Spring Break is Here

Spring Break begins today. We are so spacey. We forgot to get a sitter confirmed. Malanee is willing to do it but Alex and Elisabeth have found friends to go be with. Maybe Tami will watch the boys. We will have to call in the morning. It's too late now!

I cleaned up the old computer and got the iMac kind of working. Maybe we'll switch the newer Emachine and Mac... Most all we use the desktop for is Alex playing Runescape... and for printing from our jump drives from time to time, or else Andrew playing games now that he's is getting into that.

I am hoping that grandma and grandpa will take the kids to Chicago for a few days over Spring Break, just for something fun for them. I wonder what will happen this summer about France. Carol and I had hoped to go, but we haven't saved the way we should. And with everything else going on.... well, this isn't the place to get into that but... I don't know if it'll happen.

Girl Scout Camp

Elisabeth and her new friend Nadia at horse camp. Carol and she went away for the weekend and had a simply lovely time.

They learned to tack and groom the horses, took riding lessons, did archery together, took hikes and sang around the campfire as Carol played her guitar.

212 degrees...

This morning Alex and I enjoyed a wonderful message. Dan spoke on Moses from Ex. 2:11 - 17. The idea is that when water undergoes the phase change from water to steam it's power is unleashed. At 211, it's just hot water, at 212 it can power a locomotive or catapult a jet off a carrier at 165 miles an hour in two seconds. He gave us five steps to acheive our phase change taken from Moses' life - finding your purpose in life, finding your divine discontent, finding your capacity for sin, finding God's discontent, hearing God's calling... I think you can listen online if you want to hear the message. Check out our church website www.chapel-pointe.org

Carol and Elisabeth came home from horse camp at Manitou-lin, both full of stories and excitement but Carol had to turn right back around and head out to Chiaroscuro. (that site opens best in IE 5 or better. When I open it in Mozilla, my browser of choice, it is not properly configured.) She had to be on the panel to discuss the film Fear and Trembling.

Trickery and Skullduggery

Today I told my boys we would do something fun seeing as mom and Lizzy we away at girl scout horse camp. I told them we'd do something I like, then something fun for them. So, for my fun, I took them on a hike. What a hoot. All three grumbled and moaned after I told them and they grumbled and moaned as we got out of the van. Then we went a hundred yards down the Kent Trails path... and found it flooded. Well, that seemed ok with them. I said I wanted to take a couple of pictures, and next thing I know, they're getting into it :-D... tossing sticks and stones into the water, counting bird calls, finding leaves. Alex even spotted a beaver!! We saw a Canadian duck couple. Then we dug around in rotting tree trunks hunting bugs and beetles, ants and spiders. Eventually, I was ready to leave and the boys didn't want to go. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.