My Actual Birthday

I cant believe that I am now 17, that is just crazy!
To be perfectly honest my birthday day at school, was not that much fun. Mostly because people kept telling me that I wasn't happy enough, and that it was my birthday so I should be HAPPY. And I really was trying to be happy, but I was feeling quite sick and I just wasn't feeling it. Anyways when I got home from school I realized that I needed to do something to make my birthday a success. Soooo my cousins, the ones I love oh so dearly were staying at my grandma Gashs house. I really wanted to go for a walk with Anna at the Discovery park (even tho it was quite grey and cold outside). Anyways Rainey and I took the three Gash kids to the park. It was so much fun. And a PERFECT way for me to spend my birthday afternoon. It was exactly what I needed :)
I love all my cousins so much. I have a different relationship with each of them. But Anna and I have just really clicked. It probably has something to do with us always being together since she was a baby. Whenever we were at church, or parties, we were always together!! We were/ still are inseparable. She is probably the cousin that I am the closest too. Anyways I could go on and on. But I always have fun with all the Gash kids :) and I just love them!
Than after the park they came over and ate my birthday diner with me :)
Here are some pictures.

Birthday BUDS

This year Isaiah and I shared a birthday party :) It was a few days early, since his parents were going off to Prescott Conference. Anyways it was fun to share the birthday party. 

I cant believe that he is four years old! I remember when I held him for the first time like 2 days after he was born. He was just so little back than. He is such a Gash, and I thank God that he gave him to me for a cousin! 

 The Gash kids spent the night at our house after the party :)

I braided Annas hair.

 Sunday School was fun.

And its so cute that these guys are buds.

Kids

This is Destiny posting, I wanted to put up some cute pictures that I got of some lil kids at Nikki's Grad party. It was a beautiful day last saturday, and we had a great time just playing out in the sun. Well at least I had fun. I did a lot of pushing of young children on the swings. When they got tired of that, me and August played a little soccer, than we played tag (or catch me), it was fun :) mostly cuz it was easy to run away from August, usually i dislike playing tag but it was so easy.

Grace is getting so big

 I love this picture of August

 so cute!

This is a sweet picture

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!

    Two and half weeks ago it was Christmas! Our family always open our presents on christmas eve :) It was really fun, we hung out and ate pizza. The next day it was Christmas, we first went to our grandparents house (my moms mom and step dad). Then we went to Vancouver to the other Gashes, for a Gash Christmas Bash! The next day, my moms dads family came over, for lunch :) Then the next friday it was new years eve. We went to the pioneer place mall in portland with our friends, the Mcmillan's and Moraih Our church had a talent show. Justus played a song on the drums and piano. Nanae played the piano. And Me, mom and Destiny were in skits. Our whole family was involved.  

             Gash Christmas:

josiah 

Alana

joe john able tre

     Sunday after christmas:

Grandpa and lucy

noah and lucy

me rocky des and shandy

 New years:

Thanksgiving!

        Oh my how the time has past.  We went to Portland and hung out with our friends, ate some voodoo doughnuts, and walked around. On thanksgiving we went to the beach, witch is what we do every year and greatly enjoy it. Theres nothing we love more than eating turkey and walking on the beach, on thanksgiving.  We went to the black friday sale at 12 at night, at the tanglier mall.

Des and me

OCEAN!!!

Are first try at a christmas picture but nanae laughed at us.

This one turned out better!

Past 2 weeks!

Party to party. The past 2 weeks have consisted of party's. On the friday before halloween we went to our friends the Rusts house. Every year they have a big party at there farm were there are Games, Hay rides and eating. We had a blast with our friends. On the Saturday before halloween our church put on a rock opera. I was in it I didnt really say anything, but it was awesome and 4-5 people got saved. One party in the last week we went to was Augusts party, at Scottys play house this place is so fun. If i was 5-10 I would want to have my birthday at scottys play house, it was so fun! Me, destiny and Moriah had as much fun as the kids. 

what has been going on with the Gash family?

Well... mostly school, friends and church.  This week has been very crazy we are having reveal with Steve Bowman. For the past few weeks we've had lots of homework. And hanging out with friends making  pretzels and what not. Oh and almost for got, for our grandfathers birthday we went to a beach house. And when we were there, we got to go on dune buggies  for the first time.  By the way Nanae our host sister from Japan will be staying with us for the rest of the year!

Des,travis,jake and nana maken pretzels 

We got to meet our 5 mouth old cousin Lucy at the beach house. 

Dune Buggies :)

I got arrested! 

Chole and jed at grandmas!

Hey Rainey here! Sorry about our blog laziness. This week we had revival at our church, with John McCarthy. Which was one of my favorite revivals ever. The revival was til wed. then we had our church rally. We where very busy all week. We got to see our relatives the other gash family and the Perez family.Friday night we had a party, that was one of the funnest partys we ever had . Thats mostly whats been going on besides school and hanging out with friends.

15th b-day and Idaho

On Wednesday, I turned 15. I can't believe it, i just got the idea I was 14 then I turn 15. On last Sunday we had a party. We went to Idaho on my birthday with our church. We went to go outreach for the Altringers and the Perezs. That morning my mom bought me donuts. I don't why i was surprised she did that, my mom is so awesome. Outreach was so amazing, we got to witness to tons of people. Like 30 people got saved :) When we were in Idaho my aunt Christal made me a cake (shes awesome). I was so happy to hang out with Bianca, my cousin and a great friend. Actually, i got to see all my cousins.   For some reason it was cold most of the time in Idaho.

me at my party 

The best pic we got of bianca

Jed, he's such a sweet lil guy

at taco bell with alek, olivia, grace, audrey, September 

destiny and a little girl named emily that goes to the perezs church

ps, thank u ellen for the sweet gift.

Gash kids

On Wednesday Destiny and I went to Vancouver to visit the other Gashs, for a couple days. We went to Jon and Jacqui's church that night. On Thursday we went to OMSI. Jacqui had a pass for OMSI but it was free fred meyers weekend or something like that. There was SO many people there. We ate lunch on a bench  and looked around then went back to Vancover. We only had one encounter with a screaming child, on the elevator (that poor mom tried to calm her down). On friday we went to grandma Gash's house where jacqui droped the kids  off for a few days.

glasses made out of bendaroos (waxy stick things you can bend)!

Destiny holding a Australia stick-bug at OMSI.

Sitting in an eagle nest.

Destiny and Annabelle on the way home from OMSI.

Ps. Happy anniversary Jon and Jacqui even thought it was on friday.