6 Miles

Oh I had plans for this blog!

I took pictures of our snow day activites from our snowy/cold days the last few days. (Short version: We shoveled, we made rainbow colors from our broken crayons, we made massive train track set-ups in the living room, we went to the Children’s Museum.) I really don’t have time to put them up here, but we had a nice time. We’ve stayed warm despite the really cold temperatures (down to -12 last night–but not as bad as were James’ Aunt lives, they were at -28 the other day!).  All fingers and toes are still present and accounted for! I kept Will home from preschool Wednesday because I didn’t want to drive in the snow (I was hearing about all the accidents and chose to follow the advice of the news people and stay off the road). We had a nice relaxing day. Thursday we went out to the library and then Friday preschool was canceled and we joined some friends at the Children’t Museum. We haven’t been in about a year and it was fun to see what Will could now do and let Alex discover all the things he’d forgotten about. It was nice to get out–even if it was cold. The museum was pretty empty so we had a great time not having to share much! 

We went to our “Packing Party” tonight for our Kenya trip. (I took pictures of that too, but am not going to stay up to put them in the blog.)  This was a chance to bring in our suitcases and weigh them (and make sure we’re packed), make copies of passports and get last minute questions answered. Then the friends/family in the area and a few of the church elders/pastors prayed for us. It was a nice time.  Now James is packing up the car. We will head out around 5 am tomorrow to PA…it’s about a 12 hour drive. Then Sunday morning we’ll head to the airport.  We’re excited but I’m a bit nervous as well.  We will keep you updated here and will appreciate your prayers!