Family always makes a long week better!

Tuesday we lost to Arkansas Fort Smith at their place and didn't get back until one thirty that morning. Thursday we lost to East Central in 5 sets. The girls are just finding a way to lose rather than finding a way to win. After Thursday's match, I for sure thought this was going to be a long season if they continued down this road. BUT!- we won on Saturday against Southeastern Oklahoma State in 4 sets. YAY! About time- right? Hopefully, this will get them back into the swing of things and show them what winning feels like again. Right now we are 12-6 overall and 1-2 in the conference.

On Thursday Zach's mom, Dayna, and his grandmother, Grammy, came into town for a few days. They went up to the Oklahoma City bombing memorial- which me and Zach HAVE to go to when we get a chance. On Friday afternoon we took them up to Mount Scott and took them to Meers for dinner.

This is where I live! God is amazing!

















Driving up to the Mountain and then up on top.

The lakes and then another view from the top

Zach, Me, and Mrs. Dayna...........................Zach, Me and Grammy
(it was very cold and windy up there)



Zach and me














Driving back down (Mrs Dayna wouldn't look out the window)
Bison on the way to Meers from Mount Scott (okay, okay- I did not take this picture- I stole it off the Meers website- but I swear when my dad was out here we saw a Bison that close to the highway)


I know it looks like a shack- but it has the best burgers I have ever tasted!
















The famous Meersburger- aka the Cowboy Burger -not to be confused with the Sissy Burger or the Yankee Burger :)

Blog Fever

Ok, ok. I have finally caught the blogging fever and I am now afraid that I might become addicted within the near future! Zach and I have decided to start one so that the people we love back home will be able to keep up with all of the crazy stuff that is going on in our lives right now.

This past weekend Cameron Volleyball had its first tournament. The girls went 4-0 and are ecstatic about their success. It was so awesome to watch them pull through numerous difficult moments on the court. They were down in a few sets and always came back and persevered. If you want to see the news article on the weekend- here is the link. http://goaggies.cameron.edu/volleyball/volleyballmain/volleyball-news-8/29/09. This is an awesome team with a great group of girls and I am so blessed to be able to be a part of it. We play again this coming weekend at Abilene Christian University in a tournament.

Zach is FINALLY busy with school starting up, and he already has a few kids in his classroom. Hearing some of the things that he has to do at his school makes me admire him even more. For instance, he has to "frisk" his students before they go to the bathroom to help decrease gang violence! Crazy! Maybe my private school education really increased my naivety but I cannot imagine! He will tell me stories about the students that he deals with and I really see how much he loves being there. This is his passion in life and he has already developed connected relationships with some of his players- even in just a few weeks. I am so proud of what he is doing.

We think we have finally found our "home" in a church that is about ten minutes away. It is First Baptist East of Lawton and we are going to try out the Sunday School class next week to make sure this is the fit. The past few Sundays that we have been it seems like the pastor knows exactly what each of us is struggling with and has talked about it. God is speaking through this minister straight to us and it has been awesome!