today started out with snow, but in true tennessee fashion, it is all pretty much gone now. still, it was enough to close all the schools and suspend church activities tonight, which i wasn’t all that opposed too. i took some pictures this morning when it was all nice and pretty.
had a whirlwind trip up to the ski slopes and back again. due to some other events we moved our ski trip to a new weekend with a new format. we left friday after school, and did a little late late night skiing, off to bed and then back again in the morning for a full day, then drove home. it was a great trip. the 22 youth and leaders had a great time all were worn out, some bruises, and a ton of stories.
i’ve posted pictures from the trip into this flickr set.
revmommy has done it again. caption contest? winner gets something..
though all made me laugh.
caption: Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Salvage — the United Methodist Church of Tatooine. via revmom
i am still recovering from being ill this week. mustered some strength & went over to hendersonville to watch the guys, and one girl, playing basketball. the first game of the season tourney. a number of our youth have never played formal ball (actually our girl is the only one who has played) a few have never played at all. so record wise, we don’t do too well, but they play hard, have a good time and they were able to win a game this year. the hope was that they could get a win today and move further into the tournament. didn’t get a win, but some good stories as kyle here got a busted nose while jumping around for a rebound.
it has been awhile since i intro’d a new blogger on ye’ ole blog.
a number of years ago jonathon & i took a retreat down to Saint Bernard Abbey in cullman, alabama. there we met brother david. it was kinda odd finding such a young person in the monastery, but we got all jazz up talking websites, music, climbing & rappelling, and taking hikes through the woods. we have returned to the abbey a few times and hung with him again. the oddest thing was running into him randomly at opry land hotel in the late summer. he was there for the knights of columbus gathering and selling candles. now i see he has a flickr portfolio and is blogging as well, for the monastery of course.
