New York! New York!

Watch out New York cause here come the Backholms! Yep... we are leaving tonight and we will be gone a whole week. We are actually going to West Point, New York where our cousin is graduating from the military academy and we are so excited to celebrate is achievements. I am hoping to keep you updated daily with lots of pics and stories of the days happenings, but we'll see how much time I get. If not, I promise a complete overview of the trip when we return. Well... gotta' run, it is crazy around here!

Remodel

Wyatt pulling up carpet

Mother's Day- Pear and Grandma Therese


Papa workin' away


Hmmm....Strawberry Jam!


Yesterday started the trek of remodeling part of the basement to make our wood shop bigger. Papa has taken the week off from his job and we are going at it like banshees. We had a very productive start to the week, we managed to make strawberry jam, do all the grocery shopping for the week, make bread, make two apple tarts, plant all our vegetable seeds and accomplish a boat load in the remodel project. And we were two men down!( well a guy and a girl,Wyatt and I are not at our best to say the least) To keep all the troops going we took a tea break, which consisted of warm fresh buttermilk bread with sparkling strawberry jam and strong English Breakfast tea. And then it was back to work. It felt so good to fall into bed last night but my alarm rang loud in my ear all too soon. :)

They Must Come OUT!

Well... I am going to have surgery to remove my wisdom teeth tomorrow morning at 9:30am. I don't think it is possible to express how much the thought of this drives me crazy and makes me want to die. But I guess I have no choice in the mater. So I could use ALL your prayers for a safe surgery and quick recovery and some peace inside. I would really appreciate it!

It's Time For Country Dancing Again!

That's right this Friday, May 9th from 7-9:00pm at Miller Junior High,we are going to be dancing away. So grab a waterbottle and your favorite skirt or jeans and come on out. It will be a great evening of fun for the whole family. Hope to see you there!

Rebelution Tour?

Next Saturday we are going to the Rebelution Tour in Portland. I think that it is going to be really neat. Has anybody been to one?

Thanksgiving dinner in April?

The wonderful aroma of turkey, stuffing and pie perfumed our home today. I guess you could say it is one of the strange habits of our family, but we delight in eating a turkey dinner at least three or four times a year. The weather today just called it out "it's a turkey day!" Most of my family at the dinner table

Jia Tai in his stylish pajamas; aren't they great?

Christian Heritage Conference

What a grand weekend! We(our family)were able to attend the 3rd annual Christian Hertiage Conference and let me tell you we were not disappointed. It was a weekend filled with encouraging and thought provoking speakers, great fellowship and a wonderful chance to meet new families in Washington. We are already looking forward to next year! I especially enjoyed Jessica Erber's session on joyous purposful daughters, it reminded and inspired me to continue to be a faithful daughter.
Melina and I were able to sing in the chorale, which I think she would agree, it was so enjoyable and we both hope to be in it next year. We both really enjoyed Mr. Craig, the director of the chorale, and his ability to be so productive, getting us all on the same page in just a wee few hours. I truly stand amazed.

Well the clock is ticking and I must get going.

I encourage you all to check out Christian Heritage and to come to the conference next year, you will be impressed.