The Fun of Fall

Who said anything about the Funk of Fall? October has been the busiest month of our marriage as far as Young Life goes, but it has been incredible. It's neat to look back and see how the Lord blessed each event.

The Young Life banquet was the best yet. How could it not be when Allen Levi does it!

Clubs have been awesome!

We went to Sharp Top in the fall this year, which was incredible! The weather and the changing leaves made it a no brainer to do it in October again next year. We took over 150 kids (over 50 just from Stratford). It's so cool to see how God has grown Young Life in Macon over the past 9 years...and even cooler to see how God transforms kid's hearts over a weekend.

My cousins and I met up at my mom's house this weekend. It was fun to visit with Cortney and
Clare and watch all the kids play together. We went to the Best Nursery pumpkin patch on Friday, which was really neat because we made it on the local news. You can see more pics if you want (click on pic).

We went to Cordele on Saturday for a Day Out with Thomas. Ford loved it and hasn't stopped talking about riding the choo choo. When we got on train, they were very disappointed that the conductor did not come take their tickets, so one of the worker ladies talked a conductor into doing it for them. Mary Kate recognized her best friend from Macon there with her grandparents, so they all got a pic together. Nothing gets passed that girl. Click on Thomas to see more if you want to.

Saturday night, we had some fun looking at some old family photos and talking about Bopsy, my great grandmother. Clare has been working on our family history, so it's fun to hear about what she learns. My mom started reading a letter she found that Bopsy had written in 1974. It was about how she felt like she was coming near the end of her life and had some things to share. At the end of that letter started another letter that she wrote in 1989 about the same thing. Little did she know that she would still live another 15 years (she lived 106 years). I've always been thankful that we've lived close enough to family to share lots of memories together and I'm glad that our kids get to do that now.

Our annual Farm-O-Ween was last night. We had about 175 kids show up to smash pumpkins, sing karaoke, bob for goldfish (which were not hurt and are now living happily in a pond), and rave all night. The haunted hayride made it a huge hit this year.

I left the kids with my mom for Halloween since we were busy with Farm-O-Ween. They had a great time at Epworth's Fall Festival, although the ghost costumes didn't even make it out the door. So, they ended up just being a cowgirl and cowboy.

Thanks to awesome grandparents that make it possible for us to do this crazy ministry by taking care of our babies. And, thank you, Jesus, for making October awesome.