Got sled - now where's the snow?!?!

This weekend started out with us visiting a number of shops. The Fall weather is right around the corner and you can actually feel a little nip in the air now. Even driving to work now, the sun is only rising on may way in - which is after 7am. At this rate, what time will it be rising in the middle of winter? 10am?? Anyway, since the last time Nathan needed long pants was last winter for us, we have found that he has grown since (a good thing that means he is normal) and is lacking some long trousers. We also went to Costco where I almost gave in to my desires and purchased a flat panel LCD TV which was on sale. But I managed to fight off the urge.... this time. That afternoon while Liesel and Nathan were sleeping, I went across to the K-Mart next door to us. They are closing down and a Sears will be opening there in November, so everything has been marked down to ridiculous prices. I found a long sleeve fleecy sweater for $4.70 and another one for $7. But my best buy of all was a toboggan/sled. This is a piece of plastic that is specially molded to fit one or 2 people and carry them down a snow covered hill! I paid $6 for that! Can't wait to send my mom and Nathan down a hill in that in December. I will definitely be taking video of that so watch this space!

On Sunday, we had a hectic day lined up for us. Our Church has 2 services in the morning. There are also a number of adult "Sunday school" classes to choose from if you so wish. Some of the topics include, facts about the Catholic Church and how to convert them to Christianity, Christian apologetics, Living life to the full with the Holy Spirit, etc etc. Liesel and I chose Dynamics in a Christian Marriage. The class was very interesting (in a good way) and we discussed different personality types and how to deal with them. We also took a test to see what our personality type is. So I am looking forward to next week's class to find out! This was at 9:30 (during the 1st service) so afterwards we attended the 2nd service! All this time Nathan was on his best behavior in the nursery impressing all the ladies there with his counting skills! After the church service, we went through to the another room where they were having a lunch for any new comers to the church. At this lunch, the pastor stood up and told everyone what their church believes, how it was started and just some other interesting information. Liesel and I were very impressed and will be very happy there knowing that they are so similar to the Baptist church of South Africa! We finally got home after 4 hours of church at 1:15pm. We were also invited to a bible study group that meet every Sunday evening around the corner from us, but we turned them down because Liesel had strained her back picking up Nathan and needed to rest.

This week I went to play Volleyball on Wednesday evening at our Recreation Center, only to be told when I got there, that only 3 people signed up and that we would all be refunded. It was quite disappointing as I was looking forward to that. On the bright side tho, is that I have been asked to play beach volleyball again on Monday evening. The guy that has been asking me to play beach with him has also signed me up to play in an indoor league with him on Thursday nights, starting at the end of September!!!!

Finally, please pray for Nathan as he seems to have a little cough. During the day he is fine and filled with the joys of life, but in the evenings and in the morning when he wakes up, he has a nasty little cough. If you are a parent, you know how difficult it is to hear your child coughing and you cannot do much too help.