RIP Oster Blender

On Tuesday, our Oster blender gave up the ghost after an admirable 2 years and 10 months on the job. The blender was a good provider, but ultimately his demise came from overuse. (If only we had never discovered homemade Orange Julius.) He leaves behind a heartbroken food processor attachment who will soon join him in the appliance afterlife.

While another blender will soon join our family, it can never fully take the Oster's place. We heartily knew ye. Goodbye old friend.

New Friends!!

We are so blessed to have good friends wherever we go. Here in Arizona, we love hanging out with the Bateses (that's the plural of Bates, right?) and the Bogels.

The Gang @ Diamondbacks Spring Training (from left): me, Kate, Kathrin & Ryan Bates, Shanda & Ty Bogel.

The Bateses are coming with us to NH for a summer getaway. I can't wait!!

Blessings

Well, it has been a long time since we posted on our blog. We need to get blogging again. Today Gavin and I taught Sunday School. We were talk ing about Moses and his caution to the children of Israel; he wanted them to remember God and always remember him. We talked about how easy it is to come to him in times of trial, but in times of goodness we tend to remember him less. I think I am guilty of that from time to time.

So I wanted to post about some of our great blessings. Gavin and I have such wonderful family surrounding us. Although we only see his family a couple times a year they are so supportive and kind. We enjoy their support even we are not together. My family here is wonderful. We also have great friends here, friends that are wonderful at church and work. We are blessed with jobs, sunshine (ALOT!!!), cell phones, computers, books in libraries, and vehicles that keep working.

I am also grateful because we have opportunities to travel and see our family. We get to go to Utah in July and we are going to NH in August! Yeah for cheap airplane tickets. I am blessed.

Most importantly, I am blessed with a sweet husband who puts up me all the time, in every condition and I love him. I am grateful I had this opportunity to even write these thoughts.

Hope all is well

Kate