Thursday, July 31, 2008

Home on the Range

Wow, it’s hard to believe that it’s been so long since we last blogged…

Adjusting back home from Israel took a while for us and the kids. We stayed at good friends’ of ours the entire time at home while our place is rented out for the summer. For the first 4 days we were on a nice routine of waking up at 4:00AM - we were amazed at everything we could get done before seven! But day by day we slowly returned to normal time. We really missed Israel but at the same time we were glad to be back in Langley. We’re still amazed at how versatile the kids have been without a regular schedule. Reese and Carter were so excited to be back in our car again but haven’t even batted an eye at the fact that they’ve been out of their beds for over 2 months now.

Our two and a half weeks in Langley were full and fun. Jeff took a Regent College class down on UBC campus for one of the weeks. He enjoyed an indepth look into the book of 2 Timothy - but didn't enjoy the hour and 20 minute commute - each way. Beyond that we filled our time with tons of post & pre trip errands and reconnecting with good friends and family. Shawn & Kimberley (Michelle's brother & wife) and girls came for a short visit, Michelle's good friend Adrianne & her cute new baby Elsa came for a week as well as Lynae which allowed for a short girls reunion. We visited the water park, biked the sea wall, Michelle did some much anticipated garage sale-ing. We visited Cultus Lake and made numerous walks around Fort Langley. It was perfect. After all the Israel laundry finally got washed we packed it all up again for the last portion of our sabbatical. Thanks to generous family friends sharing their condo with us we are able to spend a month resting in sunny Palm Springs.

We’ll be sure to keep you updated with our California adventures!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wow... time for me to start getting back to work on the comments

I love how this blog uses repetition as a form of emphasizing a point

can tell you guys have spent a lot of time in Israel studying the prophets

I'm also curious how carter felt about having to share his room with two prissy girls

Boys Rule Girls Drool.... oh yeah! Wow... time for me to start getting back to work on the comments

I love how this blog uses repetition as