the searbys

It's been a busy few weeks with lots of guests, lots of hours at our jobs and lots of fun. Our time with Jake, Melissa and Jodi was great, as you can see by the pictures. We did lots of fun stuff and really just enjoyed each other's company the whole week. On monday we got to go to Daytona Beach and see Zach and Jamie Below, friends from LCC. It was great to see them and really nice that Jake and Melissa could be there too. The waves that day were big and we had a blast with the boogie boards. Of course, just a few days later they cleared the same beach because of a shark! Oh well, we were fine! So, yes, we went to the beach two MORE times and enjoyed both. We live over an hour from the closest beach and we're becoming beach bums!

This weekend my (joel) parents were here. Dad was consulting with Harvest Christian Church, where we've been attending, as they are in a transition time and looking for a new minister. Dad's new business, Peacewood consulting, exists partly for that reason, to help churches in transition or crisis to work through it and grow. We had a fun visit with them as well. We've found that we really enjoy showing people around our new "hometown," taking them to our favorite restaurants and giving them a "taste" of our new life. We ate at Sonny's, the original barbeque of the south, had Sweet Dreams ice cream, went to Micanopy, a neat little antique town south of Gainesville and we took them to Coffee Culture, of course.

We'll be more regular with our posts now that we don't have a housefull all the time. We hope you enjoy staying up on our lives and we sure would enjoying hearing how all of yours are going. Stay in touch!
-joel

Enjoy every newsy letter you send.Sounds like you all had as much fun as we did when we were in Rotonda every winter. My whole family is doing fine--school will be starting soon. Finally had a whole day of rain today--so welcome!!Love you  

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It was so wonderful to see you both. I must admit that I have been looking for a cul-de-sac around here and cannot find one. How scary about the shark! Good thing Zach didn't stay in the water too long with his magenta blood!!!!

Melissa  

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hey guys! i'm so excited to know where your blog is now! and i saw all your pictures at missy & jake's last night..or at least some of them from your adventures in florida! looks like ya'll are having fun!

i hope things continue to go well and maybe someday i'll make it down to visit!  

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