A Day At The Beach

Mama and Timothy

Timothy Donald!

Nathanael surveys the beach.

enjoying the beach!

A group shot!

building in the sand.

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. (KJV)

Nehemiah 9:6

Wedding Bells

Aaron and Marica

August 2, 2008

It was a joy and privilege to witness the union between Aaron Oman and Marcia Harrison on August 2, 2008. It was so neat to see how the Lord brought them together in the perfect timing and way!(He always does!)


Here are some pictures from the wedding.

Kinda blurry, sorry but really cute...

The parents lighting the candles....

Aaron and Marcia..........

Exchanging rings.....

Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Orman!!!

To see all the pictures from the wedding click here :http://picasaweb.google.com/beautyforHimonly/OrmanWedding

Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. (KJV)

Revelation 19:7

From Dirt to Concrete!

Our family recently inherited a trailer. It was daddy's family trailer, and as a little boy he spent many vacations in it. It was then passed on to our aunt(dad's sister) who kept it until recently.

She offered it to us because she was going to purchase another. We accepted the trailer and then began to pray: We had no place to store it.
Daddy was told by the city that he needed to store the trailer on concrete. But we did not have enough room on our driveway. So after alot of prayer, Daddy and Mama decided to lay concrete in between the garage and house. We very excitedly, took the trailer to a friend's, to store on their property until we could have the concrete put in.
Several things needed to happen in order for us to lay the concrete and after completeing those projects Daddy found a family buisness to lay the concrete.

The work began around 7:30 am

The work crew.

Now don't get the wrong idea. We don't usually go around letting strangers hold our babies. He was surprised I wanted to take their picture so as a joke he asked if I wanted the baby in the picture. I took him up on it. A baby always makes a cute picture. (They were really good workers and very repectful of our wishes.) The three on the right are Dad and sons.

Before....

Pouring the concreteIt was an interesting learning experience to see the steps involved in laying concrete.
Smoothing the concrete

After...................... (it's still drying)

Praise the Lord it's all done!

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. (KJV)

Colossians 3:17

Daniel's 12th birthday!

Daniel John Sebo

Born: July 14, 1996

Daniel is our special guy! He loves to draw and imagine! He is often seen climbing trees, running, and drawing! He's real serious and at the same time a real humorous boy! He loves to help his mommy with the little kids and has taken Nathanael as his apprentice in drawing. He is known to be adventuresome and filled with energy. He has been growing and is now officially a man! He is our Danny-boy!

Nicknames:

Dad - Danny-Boy, Daniel-Daniel, DJ

Mama - Daniel Boone, Danny-pop

Ashley - Danny

Ryan - Daniel

Caytlin - Daniel

Isaiah - DJS

Nathanael - Danny-Boy

Joshua - "Danil"

Hobbies and interests:

Drawing, climbing anything that is climable, making movies with his brothers, taking care of children, disecting things, bugs, guns, animals, creating, cowboys, riding his bike, jumping on the trampoline, ALERT cadet, building, painting, and alot more.

Sacramento, July 1-4 2008

Hi Everyone! (Ashley here)

The long awaited update is finally here!

This year we really enjoyed the Sacramento Conference! We left early Monday morning and arrived in Sacramento were we first visited Sutter's Fort. We really enjoyed it there and the blacksmith shop was our favorite place.

Mom and Natey at 4:30 in the morning.

Sutter's Fort

The blacksmith: He made us a nail and a mini horseshoe to take home

We checked into the hotel around dinner time. This year, God provided a wonderful suite to stay in at a good price! We had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and a mini kitchen. We spent the rest of the evening swimming with the Winslow's (a family we met last year) and then we had dinner at about 9:00 pm (yikes!) . Tuesday was registration day and we enjoyed the first session of the conference.

The boys spent 3 days in the woods, on team stations with alot of exciting challenges. They learned a lot of valuable lessons and character qualities. They had the privilege of building a Marshmallow Flinger, Tepee, shelter built of tree branches, tripod and a penny boat. They also made popcorn and tea over an open fire. The boys really enjoyed it and at the end of the conference they did a special parent presentation.

The boy's, team Red 2, marshamallow flinger( it broke the ALERT Cadet record!)

Their team's penny boat which also broke the ALERT Cadet record!

Ryan, Daniel and Isaiah, doing the parent presentation. (Sorry, the lighting was very low!)

The Alert teams preparing for the presentation.

