The Dennis Life

…that is the question… 

Here at 4,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Mother Nature cannot decide whether to Winter or Spring…

 A week ago we had over a foot of snow and it was below 20 degrees for over a week and didn’t go over 30 for the other week. Today it’s in the 70s! But I know Winter isn’t over yet because my little Almond tree is in the full bloom of glory, covered in white blossoms, the Apricot is almost in full bloom and the Peach and Nectarine are on their way…so sure enough, it will snow in a couple of weeks and we’ll go fruitless once again this year — argh (it seems to happen every year, and I even have late harvest fruit trees)!!

Up here, no matter how warm it gets, you do not plant until June 1st, so I have to pass by all the wonderful flower starts at the nurseries down below (big sigh)…

Last weekend Michael, Gwynneth, Gail and I went to a Graham Cooke conference in Vacaville. It was an absolutely beautiful weekend and we laughed and had fun together (sorry no pictures this time) and we were refreshed in the Spirit. The teaching and worship was incredible - that word doesn’t even capture it; it was life-changing, and fun!!!

So Spencer is really excited because he gets to go all by himself at Spring break and visit all his cousins in Portland. He’s counting the days and DRIVING ME NUTS!!! (It was cute when I got an email from Chloe saying, hey, I received this phone call from Spencer asking to come at Spring break and I told him he could and then thought maybe I’d better check with mom in case he was taking it upon himself to arrange the whole thing. She was worried he might be booking his flight next… I was there when he called and coaching him all the way.) Not sure if Spencer should pack warm or cool weather clothes…I guess we’ll just have to wait week-by-week…

Fay is also really excited because she gets to go all by herself at Spring break to India. Can you believe that! I’m going with the Worship Institute; the folks we went on the cruise with in January. During the first week of April we’ll be doing an intensive week-long training for Indian pastors, worship leaders and worship teams. It truly is the trip of a lifetime. I’ve always wanted to go to India (it is one of my dreams to attain before I leave this Earth) and I get to do it doing the thing I love the most in the world and that is singing God’s praises! So excited doesn’t even come close to capturing how I feel. Actually I feel pretty puny right this minute, I’m having to catch up on four vaccinations and the Typhoid vaccine is getting to me with a bit of a reaction, so at work they’re calling me Typhoid Fay! Anyway, I won’t be wondering what clothes to pack because apparently the mean temperature, year round, day round, in India is around 80 with 90 or more percent humidity! Oh, I’m going to Mumbai, formerly Bombay. I still can’t believe it!!!

Now Michael isn’t such a happy camper right now, but maybe secretly he’ll enjoy his week alone??? Probably not, he likes having us around. I’m hoping everyone will rally round and keep him company while Spencer and I are out travelling the world and he’ll get some, “Hi, how ya doing!” phone calls while we’re gone.

So, lots of excitement at the Dennis abode. More fun travel and dream trips coming true…so stay tuned…