Things I miss about Texas.......

• Incredible thunder and lightning storms
• Rain that falls in sheets
• Good friends
• Skillman Bible Church
• Church potlucks and parties

Things I don't miss about Texas.........

• Roaches
• Grackles
• Heat
• Fire ants
• locusts
• The ever constant hum of air conditioners in the summer
• Heat
• Traffic
• Being a "minnow" in an ocean of people
• Heat
• Being miles away from the wilderness
• Being far away from my family

Things I love about Dundee/Newberg

• Seasons!
• Autumn
• Seeing people I know wherever I go
• Fred Meyer
• Seeing our families lots more
• The five minute commute to Reid's work
• The five to ten minute drive to most places I need to go
• The five minute drive to the country
• Driving from Newberg to Klamath Falls in October
• Milder summers
• Our home
• Our church
• Etc., etc., etc.

Things I don't love about Dundee/Newberg

• Hmm......
  

A Perfect Fall Afternoon

Last Sunday afternoon we drove five miles from our house to a retreat center called Camp Tilikum. We were going to a birthday party for one of Rosalie's best little buddies. The whole family was invited.

What a perfect Fall day it was! The air was crisp, yet the sun was warm. The leaves on the distant hills were beginning to change color. The smell of a campfire, and the hazy campfire smoke settled around us as we hiked to the little pond for a canoe ride. We roasted marshmallows, hunted for bugs, and climbed up to a tree house. We painted rocks and ate birthday cake. We picked up a salamander in the pond, said hello to the ducks close by and raced canoes. Yes, it was a perfect Fall day, and what at first seemed an imposition to our family day turned into a wonderful family experience....only five miles from home.