father's day... in retrospect...

i had a terrific father's day... the weather here was BEAUTIFUL... at church, we had our class outside of the coffee shop which was a very welcome change... we continued our study on esther and talked about purity... i was kind of nervous about it... one of the girls who hadn't been at church in a while came back yesterday - and i was concerned about the first message that she hears coming back was going to be about purity... i was thinking, "God... i hope you know what you're doing... i don't know if she'll ever come back to church..." but the lesson was awesome... we got to sit and talk about the difference between jezebel/delilah with the picture of esther... and how purity isn't only a sex thing, but involves so much more... it was great... they talk, open up, share... i love that they're so willing to talk to each other, open up, but really share the good stuff... and unashamedly say what they really think... i love it... i told rob about it later... i think i've found my niche...

after church, we had our normal pizza... and then i went over to the mcilvain's to hang out... we had lunch and then we were hanging out at the house... i was thinking, "this is too beautiful a day to be sitting around the house..." we all wanted to do something, but it was hard trying to get us all to come to an agreement about what to do... we eventually decided and went out to battle ground ("suburb of vancouver") and went to the water... bigger than a creek, smaller than a river... and played in the water... i took pictures and climbed on the big rocks... then we came home and had chicken nuggets and tater tots... mmmm... and while dinner was cooking, the weather changed drastically... it was cool... there was a big rainbow and patches of lightning and thunder and rain...

then we watched tv and made s'mores in the wood burning stove in the house...

good times...

i created an online photo album, but it didn't work, so i'll probably work on it after work today... i have fun pictures from yesterday - and more pictures from multnomah falls... so i'll try to get it up and running...

but it was a great day...