June 25th Update...

Hello family and friends. Just a quick update to let you all know how great we are doing (and to post some overdue pics!). We have been keeping very busy. Chris still juggles work, full time school, and lots of yard work. Shawna is getting BIG! She had an appointment with her midwife and she is actually measuring larger than the norm for how far along she is. Awesome! Twins? Big news in Matty's world, she made the Basin Swim team! At six she is the youngest swimmer on the team. She just loves the water. Katie has been doing really good at swimming as well as she takes lessons 4 times a week now. Joy has been daddy's (and momma's) little girl. She is getting bigger but still looks so tiny to us! She is full of smiles and loves to imitate her older sisters and LOVES to dance. She is such a doll.

The biggest news recently was the injury of our beautiful three year old niece. Jana (my sister's daughter) suffered a head injury from getting kicked in the head by a horse and was airlifted to Doernbecher's Childrens Hospital in Portland. We packed up and drove up there to be near her and to help the Morgan's with whatever they needed. Jana underwent overnight surgery and to the doctors amazement, there was no permanent damage. She did receive some metal plates and a gnarly scar from the injury, but praise God, for it is only He that can provide such miracles. The Morgan's have shown an incredible trust in God, and we are so happy and thankful for them.

After a few days and when Jana was ok, we packed up the van and started our journey back home. The only problem was, it didn't start. Our van finally decided it was time to not provide us with a means of transportation anymore, stranding us 300 miles from home. But luckily we were at my parents house in Portland, so we had a place to stay, and were in an ideal spot to get a deal on a vehicle. I had the van towed to a shop (where it cost over $600 to repair, OUCH), we will sell it to try and recoup the repairs plus a little. Anyone want a 1991 Dodge Caravan? We knew the van wouldn't last us forever (it had 200,000 miles on it) but we hoped it would get us through the summer. Luckily we were somewhat prepared for this (research wise) and got a Honda Odyssey. That got us home, very comfortably!

So as you can see, life has been great. The warm weather finally arrived, the garden is doing great (if only I could grow veggies and fruit like I apparently can weeds), and we have spent a lot of time outdoors. We thank God everyday for the beautiful life we have. Thanks for checking on us, and here's some pics!

The happiest parents in the world!


Daddy and Joy.


Our three beautiful girls (that's facepaint from the picnic we were at, not a satanic tattoo)!

Finally, Nice Weather!

Hello all. We hope you are having a beautiful day. It's sunny and supposed to be in the high 60's today and closer to the 80's for the weekend (I refuse to look at tomorrow's strong chance for showers and only in the low-50's, but at least it aint snowing!). We are so excited for this awesome weather and have been getting a lot of outdoor tasks accomplished! For starters, we got our garden weed free, the compost tilled in, and the starts, well, started. Our list of fruits and veggies are growing this year as we strive to be more self sufficient and organic. Chris is going to build a raised vegetable garden today so we can have some more space (maybe a couple of them). We also ordered a bunch of rock to spread around the flower bed and somehow in between ordering 2-3" colored river rock and the actual delivery, it got translated to 2-6" river rock. So in short, we have about 4 yards of 2-6" river rock dumped on the side of the house. Oops. We decided to roll with it and started spreading that, it is definitely not what we were wanting but is actually looking pretty decent and hopefully the raised gardens will add some more depth and break up the river bed look a bit. Talk about a $250 mistake, and it's not one you can easily fix (mainly for two reasons, (one) to try and shovel that stuff to return it is impossible and (two), we don't think the van or subaru could handle 4 yards of 2-6" rock! Chris needs another truck...) It was dumped because of a mis-communication between Chris and the nursery, and oh well, it still looks good. We also planted a couple himrod grapes and are trying to get another variety as well. Chris still has a lot of researching to do before we finally decide what to do and how to grow them. Oh the joys of gardening.

Chris has been keeping busy at the railroad and has just completed his spring term at OSU (and is SO VERY happy to have that done, especially the trig class that has been a thorn in his side). He resigned from the police department a few weeks ago because of personal reasons and to devote more energy to our family. He is knee-deep in summer term at Moody Bible Institute and is enjoying the challenge of Old Testament Survey and The Church and its Doctrine as courses this term. Shawna is getting HUGE (maybe twins? hehe). The midwife says she has been moving right on track. We had an ultra-sound scheduled a while back but canceled the appointment and have yet to reschedule it. We're not the least bit concerned with finding out what the baby is anyway until birth anyway. Matty, Katie, and Joy have been awesome, also enjoying the nice days outside. They are back in swimming lessons (well, except for Joy) and are loving that twice a week. Hopefully this summer we can enjoy some water recreation like boating with Grampa Joe and Nana in California.

Of course struggles exist in any family and Chris' family has had some major setbacks the past few months, so please pray for them for help in their dealing with recent tragic events. And always remember to praise God, for although we may have NO idea what His plan is for us, that it is His plan and He is in control of all things, who are we to question what He allows? Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Well not to end in a sad tone, but that is about it. We will upload some pictures soon and get them posted in a bit (later today) and you can see how fast our kiddos are growing. We hope all is well in your family, you are in our thoughts always. We love each and every one of you (and there's not a thing you can do about it!). Take care and God bless.

-The Myron Family

4th Annual Myron Fam Garden

Greetings Friends!

The family trip to Mountain Valley Gardens in the springtime is always real exciting! We delight ourselves in seeing what new varieties/veggies/fruits we can try as well as picking up some of our favorites. We spent the morning dawdling around in the rain as we strolled slowly in search for our yummy food at the nursery.

After the fear of frost has finally (and hopefully!) passed, we've managed to plant all of our veggies as well as some fruits! In addition to planting our usual stuff (tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, carrots, sweet peas, zucchini, cantaloupe, watermelon, corn, squash, chilies, peppers, and cucumbers), we ventured into areas we haven't tried before. Trying out some artichoke, kohlrabi, onions and celery. We also planted a Honeycrisp apple tree and a couple grape trees. We shall see how successful we are in this endeavor! The raspberries, blueberries and strawberries are already coming in and the kids are getting so excited about the harvest on those little treats!

We ask the Lord for His blessing and success in this year's garden and for a bountiful harvest. Expect to receive many of these delicious goodies as we know we might have an overabundance and look forward to sharing with our friends and family. We tried many different varieties of some of our usual stuff (that we hadn't tried before) so we look forward to seeing what we receive.

If only we were allowed to have chickens in this neighborhood!! Anyone know any free-range chicken farmers in the Klamath Basin??
God Bless!!! Psalm 85:11-12