On 10/21,
Abigail and Amelia returned home from their visit to Kortney’s home in
Minnesota. We heard many stories of the fun they had with Kortney and Mat
visiting historic houses and gigantic malls, and I’m glad they had the
opportunity.
On 10/26,
Levi and I closed out his team’s football year with the end-of-year pizza party
and parents vs. kids football game. It was a wet, rainy day, and the kids
had tons of fun getting us parents dirty, even though it was just two-hand
touch. I hope the host family’s lawn recovers. It looked more like
a mud hole when we were done.
Actually the
last football event of the year for his team was their banquet on 11/2.
They have a very nice dinner and give all the kids awards, trophies, and
yearbooks. We were away when his team picture was taken, but he made
several of the informal “action shot” pictures in the book.
Anyway, back
to 10/26. That night I went to a Civil Air Patrol event where a retired
Air Force pilot gave a presentation on his career in a SR-71 Blackbird.
That’s a reconnaissance plane that flies very high taking pictures. He
talked about how, if they were fired on, they just flew up until they were out
of range and continued their work. It was very interesting.
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| SR-71 Blackbird |
The reason
Zach didn’t go with me was he, Amelia, and Abigail, all went to a “Fright
Night” with their teen group. You know, that’s where you pay money to
have someone make you feel unpleasantly scared. But they also had good
food and a great time learning truths from God’s Word.
For
Halloween, we went, as we have done for the past few years, to our Pastor’s
house, and trick-or-treated with his family in the housing development where
they live. We only had one group come to our house all night, so you can
see that where we live is not the best trick-or-treating area. Abigail,
Amelia, and Zach dressed up in gaudy outfits portraying people from the Capital
in the Hunger Games books. Jemmie was a
fairy (but somehow I missed getting any pictures of her), and Levi was a CIA
agent.
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| Zach and Levi |
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| Levi |
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| Amelia and Abigail |
You’ll have
to excuse me if there are wrong or misspelled words here. I recently
stopped denying my age and got progressive lenses in my new glasses, so I’m
still learning to look through them in the right way to get what I want into
focus. So, if you see me and notice my head swirling around, it’s not
because I have some rare neck disorder (at least as far as I know)—I’m just
trying to get something on the right part of my glasses. I actually
rather like them. I’m pretty much wearing them all day now, and I like
being able to see things clearly whether I’m looking near or far or somewhere
in between.
Krista had a
great opportunity a little while ago to take a trip to Wichita, Kansas, to
crash her relatives party there. I just say “crash” because very few of
them knew she was coming—especially her sister, Jolita, who hosted the party,
didn’t know. There were many happy tears and wonderful reunions with some
of her siblings and their families. Hannah and Kevin, and Kortney and
Mat, also made the trip there, so that party of the mid-west Wilsons had some
Matthews’ representation that it has never had before. After that
weekend, Krista went with Hannah and Kevin to their house in Paris, Texas, for
a couple of days. She loved their house and the Paris area, and
especially getting to spend time with them again. She left here on
Friday, 11/8, and we all went to pick her up at the airport after Awana on
11/13. I’m really glad she got to do this, but we were all very glad to
have her back home too!
Levi turned
nine on 11/14, and we had a fun party for him the next day when more of us
could be there.
Yesterday
11/17, we went to a Tim Hawkins show at Roberts Wesleyan. Tim is a Christian
comedian with a hilarious show and routines. There was also a man named
Bob Smiley (talk about a perfect name for a comedian) who did some comedy in
the middle of the show. It was great. You can check them both out
on YouTube if you want to see what they’re like.
Talk to you
in December!
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