Ryan's been busy with grad school. That's about it for that, except for a quick opinion from me on it. So far Social Work grad school is like a Philosophy class. They feed you a bunch of garbage that equals to treating people so 'fairly' that you may as well just not talk to them. It's lots-o-political correctness, which is really a new name for racism/ageism/prejudice/etc. So that's all I'll say about that :)
Lts of funnies have been going on the last month or so. A few weeks ago my brother and his family came to visit. Colby kept running outside with his back pack, but we couldn't figure out why. Turns out he had his spiderman costume in it and kept changing into it behind a tree like superman hides in a phone booth to put on his super hero outfit. Yeah, that's my imaginative boy!
Ryan and I got to go to the movies in the middle of the day a few weeks ago. We saw 50/50. It was pretty good.
A couple of weeks ago a previous youth minister and his family came to visit BG and came to the Plano campus for church. His wife and I were pregnant at the same time, along with another friend from church, during 2007 (that's Meredith). All three were in our Kindergarten Sunday School class, so I grabbed them and got a picture. It's Meredith, Callie, and Brady at four years old!
A couple of weekends ago Ryan had class on Saturday so the kids and I packed up and headed to Munfordville for a barbecue competition my uncles were competing in. I have some pics from that!
Meredith gettin' down on some brisket.
Colby wasn't amused.
The brisket.
My cousin Gary holding down that chair like a professional.
There was a pig decorating competition. This was Meredith's favorite.
Nat-nat's too. It ended up winning.
Colby's fave.
Aunt Nell won first in desserts!
We've picked up a new family member. His name is Carlton 'Flint' Lockwood the First. He was living under our back deck and was skin and bones when he showed up, so we bleeding hearts ended up feeding him and he's been around ever since. I like him because he's low maintenance. He can leave for a couple of days, then show up for a while, then head off for another day or two. That's my kind of cat!
Meredith had a field trip to the local orchard with her preschool class, and Natalie and I tagged along.
Then the next week, the firefighters came to Meredith's school and talked about fire safety. But more importantly, they got to climb in the fire truck, haha!
Last Sunday was Meredith's choir concert. Colby is laying out this year because he's burned out and Natalie is still too young. As usual, Meredith stood on stage and 'showed herself' the entire time, lol!
My good friend Christine and I teach the Kindergarten choir class. This is one of those years that has limited Ks in general, so only one of ours showed up. Since Christine and I (mostly I) like to be on stage, lol, we got up there and sang with her. By far some of the most fun I've had teaching this year, haha! Haley did GREAT!
And this is what happens when someone dares me to do something:
Ryan and I have gotten into fried pickles lately. We ate these.
Hmmmmmm I think that's it for now. Halloween will be up shortly (hopefully) after it happens.
Did I post pictures of Asia?
In all seriousness, you should know that I love these kids, I mean love them, profoundly, and for those that gave money or, more importantly, prayed for me while I was gone, I cannot thank you enough. My trips to Asia have been one of the most amazing, inspiring, gut-wrenching experiences of my life, and I am so blessed that God gave me the privilege of going to this place and loving on these kids. I can't express accurately in words my feelings and emotions regarding these journeys, but know that I know how blessed I am :)
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