we're home

safe and sound.

counting down

see you soon!!

busy bees...

Hello Darlings!


Sorry we have been so quiet on this space recently.


We have been:
getting ready for our big mid-west trip
creating lesson plans for children's church and switch
catching up on some much needed couple time
and resting



We are still waiting to hear if Eric's BIG interview will be happening in the next few days. His pre-interview went very well and the feedback was all positive. Now we wait. Again.


We are really settled in our new neighborhood. We've met our neighbors, been to the library, found a great place to eat, and planted spring bulbs out front. The squirrels and birds love what we put out front for them and Sushi loves watching them. Our new Solar Cone (solarcone.net) has been everything we hoped it would and we're looking forward to putting a garden near it.

All in all - - things are well. And we'll see you soon!

truth

sign on our way to church

Election Day

candidate finger puppets

Voting is such a great privilege.

Don't waste yours by not getting out to the polls today!

VOTE

VOTE

VOTE

our little halloween

eric's happy little pumpkin

our friends paul and shanell came over for halloween

we had a fire (compliments of paul), roasted marshmallows, ate chili, passed out candy, and carved pumpkins

we had a really wonderful evening

even sushi dressed up

(well, he wore a glow stick)

shanell's pumpkin

one of the best costumes we saw that night was a homemade juicy fruit gum pack

my little "a is for apple" pumpkin

all of our pumpkins in a row

paul's pumpkin

trick or treat!

a Switch Halloween

This week at Switch, we dressed up for History Mystery. Kids dressed up as characters from the past and gave clues to their identities. 

I was a princess.

Eric was a knight in shining armor.

Because we were adults we got to have a little more fun with choosing. Eric made our costumes.

Nicolas was Christopher Columbus

Brook and Rachel were 9/11 firefighters

the girls were surprised how heavy the fire gear was

Rachel's dad is a firefighter, so they were able to borrow their costumes

Towards the end of the night, Christian modified his costume to include my hat.

And Dan wanted to play along.

and Nicolas...

Becky was Queen Eleanor

Christian was a Mexican Cowboy.

Dan was a pirate.

Nicolas one for most creative costume and we spent the majority of our time playing freeze tag in the dark parking lot with their glow stick bracelets.

We are enjoying our Wednesday nights with the kids.

Overtime

overtime 2008 was last weekend

it is a chance for many of the local church youth groups to get together for an all-night adventure packed with fun, music, and food

there were bands

and more bands

and one of the (very cool) moms brought glow sticks for our kids during the concert

dwight knight spoke and touched their hearts. we had 80 of the 500 hundred kids come for the alter call. many had questions. and many gave their lives to christ that night.

eric with a glow stick in his mouth :)

after the main event, it was time to travel around the nearing towns to the scheduled activites

eric getting ready to sumo

eric's opponent, Ryan

me getting ready to sumo (I wrestled one of the kids, they were more my size)

down for the count

emily and matt

there was a video game house with lots of rooms dedicated to exercising your fingers

kids scaled the rock wall

the bonfire was a big hit

some of our kids playing inflatable twister

shanell, denise, and me

eric and erica

christian giving skating a try at the rink

there were so many inflatables

and plenty of space to stretch your legs

the velcro wall was a big hit!

christian upside down!!

what do you call cheese that isn't yours?

nacho cheese!!

me at the last stop of the evening. my eyes just wouldn't stay awake for the 13th hour.

night night

some of the other leaders by the end of the night

all in all...

it was an amazing night

and we'll sign up again next year

and by popular request...

eric and ryan sumo wrestling