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After church today Paul and I decided to go to the Sonoma County fair. We got really lucky too, because as we were walking toward the entrance these two older ladies were walking out and asked it we wanted two free tickets. We accepted their generous offer and saved fourteen bucks! The fair was pretty fun - we saw a sheep shearing contest, lots of pretty flowers, and some huuuuge Holsteins. We also saw a goat named Sonya (that's for you, mom). =)
Yesterday we drove to Dillon beach which is located about a half an hour from our house. It was so windy that it almost wasn't enjoyable, but it was pretty and we enjoyed seeing our proximity to the coast. (Now we understand why we get so much fog.)
Right now Paul is at a place called Finbar Devine's with some guys from our church. Everyone at church has been very welcoming to us - inviting us to dinner, softball games, Bible studies, etc. It's been great. We have so much to be thankful for.
My favorite "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey. Not everyone finds these funny, but I do - and I hope you do too. Also, I'm bored at work and have nothing better to do but write a meaningless blog.
As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for pretty rocks." I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke, just to get out of writing a simple letter. And I thought I was lazy.
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.
If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is, "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is, "Probably because of something you did."
If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.
Laurie got offended that I used the word "puke." But to me, that's what her dinner tasted like.
To me, it's always a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?," you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks."
The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.
One of the teachers from Harvest Christian just e-mailed us some photos she took during our trip. Here are some of our new friends/co-workers:
Thea (art), Chelsea (1st gr.), Me, Paul
Kari (5th gr.) and Paul
Me and Terra (choir)
Chelsea and Jason, Me, and Paul - smelling his armpit
We didn't go on this walk, but apparently everyone else did.
Jason (4th gr.), Chelsea, Thea, Kari, Lauchlan (6th/7th), Shelley (2nd/3rd gr.), Jon - the one being held (the principal), and kneeling is Elizabeth, but she doesn't work at Harvest.
It was cool to be able to go to the conference with the rest of the staff - we feel like we got a jump start on getting to know everyone before the school year starts. We will be working with two other married couples (Jon & Thea and Jason & Chelsea), so it will be nice to not be the only co-workers who happen to be husband and wife! We hung out a lot with Jason and Chelsea, in fact, several hours on their 2 year anniversary - they might have hated it, but were at least too nice to tell us to get lost. Everyone we met was very nice and fun to be around - we look forward to working with them in a little over a month.
