Fall Busyness

It's fall time! It's getting chilly, the leaves are turning colors, and we're going apple picking this Saturday with some good friends. This will be the second year in a row we've done it, so I'm thinking that it's the birth of a new tradition.

Karisa's mom, Cheryl, is coming in for a visit today. In fact, she's probably already flying here as I write this. It'll be fun to have her stay with us. We really enjoy having a guest room so we can host people easily. Last month we got to host a wonderful guy named Eliot who was in town for a conference. It was fun, though humbling. He went running every morning he was here!

Tonight we're gonna go watch the film, "Lord, Save Us From Your Followers." You can check it out here. It's gonna be pretty sweet. I was very excited when I looked at my course syllabus for the grad course I'm taking a realized I don't have a paper due on Thursday like I thought. So I'll be able to enjoy the film without stressing about the paper I'm not writing.

Zeus, our wonderful dog, is growing so big. We really love him, though he still hasn't learned his good manners around new people and dogs. I'm secretly a little worried because he goes SO crazy that it's impossible to teach him anything when he's around another dog. I'm hoping that he grows out of that. I also learned yesterday that we can get his nails trimmed for free at Petland! Yay! We don't have to be the bad guys anymore!

Karisa and I started the Redeemed Lives program through our church last week. I missed the first week because of a college fair. It's a year long discipleship program. I've wanted to do it for about 5 years now but it never has worked out. It will definitely be a growing experience for us both.