Friday follow-up #13

I'm taking a break from the Marriage Challenges series today (but will resume on Monday). Here's our weekly catch-up time for friends and family :)

• We thoroughly enjoyed Fall Break. We stayed in town and had some great family time. The boys thought it was the best. I love that they love being around us (and hope that never changes!). We went to the library, played the Wii, watched a movie, and had some special meals.
  

• The teacher called this week and said Ethan is talking non-stop in school. Hmm-wonder who he got that from?? We have decided to devote some time to really let him talk about anything he wants to. We might be asking for it but hopefully it will curb some talking at school.
  

• Merrick has a huge project due next week that he/we need to work on this weekend. It's got 5 parts to it!! (writing, dressing up, a presentation, etc.)

• I have been doing great on my bargain shopping but now our little freezer is full :( I guess that's a good thing but not when you are wanting your food to last a while. Does anyone have an extra freezer we can have? ( or buy?) - seriously. Or do you know where I could find a great deal on one?
  

• We have joined a new life group and we are really enjoying it! My friend Erryn (from Bunco) and her husband Chris lead it. Life groups are small discipleship groups from our church.

• This weekend and the first part of next week, we are hitting up the pumpkin patch and our local "Storybook forest". Can't wait :) I LOVE the fall weather we are having too!!

What are you up to? Any weekend plans? Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

WOW

Wow...that's all I can say about this past weekend! I will probably be posting a ton about our past 5 days. 5 days? That's all? It seems like we made so many memories and did SO many things in only 5 days.

I wanted to tell you all about yesterday. We went to Lifestock which is an annual celebration held at a local amusement park. We had about 3000 Lifechurch.tv attenders from the local OKC campuses.

It was HOT, but it was a ton of fun. We had roller coasters, yummy food, a concert, and then baptisms. Baptisms are where I get all choked up. There were over 300 people that got baptized. That means that about 10% of the people there were taking their first step as a Christian and being baptized.

The picture above is of 2 of my online life group women getting baptized. What a privilege to get to be able to witness this! :) Rachel is from Maine and Kywanna is from Illinois.

It was one of those days that just confirms why the Internet campus exists. It was such a reward to meet these women in person. They are on the plane right now as I type. Write some encouragement to them below!

I will share more about the mission trip we went on a little later. It was such a positive experience. We can't wait to go back next year! We were so proud wearing our "Internet Campus" shirts around:)