OMSI Day

For Matthew's birthday, we took him and some friends to OMSI (The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. He had a great time, and got to try all sorts of new things. One of them was a machine in which you take a play ball and put it in a plastic tube that sucks it up and out and into a basket. Matthew loved this one, doing it over and over again. The picture is him watching the ball go up and out. He is pretty glued to it.
Since it is so rainy in Oregon, having a pass to OMSI, which we got with Matthew's birthday money from Grandma Gladys, is huge. It is great to have rainy day activities to do, and it will be rainy for several months if Oregon stays true to form. Matthew and I have hang time together on Friday mornings, while Karina gets a break, so I think OMSI will be a constant for us. And Karina is excited about the prospect of getting out there with him. there is always fun stuff to do and he eats it up.


Well, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and the other holidays are coming soon. It is fun to see the decorations start to get up. Karina has pine cones on our windowsills, which I just love. No Christmas music yet, though. That won't come for a couple of weeks. Here are some fun things coming up for us personally and in the college ministry.
December 23-30: Mom and Dad visit up here.
December 30: My best friend Dave McAllister gets married in Washington.
December 31: New Year's Eve Party for the college group.
January 5-7: Winter Retreat with the college group.
January 11-14: ET07 in Cali.

Happy Holidays.