On the road again...

On the road

With the fam at the ranch

Our travels last weekend took us to the Ridlehuber's ranch (Zach's cousin) outside of Oakville, TX (between Corpus Christi and San Antonio on I-37).  Zach's grandma was in town from California and was staying out at the ranch with family.  We made the very sparsely populated drive in Jose the Hatch (credit to the Hogans for naming out car) from Laredo to Oakville Friday evening, being led by a rainbow most of the way.  We had a really nice time with Zach's family...Cheryl made us a wonderful dinner Friday night complete with homemade ice cream.  Most of our time was spent sitting on the porch, enjoying the ranch and some great conversations.

Redeemer Temple-Inaugural Sunday

We took a little road trip up I-35 to Temple, TX last Sunday morning to attend the first official Sunday worship service at Redeemer Presbyterian Church.  It's been a little over two years ago that we attend our first church plant group for the "Temple Project."  We've greatly missed the group since we moved from Temple well over a year ago.  It was so encouraging to go back to Temple this past weekend and see how God is growing His church in Temple.  A group of five families meeting on Sunday nights has grown to a Sunday morning worship service with many adding to its number.  We're thankful for God's faithfulness and provision and look forward with hope that God will work in this church to proclaim and glorify Christ.  Check out Redeemer Temple: http://www.redeemerprestemple.org/

Bear Goes to the Beach

Bear, the beachcomber

This past weekend the clinic I work for, Wiggles (yes, that really is the name), had their annual employee picnic. Now, when you think of an employee picnic you might think of a gathering at a local park with a pot luck lunch and maybe an organized game of softball. Well this picnic was at a hotel that was completely reserved for Wiggles employees in South Padre with catered meals and a beach olympics event, 80s themed party with live 80s band flown in from Nashville and a wedding...we witnessed the union of Mr. Wiggles and the now Mrs. Wiggles, our 6 foot green caterpillar company mascots....really. We spent most of the weekend stunned by the extravagance of the whole "picnic." In between these events, we had lots of time to walk on the beach, swim in the pool and enjoy the view of the shore from our room. One of the best things about the weekend was watching Bear have a blast on the beach...swimming in the ocean, playing in the sand and chasing after sandpipers...he loved it all.