Here is an update on each of our lives this fall....
Jeff - At the end of the summer Jeff started his Outdoor Education season. This is when schools from around the Indianapolis areas come for different periods of time to do outdoor education classes...Like Wild Indiana Edibles and Fenn and River Ecology...and fun stuff like that...I know you are thinking Wild Indiana Edibles....Have you ever heard of a paw paw plant?...it is known as the Indiana Banana...He tried to get me to eat it...I did eat it...it was okay..Nothing I would actually eat on a daily basis....So he has the school groups that come in for outdoor education and than he also has church and business groups that come out for retreats and team building activities...So even though it was supposed to slow down in the fall he has actually been keeping himself pretty busy. But this is Flat Rocks last week of Outdoor Education and than it is just church groups and some business/club groups that come and use the camps facilities for the weekends or days during the week. So if you know of anyone that is needing a place to have a retreat for a day or a weekend..You should think about coming to Flat Rock... So now that we are going into the slow season...so to speak....What does Jeff get to do? Well, he is getting to work on planning for next year, recruiting, cutting down trees, maintenance and his favorite....working on the rock climbing quarry....so he will keep himself busy I am sure....
Adelyn - For an update on the best thing around here, Adelyn. Well, Addie is now 7 1/2 months old.. It is crazy... She is probably about 20 pounds... We don't go back to the doctor until her 9 month check up so I am not sure how much she weighs right now. She is now officially crawling...She crawls everywhere....she is a crawling maniac...She also learned how to pull herself up on to the couch and on us...She loves to climb...Hmmm....I wonder where she gets that from???? Jeff says, "lets get that girl a harness and some climbing shoes." I say, "she is 7 months old." So now Jeff is looking for the gear online....Good luck Jeff...HA HA HA... So Addie can climb...She has also been talking a lot...and saying...DADADADADBABALAMADADA a lot...Notice there is a lot of DADADA in there...She loves her DADADADA...When he gets home from work she laughs and squeals at him...Its cute.
Stephanie - Me...Well, I am getting use to the camp life once again in my life... I have been trying to get to know the area and some people. I go to a MOPS group at a local church every other week and I am starting to get to know some women in the area. But it is still hard because they all have friends already and a lot of them have grown up in the area so they are established. But I keep going anyway... And I still meet with friends in Indianapolis so that keeps me saine.... But overall I don't think I would change anything...Even though at times I go through a little city withdrawl and I miss the kids I used to teach and the people I worked with...It is hard to think I would have to leave Addie everyday...So right now I try to look at each day as a blessing...It has been hard for me to come to terms with this...But every time I look at Addie I see it...that blessing...and I know I made the right choice...
Anyways...speaking of that little girl she just got up from her nap....Which she actually took today...So I have to get going...I hope you enjoy my update. And I will try to do a better job at updating more regularly. : )
