Indiana

That is where we are at.

We surprised B's mom and showed up two days before his sister's wedding. It was a very last minute decision on our part. We decided to go last Thursday. Bought the tickets the next day, Friday morning. In the air at 6am on Wednesday. Thankfully it is summer in Indiana. Requires a lot less thought when packing.

I am very proud of the fact that we only brought two suitcases and one empty duffle bag. No pram, just one backpack. So much better than the two snowboards and eight suitcases we had on the way back from our Christmas trip.

The trip over went pretty well. We thought we had lost our nice backpack in LAX. Thankful at the last moment it reappeared and all was good...we even caught our flight to Cinci. The trip to Cinci was not pleasant. All the children had major breakdowns...and of course not at the same time. Every old lady on the plane wanted to give us advice. They all thought that the screaming fits were due to little ears not handling the air pressure. One lady told me that I should press my finger on Jolene's upper lip to relieve the her ear pain. I just stared at her and told her we were from Australia. I couldn't muster the energy at that point to say anything else. Of course they have no idea what "coming from Australia" entails so it was a lost cause. Go away old ladies, be gone!

The wedding went well. Jolene and Adele were flower girls and Gids was the ring bearer. The girls were so "cited" that they got to dress up and go to a fancy party after the wedding. I will post a few pics in the near future.

We just got back to B's parent's house today. We had spent Sun-Wed in southern Indiana camping. All the extended Fishers gathered together for a reunion. We had a great time. No more needs to be said...except that Jolene was depressed when we left. She wanted to play in the creek more.

Next week we are at my parent's house. Then we head home. Two and a half weeks is not long enough but that is all the holiday time B had. I am thankful we were able to come even if it was such a short trip.


Side note: Thanks to all this traveling Brandon and I have been able to get in a few sermon listening moments.

We have gone through a few of Timothy Keller's sermons via his podcast.

Here are the topics:

Made for Stewardship
Treasure vs. Money
Arguing about Politics
Can Faith be Green?

The second topic was challenging. Keller ask why we don't hold each other accountable in the way we spend our money? Christians often hold each other accountable in several areas of life, but Keller suggests that we don't very often in the area of money. Most of you (including us) are in the top 8% of the world when it comes to wealth. Are we challenging each other to spend it in wise ways? It made me think about our trips over the big blue.