Well too much time has gone by since our last post. We have had a busy two months. November we went to Vegas to visit family and to LA to see my brothers. As soon as we got back from that Josh and Lauren came out to MT to help with a remodeling of the Hawthorne kitchen. That project took nine days over the Thanksgiving week and weekends, and was crazy. But it was great to work with Josh again and Lauren was an incredible help to Cathy. A few days after that we left for PA on Dec. 10th. Our first 5 days was in the Philly area meeting with supporters and friends. Every breakfast, lunch, dinner, and evening was with a different individual or family. It was great fun seeing people and exhausting at the same time. We left Philly for Chief Chuck's house and spent the night with him. It is refreshing to be with him and talk shop. Chuck has done so many things in camping it makes it easy for him to understand our lives and offer sound advice. We left Chuck's and went to Chief Ron's house where we had the afternoon with Ron, Ann, and the Hoffmans. From there we headed to Mass. We stayed with my parents for four days. Spent time hanging out with my mom, brother, and sisters. It was fun to be with them. Mitch and I spent a little bit of time getting pretty good at Rockband. I feel like about once a year it is refreshing to mindlessly expend several hours of the day playing video games. So I have had my binge for the next year. From there we went up to mid Maine and had a few days with Cathy's parents. We updated Gerry's church family on what we have been doing for the last year and had a few days of slower paced life with the Dill's. Christmas eve Gerry and I drove north to Cathy's sister's in some of the worst conditions I have ever been on the road in. We did however have one of the best conversations we have ever had. Mostly we talked about communicating the heart of God. It was very encouraging to me. Christmas came and went. Gifts were given and received. And the last two days have been full of my niece and nephews trying to use all of their new toys in one day.

Now I am sitting here writing thinking how crazy it is that the year is almost over. But breakfast is ready and i feel like my insides are starting to eat themselves...so until later.