Back on track...

I've been an absentee for long enough. It's time to start yacking again. :) I know. You can't wait. For now, just a short recap of the summer. Since my last post (yes, four months ago), WOBC had our first missions conference the end of May.

My dad suddenly passed away in June. The entire month is a blur. I don't remember much more than the funeral and many other arrangements following. I do remember that the night of Dad's funeral, my husband received a call that his grandfather had been diagnosed with brain tumors with metastasizing to his liver and had little time to live.

July began with a trip to the Nation's Capital for the COEBA National Gathering. For pix, click here. The end of July, we experienced our first VBS at WOBC. The much needed help from a Crown College group also meant company for me which meant thorough cleaning and meal planning (which I don't do very well). What a great experience our first VBS was! On Friday night of VBS, the phone call came from my mother-in-law that Papa had gone to heaven. I quickly packed over the weekend, and our little family headed out again to the east coast for 8 days. It was a packed schedule but a very necessary time with my husband's family.

Back home, we hit the ground running with two weeks to prepare for our first ever Ertson family vacation in the Sandhills of NE. It's ironic that one must work themselves to death in preparation for vacation. But it was WELL worth it. We had a few days between our return to civilization and a 5-day Family Life Conference at church (which also meant company for me). It also meant homeschooling a 1st grader and K4er. Is that a word?

With two weeks in between, we prepared for WOBC's 3rd anniversary and fall revival, which ended last night. I'll post those pictures soon.

I've been toying with photography for the last several months and have even somehow managed to complete a few projects around the house! Up until we started school, I was faithfully running 3 to 5 miles a day, several days a week. I'm hoping to pick that back up next week as our school schedule is becoming more familiar. Oh, did I mention that I redesigned the church website at some point this summer? I don't even remember where I was able to squeeze that project on my calendar, but somewhere between May and July it came into being.

The month of October looks heavenly! I have ladies' fellowship meeting the first Tuesday of the month. My MIL and her sister will be with us for several days at the end of the month. Other than that and a trip or two to Valla’s Pumpkin Patch, it's school and prep for the holidays. Well, that’s not really ALL that’s on my “to do” list, but I have no trips or earth-shattering events planned.

Seriously...where did my summer go? There weren't even any good thunderstorms! I think the sirens sounded once all season. What a disappointment. Hopefully we'll get a good blizzard in January just for fun! :-)

So, now you have a somewhat full account of my whereabouts over the last 4 months. I hope that all of you readers out there have enjoyed a rich and wonderful summer. By now, those schedules that drifted during the hot months are surely back in full swing. I know mine is! I am working on the next post. Check back soon!