Fall Events

October has come and gone and no posts. Seems I'm drifting to every other month, instead of monthly. I'll have to work on that. With October, school is in full swing and L~ senior year is a busy one. This month saw another milestone for our family with L~ turning 18, no more minors in this house. She also got her driver's license since my last post. Went to family camp ending with three of us helping out at our churches annual Fall Festival.

This month L~ and I went to Idaho (this was part of her B-day present) for the wedding of a childhood friend.


Another good friend went with us making a reunion of 5 childhood friends and their mothers. We got there on a Thursday, the wedding was on Saturday and the girls went home on Sunday. Sunday afternoon us mom's got together and had our own slumber party/reunion. We were missing the mom who is in heaven, but the time together was sweet just the same. Now it's time to get ready for Thanksgiving, and our annual pilgrimage to Parumph the day after to visit my dad. And we all know what comes after that, getting ready for Christmas. So I'd better get going and get caught up or work ahead or whatever so I'll be ready for the next thing.

PS. I just remembered two other things I've done this month. Made two new Squidoo lenses.


http://www.squidoo.com/ClutterFreeGiftsTeachers

http://www.squidoo.com/Being_Thankful_for_What_you_Have

Check them out and share them with others. Thanks~

Summer Begins

The end of June is almost here. I had hoped to get two posts up this month, so much for my best, laid plans. At the beginning of the month, we went camping with our homeschool group for our annual End of the Year camping trip. We went to San Clemente State Beach, enjoyed great weather, the beach, friends, food, games, campfires, etc.




B~ had her first experience with jury duty and did some volunteer work for a community theater. We went to two graduation parties and a birthday party. L~ took the CHSPE (Calif. HS Proficiency Exam), went to a wedding, and a medical screening all in the same day. Then left the next day for her first experience at Hume Lake, a camp our church attends yearly.



I rented one of my vacancies, one down, three to go. Now I'm preparing for a mission trip for July. L~ & I will leave on the 19th with a team from our church. We will be going to a Navajo & an Apache Reservation, working with churches in each location. I will be working and doing the Lions share of planning for two women's events. D~ was hoping to join us, but will be staying behind partly for work, and partly for his mother who is having health issues. We appreciate you prayers for the planning and execution to the mission trip and for the health issues of our parents.