Sherry | December 9, 2008
The CBS reality show “The Amazing Race” has been all the talk around our little town of Newberg. That’s because the finale of the season brought contestants to Tillikum, a local retreat center owned by George Fox University. Take a look! Click where it says WatchOnLine. We’re famous!
Sherry | December 8, 2008
My friend Craig posted a link to a high-speed video of the making of a papier mache dragon head. Watching it took me back, way back, to the summer of 1975, when our family lived in trailer while we were between homes. Paul was commuting from Tallahassee, FL, to Durham, NC, so I needed to [...]
Sherry | December 7, 2008
I imagine the neighbors wondered about us. It’s December 7 and we still had a pumpkin on our front step. (Congratulations to all the hobgoblins who resisted the temptation to take it and smash it in the street.) But this is family dinner day, motivation to toss the pumpkin… and hang the wreath… It’s beginning [...]
Sherry | December 5, 2008
On her way to pick us up at the airport, Quinn stopped at the LifeWay bookstore to pick up two copies of Travis Cottrell’s Christmas CD—one for herself and one for me. She and I have a mutual appreciation for Travis’s singing since we began attending Beth Moore conferences, where he is the worship leader. [...]
Sherry | December 3, 2008
While we were in Colorado with the Andersons and Taylor, some of our other “kids” were having adventures of their own. First there’s this, and then there’s this, and for sure don’t miss this. And our other Macy “kids” are still enjoying their long adventure, but their Thanksgiving looked like this.
Sherry | December 2, 2008
You probably guessed we got home again. Here are a few pictures to go with my last post. I didn’t know what lay ahead when I snapped this snowless pic of the Aspen Glen sign. Before long, this was the general scene. Anyone want to guess how thankful we were for the built-in DVD player [...]