the week in review

Monday was the last day on Scott's tourist visa so that meant a trip to the border to take out a new one. That night we met Peter & Martha (our field director) for supper which is always an encouragement. They were coming through El Paso on their way to Canada for their daughter's wedding. Since we didn't have much other business to take care of aside from a visit to U-Haul and birthday shopping for Avery we had alot of time for fun family stuff.

Tuesday we went to see Cars. The last movie we saw in the theatre, Chicken Little, was not a hit with the kids so Ezra did not want to go. He finally conceded, though, and said he would "rest" the whole time, which meant he would keep his eyes closed. Thankfully, it was a great movie. Ezra spent the first 10 minutes pretending not to watch, but soon he was openly enjoying it. Now, of course, it's his favourite movie in the whole world. The rest of us enjoyed it, too. It's one of those kids movies that is very entertaining for grown-ups.

Wednesday we went mini golfing. Avery used a stick. Ezra had a putter, but most of the time he kicked the golf ball around the course... he called it "soccer golf." Lauren really enjoyed the game. When she got the only hole-in-one she jumped around and hooted with excitement for awhile! Then the guys quickly took a turn around the go kart track and we took off for our next stop... ice cream.

Thursday we drove back home. Ho hum. No problems at either border checkpoint and Scott had an easy time with his visa. Read James Herriot out loud to Scott most of the way home.

Friday... unpacking and small group. Can't remember anything else.

Saturday's big event was taking the training wheels off of Ezra's bike. He caught on amazingly fast and after a couple of runs with him up and down the street he was on his own. He was very excited and could hardly steer straight for all his giggling!

Sunday was the official end to youth. Instead of a service with a talk, the praise band just led favourites by request and Scott opened up a time of sharing. He came home very touched as everyone had something positive to say about Scott's ministry and influence in their lives. I wish I could have been there. I'm sure Scott will have more to say about this on his blog.

Yesterday was to be my official start to packing... but it didn't happen. We drove to Chihuahua to pick up Elma Janzen and what should have been 3 hours, tops ended up being 5 hours away from home. And seeing as I still had to feed my family and look after the house, there was no time for packing.

Today I did it. It was a slow start but at least it was a start. I have 5 boxes packed and a gazillion to go. *sigh* One box at a time. And three and a half weeks to go.

ok... I haven't been able to post the pictures here. Check out my photo albums to see them.