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I have been a bit lax in updating our blog, with the comings and goings of the Chastain clan.  So here is what has happened since the fourth of July.
Gregg went to Puebla, Mexico on a church trip where he and three other guys, encouraged our missionaries there, helped to paint a school and teach [...]

Emily celebrated her first fourth of July as an American citizen  yesterday, and we think she had a good time.  We told her it was America’s birthday, but since she is so excited for her own birthday (still four months away), she would regular tell people it was her birthday.  After church we headed out [...]

Over Memorial Day weekend we were able to escape the incessant rain for a few days as we headed over to the east side of Mt. Hood, and FBC’s annual Family Camp at Camp Morrow.  Andy had been waiting expectantly for over a week for our departure, and he played hard.  From sliding down hills [...]

Last week was a particular long week, and time spent with the kids was unfortunately lacking.  Since I normally have Monday’s off, we decided to let Andy stay home from school so we could spend the day together as a family.  After a lazy morning, we headed off to find a few geocaches down in [...]

This week also marked the end of all major office work.  While there are a bunch of little things that have to still be done in the way of touch ups and trim finishes, they can easily be done even while the office is finally occuppied.  The inspections went off without a hitch, and Gregg [...]