Friday, May 06, 2011

A Fully Packed Day

It has to happen - all ends lead to new beginnings....and so it was time for the girls to begin packing up their campus apartment...which for some reason made ME very emotional. I may be allergic to packing boxes....





Arielle helped make a display board for tonight's fundraiser for Krista. 
Michael went to visit his sister. We kept packing and preparing for the fundraiser.....then went on over to Lively Stone Church. This was our Niece Amy's idea. She pulled her parents and husband in on the plan. She did a great job. There was a display on Turkey. Krista talked about what she will be doing and fielded questions.   Below is the only photo I got of Amy (left) and Sherri (right) - appropriate they are praying.



Bre, Jared and Arielle preformed a skit on the need for the church to equip fishermen. It was cute and had a point. 


Grandpa then prayed for and blessed Krista....and others prayed with her as well. Cathy, shown here, was one of my earliest children's church teachers. 

I'm standing between my mother and a newly found 2nd cousin, Sarah. How funny! Krista and Sarah have been attending the same church and discovered at last weekend's ladies retreat Sarah's maiden name was the same as Krista's Great Grandmothers. It turns out that my mom is Sarah's Dads cousin...and she remembers our last visit up there when Bre and Krista were BABIES. Too funny! My brother, Will and nephew, Andrew are in the back. Amy, fund raiser extraordinaire is on the right.


 Ms. Trudy Kutz was  one of Michael and my professors. Her writing and speech tips have been invaluable. This would be a good time to mention my blog is written on the fly and for fun...not with an eye to grammar and such. ::snort::  Trudy was Krista's academic counselor and a great mentor. She is the one who connected Krista with TEAM. She was also a great encouragement to Krista in her academic pursuits. Bre also loved Ms Kutz. I told them this was a "3 Generation photo". LOL 
We packed this day full. I suspect tomorrow will be packed as well. 


Choosing Joy!
©2011 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Vacation Racing By

We spent Friday here (Sat in Japan) running errands. Michael began to track down solutions for the blown tires and damaged undercarriage of the trailer. 


I did all our laundry at the girls'. The girls had lunch with a friend who was here for graduation and then ran errands. 


Michael and Jared had a run in the afternoon. I watched the younger two at the pool. The middle two opted for mindless television viewing - which is not an option at home where we don't have television. These trips always strengthen our resolve to keep it that way. LOL 


We met at Marie Calendars in the evening with family and friends of the girls to celebrate their graduation. All in all a full and busy day. 


Today (Sat or Sunday) everyone seems to be sleeping in. Michael and I are having lunch with John and Nadine - our endorsers. Tonight is a fund raiser our Sister-in-Law and Niece are hosting for Krista's trip to Turkey. 


Tomorrow we will visit our home church and then the church that Krista attends. The boys will arrive Sunday night.  We leave for our rented home on the coast Monday. 

Choosing Joy!
©2011 D.R.G.
~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...