A visit to the ER

We had our first visit to the ER for one of the kids...amazing it took this long. Eli fell into a piece of furniture and split his forehead open. It wasn't a huge cut, but it was gaping open. We weren't sure of it needed attention, but Josh was right to say we better check. Eli now has 4 stitches. He is no worse for the wear, of course.

Also this week, we went on a field trip to Corydon, the first Indiana state capitol. We've been doing a study on Indiana with the homeschool group, and this trip was the finale. We visited the OLD capitol building (built circa 1815), an equally old governor's house, a school for black children that was open from 1891-1950, and a 4th generation family owned/operated glass blowing business. Sam's favorite was the glass place, where we got to see a bowl being made. It was very neat, and a lot of fire was involved, hence Sam's interest.

My brother planted quite a few turnips in one of his hay fields this fall, and we've been feasting on them for over a month. Turnips are one of the foods you either love or hate, there's no in between. We've given them to every neighbor and friend who wants them. There were still many in the field, so this past week the kids helped pick a bunch for the local food bank. They had a ball doing this with Grandpa and Uncle David. Then Sam went with Grandpa to the food bank on distribution day. I explained to him what it was and how he could help. I don't think he was too much help, unless you count just being friendly with everyone. Hopefully when he gets older he can do more.

Each year our church participates in Operation Christmas Child. Families pack shoe boxes for needy children around the world, and the Gospel will be included in each box. I LOVE the ministry of Samaritan's Purse because they meet people's real needs and in the process reveal spiritual needs. Anyway, the kids and I delivered the boxes to a local collection center and we prayed the recipients. Sam was pretty impressed with all the boxes already there. Hopefully next year we can help more with this awesome ministry.