Eeeeee-Cola

Get it? Like that commercial for Ricola? Heh heh.
So, we were out at Ecola this past week. If you don't know, Ecola is a one-year Bible school at the Oregon Coast (Cannon Beach). This was the third year that I had the opportunity to teach out there for a week (they bring in two different teachers each week). I taught the Minor Prophets, which was challenging, exciting, and enriching. It was great to hang with the students a little bit, and also to get to spend a week away as a family. Here are some of the pictures:

Weather was not really a highlight. It was rainy most of the week. But we made a trip out to the World Famous Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was a great time, mostly because we all got to have some great ice cream at the end of the tour. Jack really enjoyed his (which was really Karina's). As Matt and I were standing in line to order I started naming off to him some of the different options. Then he looked up at the posted menu and said, "Can I have chocolate peanut butter?" I guess he didn't need me to read it for him.

As I said, the weather was pretty bad most of the week. We spent a lot of time in Ecola's Rec Center playing games. Still, we did make it out to the beach on two of the days. No swimming (this is Oregon, after all), but it was fun just hanging out.


Here are the boys, haning out in a little fort that we found.

As far as we can remember, this was Jack's first time out on the beach. As you can see, he was pretty impressed with the whole concept. He especially enjoyed picking up the sand and letting it slip through his fingers.


Meanwhile, Matt enjoyed doing some adventuring. Here he is, climbing on a log.

The week was really fun. It makes me very thankful for my family, that they are all such enjoyable people with whom to spend time.

Oh, one last highlight! With March Madness and all, Matt and I were watching ESPN and they were re-showing the 1979 National Championship game, when Magic Johnson led Michigan State over Larry Bird and Indiana State. Here is a quick pic:

As we watched the game, Matt kept making the same baffled comment over and over again: "They're playing in shorts!"