Valentine's Day

I spent Saturday morning at the yoga studio and then walking the labyrinth. 

Then Daryl, Davis and I went out to hike a bit at Myakka River State Park. It was free admission for the holiday weekend. It was a nice relaxing day. 

 

Scholar Athlete

 Friday was the start of Parent's Weekend at IMG for the spring semester. We got to visit track practice, meet with his coaches, college counselor and attend a workshop on college recruiting. 

Then our handsome athlete scholar (who made High Honor Roll for the fall semester) was inducted into the National Honor Society!

We celebrated after by taking him to lunch at one of our favorite Bradenton restaurants - Tide Tables near Anna Marie Island. 

Also in the last two weeks Wesley has received acceptance letters to both Florida Polytechnic and also Florida Gulf Coast University!! We are so very proud of all of his athletic and academic growth this year. 

Life Around the South West

Sunday morning I went to First UMC in Naples for worship to checkin their new senior pastor who started in January. Rev. Scott Ehler had been their associate pastor and he's doing a great job. 

It was so nice to be with Scott and his wife Amy. 

Lots of other project time and meetings on Zoom. And then today at Grace Venice we had our Mission and Vision team for the district. Love these colleagues in ministry! 

 

Congrats to Davis

Recently Davis applied to be in the International Baccalaureate's Career Program for Engineering at his high school, Riverview. He's been taking a Nuclear Radiation class and an Intro to Engineering Class this year that he has really enjoyed. 

Davis was accepted into the IBCP for his junior year! We are so proud of him! 

Tonight we sat and worked on planning his classes for his junior year - several IB and AP classes including physics, precalculus and computer integrated manufacturing. 

 

Florida High School Indoor Championships

Saturday was the Florida HS Indoor Championships up in Gainesville. 

He had a good showing but did not hit his PR. He jumped 1.8m and finished 7th overall. 

Afterwards we went out to lunch and visited Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. 

 

Sabbath Day

Friday Daryl and I took a walk around the trail at Nathan Benderson Park. 

And then we visited Mote Marine again to see the manatees and the penguins and more. 

 

A Week Away

This past week I spent Sunday morning preaching at East Naples UMC as a favor to the pastor who is on renewal leave. It was a wonderful worship service with incredible music from so many diverse groups, including the children. 

Then I was in Lakeland from Sunday night through Thursday afternoon at Cabinet while we were discussing appointments for the upcoming year. 

Thankfully one night I was able to go to dinner with my friend Amy. And then another night I went with Parker and his roommate Eddie to Disney Springs and Epcot! 

I finally officially got my own desk at the conference office and have slowly started to decorate it with things that are meaningful to me.