Weekend Update

It was a busy weekend. No time to blog...

We spent Friday evening and part of Saturday at the Merry Merchant Munch in Eagle River. You go from business to business (the Chamber of Commerce provides a list of participants and a map) and they have munchies set out for you to enjoy. Each business stamps your "passport" flyer. If you get a stamp from at least 20 of the 44 participants, you can enter your passport in a drawing. It's really a great program. It gets you into businesses you might not otherwise have visited.

On Saturday, we also went to 4 of at least 6 craft fairs that were happening in the area. Three were in Eagle River and one at the UAA (Univ of AK-Anchorage) campus. The latter was the best. We went there specifically to pick up a gift. We had contacted a vendor we'd met at the Egan Center "Made in AK" craft fair back on my birthday. They said they'd be at the UAA fair...

On Sunday, we tried another church. Donald had to work, but the rest of us went. We had gone to a craft bazaar at this church on Saturday and the folks seemed pleasant. The church was great! It's very casual, sufficiently welcoming without being pushy, and the people don't make a big deal out of "visitors", but they are glad to have you there if you choose to be. We will definitely be returning.

Not to be too evangelical here, but I think we could really use a church family at this point! It just makes life so much more pleasant and trials so much more bearable!

As an indicator of how "come as you are" they are at this church, the preacher wears blue jeans and a plaid flannel shirt. He's great at delivering a sermon/lesson. Humorous, yet thought provoking. We were all pleased with the service.

After church, we brought Alicia May to the JCPenney portrait studio to have her picture taken. This was her first portrait sitting (better late than never!). She did such a great job! I can't wait to get the prints back...