Computer Down

So for the past 6 months we've been a one computer household. We always used to have Carter's mac and my dell and then my dell went on the fritz and was causing so many issues that I decided it was time to put away my dell and share with Carter on his mac. Well for some reason a couple weeks ago I got the urge to pull out my old dust covered dell and see if it still had the goods to turn on and go. Well, it turned on and was working as if nothing ever happened. This was a good thing that happened cuz as it turned out we are now just using my dell. The mac is on the fritz and at first I thought it was a virus but after a lot of fidgeting and looking around and tons of anti-spy searches I figured out there is no virus but the warning screen that keeps popping up is telling me that there is a hardware problem dealing with the BIOS something or another. I have no idea how to solve that so I called Oklahoma Christian today and now have a phone call placed in with them so hopefully they can help us figure out what's going on with it even though we're not students there anymore.

Soooo moral of the story...even when you're tempted to throw out technological junk, don't do it because you may need it later!

Hiking in the Woods

That is where Carter is this week with his old youth group boys and youth minister, and a young man from our church here. I know he is having a blast even though it is probably raining on them and they are smelly and gross. I told him to be careful and come home in one piece which I'm praying will come true because he is quite the adventure taker when it comes to climbing rocks and the such.

Because of his trip I am spending time alone this week and although I miss him terribly (I can't even talk to him on the phone) I have been pretty busy so far and the rest of my week will stay at about the same pace so hopefully Saturday will be here quick!

Finally a post on Beach Fest

Beach Fest is a youth rally that our church, The North Bend church of christ has put on every year for the past 4-5 years. We invited every church of christ in Oregon that we could find an address for and since Carter was in charge we were waiting for this event to come and be over so our stress level would decrees. It was August 7-9th and we would like to consider it a success! We had around 50 kids participate and then their chaperones and youth ministers came too. It was a weekend of fun, encouragement and praise and was a huge uplifter for the members of our church that participated too.

We couldn't have asked for better weather, on Saturday which is when we spent the whole day at the beach there wasn't any wind and it felt like a nice 68 degrees by the water. We kept joking around that our visitors were going to think that the weather was always like that because it is quite rare to get consecutive nice days like that and we were so excited! It was also nice that there was no wind because on both Friday and Saturday nights we had fires on the beach so it was great!

*Note to self, if we ever do a scavenger hunt again, make sure that the right clues end up in the right envelopes...never assume...great!

Fair Time

On Friday we went to the Coos County fair which was held in Myrtle Point, about 40 minutes away. We went 4 hours before the rodeo started, alloting enough time to enjoy the fair and then get dinner and good seats and then eat while waiting a while for the rodeo to start. Well, we didn't realize that when people told us the fair was small that it was super small. We saw the animals and most of the exhibits in an hour and then we were pretty bored for a while but once the rodeo happened we really enjoyed ourselves and it was fun seeing all the stuff. It had been a long time since either of us had been to a rodeo and all the elements of it still excited me. One of my favorite parts was when they incorporated the kids and had them ride the sheep or the calves hanging on for as long as possible....so entertaining watching those little guys fall off. Also, it was yummy eating fair food and forgetting about fat and calorie content for a night!!

Now this is what I call a dust bunny!! We could barely even find it's face!!

I love me some cotton candy!!