~Rachel and Family~: Jul 18, 2009

Saturday, July 18, 2009

4 Chouinards in a Parade

Today was the The Dalles Rodeo Parade. Paul drove a 2009 Convertable Ford Mustang for his Kiwanis Club in the Parade. David, Elijah and Ann got to ride in it too. They had the best time ever! It was so much fun! They all had turns hearing different friends yell their names as they drove through town. Paul had a blast driving the car around town. He picked it up at a friend's house with the older kids, drove it to the Parade, through the Parade and then back the looooong way to his friend's house. Hannah, Mary and I watched the Parade and as always we loved every minute of it! Especially the part when we saw Daddy and brothers and sister!!

Parade Ribbon- "Family" Category

A Rodeo Queen stopped her horse and got right up to us to give Hannah this Teddy Bear.

The tag is autographed by the Rodeo Queen.

The Parade threw so much candy at us that at one point I yelled (nicely) "That's enough!! Please stop!" Hannah couldn't keep up! We walked away with a half a bag of candy!

It felt like Halloween!

Mary watching the Parade

The girls and I watched the Parade in front of our Salvation Army building with our new friend, Bill, the homeless guy. I gave him water and some food to get him through the weekend until Social Services open up and we can do more (shower, vouchers, etc.). I was worried about him getting dehydrated in all this heat so I made sure he drank at least one bottle during the Parade. When I jokingly complained about having to pick up all the candy myself because the older kids were in the parade, he helped pick up every single piece to give to Hannah. I thought he would be kind of scary to her... but wait a minute... she's an Officer's kid... she's used to people like that!! Ha!ha!

It was just another typical day at the Army! I love being an Officer! (Thank you Lord!)

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Love the LORD Your God. These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. Do not test the LORD your God as you did at Massah. Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers, thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said.
In the future, when your son asks you, "What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?" tell him: "We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the LORD sent miraculous signs and wonders—great and terrible—upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers. The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."
Deuteronomy 6
-Jehovah God