Garrett has loved learning to play on the playground, swing on the swings and ride his trike (although still not tall enough to reach the pedals). Enjoy these first pictures of the season. :)
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Showing posts with label Great Falls. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Finally Spring in MT
Here in Montana it is finally starting to feel like spring! And let me tell you, we have been trying to enjoy every minute of it. It makes me so happy to see the sun shining in the morning when I wake up and hear the birds chirp out my window. However, the best part about the flowers starting to poke their heads up is that fact that Team D is no longer stuck inside. HALLELUJAH!
Garrett has loved learning to play on the playground, swing on the swings and ride his trike (although still not tall enough to reach the pedals). Enjoy these first pictures of the season. :)
Garrett has loved learning to play on the playground, swing on the swings and ride his trike (although still not tall enough to reach the pedals). Enjoy these first pictures of the season. :)
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
TO SAVE A LIFE MOVIE
I wanted to share with all of you this exciting new project Matthew and I are involved with in our church here in Great Falls. As many of you might know, Matthew and I are leaders for the youth group, and that is how we first heard about this project. Our church, Harvest Springs is putting on a city-wide event to show the movie To Save A Life. It is an amazing movie that focuses on issues that teens face today in school, family, and personal lives. This started off as just a movie night for our youth group and has turned into an exciting event to host the students of Great Falls at the Mansfield Theater in downtown for a free showing of this movie. This theater holds 1,700 people and we are also going to have an overflow area. This is all taking place May 12 at 7:00pm. That is only 14 days away! We have so much to do! I am asking for prayer. Please be in prayer for our church staff, for open hearts in the schools and community and for the volunteers that are helping. Also, that we can get things that need to be done finished quickly, and we remember God is in total control and this is for His glory. We are so excited about this and the major change that can come from this movie.
At the top of our blog you can watch a movie trailer. Enjoy!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Fun In The Fall
Fall is upon us and I can’t believe that we are already nearing the end of October. This past month has been filled with so much fun and activity I don’t know where to begin. I guess I will start at the very beginning, which is always a very good place to start.
The end of September I had so much fun making my first solo trip to Idaho to spend some time learning how to make jelly with my grandma. My grandpa was out of town so we got to have some quality girl time, and we definitely made the most of it. We made 64 jars of crabapple jelly, which if I do say so myself, is delicious. We went shopping for hours, and I got to go to a very fun CAL (Community Assistance League) meeting, a program that my grandmother is very involved in. We also got to spend some time just hanging out and talking with a wonderful glass of wine in our hands.
While I was on my trip Matthew had his first official alert. What is an alert you might say? An alert is a 24 hour shift in a missile silo about 60 feet underground where Matthew and his crew partner Ella control and monitor the missiles. All said and done Matthew is usually gone about 30 hours for one shift. During the time that he is not in the silo they are in briefings, getting updates, driving to and from the silo site (which is between 1-3 hours away), and debriefing. We get his schedule the beginning of each month, so although we can only plan a month at a time we are finally starting to get into a routine here in Montana. Matthew usually has about 8 alerts a month and the rest of the time he is taking tests and doing various other training.
At the beginning of October, we had a blast going through a corn maze just outside Great Falls with our good friends Brian and Dana Marlow. We had some rain that morning and a little bit of hail while we were in the maze but it made for a very fun trip and a great adventure.
Last but not least I just got home a couple days ago from my second trip to Idaho. This time I was up there learning how to quilt! We didn’t have as much time this trip so we worked from dawn until dusk sewing our fingers to the bone, but we still had so much fun in the process. I finished my first table runner when I was there; my grandmother and I had to complete it together due to the mistakes I made while attempting to do it myself at home. I also completed my fall table runner all by myself just this morning and I love it! I now have two other projects that I am actively working on. I am a little nervous not having my grandma here to correct my mistakes BEFORE I make them. It is so wonderful to be only six hours away from my grandparents, and I plan to take advantage of it as much as possible.
The end of September I had so much fun making my first solo trip to Idaho to spend some time learning how to make jelly with my grandma. My grandpa was out of town so we got to have some quality girl time, and we definitely made the most of it. We made 64 jars of crabapple jelly, which if I do say so myself, is delicious. We went shopping for hours, and I got to go to a very fun CAL (Community Assistance League) meeting, a program that my grandmother is very involved in. We also got to spend some time just hanging out and talking with a wonderful glass of wine in our hands.
While I was on my trip Matthew had his first official alert. What is an alert you might say? An alert is a 24 hour shift in a missile silo about 60 feet underground where Matthew and his crew partner Ella control and monitor the missiles. All said and done Matthew is usually gone about 30 hours for one shift. During the time that he is not in the silo they are in briefings, getting updates, driving to and from the silo site (which is between 1-3 hours away), and debriefing. We get his schedule the beginning of each month, so although we can only plan a month at a time we are finally starting to get into a routine here in Montana. Matthew usually has about 8 alerts a month and the rest of the time he is taking tests and doing various other training.
At the beginning of October, we had a blast going through a corn maze just outside Great Falls with our good friends Brian and Dana Marlow. We had some rain that morning and a little bit of hail while we were in the maze but it made for a very fun trip and a great adventure.
Last but not least I just got home a couple days ago from my second trip to Idaho. This time I was up there learning how to quilt! We didn’t have as much time this trip so we worked from dawn until dusk sewing our fingers to the bone, but we still had so much fun in the process. I finished my first table runner when I was there; my grandmother and I had to complete it together due to the mistakes I made while attempting to do it myself at home. I also completed my fall table runner all by myself just this morning and I love it! I now have two other projects that I am actively working on. I am a little nervous not having my grandma here to correct my mistakes BEFORE I make them. It is so wonderful to be only six hours away from my grandparents, and I plan to take advantage of it as much as possible.
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