Busy weeks

Last Wednesday our house celebrated Ranita's 18th birthday! We tried to do our best to make it a special birthday for her by decorating the house with some streamers & birthday banners and making her a delicious dinner with chocolate cake for dessert. It was also the first week of meal rotation for the girls so they were tasked with making the birthday meal for Ranita. Cards from friends and family poured in all week for Ranita so we hope it was a memorable 18th!


In addition to starting meal rotation, we have started our weekly worship nights, weekly learning components and started making plans for local weekend activities. In a few weeks we're planning to spend the day at a roadkill cook-off in nearby (two hour drive) Marlington. Events include a redneck parade, possum run, and other wacky events. We'll be sure to include a full post-trip report.

Heidi's parents came to visit us over Labor Day weekend and we did our best to introduce them to everything that Philippi has to offer. Since we've only been living here for a month, however, we could only show them a few local hot spots so they'll have to return again soon once we learn of more places to see. Mike's family is looking at dates to visit too so this will give them a taste of what they'll get to see. Besides taking a walking tour through downtown Philippi, we drove past a coal mine, visited the historical society, and had some ice cream at the local Dairy King.