grandma nick

My Grandma Nick finally went home to be with the Lord last October 26th. She was 92 years old and was a Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother.

She was an amazing women and had has such a sacrificial heart. She was always giving of her self. The last couple of years she suffered from dementia and was ready to go home to the Lord and He finally took her home! I am so very thankful to have had her a part of my life.

Annna is engaged

My little sister Annna is engaged! Wow I knew it was going to happen soon but wow. They are so cute and it has been wonderful to see how the Lord has brought them together. Congrats little sis!

a fresh start

I know it has been a very long time since that last time i posted anything. Months really but i am going to try to start fresh and start posting again.

I can not promise anything but i am going to try to do better.

So much has gone on these past couple of months too much to recap so i will just tell you what i am working on now.

Students Run LA (SRLA) has started up again. We had our first race of the season Saturday. It was a 5k. It was a great way to start the season at the beach. Which i think was pretty cool because the Marathon this year will end at the beach. So we start there and we end there. With many many miles in between.

We have officially launch our house church and have been meeting for a about a month. We are discovering how we do church in a small house setting and studying how they did it in Acts.

Last things are rolling with the Toy Giveaway. We have more people getting involved this year and it has been exciting to see people stepping up.

So the next couple of months will be busy and the only way things will get done will be by the grace of God, which is exciting because I will know it was God working and not me.

el pollo loco

Yesterday I went to El Pollo Loco. I had a coupon for a free two for one chicken bowl (my favorite) so i could not pass it up. El Pollo is just a fast food Mexican place but it does not even compare to Taco Bell. I really love it and one of those places i just crave. Because i had a coupon i decided to find the nearest one near me and go yesterday. I really do not go often so i looked it up on the web and found one not even a mile from my house. It was in a strip mall and the parking lot was crazy and i just keep thinking i hope this is worth it. But when i got in it was not crowed at all and i walk right up to the counter and ordered. The place was so clean but the best part of the trip was there were two guys with guitars playing mariachi music. How cool is that. It really made my day. How often to you go to a fast food place and have that kind of experience?

summer fun with my canvas group (aka:bible study/life group)

My canvas group went on a camping trip last month. It was a lot of fun. I started the time with a very exciting hike with Ben and Stephen up Mt Baldy. We were the only ones up for the challenge of the mountain. :) We meet some great hiking partners along the way and had a great time running down the mountain. We got back in plenty of time for root beer floats with the group, reading under trees, cards, naps, and some good fellowship and food. It was a very restful and rewarding time together.

car trouble is no match for the Gordon brothers

At the top!! Elev 10,064

look Ben's legs still almost touch the ground. :)

pictures from the 4th of July in New Mexico

new little Nephew

I am in Denver visiting my new little nephew Zeke and my brother Cisco and Sister in law Jen. It has been so fun to spend time with them. Little Zeke is the 7th grandchild in my family and the 40th great grandchild, and my brothers 1st. Pretty Crazy. I spent the day helping paint their new home and holding little Zeke as much as I could. I am pretty tired but it was worth it. I even got to take a little nap with Zeke. It does not get better then that.