9 – The church voted unanimously tonight to call Ray
Gustafson as Associate Minister of Christian Education. I have never
seen a church vote unanimously on anything before.
13 – Naomi has made friends with some of the girls in her
clarinet class. One of them invited her and 2 other girls to spend the night
tonight. They will eat pizza &watch a movie. Her mother will take all the
girls to practice tomorrow.
17 – Stephen & the boys left for Philmont today. They
were supposed to leave at 1:00 but did not leave till after 2:00 because Norm
was late. The car stalled 3 times by the time they got to Denver. Stephen
called Daddy who came and swapped cars with him. They finally caught up with
the others at the Kochari Indian reservation.
20 – Naomi is spending the night with Brianna tonight. It
sure is quiet. The appraiser came earlier today. He really went over the house
carefully, did some measuring and took several pictures. He said he would call
if it didn’t appraise for enough and we wouldn’t have to pay so much. I’m not
worried about that being a problem.
32 – After I got home from work Naomi & I packed up and
drove down to Mom & Dad’s for the weekend. Traffic was absolutely crazy.
Everybody was heading down to Denver. This weekend is Promise Keepers, the Home
School Convention & a large women’s conference and everyone was on I-25
trying to get there!
26 – When I picked Naomi up after work today I also picked up
SaraJean so she could spend the night. We went to the show case of homes. It
didn’t compare at all to the Denver show. After a dinner of pizza we all played
Life
Naomi & I got postcards from Stephen today. It sounds
like they are having a pretty good time. He says he has a white beard.
27 – I got another post card from Stephen today. He slipped
and hurt his knee pretty badly. He is not sure if he will be able to continue.
Of course the card was written last week and I haven’t heard anything from him
so he must not be too seriously hurt. He says his beard is white and soft. HAH.
28 – I got the appraisal to day. I knew it didn’t have to
worry about it. It appraised at $135,000 which gives us just a little over 32%
equity.
29 – I thought Stephen & the boys were going to be home
today. At noon he called to say he was back at base camp and that he would be
back sometime after lunch tomorrow. I am very disappointed.
30 – The guys got home today. Stephen’s beard is gray &
white. He looks like a vagrant off the street. I am so glad they are home.
