Millard Status Update

I think that blogging with out a camera is a real drag! I don't need a new camera, I just need to get the one I have from a friends house. That would require a 150 mile trip from Newark to Middletown. Gas prices are soaring in our area so a trip just for the camera doesn't seem to be a good act of stewardship.

Let me put up some news from the Zanesville Bible Methodist church. It is the church we have been attending since moving to Newark. We are excited to be one of the new churches in the Hartland Conference. President Sams and his wife were at our church on Sunday morning to make it official. A great time was had by all.

One of my friends at our church made this cake to commerate our new church name.

And another view...

So, Thank the Lord for phone camera's!

Well, I'm on my way to take the kids swimming at the YMCA. Bye.

Catch Up!

It has been so long since I have posted anything on my blog. It is not due to lack of interest, believe me! I read alot of blogs and love to hear and see everything that is happening in the lives of others.

Myself, I have been very busy. I have been out of town a lot working on our house in Middletown to get it to sell. I took lots of really great pictures so I could show off all the neat things, but alas, I left my camera at a friends house and can not retrieve my pictures to show off.

The boys have been enjoying the warm weather. Caleb did an annual cleaning and inspection on their bicycles and they are up and running. They really took a hit over the winter as we did not have a protected place to keep them. We are looking forward to warm mornings and drinking our morning coffee out on the back porch. ummmm! Love that!

New for me is my new Palm Treo! What a great toy. It is my PDA and phone all rolled into one! It is a totally cool toy for those who love electronic toys! I'm more dependent on it than I ever was my phone or PDA! Is that good, or bad? Makes ya wonder, doesn't it?

Must continue on with our school day so that is all the updates so far. Will post pictures as soon as I get back in touch with my camera

Keep writing all I'm reading!
Julie

Warm, Windy Day

We were so thankful to have a nice warm day. The boys did their school work with record speed and spent the rest of the day outside playing.

I took them to the park and let them fly their kites for a little while. We wondered if the wind would be strong enough to fly the kites, but I think it turned out OK. Caleb kept his up in the air for almost an hour. Daniel's kite had some technical issues and we had to work at it a little harder.

Caleb's is the red kite and Daniel's is the orange. As you can tell by the pictures, Daniel's was harder to chase with the camera.

The End

We have come to the end of the Basketball Season. Daniel learned a lot during the 12 or 13 weeks that we were involved in it. Can't say enough about that program. His awards banquet (with no food or snacks! I always thought a banquet was to eat and celebrate, but I digress...)His awards banquet was really great. All of the players received a basketball.

They had the Juggler for Jesus come. He was funny, entertaining, gave the gospel in a simple way. He presented the same gospel so many different ways with his juggling. We were impressed.

http://christianjuggler.com/

Thus we close the year on basketball. A good time was had by all.

Upward Basketball

I have so much to say about Upward Basketball. It is truly a wonderful program.

It provided an opportunity for Daniel to learn the game, learn sportsmanlike conduct and Christlike conduct. He won an award for most improved player.

One of the biggest things that Daniel has learned in Upward Basketball is that you don't quit when you are behind. With game system games it is just so easy for him to push the reset button when he isn't doing all that well. He really needed a real life situation where there was no reset button! His team has only won 1 game, but they have learned alot.

Would you all give a round of applause for the most improved player, playing Forward (most of the time) Daniel Millard!

What New Here!

There's not much new at the Millard house. Just doing winter things. Caleb has been taking guitar lessons and he really enjoys them. He has learned 3 strings and 8 notes! Whew hew!! His favorite song right now it Aura Lee. We all love hearing him!

Oh by the way, I should let you know that at the tender young age of 13 I found a gray hair in Caleb's head. I pulled one, but there is another one. He said, "Aw Mom!! Am I gunna look like you?" I told him No, he would probably look like Uncle Mark, my brother. And so the circle of life in the gene pool is continuing!

Loving Our Weather!

I Just thought maybe some of those that lived in the south were missing a little of the weather! So I am sending you some. I just took this picture this morning out the door of my apartment. We have had more snow in the past, and we are excited to have some more! It's been so cold. I would rather have it warmer and have snow than have it so cold without snow!

So much for the weather! Stay warm and dry all!