YES!

We (Cwtrials) have had the awesome opportunity to do 4 different events with Life! Church in Hooksett, NH all in July. Our most recent event was something new and different for us. And incredibly fun.

This church meets in a movie theater and Craig was asked to ride/ speak at their Sunday morning service during their YES! series. Extreme Biking at Church? Complete with popcorn and juice boxes? Heck yes!

I especially like this church for their use of "!" in their name and current series. 

Doesn't everything end in a "!"?!

It was by far the tightest space Craig has ever ridden the demo set on. But he is incredibly talented and was spectacular!

Abi-Bear watching her "Daddy ride trials at church"

Craig and Pastor Joe Cyr during Q &A

Don't be too bummed that you missed it because you can catch the video of the ENTIRE thing right here.

Craig always has a disclosure "don't do this at home," so of course he received a picture that day of a man from the church on this roof with his bicycle. We got a laugh out of it (and assumed it was a joke...)

Picketty Pick!

Abigail and I have gone blueberry picking  3  4 times this summer. I'm hoping to squeeze in as much fruit-picking as we can this season so we can stock up the deep freezer! 

(And since we keep eating them by the handful!)

LOVE sheep!

My dream- not to own a lawn-mower but one of these guys to eat our grass for us.

This kid is going to turn blue from all of her berries she has eaten. And if you want to know how helpful a 2 year old is as a second pair of picking hands... well, she eats them off the tree, from my bucket, puts a few in her bucket then eats them... and maybe one time she dumped an entire hour and a half worth of pickings onto the ground and maybe this Momma spent too much time picking up as many as she could from that heaping pile on the ground.

In a nutshell- is it REALLY worth taking a 2 year old picking? YES. 

Just don't set your goals/ hopes too high. 

The best part for her is the sheep and goats she gets to visit afterward. Love my little Farmer Girl.

Stored Away :(

Abi and I having our quiet time on the porch with our journals

It has been almost 2 weeks since we packed up our entire home of 2 1/2 years and stuffed it into a storage unit. There was a bit of lack of communication as to what was going to our temporary home and what was going into storage. 

30 minutes of trying to get the door to the storage unit closed, we realized that Craig's bag containing most of his clothes were shoved in the back of the storage unit. Along with my box with my most precious belongings, 2 of my 3 journals and Bible. It would be an afternoon affair to unload, sort and find our things, then to repack the puzzle of our storage unit. 

Sad. My books, namely my mini Bible and journal, are like my security blanket (or pacifier to Abigail...) I feel at a loss for these simple little treasures. 

We found enough clothes for Craig and I steal away with my Mom's little Bible or Craig's smartphone with my YouVersion app on . 

(A note on our house. We were approved by the sellers bank for the short sale over 4 weeks ago. Still waiting for a closing date with no predictions on when that will be. Praying that we will be able to move in settle any day now... or at least before Thanksgiving!)