The last two months.....
have been really, really cold and snowy here in the great midwest. Its been so cold and so snowy for so long that I think I've forgotten what it feels like to walk outside without wearing my super-sexy-snow boots. On the plus side, I've personally shoveled and chopped 50 inches (for real) of snow and ice off my driveway and sidewalks. Now that's some good arobic exercise. That's not why I'm posting though although maybe its been so long because my fingers have been just way to cold to type.
Lets see, in the past two months I've began to become Lutheran. The church the 3 little girls had been going to on Weds. nights simply stopping doing their Awana program each week because attendance had dwindled. Kyler's friend invited her to her Weds. night program at Lutheran Church of Hope and she loved it. Since the first of the year I've been bringing all 3 of the little girls there each Weds and its a pretty neat thing. So neat that we, kinda on a whim, checked it out on a Sunday a.m. and we all found that to be pretty neat too. So, that's where we've been going for about the last month except for on the weeks I have Children's Worship at the church we've long been members of once each month. Luth. Ch. of Hope really has something pretty special going on there. It is one of the fastest growing churches in the US and definitely the largest protestant church in Iowa with about 8500 members. For several years I had wondered what so many people saw in that church that caused it to grow so fast and after a few weeks of visiting I could feel why....I still can't put my finger on one thing that makes it so special but it is just a really comfortable, easy place to be.
Payten is now a varsity basketball player. After 3 games at her new high school, she began starting for varsity. Quite a move up from when she was at her other high school. Jaden is now officially playing on a Y team too. She has her last game of the season tomorrow.
I spent some time tonight looking at pictures of the past 16 or so years. Sometimes it makes me sad to see how much all of my babies have grown up but not tonight. All in all, the girls are all at a fairly good place right now and looking at the pics felt good. It felt like they've come a long way and are continuing on their way to have good lives. If Payten stops getting traffic tickets at least!
The biggest news is that we leave for Florida in 6 days!! We're doing Disney and doing it right. Ray, the girls and I. This will probably be the only time we do Disney....all of us....together.....Payten leaves for college in a couple of years. The nice thing is that every is now old enough to remember it....it just seems like the right time.
