Last Week With The Colorado Scotts

Last week Beth and I got to attend the M7 Conference in KC. It really was pretty good. We had 6 opportunities to go to workshops and they offered 238 workshops! (Ryan Scott coordinated the 238 workshops for the event and did a great job. [Its not braggin' if its true.]) It was great to spend time with Katelynn and Ryan and see some Nazarene friends that we don't get to see very often.

Beth did great on the trip, even with a broken wrist. When we got back to town on Thursday, she got hit with the stomach bug that took her out for the weekend. (Sounds like Chris and Mindy's Georgia bug.) Yesterday she had the 3 pins (Larger than a hat pin but smaller than a railroad spike) taken out and a new, slightly smaller in circumference, cast put on. This has opened up some new wardrobe options for her!

While we were gone, Jordan went with some of his friends for an Explore event at NNU. 30 hours round trip by car. He is a junior this year and so far has also checked out Mid-America. All family members are welcome to apply pressure for you alma mater directly to him!

Philip is coming home for Spring Break on March 9! It was a busy weekend for him and a pretty busy second semester schedule.

Just thought I would pass on the updates.

Grandma Scott celebrates her 87th birthday!

Here are a couple of pictures I took last night as we celebrated Grandma's 87th birthday. They were taken with my cell phone and thus the grainy pictures. She is weak but hanging in there. I know I e-mailed these to some of you but I don't have all the e-mail addresses I probably should have.

Colorado Pictures

Here is Beth with her broken wrist at the Dessert Auction at the Teen Valentine Banquet at church Feb 13.

This was Pikes Peak when John and Marcia were here.

It's all in the perspective

I have been reading about all that snow in New York. I hear that Indiana is overwhelmed with snow and cold. I assume that Ohio and all those New England areas are "enjoying" winter weather.

Down here in Florida, everyone is bracing for the blast of cold weather forecast for the weekend. Now that means that the low for Friday night will be close to (or even) freezing. And some of the folks down here will be decked out in the same winter garb that we saw a few weeks ago in Colorado.

One of the children came to school the other day with the neatest looking winter boots.

Anyway we are keeping those of you truly dealing with winter weather in mind.

Thought everyone would enjoy looking at 4 handsome fellows with their parents. This was taken at Ryan and Katelynn's wedding.

All remains pretty much the same at Mom and Dad's.

Kansas checking in

Hello family! I figured that since Chris & Mindy are now reporting from Georgia, I had better represent the only Scotts left in the frozen tundra known as Kansas. As I'm typing this I can look out our window and see the exact same ice I've been staring at for 3+ weeks. I suppose we're not alone in this cold weather bout though... at least we're not in upstate New York with 7 feet!! AHH!

Things are going pretty well for us here. I finished student teaching, got my teaching license and have since started subbing in two of the local school districts. My applications are all in and finished to teach full time next school year - now I just need an interview! Ryan may end up posting on this himself, so I won't say too much, but he finished a two week module class that was relatively easy and is now working on a semester long class covering the book of John (not Uncle John... the disciple... just in case there was any confusion. As far as I know, this family only has the gift of the book of Alan). He is pretty swamped with class, but he's also in charge of a large majority of the upcoming M7 conference taking place right here in Kansas City (Feb. 19-21). I think once we get through February I'll have a husband back.

Since we don't have any kids to post pictures of and neither of us are looking too drastically different from the last time we were all together, I figured I would leave a different sort of picture. This is a real NECCO candy conversation heart that Ryan & I found in a bag of them I bought for V-day. If anyone can tell me why this would be on a piece of candy, be my guest. AARP me!

P.S. - you can also visit www.xanga.com/pinkladykate for my regular "blogging." Not that I'm likely to be any better updating that one as I will be updating this one. ;o )

Salisbury Checking In!

If Pete would have used the font I did I am sure it would have been OK. He is the favorite!Remember that there are several grandpas and grandmas that have to read this blog. You youngsters will type so fast and so small we may miss something!

Seriously, it is good to read all that is going on. Grandma Doris is not having a good day. She is weak and not eating much. Grandpa John, Sr. is doing all he can but seemed a bit discouraged. Any of you can call me on my cell phone to get any information you may need. The number is 410-251-8556. After you talk to Grandpa or Grandma, you can call me to see what is really going on.

It is still cold here, but it is winter and it is February. This is our Faith Promise weekend at church. The missionaries are John and Sandy Cunningham. Alan should know them from ENC. We are looking forward to it.

Great Job Jeremy

What a great place to meet and keep up with what is going on among the Scotts. Jeremy is to be commended for putting this together!!! I think what I am doing though should be called "slogging" - since I am so slow at this blogging thing.

Beth is still recovering from her broken wrist. Hopefully she will see the doc on Thursday and have the pins removed which is the next step on the healing. Since neither of us have broken bones before, we now have much more sympathy for those of you who have.

Came back from a two day trip to Nampa and a executive committee meeting at NNU. They were having a "Revisioning Holiness" conference starting just as my meeting ended but I did not stay. About 300 attending. Not all of them were theology nerds. Some were real people. I passed on the conference. They are offering the main sessions on DVD from the NNU website should you all be curious.

Our Worship/Associate Pastor Brent Wyss is going to Portland Oregon 1st church to do their worship/outreach. Brent and I have worked together a long time. It is tough to find the right gift mix for the positon we have. He did much more than public worship.

This really brings the family together. Although being there is person is the best. Here is a picture to show you that we really were in Colorado with Beth and Alan. He took the picture.

Now I am challenged to figure out My Space and all that other tech stuff. Whatever happened to my simple pad of paper? (Parchment and quill?)

Another Old Guy Chimes In!

Hello everyone. I am writing in a blog, I have a MySpace page...whats next - learn to use an iPod? I can't wait to get all the Scott humor flowing all over the world. This could really be fun. But to answer Chris' comment about getting Grandpa (John, Sr.) to blog...I don't think so!! Who do you think would have to teach him?
I will try to keep you posted about Grandma's (Doris) condition as well. Today she seemed weaker. She has not had a lot of pain but she is failing. She gets out of bed everyday and sits up. The hospice people are wonderful. They are a huge help to Grandpa. He carries the weight of Grandma's care and that is the way he wants it. Judy and I check every day but he says it is under control. He has become quite the housewife!

Hey, you guys have three first names!

Good to see there's finally a place to go for those of us blessed/cursed with three first names. I'll really believe Jeremy succeeded when he gets Grandpa to post on here. :)

Hello from the Georgia Scotts...well, temporarily. I started my Signal Corps Captains Career Course here in Augusta (actually Ft. Gordon) in January, so we'll be here until May. Then I'm going to...well, I don't know; wherever the Army sends me. We probably won't know until April or so. Mindy is really loving being cooped up in our apartment with Luke all day. I know this because when I come home from class she hands him to me and runs away. (Actually, she likes being a stay at home mom. I think it's the money.)

Since I see lots of pictures of other anklebiting Scotts, I'll add mine- here's a picture of Luke in his new high chair. If you want to see more pictures of him- shameless plug alert- click on either my name or Mindy's on the right and check out our blog as well.

Welcome Newest Scott Spot Members!!

Hello all. This message is just to welcome you to the website.

Take some time and look around at the site...its features...and some of the previous "test" posts my folks and I have published. It should give you a good idea of the potential of this site.

Glad you're all here.