It's still HOT, but summer is over...

Well, the new semester has begun and we're back in alarm-clock and early-to-bed mode. Robbie is grateful to say that this has been the most fun and refreshing summer since she was about 15 years old. Plenty of family time, reading time, and plain old rest. The congregation was overflowing last Sunday, the first everyone-is-back-for-school Sunday. What a joy and an encouragement.
Below are pictures from Robbie & Tyler's special 6-year-old trip to Nevada. We had a blast. Saw family and favorite places. We stayed at the Nugget, played in the pool, went to Donner Lake, Tahoe, Squaw Valley, Carson City Capitol and Virginia City. Between comstock mines, cannibal pioneers, COLD lakes, a tea party, starry nights and Reno's lights, we had a wonderful time. Enjoy the pix! Tyler's comment the first time she got in Lake Tahoe: "Sure is a lot colder than the Gulf!"

Nona and Tyler's Nevada Trip August 8--15

Pix from Camp Nona

Hey, some good and encouraging news! Robbie's latest book, a Bible Study guide, is really catching on for study groups in the fall. The Story of Scripture was just published this summer and takes people from Genesis to the Revelation in 12 studies.
GET A COPY (Amazon.com, Christian "book" stores, IVPress.com)
It's designed to help people see the one, big, cohesive narrative of scripture--trying to counter biblical sound-bites--often the source of immature or really awful theology.
Spread the word!

TOUR DE FRANCE PARTY

Our annual Tour de France party was held on Saturday, July 26th. It was an individual time trial (usually dull) and turned out to be the deciding stage of this year's mostly cleaned-up Tour. We had about 15 friends who were able to come and we all got our Armstrong Foundation yellow bracelets to wear. Fun, food and friends!

Chesterton was worn out with all the excitement, but he enjoyed wearing his own version of the Yellow Jersey!

Even our front door was decked out for the party!