September 2025

September 2025
Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Thursday, December 27, 2012

12-27-12 Christmas, Part 3: Ice Skating

Monday morning Dad and Levi went to work, Jesse studied, and everyone else (Mom too) raced through their job lists because Jesse had pronounced the ice was ready for skaters Smile. By 11:00 or so we were all out.

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The greenish spot is what froze last; I’m not sure why it looks so different from the rest. It was a lot smoother too.

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The pigeon coop was cleaned out and moved to its winter home beside the rink (the pigeons haven’t returned to nest in it after a cat got in this fall).

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Josh had a blast!

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Okay, so we were all a bit excited!

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It wasn’t sunny at all, but coats were shed anyway as time went by.

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Jewel did pretty good by herself but preferred a hand to hold on to.

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Josh was cute as a button in his little skates…

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but didn’t fare too well!

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(thankfully he was laughing, not crying)

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He liked this little sled much better.

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Prepping the ice for next time.

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Needless to say it was an excellent way to burn energy and have fun making memories!

 

 

 

Therefore did my heart rejoice …

Acts 2:26

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