Spring Fever

We have been teasing the idea of Spring for a few weeks now, or should I say Spring has been teasing us. We had three weeks of glorious sunshine, the temps were still in the 30's, but the sun shone bright and clear. The end of last week and the weekend proved to be a confusion of snow, hail, rain, freezing rain, and a few bursts of sunshine. March truly "comes in like a lion" and I am hoping it "goes out like a lamb".

Noah, when asked what he wanted for his birthday, chose a trip off the rock with his dad. So, he and Larry took the ferry to Ketchikan for an overnight adventure. Not much to do in K town this time of year, but he did get to eat at McDonald's! For the first time in two years! They went Wal*Marting and just hung out.

We have been passing the sore throat, stuffy nose, fever crud from one of us to the other and I'm ready for it to be done! Poor Mary missed a whole week of her short volleyball season. She goes back to practice tomorrow and hopefully will get to play in the games this week.
TJ is shooting up like a weed! He daily challenges me to see who is taller! So far, I'm still in the lead, but I don't know how much longer that will last. He is sprouting quite a 'stache and shows me his lip whever he can.

We have had some new faces at church for the last few weeks, and that is encouraging. Larry has been preaching through the book of Ezra. The Lord is really teaching us some valuable things about the priorities of His house. I have also begun a study on the concept of exchange. Trading one thing for another. My primary scripture comes from Romans 1:23, 25 as Paul describes the trading of an immortal God for worthless images carved in the image of mortal man. The Lord has been speaking to me about the things, worthless things, in my life for which I have traded things of infinately more value. So, I will continue on the study and let the light of the Word illuminate the dark corners of my soul and with light, bring life.