Hello everyone, it has been a while since I updated the blog. Life has been busy but I want to slow down at least a while to catch you all up on what has been going on with the Vetsch family in Idaho. I have been doing Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) this year, studying Isaiah which is a new study curriculum for BSF. And the verse above, is just a perfect verse in the Bible to always remind me that our God is Holy. In fact Holy, Holy, Holy with an exclamation point. And the earth is full of His Glory. Just look around you now in the season of fall, the colors are incredible. These are the simple things in life that God puts on display for us to enjoy about His majesty. I love the fall, my favorite, if I had to choose. But I still like them all, even the snow, which they say will be plentiful this year in our area. I am really enjoying BSF and the study on Isaiah.
We are all doing well. Since the last time, we were back from Cannon Beach and getting right into the County Fair time. Both Mary and Laura showed their pigs in 4H, Mary showed her lamb & Kayla and Laura showed their rabbits. And they all did great again this year. We always have a fun time doing 4H and that is because my beloved Susan was in 4H as a youngster. 4H became a part of our family starting with Nathan all the way down to Kayla. So it is a busy but fun way to end the summer before school starts.
With school now in its first full month, Mary is at CDA High School, Laura is at Canfield Middle School and Kayla is in Dalton Elementary School. Both Mary and Laura are into volleyball at their schools and they both are doing very well. Kayla was in Cross Country and she is developing into a pretty steady runner. Academics are going great for all three. Here are pictures of the first day at school.
That day also, we had Grandpa Jack and Grandma Mary Carol come visit with us in Dalton Gardens. They celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary this year on Sept 23rd and made a trip up to Montana. They were raised and married in Helena, so the whole Hall family planned a get together to celebrate their anniversary. So they came over to our house to visit a few days before going over to Helena to meet up with others. I took Mary, Laura and Kayla over to Helena also to celebrate the event. We stayed at the Carolina Bed and Breakfast near downtown Helena. First experience at a B&B and it was very very nice. Great breakfast. Jack and Mary Carol were married at the beautiful Catholic Cathedral in Helena so we went to mass on Sunday morning. The whole weekend was so nice. It was really good to be with Susan's family again. They are so dear to me. They both are doing exceptionally well. They still love living down in Phoenix. We are planning a trip down that way again for Spring Break. Here is a picture at the B&B. Jack's cousin Monty joined us also.
We are a family of runners, and in September, Michelle had set out to do her very first half marathon. She had been training with a group of friends for several months and Sept 19th ran in the Sandpoint Half Marathon. Even though it rained which may have helped, Michelle was awesome. She ran the 13.1 miles in 2 hrs and 4 minutes. For her very first long distance run, she did great! She said she will continue to do some long runs which is exciting. Maybe the CDA Half Marathon next May she said. Here are some pictures of Michelle and her running group of friends. Laura is holding Luke also during the race, while cheering on mom!
Big news! Jake and Hannah also bought a house in September. They bought a house in the Hawk's Nest subdivision west of us by about three miles. A beautiful home. It has 5 bedrooms! So I don't know if that tells us anything about size of family they plan on having but, it is very nice for them. Hannah plans on having a House Warming Party this month. So I will include some pictures of their house then. Praises for the blessings of a new home.PORTLAND MARATHON! This past weekend, Nathan, Leah and I ran in the Portland Marathon on 10-10-10. And it rained almost the entire time we were running. Nathan had an incredible, best ever time for a marathon, running 26.2 miles in 3 hrs 37 minutes. I also had my best time of 3 hrs 47 minutes. And Leah (for not training too much) ran in 4 hrs 1o minutes. I think the rain really helped although Leah was cold during the run and especially at the end. But we are all recovered and looking forward to our next running adventure. It was a great day for all of us. Got to go to work now. More very soon. I promise! I will include more on the family and prayer requests also.
