Hey, y'all!
Well, slowly but surely we're getting everything unpacked and organized and getting settled in here in Springtown. We mostly just have little odds 'n' ends stuff to do and the decorating part (hanging pictures and, for me, my doll shelf :D). Hopefully we'll be done by next Wednesday, since we have some family coming in for Thanksgiving!
Last night we played a game of Bible Outburst. SO much fun! :D We played Dad and Micah against Josiah, Jonathan, and me (Mom was out studying with some friends/fellow students). The J's and I won! :D Our last card was "Names, titles, and descriptions of Satan", so Dad and Micah were giving us a hard time about winning with the devil. :P Actually, the card that pulled us within winning range was "Events in the life of Joseph"... having just recently studied the book of Genesis, I had a bit of an edge. We got all the answers on that one. :D
Oh, speaking of Bible-things...here's a taste of the kind of family discussions we get into all the time. This particular one occurred last Sunday while we were trying to get the trailer unhitched from the back of the U-Haul truck because it got "stuck" trying to pull it down the little hill in our driveway.
Somebody asked, "Why do they call things 'prehistoric'? How can it be 'prehistoric'...before history, there was nothing!" So Dad proceeded to explain that the term is used to refer to things that supposedly existed before recorded history. (disclaimer: we are not saying that anything did exist prior to recorded history; in fact, we know better. The Bible tells us all about the beginnning of everything, etc. But I digress...) Then we got to talking about just what counted as recorded history in the minds of such people, since they obviously discredit the Bible's account of "the beginning". Dad (maybe we should start calling him "Oh Wise One"... :D) informed us that historians do acknowledge the Bible as a historical document as it pertained to "current events"-- for example, Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible, but since he wasn't around for a few hundred years of the history he wrote about, only the stuff he was around for is counted as "recorded history". (Dad made it make better sense, by the way; if I could just remember just how he put it.) Anyway, Dad then ended the conversation with this interesting bit of information:
"So Abraham was prehistoric since he was around before Moses." :D
OK, I've gotta go. Jonathan wants me to swing with him for a bit (OK, so I want to swing, too...), and I really need to work on my school stuff for a little while before helping Mom get her school stuff typed in. Her big old books are a bit hard to hold open and still be able to type at the same time, so she dictates and I type. Try spelling some of those words I can't pronounce! :P
I'll leave you with a comment to ponder that Jonathan made out of the blue one day a couple months ago:
"You know, the sky is older than dirt." :D
Well, slowly but surely we're getting everything unpacked and organized and getting settled in here in Springtown. We mostly just have little odds 'n' ends stuff to do and the decorating part (hanging pictures and, for me, my doll shelf :D). Hopefully we'll be done by next Wednesday, since we have some family coming in for Thanksgiving!
Last night we played a game of Bible Outburst. SO much fun! :D We played Dad and Micah against Josiah, Jonathan, and me (Mom was out studying with some friends/fellow students). The J's and I won! :D Our last card was "Names, titles, and descriptions of Satan", so Dad and Micah were giving us a hard time about winning with the devil. :P Actually, the card that pulled us within winning range was "Events in the life of Joseph"... having just recently studied the book of Genesis, I had a bit of an edge. We got all the answers on that one. :D
Oh, speaking of Bible-things...here's a taste of the kind of family discussions we get into all the time. This particular one occurred last Sunday while we were trying to get the trailer unhitched from the back of the U-Haul truck because it got "stuck" trying to pull it down the little hill in our driveway.
Somebody asked, "Why do they call things 'prehistoric'? How can it be 'prehistoric'...before history, there was nothing!" So Dad proceeded to explain that the term is used to refer to things that supposedly existed before recorded history. (disclaimer: we are not saying that anything did exist prior to recorded history; in fact, we know better. The Bible tells us all about the beginnning of everything, etc. But I digress...) Then we got to talking about just what counted as recorded history in the minds of such people, since they obviously discredit the Bible's account of "the beginning". Dad (maybe we should start calling him "Oh Wise One"... :D) informed us that historians do acknowledge the Bible as a historical document as it pertained to "current events"-- for example, Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible, but since he wasn't around for a few hundred years of the history he wrote about, only the stuff he was around for is counted as "recorded history". (Dad made it make better sense, by the way; if I could just remember just how he put it.) Anyway, Dad then ended the conversation with this interesting bit of information:
"So Abraham was prehistoric since he was around before Moses." :D
OK, I've gotta go. Jonathan wants me to swing with him for a bit (OK, so I want to swing, too...), and I really need to work on my school stuff for a little while before helping Mom get her school stuff typed in. Her big old books are a bit hard to hold open and still be able to type at the same time, so she dictates and I type. Try spelling some of those words I can't pronounce! :P
I'll leave you with a comment to ponder that Jonathan made out of the blue one day a couple months ago:
"You know, the sky is older than dirt." :D
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Im glad you guys could also find sometime to take away from the work and play togehter.
Talk soon.
Oh the kids said to tell you they miss you guys too!!