Snapshots from Carver 2005

Carver Graduation, May 2005


"Pancho and Pancha"-the class finches


Kissing up to our local favorite marketplace


Fall at the Farm Patch


"Ruby" (I'm going to write a children's book about this one someday)

The here and now

I really, really am enjoying this holiday season. I feel like I'm sucking a little of the marrow of it.... does that sound gross? I am loving the Christmas songs, the lights shimmering on my fiber optic tree, my nativity scenes around my house, the presents I soon will be giving away, Christmas parties, the egg nog, the sangria, the hot cocoa that will soon be made, my bowl of fruit in my kitchen, the cold crisp weather.... Ahh. We celebrated on Monday with the staff at Carver at Wings and More. I was the entertainment and loved playing and singing for my friends at Carver. Erich was my hot date and everyone was more interested in watching his reaction to my being the entertainment than actually watching the entertainment. I guess being married to someone crazy like me is a novel idea, and they are in mysterious awe at the wonderment of how one would react and respond to being the mate of one such as me. They all were sweet to tell me the next day at work that my husband (that they were watching the whole time) just kept smiling at me.... with that glimmer in his eye.... little do they know.....
Tonight I was honored to sing with fellow nunnies from the Sound of Music carols at a Nursing home. Old people are splendid, they are honest, fun, young at heart, and much like a 4-year old, I'm convinced. I've decided if I get too tired of teaching 4 year olds, I could open the most creative, interactive, well kept, good food Nursing Home around. Dave could do the food, I could organize all activities and Erich could do the preaching... or the words of inspiration. Caroling at the Nursing home was a beautiful reminder of the brevity of life, the unimportance of the material, and the richness of life in Jesus.

Day at the Farm Patch

Today felt truly like the first day of fall. A perfect way to spend a day at the Farm patch amidst pumpkin patches, gourds, and fall harvest. My kids especially loved the hay maze... they were convinced the rats were real and one even complained of them eating at her shoe (and she connected that to her foot pain)! My kids are so funny and inventive! Today Erich and I meet at one of our favorite spots- Blue Baker.

Day 1 in blogville

We are now on... Erich and I will post parts and fragments of our life. Enjoy!

The youts

It's a wed night habit. Erich is sorta like the preacher and I'm occasionaly the one to fill the worship leader role. Although I must admit I prefer kids... no doubt about that. However, I don't mind spending a little time on the side with the hormonal, crazy, selfish world of teenagerhood. Erich is great with them. I enjoy his preaching and I tend to be the "weird one" around. I've decided that my role is to just be me. I don't know if that is more egocentrical than the average teenager in our youth group- but I feel it's something unique that I have to offer. We don't try to be anything like anyone else. Our mission is not to have a typical youth group with tons of activities. In fact, we don't offer many organized activities, don't do much on the side with the youth, and aren't too involved in the rest of their lives (outside of wed eve). But the heart is there, and that is what counts. They are a super group of kids and oddly enough, most of them are homeschooled. That is another chapter in and of itself....