Relief

Today I just sat around the house and relaxed. I slept in, watched movies, surfed the net, etc. I was just plain lazy!!...and I loved it. I have been on the road 4 of the last 5 days, driving to court hearings and meetings around the state. It was nice just to relax for a bit. Have you ever had a day like this?? They seem to not be as plentiful as they should be. Life tends to get too busy and sometimes it's hard to slow it down. Take time for yourself once in a while, you will feel better...I do!!

Stolen Phone

So this last week I was in Detroit, for work, with one of the guys I work with. We went into the court hearing and I thought all of my car doors were locked. You should always make sure of this when you're in Detroit! So I came back to the car after court and got in and left. No big deal, right?? WRONG!!

So before I went into court I put my personal cell phone in the console in the center of my car. You can't take in cell phones with cameras. Well about an hour after we left court, I went to look for my phone and could not find it. I realized that someone had gone through my car. Like I said before, make sure ALL the car doors are locked!! The person had also popped the trunk and gone through it. Now my truck is loaded with cool stuff, but they only took one thing, a water purifier for hiking. Maybe they were in need of clean water in the big "D". :)

Good thing for insurance. Two days later I received a new phone. The only bummer is that I lost all of my phone numbers. If you're reading this and would like me to have your phone number, call me at my number, (which is the same), or email me your number.

MAKE SURE YOU LOCK YOUR DOORS!!

Camp Barakel Winter Retreat 2008

Ah, Camp Barakel!! I love going to Barakel with the teens. I enjoy the snow activities and the warm fires in all the buildings. This year we were on the West Side of the lake. If you've never been to Barakel, this is the older side of the lake and the buildings are a little more rustic like. The picture above is of most of the group we took, waiting for Chapel to start.
Here is a picture of Mel and Aubrey tubing down the hill. There was no snow when we left Saginaw, but there was about 5-6 inches at Barakel. The Tubing Hill was very icy and FAST!! My dad worked the hill and said that they sent down a train of 36 on Saturday morning!!!
Broomball and ice hockey were to of the favored sports. Here's Joey Kruger working hard to get to the ball. Snow football was also a big hit, except I took a nap during this time (shhh).
So anyone who thought that Pastor Matt was neat, was wrong. Yup these are all his clothes. Amber wouldn't be happy.
Brooke never enjoys getting her picture taken.

Well that was Winter Camp at Barakel. We had a great weekend. The speaker was Terry Coons. He challenged the kids about salvation. His point about it was that it wasn't just a one time thing, but a lifetime of working out their salvation. It is something that grows as we grow. He was very good, and I really enjoyed his message. If you would like to hear him, you can listen on the Camp Barakel website.

Preschool Class

On Sunday nights I have the priviledge of working in the preschool class as a helper. Angie is the teacher, and she does a great job! I love working with the kids, they say the funniest things. A couple weeks ago Amber Delong was eating pretzels for snack time and one of the pretzels looked like a "D". She said "my dad's name starts with a D, D A D!! Then a couple of the other kids said, wow, my dad's name is D A D too! I just laughed. :)

Adam V. is funny because he asks a lot of questions. He askes very good questions about the lesson...things that I wouldn't think to ask.

Well below are some pictures for Kara (because she likes pictures) of Angie teaching our class. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy the class.

For the Tag Game...a personal recipe!

A Man's Meal

1 Frozen Pizza

Place in the oven to 350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Remove and eat with Coke!

LIFE!!

Well life has been busy! Tonight I got out of work and realized that I didn't have any plans and I didn't know what I was going to do with all my free time. It was nice, but also I felt like I needed to be doing something. I ended up playing games at my parents, which of course was fun!

My typical week consists of working, playing basketball on Tuesday nights, and volleyball on Thursday nights. My weekends always seem to be full (except for this weekend).

My job is going good. I love my new job. I wish that I would have been able to make the switch years ago, but God had a plan for me and He put me in this job when I was ready. I have a lot of responsibility, but I love working with the guys (much better than girls), also I love working with the staff that I have - even though sometimes they don't do what I ask of them. It's fun working with both the staff and the kids, trying to motivate them and move them in a direction that is positive for both of them. Paperwork continues to grow, but I'm getting good at doing what is needed. My hours are much better now also, M-F 9-5 or so. No driving - except for the occasional court hearing. I like my boss and the other program coordinators that I work with. Did I mention that I love my job??

Anyway, that is what is going on in my life. I'm looking forward to visiting Ben and Kelly in a few weeks (and getting some time to cuddle with little Owen). Ben, I'm looking forward to playing some golf in December, can you believe it - golf in December!
Well that's all for now.

Coming Soon!!

I've been requested to update the blog. This will happen soon, it's too late tonight.