Simeon Eugene's Dedication

"Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." The little child has no part of deciding what family he is a part of, or whether he will have parents who raise him as a christian. In turn, we are humbled by all this child can teach us and show us about faith and trusting. All we who have influence of any sort over this child have great responsibility as we share our lives with him. .
This dedication was a blessing. For us. For Simeon.

Just One Day

So the guy that spews and drools when he's near the computer was in today. (We have plenty of Lysol disinfectant this season). I know why I don't get out of my office much ..And there was the lady who wants the address for Area 51, my local politician library supporter who's making me so discombobulated these days was in once and called twice. The guy who's really a woman/no wait a man was in, but I'm getting the hang of him these days and sadly, he doesn't disturb me so much now. I skimmed through 2 YA books and I think they belong in the smutty romance paperback section. Why is it that the middle of the book, the first page I turn to makes me blush? I think I need a rest.

Fun at grandma and grandpas

The boys were at our house last weekend. First we had some snow. But believe me, these boys were up for it! Then Grandpa got them hooked up with a marshmallow cook out. Then they were good sports about the group picture too. Look at how that Simeon is growing!

Friends Friends Old Friends

We have camped together for more than 10 years. We were just talking about how old "little" Scotty was when we started. He was probably 5 years old and now he's off to college. Even Katie, who is graduating from college this year was pretty little when we started. But now it's just the 6 of us. We are grandparents. 11 grandkids between us. And we can still have tons of fun together. We also eat a lot. Next time we're going to have to do something more strenuous than sit around and laugh ... we'll have to ski or something. eeekkk.

Brunet Island State Park Wisconsin

We spent a very cold, wet, dreary, delightful, wonderful weekend camping this past weekend. The weather was not all we'd hoped for, but it didn't really matter. We ignored the cold, endured the rain and had so much fun in the company of good friends. We hiked (doing some geo caching) hiked, biked, enjoyed the leaves turning color before our very eyes, ate... Lots! laughed, watched movies, talked, shared and prayed together. I was so glad I'd taken some time off. I wish there was a way to do this full time...

From Michigan to Milwaukee as the Crow Flies

Ron got home from a weekend with Amy almost a week ago now. He took his own camera along and got some nice shots. I almost feel like I got to go along...almost. Well he did bring me back a taste of Michigan anyway, so it was almost as nice. But here he is on the ferry from Michigan to Milwaukee. He had to get a reservation a few days before and homeland security had to do an inspection so he had to be there 45 min. ahead of time, but I think he enjoyed the trip. It actually saved him quite a bit of time in the end. It was a 4 hour boat ride with no traffic. He didn't have to go around the end of the lake and through Chicago. So he made it home by 9:30 the same night- 14 hours!

Sioux Falls Bike Trip

Bike trip to Sioux Falls on Sunday. One very windy day. CAn't say too much about our planning. I guess if we could predict the weather then plan for our activities we'd be the weather men. Oh well. I did 12 miles. But my ride wasn't the longest, that went to the 14 mile trip. Now next weekend we'll be doing another biking round and we'll see if I do any better. But it's fun to be with friends.

How's this for a resting spot? Downtown Sioux Falls. The day was beautiful for sitting in a chair at the edge of the water.