Bits 'n' Pieces

Here are some bits 'n' pieces of the recent goings on: (none really deserve a post of their own!)

Daniel has been moved from teaching the youth Sunday school to being the Young Men's first counselor. So far so good!

Katie has been asked to be the primary secretary. It's a big change from teaching the little critters to making sure their names are on the rolls and all teachers are accounted for...I'm learning!

Today at church Andrew raised his hand in front of all of junior primary. He had something to say about the teacher's drawings--he was polite, but to the point. "The three girls you drew don't really look like girls. They look like cave men."

Eliza's favorite words are poo-poo and poop. She throws them in wherever she pleases. Especially to punctuate the end of a phrase or a song.

Eliza also has a funny affection for the words sometimes, since, and because. They often come at the beginning of sentences when they are unnecessary. It's a cute little experiment.

Eliza is petrified, PETRIFIED, screaming bloody horror petrified of bugs. If a little gnat is flying around her face, based on her reaction you might believe she got her arm cut off!

Abby finished preschool a couple weeks ago. Andrew has a week left of 1st grade!

The weather! We had our first tornado warning last night. LOTS of thunder, wind and rain. The rain has continued on today and now the thunderstorms are returning. It was amazing last night to see the storm coming--half the sky was light harmless clouds and the other half was ominous blackness. And in it came.

But, BEFORE Saturday's storm we made it out to Harrington Beach on Lake Michigan. It started out pretty chilly--we're learning it's like the Oregon Coast--about 10 degrees colder than "inland". But as the sun came out we warmed up. It was so fun to play in the sand and run around. We even bought our first real cooler. Ooohhh. We were amazed at the vastness of the lake--it's like an ocean. Small waves lap at the shore and you can't see the other side of the lake! It's huge!