In the thirteen months we were in Kenya, our fair city got some cool new stuff: a few restaurants, a couple stores, and a trampoline park! Winter here can get pretty long – like, super long – so we’ve needed more quality indoor play spaces. Pete has taken the kids on a few outings to jumpity jump since the temp dropped about six weeks ago. They all love it!
Pete and I first thought of the idea of dressing as Bert + Mary Poppins a few years ago, but it was never quite the right time to make it happen. This year, we knew the kids were just the right age to play their roles as Jane + Michael Banks, so we couldn’t miss the opportunity! With the motivation of a little Halloween party in mid-October, we got to work getting the costumes ready! (Okay, let’s be honest, I did all the costumes. I LOVE putting costumes together! Most of our pieces are things we’ll wear outside of dressing up or are things we already had. I know without a doubt I’ll wear this Mary Poppins hat the next few months. Or not, but it was totally worth the DIY project!)
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Photo Friday is a little glimpse at our week in pictures. To see more, follow @TheMangoMemoirs on Instagram!
‘Tis the season for school books and backpacks and sharpened, number-two pencils! I’ve always loved this time of year. The air gets cooler, the leaves begin changing colors, and school buses are bumping up and down the streets. Just last week, my mom told me I cried at the end of each school year because I wouldn’t be going to school for the entire summer. Perhaps that’s why I got my teaching degree! Now that we’re fully transitioned back to life in Minnesota, it seems right that we’d all be starting school again.
Yes, by all I do mean all. Pete and I were the first to hit the books when we began our first class with Dallas Theological Seminary a few weeks ago. We’ve talked about doing seminary together for years, and this finally seemed the right time. We applied shortly after we learned we’d be coming back to Duluth and were soon accepted into the Master of Biblical and Theological Studies program. We’re taking just one class this semester as we get used to everything again, and we’re already loving what we’re learning. The program will take anywhere from two to six years to complete, depending how many credits we take each semester. We’re really looking forward to all of it!
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