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What a weekend it was!
Ely had their first ever wolf-dog sled races! They raced from Ely to Tower and back...they served a lasagna dinner to celebrate before and had an award ceremony afterwards...it was cool to see the different trucks carrying the dogs and the sleds they pulled! I think their was about 6-8 teams.
Very cool!
Sunday we visited Ely Baptist Church. Wow...do I miss my old church already :)..
It was very friendly! They are searching for a pastor, so they are in "holding" mode right now. It's hard to choose a church with no pastor...Sydney enjoyed her Sunday school class. It was pretty small, her and 2 other kids were the only children.
Carter and Alli went to the nursery, b/c Mark's coworker was working it that day.
We were blessed by the music and Sunday school class...it's so different here. I wish I could describe it to you...basically almost culture shock :), but not in a bad way. We had a couple people ask us out to lunch (and they meant all 5 of us! CRAZY!)...we ended up going out to lunch with everyone at the GEL (Grand Ely Lodge)...apparently the normal "after church" gathering...
We enjoyed EBC...I think we are going to check out Berean Baptist church in a couple of weeks, just to see where the Lord wants us.
It's gotten colder here, it was in the 30's yesterday, and today its' below wind chill again! BRRRrr....no walks tonight.
I am going to just head back home and snuggle up with the fam!
I did find out about the MOPS group, and in fact a mom invited me to a "girls movie night out" next thursday I am going to do. Got to just throw myself out there...It sounds like fun!
Well...whenever you want to visit! :)

Still alive!!!

We are now living in Ely, MN! It's Mark and I and the kids. Heidi is now living with family friends. Gary and Kathi King. She was able to go back to her friends and school, which she missed. She is adjusting well...and she had her 15th birthday last week...so HAPPY BIRTHDAY again, Heidi!
Well...we came up here last Sunday night...and our new chapter has started. It is so nice up here. I hope you all can come up and visit sometime.
We live in a 1 bedroom apartment, but it is huge! It's 1200 square feet, and everything is separated, so it's more like an upstairs "duplex". We have a flower shop downstairs...so I got to keep the kids quiet during the day.
I have been busy unpacking, organizing...and oh yes...scrubbing floors...I have probably spent about 5 hours doing that so far this past week...and I am not done yet.
I have been feeling sick lately, so I finally got checked out. They diagnosed me with Whopping cough! Crazy! I was throwing up everytime I would cough...and I probably threw up 100+ times...in a 5 hour period...it was getting a little annoying! (especially in our close quarters)
I don't have the internet at home. So I am going to be coming to the library to check email and update my blog.
I can't upload pictures right now...but when I can, I will post some Ely Sites.
Today we are going to explore trails and the town/shops of Ely! It will be nice.
It's so nice being with Mark. The kids and I have really missed him! We get to see him off to work, a quick 10 minute break in the morning and than...and hour for lunch...and he is home 5ish! So, it's something to look forward too...
We started "story time" at the library on Fridays, they really have a nice library and kids program up here.
I am going to search for the mops group this week...and we are trying out a church tomorrow...
Alli started pulling herself up on things and is now using her "nnanna, mmamma" sounds! How exiting!!!
Carter is looking forward to his 2nd birthday next weekend. We will be heading back to the "Big Cities" for that...
Hope all is well with everyone.
Please pray our house sells quickly. God is in control...and I can only humbly come to him with my requests.
Keep me posted on YOU!

Today was a Blessing!

Today was one of those blessing days! Where everything just seemed to go right.
Ever have those days? I was waiting for some disruptive phone call at the end of the day to throw it all off, but thankfully it never came.
Well, court today was good. Heidi is going to be staying with her close friends, because we will be moving to Ely soon. They just need to go through the licensing stage and then, they should be clear. Heidi is thrilled to be with her friend and feels safe there. That was number one blessing.
It's a blessing to report that my other sister Rebekah has accepted Christ as her personal Savior. She was sick of trying to do everything on her own, fix things herself and leaned on Christ... Glory be to God!
The kids and I were in high spirits today, and accomplished a lot of packing.
Please pray with us that our house will sell sometime in the month of February.
Have a great weekend!
*We are traveling to Ely for the weekend. Melanie, Heidi, the kids and I and Mark's parents are all going up. Mark's parents got a night at the Grand Ely Lodge, so we can spend the day in the pool, hot tub, etc...and keep warm from the below zero temperatures.

Kids, Court...Life?

Hello you all...it's been wickedly cold here, so the kids and I are going house-crazy wanting to be outside!

I took a picture of Alli in her outfit from Auntie Melanie, and added the knit hat from grandma krekelberg...matches perfectly! Thanks guys!

We are looking forward to Mark coming home this weekend, b/c all the kids are sick with a cold virus...and let's just face it, we love being with him and miss him while is up in Ely.

We are planning to move to Ely either next weekend or the following weekend.

Our house has not sold, so keep that as a prayer request.

Also, I found out this week that my friend Paul Wirth's dad passed away from cancer at the end of December...so pray for the Wirth family (they just lost his mom about 2 years ago to cancer).

Also, our church has a pastor candidating the next couple of weeks, so really keep the church on the front burner of your prayer life this week...pray for wisdom of our congregation.

Well, yesterday was court, but the attorney's delayed if for another week. So next week I can have an update on how things are moving with Heidi being here.

We are hoping to have her just move to Ely with us. She is doing great, meeting new people, developing her own convictions and relationships.

Well...LET THE WEEKEND BEGIN!