Memorial Box Monday – Quinton’s Life

October 5, 2009 Linny Saunders95 Comments

Last week my Memorial Box Monday story was of Quinton, the young man Autumn was dating who was killed in a car accident. When Quinton was killed instantly two questions filled my heart: Did Quinton know Jesus as his personal Savior? and How was Autumn going to handle life knowing they had just had a…

Where We ALWAYS Have a Blast

October 4, 2009 Linny Saunders16 Comments

Do you have cousins? Lots of them? Do you always have a blast with yours? Do they live far or near? Do you get together often or just once in a while?? ** ** ** Everytime we head to NY we always must sneak in a visit with my cousins…..April & Jeff’s farmhouse is absolutely…

So far…..

October 3, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

I am sitting in McD’s in Alamosa. Our RV made it part way up La Veta Pass in SW Colorado and died. It was partially on the lane of traffic going uphill….very scarey. The kids and I climbed up the mountain, for fear that someone would hit it and send debris flying. God’s presence was…

As Our Trip Draws to a Close

October 2, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

Well!??! We are in Colorado Springs where we are staying with our sweet friends, Dave and Jo. Dw and Dave are on their way to turn in the rental and see if “the cottage” will start and make it back to their house. The plan is to then load up and head for home. If…

Colorblind

September 30, 2009 Linny Saunders53 Comments

I am sitting in the pitch dark in a hotel room in Moline, Illinois. I have the girls and Dw is next door with the boys. Elizabeth has been sleeping with me and my goodness, was she ever akickin’ last night! I finally got up and decided to visit some bloggy friends and type out…

Memorial Box Monday – Forgiveness

September 29, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

I am so thankful that some sweet bloggy friends are now doing Memorial Box Monday posts. If you are in need of encouragement, here are the links to some who did them this past Monday…….and one day soon we will have the sidebar thingy and the Mr. Linky thingy working too. But until then I…

Grandma & Uncle Mark’s Home

September 28, 2009 Linny Saunders32 Comments

After a total of 2,146 miles (included 200 extra miles just to go get the rental) we arrived at Dw’s childhood home where Grandma and Uncle Mark still live. Dw’s mom is 94 and as you guys know, Uncle Mark is 70. One day, Uncle Mark will come to live with us. He is a…

Precious Stops Along the Way – Bloggy Friends & Josh’s Parents

September 27, 2009 Linny Saunders21 Comments

Being as we had all that car trouble we were driving with a purpose!! We were supposed to be at Rett’s by afternoon, but we didn’t get there till midnight. So my man was driven!! We did take turns driving and I would sleep some, and he would sleep some. The famous arch…..ummmm, not sure…

Cottage Pictures

September 26, 2009 Linny Saunders6 Comments

Before things completely fell apart….. Graham and Liberty were snuggling in a seat, listening to worship music on his Ipod….Just absolutely love my kids being buddies….and no they had no clue that I was taking pictures……He is drumming….(a drummer through and through)….So when things fell apart….and after the RV had been repaired for the second…

The Cottage in Pictures Before It Went South (and we were headin’ East)

September 25, 2009 Linny Saunders17 Comments

The Trip started out well…..and trust me, it was all downhill from there…..Road work We have laughed and laughed about how we must have lost our minds buying a 26 year old RV to drive across the country without any mechanical know-how. What were we thinkin? (Obviously we weren’t!) So throwing all caution to the…

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Place Called Simplicity

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