some in so they are fuzzy and a lot of good ones are in my scrapbooks .

Ethan makes us laugh (he is just the funniest kid) and makes us cry (we won't even go there) Just kidding. But seriously, we are so proud of the young man he is becoming. He makes us laugh everyday with his jokes and his funny voices and his actions. His sense of humor and the songs he makes up are incredible (for those of you who remember the songs Jay always made up, yeah well, that is where he gets it from) . We are amazed at his kind heart to others (well maybe not to his brothers :-) )and his willingness to help others even when it is a lot of work. He has definitely become Breandan's big buddy from the beginning wanting to take care of him. The love between those two is amazing. I love to see him worship and really get into the songs of his favorite artists Kutless, Jeremy Camp, etc.

He is our all around athlete, He can play, and play well, almost any sport he tries. His favorites are baseball of course, hockey, and indoor soccer. While most kids don't like running laps at school he says "bring it on." He loves it. He does great in school, with math being his favorite subject. We are so excited to see what God has planned for him through out this year.



WE LOVE YOU ETHAN, HAVE A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND WE PRAY THAT GOD WILL CONTINUE TO MOLD YOU INTO THE MAN THAT HE HAS PLANNED YOU TO BE!! EPH 2:10 - For [you, Ethan] are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.


LOVE MOM, DAD, VALOR, JADON AND BREANDAN

Ethan 13 days old with Robert and Melissa Kovacs

2 months (yes he was a big baby)

8 months

Ethan (1 1/2) and Valor (3 1/2)

3 1/2

Ethan (4), Jadon (2)

Jacob K, Timothy R, Ethan (5 1/2)

Ethan (6 1/2) loving Breandan when he was born
being silly 7 years
8Th birthdayPictures by Donya Oct. 06 - 9 years old

playing hockey 10 years old The days of wearing his hat side ways and wearing it everyday.
Ethan's father/son trip 10 years oldSwitching places?? Ethan and Becky

Baseball player or dancer??
His baptism



First day of 5Th grade!!

Lots of fun!

OK so I haven't posted in a while. We have had a lot going on around here but whats new. Since school started I feel like I can't get anything done. Here are some things that are going on.

Since I posted last Jay and I celebrated our birthdays, we both had great days. For my birthday since it was on a Sat. we went and hung out at the creek with the Kovacs'. And for Jay's it was on a Thursday so he had to work. But after work he took the kids to bear hole to swim and then Becky was in town so she came over for dinner.

We also had Church in the park and a church picnic after because it was the 5Th Sunday (We always do something a little different for the 5Th Sunday service).

We have another exchange student with us. His name is Kichisuke he is 23 and from Japan. He will only be here for about 3 weeks. He is not going to school here but he is here on vacation. We are really enjoying having him hang out with our family. He will be here until the 19Th of Sept.

We also were able to do another family trip this time to the Russian River. My parents treated it like our birthday weekend so we didn't have to cook or anything it was very nice. We had a great time.

I had to put this picture on here we dog sat for some friends. This is how we found the dogs asleep. Best Buds, So cute!

Church Picnic

A time of Worship and sharing what God has been doing.

The Jr highers and High schoolers cooked the hot dogs for us.

Three legged race.

Kishisuke - our exchange studentKichisuke brought these kimonos for us from Japan they are very beautiful.

The Russian River

Nature hike at the Russian River

Kichisuke's first time on a kayak

I can't believe how big he is getting.

We tubed and kayaked for about a mile down the river. There were some rapids which made it both fun and challenging. It was supposed to take us about 1 1/2 hours but it took us a bit longer. Breandan even went with us and he flipped twice in the kayak with Jay. What a trooper though.

Jadon trying out the kayak.

Ethan loved it now he wants to buy one!

Valor looked so grown up doing this. He loved it

Jay really wants to buy one (but he has for a while now)

Playing at the beach when we got back Breandan was a little tired!

Our camp site. It was very pretty but very hot!