Wow, where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday we were in Washington visiting family and friends, and now, summer is over, the kids are back in school and life just keeps getting busier.
We got back from Washington and jumped right into youth group, a community block party hosted by our church and vacation bible school. We had good attendance for both, and they were tons of fun!!! Youth group is relatively small, but now that school has started, we are hoping to grow.
The kids went back to school August 21st. Grady started high school this year. It seems like I just took him to Kindergarten. Spencer is in the 8th grade and Becca is in 5th. So far so good in the new school year. We are dealing with a couple of teacher issues. Basically the kids are struggling with what seems to be unfair policy. We have a new band teacher (yay!!!) Grady is continuing with trumpet, Spencer decided to try the drums. We'll see how that goes.
We are doing well. No one is sick or has a cold at the moment. Allergies have been relativiely calm as well. Our valley was filled with smoke a few weeks ago. It's blowing in from the fire burning near Santa Barbara, CA. We could even smell the fire. And that's a long ways away!
I'm currently working on a new newsletter, so those of you on our e-mail list will be recieivng it shortly. We switched computers and I need to get the addresses off of the old one.
I just wanted to give a quick update. Hope to hear from you soon.
Love, Jen
Friday, August 31, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
Happy Summer
Hi all,
We just returned from 2 1/2 weeks away from our beautiful middle of nowhere home! While it was nice to get away, it was even nicer to get home. Our first week away was spent at our annual VM conference in Mission Springs, CA. It was a wonderful week of refreshing. Then we drove north to Washington to visit family and friends. While we were there a little over a week and visited with many people, we still didn't have a chance to see everyone. On the one hand it would have been nice to have more time, but on the other hand, home was calling! Some of you will just have to come here to visit us!
On our way home we drove through central Oregon and stayed 2 nights in Bend. It was nice to just relax and have time with our kids. We spent a third night in Winnemucca, NV and arrived home the 21st of June. Life has been crazy busy ever since! But that's life in ministry! We are getting VBS planned and starting youth group. As well as preparing for the fourth of July. That is a pretty big deal here in Round Mountain. We are building a float to drive through the parade passing out candy and information on the various minstries we have going in the summer. In the afternoon the mine has a big picnic with free food and games for the kids. That night we'll have a Hot Dog roast, S'mores, and ice cream Sundaes at the church and then watch the town fireworks display. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled this year!
Well, I need to get back to my carzy busy life! It is my hope that through this blog I will better keep our friends and family informed of the goings on here in Round Mountain.
Serving Him Together,
Butch and Jen
We just returned from 2 1/2 weeks away from our beautiful middle of nowhere home! While it was nice to get away, it was even nicer to get home. Our first week away was spent at our annual VM conference in Mission Springs, CA. It was a wonderful week of refreshing. Then we drove north to Washington to visit family and friends. While we were there a little over a week and visited with many people, we still didn't have a chance to see everyone. On the one hand it would have been nice to have more time, but on the other hand, home was calling! Some of you will just have to come here to visit us!
On our way home we drove through central Oregon and stayed 2 nights in Bend. It was nice to just relax and have time with our kids. We spent a third night in Winnemucca, NV and arrived home the 21st of June. Life has been crazy busy ever since! But that's life in ministry! We are getting VBS planned and starting youth group. As well as preparing for the fourth of July. That is a pretty big deal here in Round Mountain. We are building a float to drive through the parade passing out candy and information on the various minstries we have going in the summer. In the afternoon the mine has a big picnic with free food and games for the kids. That night we'll have a Hot Dog roast, S'mores, and ice cream Sundaes at the church and then watch the town fireworks display. Hopefully it doesn't get cancelled this year!
Well, I need to get back to my carzy busy life! It is my hope that through this blog I will better keep our friends and family informed of the goings on here in Round Mountain.
Serving Him Together,
Butch and Jen
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