Skate-A-Rama

Ethan and Hailey's school has skate nights at Edru skating rink. Well tonight I thought I would be brave and take the kids skating by myself (JR was working until 8pm). I should give you some background - I learned to skate at Edru. And by "learned" I mean that by the end of this night I could usually go around maybe once without falling. Skating is not something I am good at by any means. So, sure, why not take Ethan who has only been skating once and Hailey who has never been before...

First time I tried to stand up I fell. It was not looking good. Hailey tried to stand up and the same thing happened to her too. Boy, this was going to be a long night. I finally got my bearings and just tried my best to keep Hailey on her feet. I am proud to say I didn't fall again which is pretty amazing considering how many times Hailey tried to pull me down :)

All in all it was a a really fun night! JR was even able to come for the last 10 minutes and skate around with the kids. We are all really excited for the next skate night... I think.

5 days in Sunny Florida

Last Tuesday through Saturday I was in Florida with 5 of my very good friends. I have the absolute priviledge of working with some amazing women at Riverview. We went to Orlando for a Children's Pastor Conference. We were each able to go to different sessions and we have so many new ideas of things we want to try with the kid's ministry. It was so good to go and hear how other people approach ministry and see what works and what doesn't. It was a great time and we even had some time to enjoy the sunshine. We went to Magic Kingdom one day and another day we sat by the pool after our conference finished. Here are a few snapshots from our trip...

Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

It's becoming humerous to me how sick we have all been lately. I say humorous because there's really no other response I can have. Since Thanksgiving, Ethan has had the stomach flu twice, JR's been sick twice, I've had the flu, Hailey has had the stomach flu twice, has had lice, and we just found out today that she has Strep, for the secone time in 6 weeks! We have not all been healthy for more than 10 days in a row! What in the world is going on?

So I am off to spray Lysol around my house, again. I think I should buy some stock in the company...