It does seem like I have neglected this blog for some time
now. While the primary purpose of it was
to keep family up-to-date I found that other than one family member, no one
else was coming to the site (I have a stat counter that keeps track of who visits
or not). I have had other friends stop
by, however, as the more sporadic I got with posting the fewer and fewer times
they would stop by.
I have tried to keep this site upbeat, but with the changes
in career and the associated effects on our activities, the number of things we
have done have dropped off. I also found
that the posts were getting rather mundane, trying to find things to write
about. So I really focused on my other
blog which primarily dealt with trail running.
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| Myles with Kona....and his favorite Calvin and Hobbes book |
Well, I am going to go back to posting on this site for a
while even if it isn’t being read on a regular basis. To some extent it is a bit of therapy for
me and a little bit of keeping a written log to be able reflect on. It also helps to keep focus on what
is important to us as a family.
So here we go:
Big Changes
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| Water is finally in the creeks! |
So after almost 15 years in the Walnut Creek congregation
(not including the year in Georgia) we decided to move to the Concord South
congregation. The primary reason for
this change has been due to the growth in the circuit we have been in which has
meant that a territory alignment is on the horizon. Since we have lived actually in Concord South
territory for the last seven years (which is outside the circuit that Walnut
Creek is in) we felt it was a great time for a change to support these future
changes.
Timing wise, it is also really good. I have been at my current company now for two
years. Family relationships are slowly
mending. We have lived in our current
house now for three years. The kids are
in a school near the house, etc.
We didn’t take the decision lightly, but prayerfully weighed
the options and made the change. Emma
was baptized in February so we didn’t want to make the change then. The video is here.
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| Sophie's friend Parrin |
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| Sophie riding the bike track with new friends. |
We also had a weekend
planned where Beth and I were to run a 50K.
Unfortunately Beth pulled her calf muscle a few weeks prior which meant
that I would go solo. I did great and
you can find the recap here.
So now we have been in Concord South for three weeks and I
can say this has been a great decision. The
kids have made friends pretty quickly as well as Beth and I. Instead of a 20
minute drive to the hall and 15 minute drive to field service, it is a 8 minute
drive to the hall and 2 minute drive to the service group.
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| After four needed new tires and rear brakes - behold the $700 tire swing! |
In fact the orientation to more a Concord / Clayton view of
getting around has been kind of fun.
We have already had kids over to play as well as Emma and
Sophie ending up at their friends. Myles
and I have been invited to an A’s game.
And Beth had a “girls night out” (code for a cleaning supply
demonstration – we do live in the burbs after all).
So as we have made this change expect more posts. If there isn’t much writing, expect at least
pictures as a record of what is going on.
Beth has an excellent blog also which at times makes this blog redundant so if there is a bit of a delay in posts go over and check it out. Also, she keeps up with all of our pictures on the Dropshot picture site. And I don’t expect anyone to read any of it, but if you do I hope you
enjoy and drop a line every once in awhile.
So today, since we had a free day off, we decided to go to Ocean Beach. The temperature was in the upper 70's at the beach with the water temperatures about 65. Since it was going to be close to 100 at home, we opted for the 40 minute drive to the beach.
