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The Peachey's

Sorry that I haven't posted anything for awhile.

Youth Revival in Floyd VA

We had an enjoyable time with the Ashby's in Floyd VA this past weekend. The Lord deserves all the praise for the help in the services. The people were friendly and made us feel at home. Thank you Ashby's and the people of the House of Prayer Church and may God Bless you all in His work! Young people of the church, keep God the focus of your lives!

Here is Br. Joseph Ashby (the pastor) and his little daughter Sarah who became our little buddy. (Sorry the other pics I took of you all in the church didn't turn out very well.)

This is one of the pics that we took along the Blue Ridge Parkway from Roanoke VA to Floyd VA. It was a beautiful drive.

4 Wheelin in Snow Shoe PA

The Pics were taken with Yancy's cell phone. What a filthy bunch.

The quads look a lot cleaner than what they were because right before we got back we ran them through a creek a few times.
Here is a dirty little chipmunk. (Dakota is actually under that dirt)

Yancy and Shelly didn't want their pics taken.

We rode from around 11am to 7pm. What a long day.

Any one else want to go riding with us next time please let us know :)

Pittsburgh Zoo

I thought this was a cool pic the kids would like of a polar bear jumping into the water.

I kind of got lucky on this photo because it happened so fast.

It also is not very clear because it was taken through a window.

Punxy Phil

Here is a Pic of Punxy Phil and Gobbler's Nob if anyone was interested.

They're definitely nothing great to see.

These were taken with an old camera.

Just Typing

Sorry I don't write very much and about all you see on my blog is pics but I don't care to write.

I guess some people have more time on their hands than I do.

There is so much going on in our lives with the church (A pastor's life in a small church sure does take up a lot of time) and work that I wonder some times if I have much time for anything.

Let me add this. The Lord and my family do get time though.

This Blog may seem kind of strange to some but it basically was set up so that my family could see some pics of us every once and awhile.

That is all for now,

Matt

By the way, Katrina, I did have to try the slide out too. The only problem was, I jumped on it with my work clothes on. It was so hot and I couldn't help it:)

Tell your kids to come up and get on the water slide and go do some quad riding. They would have fun.

Tell Bart I'll let him go down the slide once :)

Lauren Wants to Go Riding

Lauren wanted to ride but she wasn't dressed for it.

She was on the water slide again.

Sorry, Dakota and Colten that Lauren was having so much fun while you all were gone this week to Papa and Nana's.

Dakota's Piano Recital

Amy Kunsleman is her piano teacher. Dakota has done very well for her first year. If I knew how I would add a clip of her playing.

Fun @ DelGrosso Park

Here is Lauren between Daddy and Mommy.
Lauren with aunt Shelly
Colten and Dakota with there cousin Casey

What fun they all looked like they were having:)

Having A Blast

Lauren was having a blast being the only child for a week while Dakota and Colten were at Papa and Nana's.

Michigan Trip to work on the AWM West Branch Pioneer Church

Bro. Don Carpenter, Bro. Bill Davis and my son Colten and myself went to install the plumbing and electric in the new sunday school rooms addition.
We left on Monday morning at 4 am to go up and returned on Wednesday morning at 4 am.

What a Crew!

What an exciting trip. On the way up through OH and into Mich. we ran into 2 rest areas that had the sign on it, Sorry Closed. No Water. That sure helped things out a lot. :)

Pics from Punxy of Our Children

These are a few pics I took in the fall of 07.

Peru

Here are some pics from when the Peaks who are missionaries in Peru came to our church the other week. They dressed our children up like Peruvians.

Lauren was sick that day. If you look closely you will see that Dakota is wearing the "tire" sandals but Colten wouldn't put the other ones on.

For Those Who Hate America

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'It became very quiet in the room.

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Then there was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break one of the French engineer s came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 5,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'Once again, dead silence.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'You could have heard a pin drop

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A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer asked sarcastically.Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it.' The Frenchman said, 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France!'The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained. 'Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to.'
There was nothing further to say.

I thought I would put this picture on my blog because I thought you all would enjoy it. It kind of does make it hard to vote doesn't it?

First Post

Here is the church we are pastoring and a picture of some of the scenery around here. Of course Punxsutawney is noted for the ground hog. I have been asked so many times if I was able to see him on ground hogs day and my answer was, "I just couldn't get him in my sights because they moved him around too much".

Old House is now for sale

Here is one of the old houses that I remodled. I know some of you didn't see it so I thought I would show you a couple of pictures of it. It has a New roof, siding, windows, doors, electric, plumbing, drywall, furnace, flooring, kitchen and bath. Basically it is a new house now.

If any of you are interested let me know.:)