Saturday, October 22, 2011

July 2011

June 29 - July 3 we were in revival in Kennewick, WA.


We had a wonderful time in their beautiful building


that God has provided for them.




It was great to see Sis. Connie and Sis. Lori.
They helped out with the music, during song service
and altar time.
We had such a great time with Justin and
Celeste Sweeney. They are a great couple...
And their kids are cuties.
We were glad to introduce them to
Panda Express, our favorite!
Duke even enjoyed himself at the Sweeney's.
He found a comfortable place to sleep.


4th of July we headed to Burlington, to spend some

time with family. We had the most fun 4th of July

ever. Since living in the city, and fireworks are illegal, we

haven't even had sparklers for the kids, in 7 years.

Papa Shuler went all out and bought a HUGE box

of fireworks and several bricks of firecrackers.

Unfortunately I don't have pictures to show... If I knew

how to upload videos I could show you some

fun stuff. The guys thought of all kinds of ways to blow

things up with firecrackers. The most successful

was a 2 liter bottle full of firecrackers.

Pretty impressive. After the sun went down,

the fireworks began. The kids had so much fun...

And so did the adults. The whole neighborhood

was involved and there were "booms" and "bangs"

going on all through the night. City kids sure can

be deprived...




July 9 - Allison (niece) married the love

of her life... Michael Anderson. It was a

beautiful wedding and we are so happy

for them. Here are a few characters

that showed up.

Allison and Michael Anderson.


Cousins: Jonah, Philip, Allison,


Jacob and Tommy.




The happy Uncle, Aunt and parents.



The happy bride...



Megan, with a burnt out sparkler. Everyone had


sparklers and blew bubbles when the bride


and groom left... Pretty cool, although I was


a little concerned that some one's hair was


going to get caught on fire...



After the wedding, everyone was exhausted. We


picked up burgers from Jack-in-the-Box and we


came home and relaxed... As you can see.






July 15 - 17


Darrington Bluegrass Festival.


Always an enjoyable weekend.


Here is the Navy Band:


Country Current.


Great group of guys and


amazing musicians.


The Grascals...



Colin was one of the Emcee's for the weekend.


Everyone loved him... How could they not? :0)





Here he is all spiffied up, getting ready to sing.





Megan singing, "Old Blue".



Sara singing, "He Goes to Church on Sundays Now".



Backstage... I guess I got these pictures a little


mixed up... They would have done this BEFORE


going on stage...


Papa and Sara, backstage.



He seems thrilled to have his picture taken


at this time...


Lyndi (niece) with the Navy boys.


They probably thought she was my daughter.



Ed Blanton (cousin) with


Jamie Johnson (Grascals)


The whole crew minus a few, with


the Grascals.



The Grascals, on stage.



July 20 - 23... Revival in Hamilton, WA.


Our services were held at an outdoor


pavilion, in the Hamilton Park.


What a great new experience. Really nice


turn out for a small area. Several people


would stop and listen form across the street.


That was great... I hope the Lord touched


their hearts. It was nice to be with Jacob Doran


and his family.



July 24 it was time to load up and head towards


Salem, OR. We had such a wonderful time with


the family these past couple of weeks, but it was


time to move on...


Here is Ken (brother-in-law) helping Colin


with the memory foam mattress pad.


Once those babies expand, it's hard to get


them tiny again. I think they did a


pretty good job.



It's a good thing they got that mattress topper


small enough to fit between the seats... You can't see it


but that was Jacob's seat all the way home, since we


picked up a hitch-hiker from TN. Andrea flew


in for the Festival and had so much fun


with this crazy Shuler bunch that she decided


to stick with us for a while.



Here is Andrea, in Seattle, at Starbucks. She


had to stop at a Starbucks, IN Seattle to get


an authentic Starbucks mug.



By the way Andrea, YES, I was a little perturbed.


No, I was very perturbed... Here we were pulling


our trailer through the streets... Narrow streets


of downtown Seattle, trying to find the Starbucks


for a coffee mug. I was a nervous wreck!



We survived Seattle and headed down the


road to meet up with Devin and Lyndi at


Multnomah Falls. What a beautiful place.


The many times we have passed these


falls, we haven't taken the time to stop.


Since we were so close, we wanted to take


the kids. The kids all hiked to the very top.


It's a little over a mile hike, strait up to the


top... The falls are a drop of 611 feet.











Then it was time to head on over to Salem.


While in Salem, we were able to visit with


some of Colin's family that we hadn't seen


in over 20 years. Aunt Helen, Uncle Emmett


and Sally. It was so good to see them.



Revival in Salem, OR. July 25 - 29.



Devin and Lyndi stayed the week with us, while


we were in Salem. It was great to be them... We


always have a great time with them.


Since they were there, they had to help


in the services also...



We had to stop and have breakfast with


Uncle Emmett, Aunt Helen and Sally before


heading to our next destination... And we were


happy to see more family show up...


Leroy and Wanda.



July 31 - Aug. 3... Revival in Prineville, OR.


The first day of revival was at this pavilion,


at the Crooked River Park. Sunday morning


we had our service, then we had some amazing


food, prepared by the local church, and then


an afternoon service with visitors from the


community.








We played volleyball with the pastor (Ken Brock)


and his family. We had fun, except it did become


quite competitive and I think we all had to


get saved all over again, after this game... :0)



After volleyball, the kids decided they were too


hot and they jumped into the creek. Here they


are trying to convince Andrea to jump in. Eventually


she made it in.


Megan and Andrea.


All of the wet kids... Except for Morgan Brock...


Notice, she is dry... She's the only one who got


to ride home on the INSIDE of the vehicle,


because she didn't get wet :0)


Everyone else rode in the back of the truck.



The Brock's took us to Goody's.


A yogurt bar... It was SO YUMMY!


You pick your yogurt then go put whatever


toppings you can find on it. It was so good.





Tommy had candy Legos in his yogurt.


Jacob, giving a guitar lesson...










Since Andrea was tagging along, we put her


to work too. She helped with singing and sometimes


played the piano.


This was at Shelly's (cousin) house.


Tommy thought this was a good place to store


his sword that he acquired from the McLeod's.


Pastor Ken Brock and his family.


Aug. 4th (Megan's 14th birthday) we headed home.


We had a fantastic summer in the Northwest.


Met new people... Had wonderful revivals...


Spent time with family...


God is SO good!