A Baby Changes Everything

This says it all...Denise found this...and we couldnt agree more!!!

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Here is part of Travis" Christmas Concert this year(2009)....I am sorry for the poor video quality(I dont have a very good camera)..But see if you can spot Trav....lol

Anna and her family(Malcolm's Grandchildren)

I finally got around to scanning the pics my daughter sent me over the last year.First one is Rose and Ally,then Casey and James,then casey,Ally,James and Rose,then casey,Anna,Ally,James amd Rose and finally the whole group Simon,Anna,Casey,Rose,James and Ally.

Great pics,I love them all.......Thanks Anna!!!

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SHOUT IT OUT LOUD!!!!! Back to school night at Hanford West

Here is picture of Travis and some of the choir at Back to school night! Obviously they dressed up like Kiss.At least they tried to anyway.But they did a great job singing " Shout it out Loud!!!!!! The a jam packed event center totally loved it and so did we..

A 1922 Russian/Ukrainian Baptismal

Here are some scans of Denise's Grandfathers baptismal papers from Russia..It was quite a large paper so that is why we broke it into three..I was hoping that the Google translate button would work on this ,but lo and behold.....it didn't...Our next step will be to find someone that can do it for us I suppose..

Time for Travis and Darylenes' Dad to make his annual visit..On this particular day we took a day trip to Pismo Beach. It really was one of our best visits to the coast....Denise and I are planning to head back for some time of our own there...

I am an Echinacea What Flower Are You?

Ok so Denise is a petunia.I decided to take the same test and found out I was an echinacea.First I had no idea that this was a flower.I knew it was something you took to prevent colds...Everyday we learn something new I suppose...lol

We finally made it to Balch Park.We had wanted to go for some time and if you have been following our blog then you will know this.It was a very very long drive,lots of hairpin curves up and down several mountains.Once we got to the Park we enjoyed a nice picnic and watched people fishing for rainbow trout in one of the three ponds that exist.The park is much more wild than the national parks and we saw many species of animals during our visit.

I think the only drawback other than the drive is the fact that people didnt use the trash bins enough.There were bits of paper and stuff scattered along the trails...Very disappointing to see humans be so lazy and inconsiderate of nature.

Here are some pics of Denise's Mothers day presents from me and the kids.She always wanted a swing on the front porch to sit and enjoy her coffee with me(I hope.lol).Needless to say that when she came home after work Sunday morning and saw the hanging flowers and the swing she was sooooooooooo happy ...A great Mothers Day for Neesy.

A Bolduc Easter

We have been quite busy this Easter.Friday night we attended a wonderful event at New Hope Valley Church called "The Living Lord,s Supper". The music and performance were really quite impressive.As a family we had a great time and really enjoyed the evening.

Today Denise,Darylene and Travis wanted to dye some eggs....and so.....Voila!!!!...they did............

They had fun and now we are looking forward to tomorrow at our church.We are all in the bell choir and very involved with all aspects of tomorrows service.

I have a Spiral cut ham ready to go for the dinner at home later...So before i close we would like to wish everyone a "Happy Easter!!!"

Well it certainly has been some time since we have posted anything significant from a personal standpoint. We have been very busy here in California. the kids are progressing through their schooling with Darylene just finishing her junior year at Fresno State and Travis is finishing his final year at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. He has really become proficient in Math and all subjects overall and has become one of the top students in the school.We are very proud of him.
Denise has continued her hard work as a nurse for the elderly.It can be a very hard and stressful job at times and when she gets her vacation time we try to make the most of it by searching for places locally that we can travel to and explore. Our church participation takes up a lot of our time. I have numerous responsibilities now including:announcements,producing and running the PowerPoint,developing the weekly bulletins, working on the sound system,Denise does the banking and accounting,I lead in prayer requests,Church gardener(well i do the lawn and clean up the weeds)...so in other words it is a full week of things to do church wise. Lately I have been leading in a series of presentations of DVDs by Rob Bell called NOOMA.They are great 10 to 15 minute vids and then we follow that up in church with an open discussion on how each of us feel about the subject that Rob Bell has brought up.It really is great,as it allows each of us to say exactly how we feel deep down inside with no attacks upon us.A way we can just speak out how we really want and wish for a relationship with God.
I love it!
Our small church went through quite a rough time the past three years and now finally we are seeing very positive results with new people joining us on our spiritual journey and growth is very evident as we are allowing change to take place.