Chanelly Baby

We got a new baby this weekend! Oscar finally said I could have a kitty and got me one for my birthday. Little Chanel was found on St. Patricks Day in Clackamas abandoned in Fred Meyers parking lot with her mom and 3 other syblings. They were picked up by animal services and given to a foster mommy. She named them all Irish names, the mom was Tara and Chanel was Siobhan (shivon). We were able to pick her up after her spaying surgery last Friday. Oscar tricked me and said we wouldn't be able to get her until Saturday, but brought her home to me on Friday! She is so much fun and full of entertainment. She loves to cuddle and play. No litter box accidents yet. She does have pretty stinky farts sometimes though :)

Almost there...

Other than building a deck and planting grass we are almost done with our backyard. Hopefully this will highly increase the value of our home!

Japanese Maples

These are Oscar's favorite trees. We have 18 or 19 of these little guys around our house. You would think we would be no longer in need of more. But... there is this nursery in Roseburg that has the largest variety of japanese maples around, and so we went (for the second time) to this nursery over Easter to pick out a couple more. This is a picture of one of the many very old Japanese Maples on the grounds. The property is spectacular.

Work and Worship, 2007

Over the weekend Oscar and I, along with another 300+ people (including about 30 from Good Shepherd) traveled over the the Young Life camp, Wildhorse Canyon for a weekend of working and worshipping. This was the biggest turnout they have ever had. Jobs ranged from construction to painting to manual digging labor. Oscar and I painted a small out building. There is so much work to be done at the camp to get it ready for its busiest season. It was wonderful to see the Lord has touched so many people through this ministry, and how these people will affect all those who will be coming to camp this summer, and possibly hearing about Christ for the first time. The Lord has certainly worked miracles at the ranch. If you don't know the story of the Rashneeshees either look it up or ask someone about it. It is truly amazing!

The first picture is a gorgeous rainbow we shaw after a brief rain. The second picture is of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (the Bhagwan- head honcho)

Tara's Birthday

I spent my birthday-day with my mom and dad eating and shopping. And for dinner we went to Olive Garden and met up with a nice group of good friends. Unfortunately, I never got a good group shot :(

In this picture: Jen, Michelle, Tara, and Liz

Improvements have begun!

So the first step in our backyard, after removing all previous fruit tree landscaping was to bring in dirt for berms. We had 15 yards delivered to our driveway. Oscar and I quickly set about the task of moving it to the back. The weekend was dry but the dirt was somewhat wet and clumpy. Not the easiest to work with.