monsieur chambers

I love and hate reading the "My Utmost For His Highest" devotional by Oswald Chambers.  This morning was a good reminder to stop complaining about what I supposedly "can't" do.

"By the grace of God I am what I am, 

and His grace toward me was not in vain..." 

--1 Corinthians 15:10

The way we continually talk about our own inabilities is an insult to our Creator.  To complain over our incompetence is to accuse God falsely of having overlooked us.  Get into the habit of examining from God's perspective those things that sound so humble to men.  You will be amazed at how unbelievably inappropriate and disrespectful they are to Him.  --Oswald Chambers

I am definitely in desperate need of God's perspective.
--L

un jour pour dire "merci"

a day to say "thanks"

merci Jésus pour ma soeur

thank you Jesus for my sister

merci pour ma famille

thank you for my family

(tonio, daddy, uncle jerry, tanner)

ma soeur et mon frère

my sister and brother

maman et tante camille avec la dinde

mom and aunt camille with the turkey

attention !

watch out !

miam-miam

yummy

les desserts

the desserts

notre salon

our livingroom

la table des enfants - ha !

the kid table - ha !

on était 13 personnes

there were 13 of us

les joux après la fête

the games after the celebration - spoons

je suis encore reconnaissante d'être ici pour "thanksgiving"

i'm thankful to be here for thanksgiving again

--love linz

back in agoura

we are not having any fun

we're just missing papa hutch

sandovals + hutchinsons + petrignanis = crazy

snapping green beans for thanksgiving

lunch with pastor michael and joanna

playing kinect on Xbox with tonio at the olivas home

goal: fly and pop bubbles

best part of this game

watching others makes fools of themselves ;)

joanna stayed with us for a night

turkey surf turnout this year was a bit scarce

julie found us at tower 14 zuma

surfers, film crew and key grip

lazy chops

daddy & chels with chops

the men

cody

my dad on his "new" bike

tonio rebuilt it with new rims, tires and a 7-gear shifting system

we are still enjoying our time here in the states,

and we also look forward to returning home to france

more fun to come, of course

thanks for visiting our blog

--love lindsey

snow my goodness

fun in blaine, washington

snowy night

glitter

snow blanket

i got my montana "wide-open-spaces" fix =)

blue and white

 cute little brooklynne

quads

we had fun romping around

charlie loved chasing tonio

puffy

symmetry

my handsome

--L

feeling loved

visiting family and friends

uncle bill

torsten & carla and their littlest one

uncle chris in fairhaven, wa

clark (tonio's cousin), jackie, brooklynne and marcel in blaine, wa

uncle john & barb in bow, wa

chris & sherri

rob & marleen

nick and t

wayne and noah

me and cathy

jordan, michelle and aurelia

 more not pictured:

jeni

jeff & jan

peter, abi and elijah

nick, vanessa and sebastien

lil & john, hanna (cousins)

noah, kate and gretta

taylor family

we thank Jesus for the amazing family and friends the He's given us

i hope to share a few more washington photos with you all,

then will come more of california for a couple more weeks =)

--Love Linz