Homes of Hope (Ensenada, Mexico)

The four of us got to have an awesome missional experience together, serving with Homes of Hope, in Ensenada Mexico. We built a home for a very deserving family, in only two days! Max and Kyle did this two years ago, and this year Marcus and I joined in too. The boys raised tons of money in donations, and we all got to use our gifts of service and time, to serve on this project together with YWAM. My Spanish even came back, a little! I mostly did painting, shopping to fill the house with supplies, and always enjoying the people. Kyle and the boys did a lot of framing and roofing. We all experienced the love and kindness from the family we served. Mom, Dad and 8 year old son who are working so very hard to improve their circumstances. This home will be a huge step forward in that, and we are so happy for them! We had an excellent team from Evergreen, with every generation represented. What an amazing picture of God's kingdom.

Happy Halloween & Bday

We had our annual Halloween neighborhood costume party (Kyle wore his dad's Corrigan air force fatigues, and I was a Red Cross nurse! Max the Referee trick-or-treated with his friends, and I handed out king size candy bars for the second year running. We even had a pickleball costume party, where Kyle won a bronze medal! The only bummer was Marcus had emergency surgery two days before Halloween, so he had to miss out all the festivities this year. His amazing friends made him a candy care package at their party, so he would feel included while he recovered. I had an amazing 49th birthday, with a nice dinner out and family celebration (Maddie came home from college for the weekend, yay)!

Fall Happenings

We enjoyed the fall season with the boys! Marcus and Max both played soccer - Marcus in club, and Max in both high school and club. My super duper favorite sport. We caught a few of the high school football games, too! One sunny fall weekend, the four of us plus Winnie ventured out to the coast to do some clamming. My parents visited one weekend, and even made the rounds down to Eugene and Corvallis to visit their college grand-daughters. Max went to Homecoming! I took the boys to Five Guys for the first time, and showed off how I eat salted peanuts right in their shell. They thought that was gross, I mean so so cool. Also, some very serious letterboards. We need to lighten up, I think, for the next one. Live laugh love! Also, Winnie keeps stealing my shoe.