Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Ozarks

So Charlene and I went to the Lake of the Ozarks for eight days to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with our church about a week and a half ago. Wow, was it fun! We didn't take a whole lot of photos, but we can tell you about it a little bit.
We golfed (well Char did, I didn't), played board games (Catan and Quelf), we go-karted, we hiked, we went to see castle ruins, we went on a short cruise around the Lake of the Ozarks (which was beautiful), we had a campfire, we went to a winery, had a pizza party, man... you name it we did it.

We also saw this awesome spider. *shivers down my spine thinking about it*
The landscape was much more interesting than North Dakota's (though North Dakota's beauty I would say is in the people and the peace.)
Trees!
Castle ruins!


Most of all though, we ate a lot of really good food. No pictures of food though, because we were too busy enjoying to snap pictures.

We met a lot of really awesome people and developed some very special relationships.

All in all it was a very spiritually uplifting time (as it always is) being able to have fellowship with so many people for eight straight days makes for a very uniquely positive experience.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

A Lego Star Wars Birthday? At 26?

So, Charlene is 26-and what did she ask for on her birthday?
^This^

Of course, she was so proud that she displayed it on Facebook to show off her inner geek. Everyone knows she's a science nerd-but did you know that she LOVES Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Batman? (This may have had something to do with my decision to marry her...)
Charlene and I were in Missouri during her birthday and she received ^this^ from some friends in our church - it's the Naboo Fighter from Star Wars Episode 1: Revenge of the Sith.
^This^ came from Trent and Shannon (Charlene's brother and his wife) and it is a Snowspeeder and the Wampa cave scene from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes back.

^This^ is the Millennium Falcon OF COURSE! Flown by Han Solo and Chewbacca in Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI.

Charlene gets what she wants - but NOT because she's spoiled (which she's not) but because she works WAY too hard not to be appreciated with all of our might.
Han Solo agrees.