Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Austin’s Funny

Published on October 31, 2007 in Family and Just For Fun. 0 Comments

Here is a joke Austin made up. He actually said this yesterday morning!

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Bible Quizzing (plus!)

Published on October 21, 2007 in Family, Friends, Photoshoppin' and Travel. 1 Comment

We just got back from a quiz meet in Meridian, Idaho! There were 29 of us, counting kids and adults (2 full vans!). 4 out of 5 of our family went (Austin, high school quizzer; Alison, middle school coach; Deanne, high school coach and driver; and me, driver and scorekeeper). It is so much fun and such a great thing to be a part of. I am really proud of all our NFC quizzers. Here are a few pics of the weekend. There’s a link at the end for more pictures.

The whole Newberg gang (and one special guest)!

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Here are our two high school teams competing against each other: Conner, Austin, Sarah, Lizby, Anna, Chris, and Taylor.

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This is on our way over on Friday…

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The Saturday night activity was supposed to be a corn maze, but it was too muddy and cold, so they brought in “inflatables”… jousting, a bungie thing you run as far as you can in, and sumo wrestling! It was a real hit! This picture is of Austin and Kyle Fish.

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Here’s the video…

Here are more pictures if you are interested!

Listen…

Published on October 15, 2007 in Thoughts. 1 Comment

At church the past few weeks the theme in morning worship has been “Listening to Christ”. Real important—but not automatic. We have to take the time.

This cartoon (from November 2000) came to mind today, and it illustrates why listening can be difficult. The competition for my attention is fierce, but the solution is simple.

Take time to listen…

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