March Flurries

Mmm, the latest? It's been a while....

Last Monday a woman from Mountainside who works for the church with her husband heading up the children's ministry, met the boys and me near her home in Moriarty. The boys played at the town park and we were able to learn about each other and hopefully, generally, encourage. She generously had us over and fed us lunch (I had been planning on picking-up take-out to take over). It was a very nice time.

Tuesday we were gone all day, but I can't remember why. Wednesday the boys helped me with major house cleaning. Thursday was shopping and Student Center most of the day. Friday I took the boys on some errands, worked at home and then we had a family night with the church, which I'll mention later.

Scott is distracted, caught off in space most of the time. Three days of next week will be spent fund-raising out of town. We plan to be a part of 2/3rds of this. We'll see how the kiddos survive it. Hopefully they'll be napping much of the driving time. The CSC continues to surprise us with odd attendance: the same number of people but hardly ever the same group. There are 15-18 constantly committed and serving, which is really a big group. If only they could be inspired to bring others!

We went to Golfernoggins for that family night. Our friends, the Wests, have begun this venture, designing and building an indoor miniature golf adventure in our neck-of-the-woods. They were not yet finished with it, but did allow the families from the church to come picnic and golf/climb/run around their construction site. You know how when you go to the outdoor courses they have large animals and architecture that when climbed on or played with, the loud speaker calls you out and orders you off the equipment? Golfernoggins is designed so that children are encouraged to climb the animals, spin the windmill, and generally "off-road" it. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun.

Clint, Scott and the boys standing in the Grand Canyon as well as Toby climbing to the bottom of it:

Our friend Leslie with her boys, golfing on the race track.


On Saturday, I shopped for Brendan and Sarah's birthday gifts so we could present them that evening over dinner, which we canceled unfortunately and for naught. Er. Grrr.

Today Mountainside had an Easter Egg Hunt after late services. Most kids quickly understand the notion, and fun, of grabbing and bagging as many eggs as possible. Our boys seem content to find a few, wander and socialize. I talked with Ranne before we arrived about helping children who were having a hard time finding eggs and sharing his in case there weren't a lot to go around. Well, there were hundreds of eggs (1600? can that be right?), averaging take-home count to 35 per-child. He seemed to understand about helping others find them, but forgot to keep some. Those he has, I strongly encouraged him to put in his sack.

Toby went right to it as we left the gym. How wonderful to have the Johnsons with us lately on Sunday mornings!

Ranne found some in the bushes. AnneMarie quickly stocked up.


That's about it for now. I am extremely tired and not really ready for another busy week. A friend is spending tomorrow evening with us while Scott's away. Tuesday is dinner with old friends from out of town (as well as Brendan's BIRTHDAY). The trips on Wed and Fri sound like fun. Those are to Roswell and Alamogordo. Scott goes to Ruidoso tomorrow night. Please pray that travels are safe and much goodwill and encouragement can be gained from the churches in the state, as well as that we can find ways to encourage them as we go. Oh, and Saturday, three events are going on at the same time, 5:30, and I don't know what to do!

God speed.