Sunday, August 29, 2010

Good evening,

We had a fantastic time camping! Our friends had never been to Lake Davis, and they loved it! It was beautiful. Bryon, Rachel, and David went up on Friday; with Pat following in his RV. Jennifer, Eileen, and I followed later, after Eileen got off work. We got there around 6:20. The weather was wonderful on Friday. It was nice and cold, but warm around the campfire. We had BBQ'd burgers for dinner, and Eileen made macaroni salad, and I brought some watermelon. It was such a yummy dinner. Then Saturday was a cold day. Well, not cold, but really cool. It was partly cloudy and wonderful. Boy, did it make us want Fall!!! We had tacos for dinner on Saturday, again with Pat and Eileen. We all sat in our nice warm trailer and had wonderful food and fellowship! Then, the weather changed. It started to rain; just a drizzle; so the guys put all the chairs and wood and stuff under cover, just in case. Then it started to rain, and it rained all night. It sounded so cool on the trailer. The kids love the rain~~~~so do I! We are so happy that the trailer has a wonderful heater. We were cozy and warm in the trailer, and the rain was so nice. When we woke up this morning it was beautiful! It was still cloudy and windy, and absoultely gorgeous. Pat and Eileen left rather early; Pat had a migraine. We packed up after we had breakfast (breakfast burritos). By that time the rain had stopped, and it was beautiful. It was cold, cloudy, and everything was wet, but we got everything packed up rather quickly. We didn't worry about cleaning the trailer; everything was too wet. We will clean it tomorrow, Bryon has his furlough day (unpaid day off) tomorrow. Then we came home. It is cold here, too, but I know it doesn't mean Fall is here yet. We have a fire in the fireplace right now. For dinner I made Chunky Chicken Potato Soup! It was a perfect dinner for a day like today. Overall, we had a great time camping. We did do some bike riding; and Jennifer, Bryon, and Pat rode Bryon's motorcycle. I can't wait to go camping again! We know we will go with Pat and Eileen again!

Well, David starts school tomorrow. It will be a bittersweet day for him. He has the same English teacher, yay!! He is very happy about that. He has a couple teachers he had last year, and that makes him happy. We are praying he has a wonderful year of school this year. He also starts Bible Study on Thursday, and he is ecstatic about that!! He already can't wait until Thursday! Crazy kid. He missed the bowling outing with the Bible Study kids; it was on Saturday when we were camping. Oh well, they have other activities scheduled. He is just looking forward to Thursday, but not tomorrow. Please pray that he has a good day tomorrow. Thanks.

Thank you for all your words of encouragement to us about the house. David is extremely happy that we aren't moving. None of us were looking forward to that, so we are all relieved that we are staying. Thanks again for all your prayers and encouragement.

Thanks for visiting and checking up on us. Have a wonderful evening. Thanks for all your prayers. God bless you all. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

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