Wow, I can't believe it's the middle of September already! The summer flew by and it's almost Fall. Time to break out the soup and sip some hot beverages!
The big news of the moment is that Noah passed his GRE exam! YAY!!!
He needed to take the GRE to officially get into the Master's Program at USC. He's been taking some classes the last couple of years, but he was at the point where he couldn't take any more general ed classes. They require the GRE, like the ACT/SAT exams, to be accepted into master's programs.
Other than that, we are just running here and there, always busy with something. We are working with a team to plan several more men's conferences this year and into 2009. If you recall, we had one back in March. Our goal was to do 4 conferences this year, and we will meet our goal! I am still doing the marketing for this ministry. Please keep the conferences and marketing in your prayers. We are growing, and are excited to see what God has in store for the next set of conferences!
In addition, we are both still involved in the Celebrate Recovery program at our church. Celebrate Recovery is basically a 12-step recovery program, sort of on the lines of AA, but Christ-centered. It's not just for individuals who have addictions to drugs or alcohol - it is for people with depression, compulsive behaviors, workaholism... you name it! We are here for everyone. It's a wonderful way to get to know yourself, and also to learn from others. It's been such a huge blessing in our church and so many lives. We are both involved in the leadership team, I do the music with another guy and Noah helps out with the sound and powerpoint presentations.
Both sets of our parents are going out of the country in the next few weeks. I don't think we've ever experienced "no parents" before! haha Noah's parents are going to Ireland, and mine are going to Italy - both at the end of September! We wish them both wonderful safe and fun trips!
Work is still going well. Noah's busy with his stuff (whatever he works on, I will never understand!) and I'm busy planning our holiday party again this year, and another district meeting coming up for next week. It's a little crazy and my desk is no longer visible under the paperwork, but we still have our heads above water, so to speak! :)
So... we think the fence situation is resolved - finally! We have had kids cutting through our back yard since we moved in. We figured out that they cut through our yard because it's the only one without a fence in the back. That wouldn't be so bad in itself, except that they ride their bikes through, which rips up the entire lawn - especially when it's wet. So our grass would never grow and our yard would be completely brown, and there would be muddy ruts all over the place. To remedy the situation, we tried putting up a wire fence - the same kind of fence both of our neighbors have, and that we used to have (the first owners took it down). They didn't like that too much, but continued to ride their bikes through the yard, climb over the fence and bend it all the way to the ground, and hand their bikes over to the other kid. It was ridiculous. Our next step was to "go ghetto". We got some "special wire" from Noah's grandpa and put that up. It did the trick. The "special wire" was barbed wire, which they could not longer get over or under without getting cut up. So they decided to stop. THANK GOODNESS!!! You wouldn't think that would be such a battle. And the weird thing is, their shortcut isn't any shorter than if they'd just ride their bikes up the main street and go around! *sigh* Gotta wonder about kids...
The holidays are coming up and here is the scoop! We will be in Springfield for Thanksgiving, and in Wisconsin for Christmas this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
Well... that's about it from the "south". We hope everyone up there is doing great! And we did hear about the new pooches in the family. Congrats Schuberts!!! I can't wait to see pictures of them. I'm sure they are incredibly cute!
I did have another weird story, but it's too gross to share on our blog. I will just leave you with a photo! haha
Yes, that is a caterpillar, and it's about 3 1/2" long and as fat as my thumb. EEW! There were about 4 of them (that I could see) on our tomato plant, which basically annihilated it. As you can see, there are plenty of dead leaves and branches, and they will eat the entire leaves and leave the stems to die. The little white things... well they are separate from the caterpillar as we found out. If you'd like to read more about these disgusting little critters, here ya go...
On that lovely note... ta ta for now!
Sending lots of love,
Noah & Krista
Noah & Krista
