Minnie is soooo cute!!!!!!!!!!

THE BLONDE GETS EVEN!






A trucker came into a truck stop cafe and placed his order. He said, "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards."The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook,"This guy out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights >and a pair of running boards. What does he think this place is . an auto parts store?"

"No," the cook said. "Three flat tires mean three pancakes, a pair of headlights is two eggs sunny side up, and running boards are 2 slices of crisp bacon."

"Oh, OK!" said the blonde. She thought about it for a moment and then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the customer.The trucker asked, "What are the beans for Blondie?She replied, "I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up!FOR ONCE! THE BLONDE GETS EVEN!

Clay balls

I got this as a e-mail form kari




A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and itcracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left. Then it struck him.He had been on the beach a long time. He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!It's like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and we see the external clay vessel. It doesn't look like much from the outside. It isn't always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it.We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.May we not come to the end of our lives and find out th at we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. May we see the people in our world as God sees them.I am so blessed by the gems of friendship I have with each of you. Thank you for looking beyond my clay vessel.

I did it!! I passed my test for Gold stripe in TaeKwon Do !! I was really scared but I did it !

I Got her this and.....

This.



We had a great time ! Happy Birthday Kari!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

It's ok, your still my favorite Dad...even if your older than dirt. I love ya !

Thomas Bickler (on right) Larry Gish (in uniform)



We know today is about honoring our fallen soldiers, those who gave their lives for us, but we also wanted to honor our soldiers who were willing to give it all. The pictures above are of my Grandfathers , they both served in Vietnam and the other picture is of my Great Grandpa who served in WWII . We have Military men in our family that go back at least 5 generations and we are proud of that. Thank you for being willing to risk it all, for giving up your nice warm beds and the arms of those who love you, to go to a foreign land and serve our country.

My new plant..... Anyone know what it is? Mom, Dad, Kari... any of the Paine family is not allowed to guess because Mom and Dad know what it is and Kari knows what it is and Becca saw my plant and she has had one. Everyone else can guess.

I am taking horse riding lessons!!

Here is Jessica at my last visit.

My Dad has a new work truck and it is a Ford , he hates Fords.

SCARY!!! RUN!!

A letter to Grandma!!


We love you in the morning ..when the sun is new...we love you in the afternoon and in the evening too!!

Happy Birthday !!!

Look at minnie she is sooooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!

This is little girl when she was little and alive.