Dear Family,
Ice
skating with the middle schoolers this year had much less hand-holding than I
am used to. There was a similar amount
of shoe-tying though. Several fun quotes had me laughing and saying, “I must
write that one down.” Someone announced,
“My dirty clothes have ants in them,” loud and proud with no chagrin
whatsoever. I found that random
statement to be hilarious. How about
you?
We
enjoyed an all-you-can-eat pizza/salad buffet at Pappa Pizza’s in Eugene. It was amazing. Two great foods and most of us didn’t overeat. One boy did mention he ate 15
slices! After that Bobby’s surprise was
visiting a doughnut shop. This was tasty
and since Bobby was spacing things out – again – possibly not too much on the
belly. As the girls and I were waiting
in my car for the van full of boys to start moving one said, “That man over
there smoking really creeps me out! He’s just standing there.” I did mention that’s what people do when they
are smoking. Another person had to ask, “Do you think that guy that creeped you
out tastes like vinegar?” This ended up
being a serious discussion.
We
arrived early at the ice skating rink so Bobby had some group games and
races. In one race a boy gave up. His friend announced, “You have five seconds
of stamina!” I thought that was silly.
A
game of Simon Says lead by a youth had us rocking a pretend baby and then
tossing it in the air away from us. When
Rich refused he was asked, “Why didn’t you toss the baby?” He simply said, “No, I don’t want to. I love the baby.” How sweet – he’s a new grandpa and I am glad
for his loving care of even pretend babies.
Tuesday
night youth group was enjoyable and the High School group was downright
fun. I enjoyed taking some pictures of
our youth during game time and have shared one with you.
Sunday
school had a funny moment. Bobby
mentioned he was going to spoil the coming story about Saul. “Spoiler alert, he ended up being a bad king.” Our Church regulars had to go with that, gasp, and holler that they also have a “Spoiler alert!” Jesus rose from the grave!
Chatting
with Adriel is so interesting woman to woman.
The relationship is good and feels kind of weird at the same time. Our jobs are similar enough that we can chat about
that and her other job is with youth so that parallels. How interesting. I enjoy hearing how she is doing and sharing
my life. I am glad we carve out some
time to connect.
Seth’s
car wouldn’t start and Bobby thanked me for buying a Huge CAT battery that
charges cars, pumps up tires, and the like.
I was glad to be of service. Yay, Union Gospel Mission Thrift Store for having such a great product for me to
buy.
Seth
received a dean's list award. Bobby made
such a big deal of it when we saw the paper on Seth’s desk that I also feel
proud of our son. He’s doing this on his
own without our help.
Adriel
and Bobby teamed up to decorate my desk for Valentine's. I am so blessed that they were both willing
to give me Valentine's gifts early. I
feel loved every time I look at my seasonal shelf display. Yay!
Bobby
made several amazing meals and mowed the lawn this week. I am so blessed that he is invested in our
well-being and took the time to keep our yard up. That was very kind of him. He also folded my laundry while I was out
doing errands 😊. He
sure is a treasure.
May you also treasure those you
encounter daily. May you find joy in
knowing them, holding them in your arms, and lifting them up in your
prayers. Much love,
Cristy
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