Larry's Summer Job
June was filled with the end of a very difficult school year for Larry and his starting a summer job as an activity director's assistant at a Senior Living facility. What a blessing for him to get the job through connections with a friend from church who is the executive director of the facility. Larry calls bingo almost every day. He puts together little brunches, teas, and parties for the residents. And he's helped organize and supervise craft projects. His favorite part, though, is the time he gets to spend visiting with the seniors and hearing them talk about their lives and families.
Pioneer Trek
The highlight of June, though, was when Larry and I were able to participate in our church's youth pioneer trek! It was so so hard, but a lot of fun. Neither one of us had ever been on a trek as a youth since they started having them after Larry and I were in college. And this was our first camping experience since we were married- so you can only imagine how inexperienced we were with camping gear, let alone supervising 10 other youth outdoors in a kind of "backpacking" retreat for 2 days and nights! Our church had the retreat or "youth conference" in the Uhwarrie National Forest about an hour south of where we live. We put all of our gear, with the exception of tents, on a handcart, and we pushed/pulled it for about 6.5 miles on the first day and about 4 miles the second day. It was hot and humid and the trail was very thick with trees. It was soooooo challenging, but we did it! I've never been so sweaty or so dirty in my life!!! (not even at Girl's Camp!) We truly appreciate the sacrifices of the pioneers.
I'm so bummed I can't post any of the pictures because our computer's CD drive isn't working! :(
July 4th and VA trip w/ the Fox family
A week after the trek, we hit the road and came up to VA to visit Larry's side of the family. We have a ton of pictures thanks to Brett & Lisa and Erik and Nichole!
The highlights of our visit are in the following pictures!
On the 4th of July - getting ready to shoot off fireworks in the culdesac with all the family!! It was SOOOO hot!!
We went to see the fireworks show near Fairfax Highschool...sitting along 29 and 50....memory lane!
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