God is SOOOO good...

I'm heading off to work (so exciting to say that!) but I wanted to let you all know of God's blessings to us of late.
The Rental company admitted their error and will be paying all damages. They also reimbursed us.

One of Steve's new coworkers is friends with the rental owners and got us a free trailer for this weekend!

My uncle offered to help Steve and they we're able to get the truck without any serious issues last night! He's home, safe and sleepin!

God has once again proven to us how big He is and how much He cares for even the littlest things in our lives. Blessing after Blessing... I'm too full!

a mention of good times and near widowdom...

So apparently there were feelings hurt at the not mentioning of the AWESOME and SUPER GREAT time we had last month with our friends the Fredricksons. What was I thinking???


In Other news... Steve got a job! What a major praise! He started work today. He's working at a Kitchen appliance installation place. Today is his first day and he seems to be enjoying it.

I'm still at the coffee shop for now but am looking for something more substantial.

It is a blessing to have the worst of the financial worries over with.

This weekend I almost lost Steve. According to Him I'm over reacting, but I'll relay what happened and let you be the judge...

Steve rented a trailer to head down and pick up his truck (sorry to all those in Idy he didn't visit... nothing personal it was a long long 2 days).
His friend with a truck didn't get off work til 11:30pm on Fri so they left around 12:30am. Got in to Banning around 8am sat, checked out the truck situation and headed to Tahquitz to pick up the tools and boxes we managed to forget during the whirlwind move. They loaded up the truck and headed to a motel for a few hrs of sleep after a mere 29ish hours without any. 4 hrs of poor sleep later they headed out.
Immediately upon reaching 55mph on the freeway they were sure there was something wrong. No trailer breaks. it took a little work and a 180 on the I10 FREEWAY but they were able to stop the trailer from rolling and get the the shoulder. only 1 dent in the towing truck from the trailer swinging around and hitting the truck. Steve admits that if they hadn't slowed down it would've rolled and they would most likely not have made it.

around 4am they were able to get the truck towed to Barstow CA and headed home (slowly) with the empty broken trailer.

Before work this morning he went to the rental place to explain the problem with their trailer and see what they will do...
A claim was filed. who knows. Praise God they're safe.

SO yeah. good times.

October went as follows...

-We Moved back to modesto...
-Started Lookin for work
-Started working with the High Schoolers at our church.
Awesome.
-Went to a David Crowder Concert with a friend.
Grand as well.
-Went to a local farmer's market
For the Idy friends fyi- very different from Redlands.

Started working at the ol' coffee shop again.

Like it.

Went to a costume party and steve and I were finally able to be the Fairly Odd Parents (pictures to follow).

Tate <3

Two days before we waved goodbye to Idy we headed down to our favorite watering hole.

(Higher Grounds Coffee Shop)

"after hours" with some of the best people you'll ever meet. Here is the account.

Most of the photo credit for this event is due to ThePete and his Epic Paparazzi abilities.

Baby Miles was good as always. Especially when Sarah would sing "tiny Dancer".
Steve Actually Held him at one point but made it very clear that he only liked THESE kids. He doesn't want any... right...

I believe the star of the night was Jack's good mood. Pretty awesome.

He and Steve shared some rare moments...

Sniffing the tea.

chatting about philosophy.

A weird face hold out contest.

Our Drinks were brought to us by the beloved barista baby Dave. With Faithful assistant TJ.

Bowden and Lucy were of course well behaved and entertaining.

Some Random Peter Paparazzi shots...

Lucy's Story of the poor cold kitty... who needed a blanket... that she made out of a cup... that became a slide to celebrate her birthday...
needless to say I got lost after that.

Josh and Miles...

We'll miss this place

Later in the evening, the boys decided to seranade us with Disney songs.

Some Shots of the summer staff.

The "big Finish" of the evening was a group photo. Here are a few:

Whew! That was a hefty one! If you make it down here at the end, good for you.
I love these people and can't wait for my next chance to see them all again.
<3

Before...

Getting the hair done tonight. Had to post a few before pics...

Birthdays and Going Away...

Right before we left Tahquitz, we had a pizza/birthday/going away party. We played Taboo.
The Ladies owned.

All in all, good times were had. We'll miss these crazy folk. :)

More with the present...

Before we left we got to know Amy. New Tahquitz meat. She was super nice. I tried not to, but... there was bonding.

We made her drink tea. While I messed with the new tripod.

For the Birthday, Steve took me down the hill for final pictures in a spot I always say "it would be fun to take pictures there".

I think sometimes Steve is better at the photography.

I'll miss the wild flowers and foliage.

I'll miss this place.

On leaving the "Hill People"...

Been back for almost 5 days. Still no jobs. Longest Steve's ever been "out of work". Kinda weird. For those of you who read this, you know we bought a '65 Ford truck. Some of you may not know that it is stuck in Banning CA at a transmission shop.
Boooo.
Got a call from the guy today. Trans is a gonner. Means lots of money.
We're still in the unemployed bracket. with 20,000 others in our county. yuck.
God has been and IS faithful. And still blesses me with no stress.
Possible job for me at our Church! Be praying!
Our family has been amazing.

Steve and I search on for jobs non-stop since we got here.
He's at church tonight checking out the High School ministry.
The long day of job searchin' has me tuckered out so I sit at home trying to pretend I'm not getting sick. and blogging. <3


So It's a sad thought to think we left anyone behind. Here are a few pictures from our last adventures.
First Off: Dinner with the Tates. More to follow on this one, Still waitin' on the computer to be all set up. We finally got to meet baby Miles! Hurray for this :)
He is the cutest (just like the other perfect lil tater tots)

After a year, Steve and Jack the Fox finally bonded. According to Sarah, now his poor lil heart will be broken. snif.

Steve bought me a new tripod for my b day. It was actually a surprise and everything. Good job Steve <3 Here are a few shots from Tahquitz.

So there's a lil taste. Miss you all. So very much. I wanna go see Where the Wild Things Are!
<3

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A break in the never-ending blog about animals to say... We're back. In Modesto. What a blessing to be among family and friends! We do SO miss our Idy pals. You all ARE family. Sorry, You got attached, you're stuck with us now and forever. Pictures of Last days on the hill and new adventures since are to come soon. Got to get my computer set up to upload the pictures. Love you all!

More about the Animals.

That got posted before I was done... here is more:

Here are the Elephants.



This is us. Behind us is Africa. sort of.

The landscape was beautiful.





This is Steve checking out the area.


This is me checking out Steve.


Steve Checking out me.

A sleeping Lioness.

A sleeping Lioness' Paw.


A sleeping Lion on his favorite ride.


A Serval and her "assistant".


A Caracal jumping 6 ft in the air.


Hydrating after a long hot walk.

My computer is angry but I'll finish someday.