Do the Puyallup....I mean OC Fair!

We enjoyed the Orange County Fair for free!  I have some neat memories of going to the fair up in Washington State every year but up there we called it, "doin' the Puyallup (that's pronounced pee-you-al-up).  I still remember the jingle from the commercials every year!  Don't you wish you could hear me share it with you right now?!  Here are the lyrics at least..."You can do it with at a trot, you can do it with a gallup, you can do it real slow so your heart won't pal-i-pi-tate....just don't be late, do the Puyallup! Here is an old version like I remember, complete with several verses:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6PKrdNfYQ  This link isn't quite what I remember but you'll see they still use the same song: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NIo-4PPlGg

The one thing I can't understand about fairs here in California is why they don't sell hot, fresh buttered scones with fresh raspberry jam!!  That's the whole reason we went to the fair growing up and why we stood in huge lines!  There is nothing like it.  And here is what the line looks like to get the scones...  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmT6sVRk52Q   Yes, I have digressed a bit.  Guess I'm a little home sick.  No, in California we have things like chocolate covered bacon and deep fried twinkies or oreos!  No, we didn't try any of it!  It was good to smell that "fair smell" again, well with the exception of the animal stalls!

Happy to be just "Mom" again!

The kids loved it and especially loved the gardens and animals.  They just couldn't get over that their cotton shirts came from a cotton plant!  It was fun and a good way to start finally getting some family time after three years of hard work.  Enjoy the pictures!

New Season

Well, I'm sure this isn't the only blog that was ever started with - I never thought I would blog but....  You see, I am starting this blog as the "fourbrownbees" start a new chapter in their life together.  why the four brown bees?  Well, Jerry and I started out our marriage in 1997 as the "twojaybees" for our initials, JB.  Since then, God gave us the most precious kids we could have ever hoped for - Lauren and Jerry III.

We create this with a greater purpose today - as a reminder for us, our children and the generations to come that God is faithful and "that they may set their hope in God and would not forget His deeds," Psalm 78:7.  My prayer is that I will continually have HIS praise on my lips during this new season.  Nine years ago, I started writing to our daughter, Lauren, in her baby book and continued this with our son Jerry.  But even before then, I started a journal.  A different kind and even though the entries have sometimes had as much as two years between them, it will some day show our children that God has been faithful and heard our prayers.  Many of our struggles and miracles, including our kids, are written there as a testimony for us now and in the future.  This time is filled with sadness for us as we leave our church family but GOD will bring good out of it! The joy of the Lord is our strength!

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."  Genesis 50:20

May this be a place where we share the journey that this new season has brought us and the victories God has in store for our future so that others will set their hope in God!  Welcome to the fourbrownbees blogspot!