Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Clearwater Beach


I am down in Clearwater, Florida with the family. There are a dozen of us here. Steve and I, our boys, Sheryl and Tom, Chad, Danny and Mandy, Katie and Cory and Kurt. We are in a little dive hotel that just started renovation of the pool area yesterday. )-: The upside is that it has great access to the beach and a beautiful view of the sea oat covered dunes. The weather has been perfect, so every night there is an amazing sunset.... (-:

So far we have had three days at the beach and we went to Universal Studios on Sunday. There was like no one there, so the lines went quickly. We had a lot of fun, but it was a long exhausting day.

Today Janet and Helen are driving down from Tarpon Springs and I guess we will hang out on the beach, take in some eating and shopping....all the thing that I excel at!
Here is a picture of Zac and Nick, on the way to dinner, after a fun filled day at the beach!


Tuesday, June 9, 2009

The Word of God is living and active; sharper than any double edged sword!

Since January, my friend Janet and I have been memorizing 2 scripture verses each month. She is so good at it. She has it down in just a couple of days and I am struggling to the bitter end. My biggest problem is remembering the reference for the verse. Does anyone have any ideas how to keep those numbers in my mind?

Here is my first verse for June.....I challenge you to memorize it too!

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Trust in the Lord with all of your strength;
and lean not on your own understanding.
In all of your ways acknowledge Him,
And he will make your paths straight!!!

Friday, June 5, 2009

Cert Disaster Training



The other day we had a training for our new CERT team members. It was very realistic. The fire district staged the destruction of an earth quake in a vacant building and parking lot. Volunteer victims were moulaged and placed in areas in and around the building. Our team was deployed to do a recon of the area and then transport and treat patients in the triage area. The group did a great job with all they had going on. I want to thank everyone for their participation! Here are a few pics.....