Caytlin enjoyed a second year of Pre-excel! The highlights of her week were: watching skits and learning songs and verses, the rubber band belt craft and being on a team with her friends Gracie Winslow and Stephanie Iorga. She loved all the songs but, her favorite was "Here Am I Lord," which the girls sang for their parent presentation.

Caytlin and Gracie doing their parent presentation. Caytlin didn't have a camera and I was too busy to take any pictures of them at Pre-excel but the three girls had a great time. Caytlin is the one with the pink hearts on her hat and Gracie is looking back at her.

I really enjoyed teaching CI again! The theme was"The Names Of God." This year I was a team leader! My assistant, Daniel Fox, was wonderful and had alot of helpful insights! All the kids loved him on our team, and they kept both of us running! I did have alot of adventures with our team! On one occasion, I lost my own brother Nathanael 3 times(blush)! Another time, I had a little boy who is diabetic, his blood sugar was so low he would've past out! Thankfully, the Lord was in charge and everything was ok and his parents were able to bring it back up. I really learned alot about responsibility and leading. The Lord showed me alot of areas I needed to take care of and used some very special people to encourage me! One, was Tarra Winslow, she was a huge help to me during the situation with the little diabetic boy and was a blessing to me. Overall, it was a blessing, it helped me to grow spiritually and I thank the Lord for the opportunity.

Team C1: Leader: Ashley Sebo, Assistant: Daniel Fox. Left to right: Chancellor, Nathanael, Jerimiah, Janae and Ruby, loved them all! I had three others who came the first day only.

Daniel, my assistant, teaching.

Natey coloring

Our faithful and hardworking leader crew. Mr. Andrew(middle storyteller and narrator), Miss Bree (on his right: our song and verses teacher), Miss Rachel(next to Bree: our piano player) and Mr. Kevin( left of Andrew: our actor and comedian) One other who is not in this picture, was Mr. Britan: everybody's best friend.
Tarra and I.

The week was very busy and exciting. It was filled with wonderful sessions, teaching and learning experiences, challenges and family time! This year's theme was: Anointed For Greater Works. I can't tell you all everything because it would take me forever but, I will say that we had alot of adventures! We (children) all really enjoyed the Alert, CI and Pre-excel programs. It was so fun to be with some families from church, the Stevens, Iorgas and Ouatus. Praise the Lord for this wonderful time of growth, encouragement and fellowship! Here are a few pictures but, they are not in order.

Mr. Gothard speaking at the end of the conference
Mama talking to Mrs. Winslow at lunch.

Joshua and Lily Winslow: adorable!

Daddy and Mama at lunchtime.

Kendra, Rebecca, Me and Rachel

Mom, the Ouatu's and Iorga's

"Anointed For Greater Works"

ATI Reginal Conference: Sacramento, July1-4th http://iblp.org/iblp/

To see all the pictures click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/beautyforHimonly/SacramentoPart2

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (KJV)
Isaiah 61:1

Internet Access Update in Progress....

Greetings.... and thanks for stopping by!

Currently, we are undergoing an upgrade to our internet access. We are scheduled to be back up and running on Monday, July 21st. We appreciate your patience at this time... Feel free to view our previous posts and leave comments.

- Michael

Leaving...........

Well, the time has come to say goodbye! We will be leaving at 5:00am tomorrow morning! We are all very excited! We appreciate your prayers and hope to be in touch again soon. I'm going to try to keep you all updated, but we'll have to see!

We are so very grateful to Daddy and Mama for giving to us a much better education than the world has to offer! This conference will be a wonderful learing tool! They have truly obeyed the Lord!

Goodbye For Now!


And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (KJV)

Deuteronomy 6:7

Dinner with the "Incredible Hucks!" (Aunt Rocio and Uncle Dan)

Uncle Dan and Aunt Rocio had us over for dinner on Saturday night. We had a wonderful dinner and time of games and visiting!

Rocio had decided to make "Sloppy Joe's" for dinner and so she taught Mamma, Katie and I how to make them. First, Katie chopped bell pepper and onion and then she and I took turns and sauteed (I hope that is spelled right) it in olive oil. Cio then had me cook up ground beef with the bell pepper and onion and, finally, added stewed tomatoes and plenty of ketchup! It was super easy and really delicious!

While the girls were in the kitchen cooking, the guys were in the living room with Uncle Dan checking out his "Wii" System. They were playing bowling and really enjoyed it! Aunt Rocio called them to dinner and we all agreed that it was delicious!

