Packing

I think we are just about packed for our trip to Kingman, AZ. We leave in the morning and drive almost 10 hours to Las Cruces, NM. We got a hotel that will let us stay with the dogs. Then on Sunday, we drive for four hours to my mom's home in Tucson to see my sister Cathryn and her family, my mom, my dad and stepmom. Monday morning we will be back on the road again for about six hours to Kingman. We will start our journey home again on Saturday the 29th. We are all looking forward to the trip.

Field trips

We've been on two field trips already this week. Yesterday we went to the blood bank on a field trip with the kids' Forensic Science class. Now, the sight of blood does not bother me, but both kids were a bit wierded out by the whole thing. When we got to the lab where they separate the plasma from the red blood cells, we watched them squish the blood around in the plastic bags. I felt myself get very hot and felt like I was going to puke! I was so light headed and almost passed out. I couldn't believe it. I had to go to the bathroom during the field trip and wipe my face down with a cool rag! I guess I won't be donating blood any time soon.

Today I took the kids to the Apple Computer Store to make DVD's with pictures. I had set up this field trip and left with plenty of time to get there early. Traffic on the highway was awful and I got lost (this place is so new that it's not on my GPS yet). I was 15 minutes late for my own field trip. How embarrasing! Anyway, the kids had a blast and want to make more DVD's! They even got free tshirts out of the deal.

Finally, another update!

This picture was taken for AWANA crazy hair night. Hailey laughed all the way through dinner and forbade me from going out of the house looking like this. I went anyway and got many strange looks from the others who had merely spray painted their hair.

Austin had his 13th birthday last week and now we have a teenager in the house. Can't wait to see how that will turn out, although we are talking about Austin here (the sweet, compliant, soft hearted, repentant child). Although, when Hailey becomes a teenager, I suspect we'll be in for a real wild ride (since she's so much like me)!

We went camping a few weeks ago with the AWANA group (which meets at Grace Covenant Church)and had a great time. We are now checking out Grace Covenant Church again, since we serve there and are hanging out with the other believers there. Seem silly to attend a different church than where we serve and where we know other people. We haven't decided for sure yet where we will make our church home, though.

We are planning to drive to Kingman, AZ to spend Thanksgiving with Rich's parents. It will take us two days to get there. We leave on Saturday the 22nd and will come back on Sunday the 30th. Please pray for safety for us.