I told our pastor that I'm in the mood the clip the wings off my shoes and then maybe I'll stay at home for a while! Washington DC was a great learning experience. I was so excited to have lunch with foreign ambassadors from Africa! That was truly a lifetime opportunity. Visiting our nation's capital was great. Everyone should go at least once in their life.
Even now, eight years after 9-11, I was struck by one thought. Certainly, we lost lives; our everyday lives were altered and we now remember to kiss our family once more before going out the door, but we also lost something even more special. We no longer have open access to our governmental buildings. We can't walk into the nation's capital to claim ownership to our government. The front doors to the National Archives is barracaded off and one must enter through a small side door. We are not able to absorb the richness of our heritage without a metal detector, a pat down and police escorts at every turn. I'm not complaining in the least about the protection, but those thoughts were always at the forefront of my mind. Hopefully I'll have pictures post soon of my trip and a few more details!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
So it's been a little crazy at the Hofer household this week. Kenton was gone for 8 days on a missions trip to Guatemala with our church family. You can view their activities by going to www.guatemalamission2009.wordpress.com It was fun for us to have updates everyday.
I (Autumn) will be leaving on Sunday afternoon to fly to Washington, DC with a group of people who are a part of Foods Resource Bank. It's an organization that Kenton and I have been involved with over the past year and I'm so totally excited to go! (www.foodsresourcebank.org)
As I sit down to write this, I'm a little overwhelmed at all that must be done. Sometimes I think that God would have us be a little less busy doing his work so that we can concentrate a little more on our relationship with Him. March is only a week away and I'm going to challege myself to schedule less on the calendar so that I may have more time with God and with my family!
Thanks again for keeping up with us. Once I figure this blog-thing out, I'll try to post some more pictures of our activities.
I (Autumn) will be leaving on Sunday afternoon to fly to Washington, DC with a group of people who are a part of Foods Resource Bank. It's an organization that Kenton and I have been involved with over the past year and I'm so totally excited to go! (www.foodsresourcebank.org)
As I sit down to write this, I'm a little overwhelmed at all that must be done. Sometimes I think that God would have us be a little less busy doing his work so that we can concentrate a little more on our relationship with Him. March is only a week away and I'm going to challege myself to schedule less on the calendar so that I may have more time with God and with my family!
Thanks again for keeping up with us. Once I figure this blog-thing out, I'll try to post some more pictures of our activities.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Intro to the family
Welcome to our life! I have been married to Kenton for 7 years now. Our family is traditionally called a "blended" family. Sheldon (Kenton's oldest son) is married to Shannon and they live just up the road from us. Tyler (Kenton's younger son) will be graduating from college this spring and he's going to marry Kayleigh in July. Skylar (our daughter together) is 6 and is in Kindergarten.
We are not a perfect family and have had to learn to give and take...a lot. The journey has not always been easy (nor fun), but I thank God everyday for the lessons we've learned along the way. Life is good now. Time and maturity have helped to heal the wounds, but we also praise God for the scars that remain, for they are a constant reminder to never take each other for granted.
I won't post to this everyday, but hopefully you'll be able to keep up on the happenin's of our life. Please keep in touch and I look forward to hearing from you!
Autumn
We are not a perfect family and have had to learn to give and take...a lot. The journey has not always been easy (nor fun), but I thank God everyday for the lessons we've learned along the way. Life is good now. Time and maturity have helped to heal the wounds, but we also praise God for the scars that remain, for they are a constant reminder to never take each other for granted.
I won't post to this everyday, but hopefully you'll be able to keep up on the happenin's of our life. Please keep in touch and I look forward to hearing from you!
Autumn
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