It's almost winter :(

It's been awhile since I wrote anything. Our zoo now includes, in addition to dog and cat, two goldfish and five chickens. So we're eating home grown eggs. Every now and then Allie takes the chickens for a walk and Farmer Allan cleans the coop. I'm staying away from that business, since when I got involved with the kitty litter one time it somehow became one of my jobs. Jacoba, Jonah, Simon, and Allie are all enjoying and doing well in school. And I'm enjoying quiet Tuesdays. I'm working on Thursdays, which is the other day Allie goes to school. Allan is working hard at work and for Campfire and school. I've taken up jogging and participated in (and helped organize) a race to raise money for Worldwide Christian Schools. Allan took part in that race and beat me by 40 seconds, without even practicing once! Now I don't know what to do - keep working on 5K to get faster and zoom past him the next time, or learn to run 10K and out run him .... In the meantime I'm running about 5K every Tuesday morning and am looking forward to it each week.
For the rest, life goes on. God is good and provides all we need, and more. We are looking froward to Allie's 5th birthday in two weeks or so, and then Sinterklaas' visit, and then Maria, Bastiaan, Alwin, and Erika's visit at Christmas time, when we get to celebrate the birth of our Saviour together! Blessings abound! Winter is coming, but God will give us all we need to live through it, and probably even enjoy it, if we let him! Come snow, come cold - God is on our side!