On August 15-17th we converged on Lake Lila in New York's Adirondack Mountains, just north of Long Lake, for an extended weekend of canoe camping as an entire family. Nate and Kari were up from Arizona and joined Sarah, Johanna, Joel, and Susan and I for a wonderful time together.
Labels: Vacation
We all had a wonderful time at Nate and Kari's wedding at the Roddy Tree Ranch in Hunt, Texas, on September 10th. Gail and Dick came down from Vancouver Island and joined up with Scott and Carolyn from California, along with Kari's extended family and dozens of friends, to celebrate.
Labels: Weddings
Where'd everyone go...? I haven't seen many updates in a while. I suppose I haven't posted any either. Miss all of you and can't wait to see you at Christmas. JM.
If you want to know what type of spirituality most fits your personality, just check out the diagram and annotated file below (Adobe Reader needed) and then ask Joel what it means :)
Diagram.pdf
toots is a Giant Robot that is Covered in Spines and Covered in Bumps and Nodules, was brought back from a Distant Volcanic Island, controls the Weather, and has a Humorous Nephew Sidekick and Bulletproof Skin.
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/monster?def=toots
Today is Joel's birthday, far from home in Ottawa, Canada. In honor of his special day, I'm posting one of the papers he recently wrote for Augustine College, that I call "Much Ado About Nothing." Zero and Infinity.txt
Here's a story from Scott Sittig, our friend from Chicago who is going to be moving with his family to Rochester to become the first Executive Director of His Branches. Their family visited us early last month, and Jared had apparently his own view of the situation... jared.txt
Scott and Carolyn have been right at the edge of one of the major wildfires in southern California just north of San Bernardino and Redlands. Here are some maps and a spectacular night picture of the fires.
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