Fall fun!

This past weekend we stayed very busy welcoming fall. Well I don't know if boating is considered welcoming fall but none-the-less......

Friday night we put in my dad's 2 dingy boats in at New Richmond boat launch and rode up the Kalamazoo River with my parents. It sure was beautiful to be on the water seeing some of the leaves changing already! Not often is the water level high enough to ride up the river so we thought we should take advantage of all this rain! It was so peaceful and relaxing! We rode all the way up to Silver Lake to Grandpa and Grandma Brink's cottage and parked them there and then walked back to our house by road.

Saturday was work for the both of us in the morning and then Saturday night we headed to the Kalamazoo Raceway to the "Night of Destruction." If any of you have been there you know it's a good time and a night full of laughs watching things be destroyed! My parents , my brother Michael, and Daris' parents Ken & Christy came along so it was a great night shared with family. Daris's 2 brothers were also out there as well so we sure did support the raceway but it was defintely worth it!

Sunday was church and then we had Daris's grandma over for lunch which was really nice to catch up with her. Then we went back to church at night to hear Pastor Paul's sermon on Hebrews. After church Daris' brother Kenny invited us over for brats on the grill and to see his house remodel he's got going on.

Monday night I started a new bible study group at Central which I am really excited about. It is about discovering your spiritual gifts and kind of a self evaluation class which of course can't hurt anybody so I'm looking forward to hopefully learning more about myself and personality and hopefully becoming a better Christian as well! Daris is also taking a class called Men's Fraternity which he is really enjoying as well. Sure is nice to be involved with such a fun caring group of people and getting to know new people has been great as well.