This Past Weekend

This past Sunday was a busy one, for quite a few people as it turned out. We had Church on Sunday morning, which I preached at. Then at 3:00 p.m. we had an Installation Service for me as the Pastor of Valley E-Free Church. Audrey's parents came up and Rich did the message. Heather & Kevin led us in worship during the Installation Service, and quite a few people from the Rock Springs Church came up in support of our Church.

It was a good service, but also very tiring with everything else that already happened that day. Oh did I mention that I got up early on Saturday morning to finish my sermon, ran 8 miles Saturday afternoon, and then worked at the Teen Center till Midnight on Saturday?

Sunday evening we got to enjoy supper with Audrey's parents and Heather and Kevin and their family. It was a nice evening to a long day. Rich & Jinny wanted to give everyone a "living" Christmas present this year, so on Monday we drove up to Pinedale to go down hill skiing.

We arrived in Pinedale at the Ski Rental Shop only to find out that the Ski Slopes were now closed on Monday & Tuesdays. So we decided to go Cross Country Skiing instead. But to get up to where the trails are, you have to drive quite a little ways up a forest service road that isn't really that well taken care of. Needless to say, with a rear-wheel drive car, things don't always turn out how you had them planned. We got stuck.

Luckily a man with a tow rope drove by within about 2 minutes and he helped pull us out. Except that I had to drive backwards down the road back into town where we jumped in with Rich & Jinny so we could make it up the mountain.

Finally we got to ski. It was a lot of fun, and the weather was gourgeous. Sunshine, and where we were back in the trees there was no wind. Here are some pictures from the afternoon of skiing.

My only snow gear. Hunting gear. That way other skiiers couldn't see me coming.

Audrey gearing up before we started.

Rich & Jinny on the trail. Thanks for the great day!

Taking a little break at the top of a hill.

Audrey and Jinny racing! Not really, but it would have been funny!