After dinner Dad, Uncle Dan, Aunt Rocio and Mamma persuaded me to try the "Wii" system playing tennis. I didn't really want to, but after the first game it was actually fun! It was weird to hold a remote in your hand and swing in mid air at nothing, but it was fun! Even Joshua and Natey played with the help of Ry and I. We all had alot of fun and we got to enjoy a delicious watermelon Uncle Dan had picked out that morning from the store.

Getting Ready.....

Well, I'm sure most of you are wondering what our family is so busy doing! We are getting ready for the annual ATI (Advances Training Institute) Conference in Sacramento, CA, July 1-4. We attended the conference last year, and we hoped the Lord would have us attend this year again!
Here we are getting ready, and were all very excited! We are planning to leave the 29th, Monday morning, at which I will try to keep you all updated. I believe we will be starting out around 4-6 am in the morning. The trip will take over 7 hours. We'll arrive at our hotel and then I think Dad would like to visit some places there. Tuesday, we will have registration, and I will have a teacher training to attend. I am volunteering to work in the CI, Children's Institute, where I will be working with 4-7 year-olds, teaching verses, songs and different character qualities. I am very excited to see how the Lord uses this year's CI to teach me!

Ryan, Daniel and Isaiah will be attending a program called ALERT CADET. Where they will be taken on a tram to a camp. Here they will be taught many useful and survival skills. they are also going to work on verses and character building skills. Ryan and Daniel went last year and now Isaiah is graduating from CI to ALERT CADET. He's very excited!

Caytlin will attend a girls program called Pre-excel, where she will do almost the same as in a CI, but a more "girl" version; Learning songs, verses and character qualities. She is very excited, as she went last year and had a wonderful time!

Dad and Mom will attend sessions of teaching from godly men and women. Mr. Bill Gothard will be present and will speak, as well as several others. Last year (I missed it because I was teaching in the CI) my family heard from and met Mr. Doug Small.

Nathanael is going to the CI again and he is very excited! He still loves to sing the songs from last year and he will be on my team!

So, we have had alot of shopping and preparing to do! All of us have to wear certain outfits to the different programs. Pray that we will find everything we need!

To a more present subject. We are going to have dinner with Aunt Rocio and Uncle Dan tonight at 4:30pm. We are all very excited! We haven't seen them since April.

Well I'm going to have to run! That's all for now!



"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose".

Romans 8:28

Happy Father's Day!!!!

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers......

Malachi 4:6

We love you Daddy! Thank you for blessing us with your life!

( I'm sorry this is late!)

Busy Days....

Yes, busy, but that is how life usually is and it's always probably better that way!

A few weeks ago I took these pictures with the exception of the last one. Here they are.

I thought this one came out kinda pretty.

I really like the depth of field in this one.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. Isaiah 40:8

Here is the little princess of the family, Ryan took this one.

Always Busy.......

True to the title of this post, we are very busy folk! Its always a challenge to get a decent post on here when I can! Time is always running and I'm never at a loss for things to do! Hours seem to fly by and after only a few chores done, I often think, Where did the day go! Thankfully the Lord gives a chance to update when ever possible!

Sometimes on the spur of the moment, I come up with some strange ideas.............
The other day, I started to dance to a song which is programed to play itself on our digital piano.... the results.......are here.

Showered With Blessings!

This afternoon our family was blessed with a beautiful shower our church threw to honor Little Timothy! Pastor Steve and Mrs. Orman came up with some of the most creative games! The first game: It's Somebody's Name, was very challenging; as we were given 25 phrases which were "hints" of boy names (a beam of sunlight = "ray"), which we had to figure out and write down in a short period of time! Dad actually tied for 1st place (20 correct) with one of the older ladies!!!! Second, we younger girls were given a plastic bag with little sheets of paper on which were the names of the New Testament Books. We were also given a thread and needle, our Job......sew the books in the correct order! Cristin won that game! Post Office was next! We had alot of fun addressing the envelopes to different "biblical cities": depending on what the verse inside said, we would guess what book it was from!

Mama then sat down to open gifts. She was extremely surprised at the many beautiful gifts we were given and at how much time had been put into them!

These cute little trains were on every table. Mrs. Orman had ordered them but they were the wrong color! So she very cleverly turned them inside out and with the help of some ladies, they redecorated them!

The People at church all chipped in to buy Mamma a lovely Rocker Recliner .

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. (KJV)

Psalms 127:3