Congresswoman Jean Schmidt's Fundraiser

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt had a fundraiser at the Hilltop Reception Hall in Brown County on Friday 8/1/08. Keynote speaker was John Kasich. Mr. Kasich has a possible interest in running for Governor of Ohio in next round.

Here Mr. Kasich is speaking. I was very impressed as he is a very powerful speaker.
He speaks very straight forward and with lots of passion.

Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and Jo. Jo is the owner of the Reception Hall.

Jean is listening very intently to Mr. Kasich as he speaks.

Congresswoman Jean is telling us about the blunder that happened at the White House that day. Her staff called her as soon as she got off the plane to tell her that Mrs. Pelosi turned the lights out on everyone, turned off cspan, and kicked out the press because she did not like what was being said. From what I understand this is history first - never been done before.
This was a very nice event. I appreciate Congresswoman Schmidt involving me in this event. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

Putt Putt with Jason & Raquel

Jason and Raquel came over on Saturday and took us out to play putt putt. We had a wonderful time! Here are some pictures. Raquel is doing really well. Pregnancy is going great. Doctor thought something might be wrong with the baby but, as of last Monday at the last ultrasound they said that what ever it was is gone and everything will be fine! Praise the Lord!!!!! That was exactly what we were praying for. God is good!!!!! He is gives us way more than we deserve.





Derrick and Jason were both sure that each one of them was going to win. Well, the pregnant woman won! Ha Ha Ha. We had a great time! Thanks for taking us out Jason & Raquel.

Kayaking

Here is a picture of Raquel after we went kayaking two weeks ago. That baby is popping right on out there.
Here is a video of Derrick going over the dam on our kayak trip. We put in at Jackson Pike and went down to Williamsburg park. Mark went over also but, I do not have that video. They were a little worried about going over in the short kayak (9.5 feet) so they used the 12 foot kayak to feel more safe I guess. I felt very safe just portaging around!





We all had a great time but, it sure was cold that day once you got wet. I dumped my kayak for the very first time. Jason and Raquel dumped theres and Dan Sams dumped his kayak. But, we enjoyed it anyway!

Ronald McDonald House Ministry

The youth group at my church, Christian Nation Church, have a ministry that they participate in every month at the Ronald McDonald House in Cincinnati. They go once a month and prepare a dinner for them. The church has been doing this for approximately 2 years and this was the first time that I was able to take DeAnna and participate. I thoroughly enjoyed helping out.

Following are a few of the pictures that I was able to take. (I was going to post this blog a lot sooner but, I have been having trouble downloading pictures off of DeAnna's camera. Here they are finally.)

This little boy that Denise is carrying around was the cutest thing. He took to Denise instantly and then in the pictures below this one you can see that he took to Lorna. He figured out Lorna's name and that she had the camera and he LOVED the camera. He was taking pictures of everyone he saw with Lorna's camera. He figured out how to operate it with out any help. He is very smart!

I can not express enough what a wonderful time I had watching the youth of our church minister to people and being able to help them do so. All that I can really say is "WOW"!!!!! I definitely hope to be able to go back. I also want to thank the youth for allowing me to hang out with them since I am not a "youth" any more.

A Gift from God is your Mother or to be a Mother.

A newborn's conversation with God....



A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' and ;God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you . And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'

Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will tell you the most

beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'

'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'

'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.'

'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'

God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'