This past month our life has consisted of the weekly and daily regular activities. We have been busy with the normality of life, hence the reason for lack in posts. Here is what we have been up to the last month…
DEREK:
-Persevering through his 11 units of seminary work and loving every minute of it.
- Doing 2-3 jobs a week cleaning windows along with estimates and paperwork
- Working 3 shifts a week at California Pizza Kitchen
-Director of our Sunday School class which included a last minute, unexpected teaching opportunity
-Serving in our church’s Men’s Ministry which included running the annual bonfire (also a last minute, unexpected responsibility)
-Last week he played drums in the worship band on Sunday night, which he loved.
AMY:
-Substitute teaching 3 days per week
-Taking a Seminary Wives Institute class at the seminary on Thursday nights
-Playing volleyball in a local women’s league on Monday nights
-Singing in the church choir
- Doing all my “wifie” activities of meal planning, cleaning, cooking, laundry, etc.
TOGETHER:
- We work in the one-year olds room in the nursery at church every Wednesday night
-About once a month, we visit a man in our church who is homebound and will turn 95 in December.
-We enjoy our Friday night pizza tradition and sometimes a movie along with it or we have friends over instead.
-We never miss watching “The Biggest Loser” each week, although sometimes we have to tape it and watch it later.
-We also enjoy our Sunday night tradition of making nachos when we get home from church and watching “The Amazing Race”



















The swollen creek
One view of the creek
The same view but earlier this year in May
The ducks didn’t mind. They were still out and about and as happy as can be. 
Course #3: Meat
The “dippers” for course #4: Chocolate