Monday, October 30, 2006
Congratulations Emma!
Well, this past weekend was Emma's last soccer game. What a way to end the season too! Before the game, we had a party at Pizza Hut, and the girls got their trophies and the coaches their gifts. We were all excited to see the head coach's daughter. She was one of the best on the team, but she was in a terrible car accident a couple of weeks ago and broke her jaw and leg. We are thankful that God spared her life. Emergency workers used the "jaws of life" to get her out of the car when they arrived at the scene. We enjoyed the lunch together, but the talk there was of all of us dreading going out to the field for the game because the weather was awful for playing that day. We had high winds (gusts up to 50 mph) and rain. The regular temp. was only in the mid-40s at the time too. Wind chill definitely was in the 30s. Games are only canceled for lightening. Anyway, we noticed the rain slowing and then stopping as we left Pizza Hut and went to the field. That was our first answer to prayer. Well, Olivia and I stayed bundled under a heavy blanket and still felt like we were going to blow over or at least freeze. She was not a happy camper, and our team was losing 3-0. I thought, "What an ending!" Everyone was saying things like, "This is just crazy!" or "We're all nuts being out here!" I finally looked at one of the other moms and said, "I just pray we would score, and I wish Emma could make a goal since this is her last game. That would make it more worth it." Well, not two minutes later the score was 3-2 and our EMMA made the second goal!!!!!!! I jumped out of that chair, which did blow over then, and about threw Olivia on the ground. Ha ha We were so excited! The crowd really got intense as we saw a chance to tie or maybe even win. Well, we DID win with the score ending up 5-3! What a game. Emma played defense almost all last season, but this season she got to play almost every position. The coach was great in moving the girls around even during the game at the half to teach them what is like to play in different parts of the field. We saw great improvement and skill as the season went on with Emma. She had never scored before in either season. It was a special time! On our way home, it started to rain. God is always good!
Friday, October 27, 2006
What A Cutie!
Okay, Sarah just sent this to me yesterday. Do I not have the cutest little nephew?!? Man, I miss him!
Our Little Helper
Last weekend Olivia really wanted to help Daddy out in the yard. We have a great backyard with many beautiful trees, but it makes for a lot of work in the fall. Olivia saw Kris outside with the leaf blower and enjoyed playing while he worked, but when he got his rake, she just had to help with one herself. You can see the beautiful leaves that were still left in the back part of our yard behind the deck. Well, those pretty much all came down this week, so this weekend will call for some more raking. :-) The colors are all about done now. How sad. We sure had great color though this year and it was nice while it lasted. By the way, Olivia's jacket is reversible. She wanted to wear it on the flower side that day, but we have since changed it back to the solid color. I like it much better that way. :-) The flowers were a bit too much. Ha ha
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
It's Coming Again!
Yes, the pictures you see are real. Snow has already fallen in MI, and it is predicted to fall again this evening and tomorrow. I doubt it will really be staying around long or accumulating here, but it is making me wonder what we are in for this winter. I do love the snow and am glad we have experienced real winter again these last couple of years. Of course, a few months of it would be just fine. We do have long winters here. In fact our first fall here, we saw the first snowfall with accumulation at Thanksgiving, and then when my parents came the following April, we went from near 80 degrees the day we picked them up to snow that weekend. Aahhh, MI. . . . My husband is not thrilled with the whole thing, let me assure you. Winter in MI has not settled well with him. :-) He does miss that S.C. warmth.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
Finally Updating! :-)
Well, I really am still alive and well. Whew! The last few weeks have been so busy but full of lots of fun. As I have mentioned before, Fall is my favorite time of year. It is especially awesome in MI. The colors we've seen this year have been the best yet since we moved. It's been great having all the opportunities we've had out in nature recently to talk of God's power and majesty with our girls and to be in awe of God as Creator together as a family. The last few weeks have brought everything from visiting a cider mill with friends, an incredible week of warm weather with a surprise visit from my parents (who came with us on a fall color tour up north and along part of the western shoreline of MI), to freezing cold temps this past week (complete with snow!!!), a cold 9:30 AM soccer game, AWANA Sparks hike at City Forest, and a fun Harvest party with our Sunday school class Sat. night. That included children, and we had a bonfire, hayride, awesome food and fellowship. We had some new people come, and Kris was able to give the gospel to the husband. We made smores and enjoyed hot chocolate and spiced cider. I tell you what, it has been really fun! I thank God for giving us these wonderful past few weekends. I will be posting lots of pics as I can get them sorted out.
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