Well, I guess it's been awhile since I decided to post, huh? I'm not very good at keeping up with this blogging thing. Must be spending too much time on Facebook playing Scramble ((sigh)). But, alas, here I am and here's what's going on in Keech-land:
We've been very busy lately with church events (as usual). Our new small group launched two weeks ago and we couldn't be happier! We had 22 adults show up the first night along with boatloads of kids. I'm excited for this new group. Excited to see where God's gonna take us. I really pictured "doing life" in a small group with people who are laid back and fun. I really think God brought like-minded people to our group. Right off the bat I was like, "Well, most of us have kids and that means we're going to have interruptions. That's OK! I "do life" with my kids, so "doing life" with other people means my kids are included." I am SOOO happy to be part of a small group that I don't have to a) find a babysitter to attend or b) have to be completely paranoid that my kids (from time to time) act like KIDS! So, yay!! By golly, I think we've got it!
Another church event we did recently was walk in the Elk River Homecoming Parade. Connor rode his scooter in the parade, doing tricks all along the route (jumping his scooter up onto curbs to pass out invite cards). I look at him lately and he sure doesn't look like a little boy anymore. It's so weird that he's 10 and teenage-hood is approaching so quickly. He's very independent and smart. Maddy had a blast passing out candy to everyone with her friends. She was so busy making sure EVERY person got a piece of candy that, at times, we found ourselves a couple of floats behind the rest of the group. So then I'd yell, "RUN!! We gotta catch up!". One of these times she ran full speed ahead and tripped, her legs and arms sprawled out on the pavement. She only cried momentarily and kept on moving. Now THAT's when you know she was having fun. Because for Maddy not to "milk" an injury is a complete miracle!
Here's Maddy with her friends, Zach & Aidan:
