Summer Time

I had a high school flash back today -- an old DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince song came to mind ( surprised... me too!).  The title of the song is Summertime.   The Hanselmans are officially on summer break -- well, the kids and Mary are at least.  We are so excited!

There are a lot of reasons for the excitement -- we finally got moved into our new house!  It took lots of wrangling with the government funding, but the deal finally went through.  Sorry, I can't list the details... there are too many of them... and they're all painful -- ugh!  We're glad it's over, and that we have a place to call our own.

The other reason for excitement is the addition to our family... we have a dog!  Naomi, Gracie and Solomon are thrilled.  Mary named her (with the permission of the children) Suubi (Suu sounds like "chew", and bi sounds like "bee") Sweet.  Suubi is an African name that means hope.  My HOPE is that we'll survive the puppy stage (only kidding... sort of...).

We have a lot of HOPE at Canyon Ridge too.  Every week we see someone new who is in need of HOPE.  It's rewarding when we hear them say that they feel like our church is a place where they can belong... a place that they can connect with God.

Idaho is great... we are really starting to feel at home.