It's a Beaut!!!!!!!!

We finally got the plane painted! It is beautiful....(as airplanes go, anyway)

Here's the picture you've all been waiting for--Gas Masks!!! You can just call us the Darth Kerchers.

Malachi Sightings

Helping Maggie with her quilt is a favorite pasttime...













Tired of green beans? So is Malachi.

Painting the Airplane

Dad and Monte have been working hard preparing to paint Dad's airplane. There is a ton of prep work that has to be done first, including masking off everything that is going to stay white, and removing the finish from the part that will be painted red.

A Time to Sled, A Time to Slide

Here's a little tribute to different seasons of fun on the Kercher Hill....
Tips to remember--
1. Do not automatically don your swimwear when invited to a "water party" at the Kerchers. You never know what form the water could be in.
2. Make sure your regular Chiropractor is going to be in the office the following day.
3. Always let a younger sibling try it first. If you're the youngest, well....Mark has a support club. Bring ice packs.

Snow Day

Snow doesn't visit us here in the Willamette Valley very often. This makes for some excitement all around when, after several years of waiting, a "snow day" finally arrives!!! Usually, brave "snow-seekers" have to drive about 1 1/2 hours to find a good sledding spot. However, thanks to the treacherous valley in front of our house that is good for basically nothing but sledding, we became the center of activity this morning. Several of our friends appeared, dressed in sledding finery and toting rusty/dusty/moldy sleds (I'm exaggerating so you get the idea that it has been a while...) in bright-eyed and rosy-nosed anticipation of some "North Pole delight"!!!

Hey there, Little Lady....

Do cowboys get any cuter?
(notice the beads, or "pretties" in Malachi's vocabulary)
Malachi loves western movies, mostly because of all the horses. If a horse is in the near vicinity, you'll soon hear an adorable little, "Ga-look-ga-look-ga-look" and Malachi trotting in imitation. This is soon followed by a "Ne-eeeigh". We've started watching our movies on "mute", his sound effects are so good! :)

Boda/Wedding

It was my second boda!!! A boda is a Dominican wedding, and this wasn't exactly Dominican...but the groom was. Michelle and Amy and I drove up to Seattle last weekend to attend the wedding of our beloved Dominican pastor's (Julio, in the picture below with his wife Maritza) son, Reyner. It was so neat to see them again, and see them experience an "American wedding". Believe me, if it was as different for them as a boda was for me....well, it was an experience. I am still wondering what in the world they thought of our tradition of the bride and groom shoving cake in each other's faces. And unlike the DR, in American weddings the whole congregation doesn't erupt in cheers after the "beso" (kiss) and shout "Otro! Otro!" (another one!!!) :) If anyone thinks that weddings aren't intricately cultural....THEY'RE WRONG!!!!

The neatest part of the wedding was when Julio (father of the groom) prayed for the new couple in spanish. There weren't many dry eyes after that.

It wasn't planned, but most of us 2006 summer interns were at the wedding, too, which was so fun to catch up with/see everyone!

There is another baby in my life, contrary to popular opinion, or at least from what you can see on my blog....


Jadon is my sister Melody and husband Mark's baby. They live in Bend. As you can see, the cuteness has extended beyond my parents' offspring! :) ~chuckle~

Fun Being 21

Now that I'm 21, the fun begins....on my big day, I opted for a 2lb bottle of....CHOCOLATE. (Thanks Leisel & David!) It was a great day, a bunch of my awesome friends went roller skating with me, a favorite pasttime.