Friday, May 14, 2021

Twelve Years on Campus


Logan finished out the year by announcing that he will be adjusting his role in FOCUS for the first time in 12 years. 

He will still teach his classes at Newman, help with larger events including Boot Camp, and have a bible study, but his main role will be taking care of missionaries in Staff Care through HQ. It’s an exciting new endeavor!

Two of Logan’s students received an award for their outreach to non-Catholic students on campus. Logan looks forward to taking care of students by taking care of their missionaries!

Team Mass/Window Dedication


Logan and the big boys went to Mass with the team and ended up getting to serve for the first time ever!

The two St. Joseph stained glass windows are the last two to go in at Newman, and two of Logan’s favorites. 










Saturday, May 1, 2021

He’s Almost Two?!







A Little More Normal

Is it just me, or are others seeing tiny glimpses of life shifting back to normal?  Very tiny, but I see it...

Like when the boys got to go INTO the toy store they love and spend their money, and then have a backyard masked play date with friends and talk about Star Wars to people who actually know what they’re talking about (read: not me).

Or when I got to deliver the traditional birthday cookie to Brad and was ok with taking my mask off long enough to snap a picture. 
Or when I saw all my littles sitting outside because it’s trash day and watching the trucks is fun, and then realizing 1) they don’t quite fit all together on one step anymore and 2) in 3 1/2 months it will be bittersweet when they aren’t all home all the time anymore. 

And there won’t be as many Lewis mud cooking classes to take during the day. My pie turned out so well...he’s such a good teacher. 

May Day


We delivered three May Day baskets. The boys weren’t into it this year and neither was I. 

Levi provided some lovely singing as we drove to our three destinations. 



We spent the day with Beth which was indeed a happy day!

The Start of Summer


I’m not ready for summer, but it was 90 degrees the other day. 








Team Dinner & Toasts

Year 12 is almost complete. We hosted the team for the last time. 

Lewis helped me make dessert. He loves to chop food. He also stirred up the cake batter. 



It was so good to be with them after a year of doing almost nothing with the team. Stupid pandemic. 

Lewis asked Ben to draw a special picture for Elias. Elias loves it and taped it on his shelf!

After dinner we headed to the rectory for toasts. It’s my favorite thing to do with the team. 

Here’s Logan toasting his boss, Alex. We LOVE her! We are so grateful for a healing, fruitful year as Logan transitions off the team!