Having so much of our extended family around is such a huge blessing! Really it is. Hopefully we don't take it for granted!
With Edstone starting up next semester, we are losing some great family friends to go be pioneers at that new college campus. Many of these fine folk :-) have been very helpful to my parents and family in general with tasks like mowing the grass etc.
In honor of their Edstone blessing and adventure coming up, my dad hosted a dinner in their honor. He hosted it, but it was at my brother and sister in laws place. It was small. My dad simply invited a few of the Edstone pioneers that he feels closer to.
Kiall, Sam, and Kaitlin. I know I am going to personally miss them . They are all so thoughtful, and their heart is so much into the Work. It's really exciting to see them being so blessed in their lives! I'm so thrilled for them!!!
Above: Joel H. is not going to Edstone, but he is always very helpful to my dad, so he was invited.
Below: Two "Edstoners" Chris E and Jessie H. That's Jamie in the middle. She's staying here, but she's become like family to us.
The bro and sis in law, and Jamie among the "trees" in the living room. "It's a jungle out there." :-)
My dad and mom's amazing spread....Wow! It was like having a menu at a restaurant....they had.....mac in cheese, spaghetti, homemade chili, nachos, brisket, steak, green beans, potatoes, cake and more! WOW!
TOTALLY switching gears!.....but on the same weekend.....The Lamberth's were so generous and hosted a fun evening in their home. Danielle and I spent a little gal pal time together and had dinner together out at a restaurant, and then we went back to her dad's place, and he had invited some of the AC students over for a fun movie night that turned more into a funny ping pong in the garage type of night.
Above: I teased that their ping pong playing was a little dull for me shooting a video, ....so
.....BELOW: They tried to make it more exciting....I missed it, but at the beginning of the video, Tim did a 360 turn while hitting the ball, and from that point on, they started hitting the ball all crazily in fun, and I absolutely love Rachel G.'s laughter in this video.
Wow, Emmanuel is glowing in the above pic, but below, he's back down to planet Earth. :-)
The gals.....Kayla, Arienne, Rachel, and Danielle.
It was a great extended family weekend!
Stay Tuned!....Coming up Next!.....(trying to sound funny like a TV broadcaster :) ) ......I'm taking advantage of all of the extra time that I have this week and working on a project I've been working on for six or seven years, no joke! I'm soooo happy to have time to maybe finish it before my schedule goes back to normal next week! It's not food or sewing machine related either. I've been going over my notes from messages and the literature and working on turning my notes into test pop quiz answer form to really absorb things in, and about six or seven years ago, I started turning my pop quiz studies into a fun Bible Flash Card type game that is categorized by subject like memory scriptures, history of Israel, and other things I am almost finished, for now anyway! Wow, it feels so rewarding right now to almost have it done. It's been a really fun way for me to gleam a lot from the literature and msgs, and now when the cards are all done, I'm thinking it will make it so much more exciting to study with it in game form! I know this might sound silly to some, but it's really exciting to me! To be continued....... :-)
