Count-Down to Summer Guest Season Launch

Life is picking back up again at Timberline. The Summer Staff have arrived and are in full-on training. In fact, Reid informed me he won't be home until 10:00 as the staff has a long day of training today for various state requirements.

When we had our staff meeting on Monday, the most common concern was the business of the summer. In fact it looks like it's going to be the busiest summer at Timberline to date. Would you pray that all of us as staff would find many days for good personal refreshment and also extended husband/wife/family time? We can't pour out if we're not being poured into. And it's so easy to be distracted by the needs of the moment and by what is urgent, that we loose sight of what is important for longevity.

We start off with close to 100 High school Freshmen from Wooddale Church in Minnesota. They are here for two weeks doing service projects as well as whole host of fun activities. It's always a highlight of Timberline's summer when Wooddale arrives.

At Home:

We've stayed busy at the Dale house with our summer schedule. I've found that unless I have a plan, things fall apart, so the kids have daily chores and homework activities that they have to check off (laundry, dishes, reading (our summer library reading program has some great incentives for kids!!), spelling, phonics, math, daily running/exercise, guitar practice, minimum amount of outdoor play time etc.). So far so good! :) My prayer is that I'll be able to remain consistent throughout the summer for all of our sake.  We often get started well but then things kind of go downhill....and I'd love for the kids to finish this summer well prepared and ready for the new school year! Without a check-sheet we get aimless and bored - and I've found that if the kids stay busy, even with things they don't particularly like, their free time is all the more fun and special!

We had an interesting meeting in Denver this past week for one of our children and are waiting

on a full report to know what specific steps to take.  We would covet your prayers as we decide if this dear one needs to be homeschooled or continue at WPCS. We have meetings coming up with teachers and school administrators to help determine the best course of action.

Lillian is into a major furniture cruising phase and will be walking in no time, no doubt! :)
Ian has officially reached 6ft 1 in and wears shoe size 13!!  Julie-Joy isn't too far behind as she has shot up also and will surpass her Mom this year. We knew these days would come - and in the blink of an eye, well, here they are! :) Jenna's 9th birthday is coming up in just a couple of days and she couldn't be more excited!

Well that's all for this week and as always - we love hearing from you so leave a comment or send us an email to let us know how you are doing!