Where does the time go?

I have no idea how so much time goes by between the times when I am writing here in my blog. I think I will do better "the next time", and before I know it, 2 weeks or more have passed and I haven't written again. Not sure it really matters that much, since there is not much of anyone reading it anyway, (Nathalie and Marica are you out there?), but I do want to at least hit on the highlights just for memory sakes and for the 2 of you when ever you may have time to pop in and see what is going on in our lives.

The biggest news in our lives right now is last Thursday, Sept. 13th, Adam bought his first car!! (I haven't downloaded the photo from the camera yet, but will upload them as soon as I do.) We went out to dinner at Cici's Pizza and afterwards stopped by the mall since they were having a big parking lot used car sale just to look for cars. We didn't really plan on finding one since it appeared that most were way more expensive that what Adam could afford. We talked to one of the salesmen and told him what we were looking for and he found one that Adam really liked and that is what we ended up buying. It still was more than we had originally planned, but we payed for part of it and Adam will pay us back for some too. He bought a metallic turquoise Pontiac Grand Am. It is a really nice car...perfect for a first car for Adam. The only problem is, he still doesn't have his license! He isn't too far from being able to get it, I think just a bit more time behind the wheel and some parallel parking practice and he can go and take the test. He did drive his car to work on Friday and then Jared and I took it to the mall. It drove really nice. It feels so funny to drive a car after driving a van all of these years. I feel like I am sitting on the road.

Lori and I had our last scrapbook show of he year the weekend after Labor Day. It was he Midwest Scrapbook show in Indy and we hosted the crop on Friday night as well. as usual, it was a lot of work, but it turned out to be a good show for us and I made enough money to pay off my laptop, which was perfect! I never would have been able to save up enough to buy this computer if it hadn't of been for these scrapbook shows, so all of the work was worth it, I guess.

We had our first night of Word of Life last Wednesday and it went really well. So far we have 10 teens, 7 girls and 3 boys, but I expect that there will be more as the year goes on. Sunday was the RUSH kick off party and it seems strange to have both boys in RUSH this year. Jared, being a freshman, got initiated with the other freshmen and came home with make up all over his face and weird colored hair with glitter in it. HA! They also played weird Olympics and I guess the games were pretty crazy.

We now have one week of school under our belts and I guess it is going fairly well. There are things that aren't getting done as I would like, but I guess I should have expected that. I have Jared on a more structured schedule this year, which I think will help, but some how he still manages to not get everything done. I guess I am going to have to be more careful in checking to make sure he has done what he said he has done. Last Monday morning both of the boys went to see Josh McDowell at First Baptist church. He came to speak for one of his Bold Truth Seminars. Josh McDowell There was also a parent seminar in the evening and I went with Esther Flora. I was a really a great seminar. I am very glad that I went.

Tonight we started a new Bible Study at church, Beth Moore's Breaking Free.
http://www.lifewaystores.com/lwstore/product.asp?isbn=0767391128
I just love her studies and I all ready know that this will be a great one.