Hollywood Bowl

We got to go the the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night with Joy and Tyler (Andrew's sister and her husband). It was a relaxing night enjoyed by all and I do think our favorite part was eating the turkey sandwiches from Gelson's. Good pick Joy!
The best part about the Hollywood Bowl...the parking

A Hard Week...

Erin and Lance are our dear friends. They are some of our favorite people to hang out with. What makes it more fun is Erin is my best friend from college and Lance is a close friend of Andrews from Long Beach. Erin and I were roommates after college for a few years and Andrew and Lance were roommates for a year or so before they both got married. It was very fun to watch our good friends get married and now it is fun to grow in our marriages together.

This week was hard as we grow in our friendship together we entered our first big trial. Sadly, for all of us, Erin's dad, Glen Jackson went to be with the Lord on Friday evening. We were encouraged as we got to watch Erin and Lance go through this trial over the last few weeks. They have been calm and confident in God's plan through all of this and have been a tremendous testimony to us.

We love you both!

Nelson Family Vacation

2 Chronicles Surprises

This week I have changed my Bible study time to start reading through the Bible in a year. I know, great time to start in July, but I figured out a way to make it work. The funniest thing is I have been most encouraged by my time in 2 Chronicles! I have been amazed at how clear it has been through the lives of these kings that if they followed God, He blessed them, and if they didn't He disciplined them. There have been many encouraging verses these last couple of days but today I have been trying to meditate on this one.

"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him." 2 Chronicles 16:9

God is eager to help us and support us. That is so amazing to me! While I try to do things on my own and fail He is there looking for who He can strengthen.

I hope this will remind me to look to Him and live a life He will want to support so I can be more effective for Him.

Another Dodger Game

Andrew and I joined some other TMC alumni for a Dodger game recently. We had fun getting to hang out with Steph and Kyle. We are usually always working together or doing ministry together so it was fun to have an opportunity to just hang out and eat dodger dogs.



Andrew lights up when they play this song-I Love LA!

Little Suzie

My dear friend, Steph, gave birth to her sweet baby girl, Suzie, last Friday. While we are excited she is here it was 3 months before her due date. As you can imagine she is quite small and is having some difficulties. Please pray for Suzie and Steph and Kyle as they want to glorify God through this trial. You can check out their blog for updates at http://www.thesandersonfam.blogspot.com/.

Thank you for praying!

June Happenings

I can't believe June is almost over. It's been a full month and I am a little behind keeping our blog up to date. Here's what's been happening...

Summer Family Fest
During the summer at our church we hold three Sunday evening events for the families at Grace. The first one was with Jason Houser who write Seeds music. We love this music! We think another great reason to have kids is to be able to listen to Seeds music more!



Weddings
We had 2 Saturdays in this month that we went to 2 weddings on the same day. It has been so fun to see our friends get married, but what is it with June and getting married!


Donovan and Heather Drew
My handsome husband in Mark and Elizabeth's wedding
10 year High School Reunion
I went up to Merced this weekend to go to my high school reunion (pictures to come). I am old! The good thing is that my niece and nephew were there and they are at the age when they still think washing a car is great fun. Thanks Isaiah and Emmie for cleaning Kimmie's car! (I know it looks like I am hurting Isaiah but trust me, he asks me to do that! He's such a boy!)

Isaiah and Emmie liked playing in the back of the Volvo the best.

That was June, we'll see what happens in July...