Young Married's Game Night at Church on the Hill: April 21st We had a game night for the young married couples at our church in McMinnville. We "co-hosted" it with our friends Jeremy and Claudette. It wasn't that well planned due to the busyness of life. When we arrived at the church the room was locked. When we got in, nothing was set up as it was supposed to be, and no childcare was arranged. Oh well, it was still fun, even if there were 10 toddlers running around. There was good food, Thank you Jeremy for the chicken wings, and fun games. We played Apples to Apples, Uno, the Shocking Game, and Wii. For those of you who aren't sure on what those last two games are. The Shocking Game (there's no better way to describe it) is where 2-4 people hold these futuristic looking remotes all connected to the center console. It will flash red and make annoying sounds, when it stops making noise and turns green everyone hits the button on the remotes. Last person to do so or does so too soon, gets shocked. One of the guys there said it's not quite as shocking as holding an electric fence. Let's just say it was most popular among some of the guys. The Wii is the new game system by Nintendo. The controller is more like a remote that senses your movements. It's lots of fun. We were playing a "Wario" game that has you do a bunch of little mini games like hold the remote like a waiter, or like a remote, or like a tug of war rope. Very different than your typical game console. After the game night, we went to another activity (also at the Church on the Hill), Heather's friend Laura was hosting a Victorian Regency Ball. There we learned a bunch of dances like you would see in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. For you guys out there, it was actually a lot of fun. Even Scott and Jeremy enjoyed it (Jeremy and Claudette joined in for a dance). Overall we had a really fun night.

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Scott's Birthday Family Dinner and Bower's Baby Shower: Sunday, April 16th On Sunday April 15th, we got to enjoy a birthday dinner for Scott with his family. We went to the Cheesecake Factory at Washington Square Mall. Yes they serve Cheesecake, but that's not all. They have HUGE MEALS at decent prices, and the service was amazing. Well, with a party of 10 people plus a highchair for our nephew Hunter, we needed a little bit of special attention. Those attending were: Us (Scott and Heather), Scott's parents (Steve and Sue), Scott's Grandparents (G'pa Richard, G'ma Bettie, and G'ma Carlene (G'pa Stan was home sick)), Scott's Siblings (Sjana and her husband Brian, Seth) and our nephew Hunter (Sjana and Brian's son). Before the dinner, Heather enjoyed Bethany Bower's Baby Shower! Baby Rhubarb (they didn't know the gender), was due May 5th. We haven't heard yet whether Rhubarb is a boy or a girl and the new corresponding name. While Heather was partying it up, Scott was at Starbucks lesson planning, and finishing the book "The Ezekial Option"

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Hello friends and family! Wow, we can't believe it's been over a month and a half since we last posted. Sorry it has been so long. Don't give up though, we still want you to know what's going on in our busy life. Scott is back in the job hunt now. His one year temporary contract is ending at McMinnville and we are looking to see where God wants us to be next year. Heather only has to drive up to Portland fifty more times for her internship. Thirteen weeks left and she will be finished with this chapter of her life. She is learning a lot though and her music therapy skills are improving daily. Please pray for us as we are once again in life's transitions. Take care everyone! Here are some highlights of the last month and a half.

Happy Birthday Scott! Scott celebrated his 24th birthday this weekend. He awoke Saturday morning and was surprised to receive a waffle iron as one of his first gifts of the day. He had told Heather many times how much he loved waffles. Heather is not a huge waffle fan but decided that in order to satisfy Scott's desire for waffles she would need to buy an iron. So, Heather made waffles with fresh strawberries and syrup and whip cream on top. He was really happy and ate a lot! Scott also got a book of love certificates for things like boy movie rentals, desserts of his choice, special homemade dinners that Scott likes, board games like Risk, Clue, Mastermind, and Monopoly that Heather would not usually pick, and different cleaning jobs that neither of us like to do. He also got the game Settlers of the Catan which he will really enjoy playing soon. We went to Airport park, and had lunch outside of the Evergreen Aviation Museum. That night, Heather tried to surprise Scott by having people over for dinner, cake and ice cream but Scott became suspicious when we started cleaning the house. Our guests included Aaron Young and Evelyn Williams, Dave and Amy Bertolini, and Deborah Barber. Check out these pictures.

Darts anyone? We have been having so much fun on our back patio lately. Scott hung a dartboard we got for Christmas and we can play regular darts and baseball darts. Come on over and we'll play some time. Check out these fun pictures!