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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008BJA organizes a girls intramural basketball competition in November. The four teams this year played a two day season and tournament. About 45% of the players were freshmen. The Jaguars (Auria’s team) took second place. Auria (#2) did very well and played a lot as a freshman! In the final game, she scored two points, [...]
November Thanksgivings
Monday, November 10th, 2008We have many things for which to be thankful. Please add some of your own to our list!
Joyce received a good report from the cancer doctor last week. Her chest x-ray was nearly normal. The tumor markers in her blood continue to decrease from 22 in August to 15 in September and then to 8.2 [...]
Weekend Trip to Virginia
Sunday, October 12th, 2008We had no specific obligations this weekend, thus we decided to travel to Radford, Virginia to visit Andrew and Mel. The Lord gave us great fall weather and a safe trip. We picked up Anthony after classes on Friday and drove up in the evening arriving about 9:30 pm. After sleeping in on Saturday morning, [...]
The Picking of the Apples
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Another tradition in the Garland family is to spend one Saturday in early fall picking apples at Stepp’s Apple Orchard near Hendersonville, NC. We have been going to Stepp’s for many, many years. They have a large variety of apples in well groomed orchards. Their prices are good too. This year we got three bushels. We will [...]
Update on Joyce
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Joyce had her last checkup with the oncologist on Thursday and all the indicators were good. She will continue on a hormone treatment for at least six more weeks at which time she will have some more intensive scans. These scans will be compared to the ones from May to determine how effective the treatments [...]
Much Learning…
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008With the end of summer, the Garland family begins another school year. Most of our efforts and interests as a family seem to revolve around education. Note the following:
Doug begins teaching tomorrow. His classes include Biblical Missions, Practical Mission Skills, Construction Planning and Scheduling, Architectural Drawing II, and Building Materials and Methods.
Joyce continues writing elementary [...]
Bible Quiz Begins for the Year
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008Today marked the first competition in the Bible Quiz year. This year’s material is the Gospel of Mark, I, II, III John, and Jude. Our teams (Hampton Park Baptist) had three wins and three losses. Each of the three teams won one and lost one. Both Joyce and Anthony coach teams. Auria contributed significantly to her [...]
The Picking of the Peaches
Saturday, August 16th, 2008One of the traditions of the late summer for the Garland family is going to a you-pick-it place to get peaches. Today we went to Fisher’s Orchard in Greer, SC to renew the tradition. Only one type of peach was currently ripe. The lack of rain throught the year appears to have delayed the normal [...]
On the History and Uses of The Candy Machine
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008Abby commissioned me this summer to make a candy machine for her office. The beginning of school is very near and thus the candy machine project inspired me to think about the project in academic terms—-On the History and Uses of the Candy Machine.
The first candy machine many years ago was a gift from Johnny Quesenberry (Grandpa [...]
Olympics
Friday, August 8th, 2008Auria made us a cake with blueberries and strawberries to mark the beginning of the Olympics! Abby and Lincoln along with Kellen and Anna Beth Funk enjoyed it along with us as we watched the opening ceremonies.
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