Family week

11 Jul 10 – 18 Jul 10

Spent the week in Denver, CO. area with our daughter and her family. We had a wonderful week of doing nothing towards being productive, but we had the privilege of spoiling two lovely – loving grand-daughters. Then again – when are we doing something productive? Given the opportunity we share Christ and maybe a little of what we've seen and had the privilege of doing these last seven months. Sometimes the opportunity is taken even when not given.

We stayed in two different State Parks – CO is not all it's cracked up to be. We are still looking for a tree to have a little shade – with the temps in the mid to upper 90s to low 100s it is a hassle without trees. The wind does blow some and the humidity is not high or it would be really unbearable. The AC runs from 10 – 11 AM until after 8 PM and that's to keep it at 82 degrees. It does get cold overnight though – down into the 50s. We are glad we did not want to do any going while we were here. The biggest thing here is the altitude and anything using water costs – even the shower.

Ann, Tom, Meghan and Becca came camping with us when we moved to a park a little further north on Friday. We are in what is called 'The Front Range' of CO. I do not know why it is called that, but I assume they have their reasons, but nobody shared them with me. Their tent was right outside the RV and we had little feet in and out all day long, but it was worth all of it.

Sunday and Monday we even had more wind than we really wanted. You should see people, us included, scramble to get awnings up so they do not blow away. Attended a Baptist church in Longmont and had a real good sermon – it started a little shaky with two stories and I was really scared it was going to be another that would be a dud. It was the end of Matt 11 where Christ calls you to himself and says “take my yoke.”

Pictures:
CO mountains
CO thunderstorm
Becca – age three - NO that is not a nickname
Meghan – age seven