Catching Up From 2 Weeks Away

As I logged into the blog this morning- it has been about 14 days since I last posted.  That had to do with two things.  First- Holy Week.  It's pretty tough to get much else done the week before Easter when you're a Pastor.  Secondly, Andrea and I went on vacation to Jamaica last week.  (I know, don't feel bad for us) We had a great time, although it was tough coming home!  We stayed at the Grand Palladium Hotel and Resort in Montego Bay.  We were only there three nights, so we tried to maximize our time- only going on one excursion off the resort.  That trip was a catamaran ride/snorkeling trip/Dunn's River Falls all day adventure.  It was a lot of fun! Snorkeling was great and Dunn's River Falls was awesome.  Our only complaint on that was the trip up the Falls was too short!  Until I can get some post up tomorrow- here are a few pictures from our vacation.

The Base of Dunn's River Falls

Sunset Closing in at the resort

The best picture from the trip!

Back From Vacation

Our family made our yearly summer trip to Pennsylvania to visit with my family. We stayed with my parents and spent lots of time with my sister and her two kids (Ava and Aiden). It was great to see everyone....and great to see the kids play together. Ava and Abbie are six months apart in age. (I'll post a picture of them tomorrow where they look like twin sisters) We celebrated Abbie's 2nd birthday with my family- which was a lot of fun.

The weather during the week was less than favorable. It was in the 60's with rain for most of the week. The best day that we had was on Tuesday night, which allowed us to go see the Pirates take on the Cubs. This was Abbie's 2nd Pirates game (the other in Philly last summer) and she loves going to the stadium. She cheered, clapped, and danced through the entire night. She was most captivated with the Pirate mascot that was working our section of the stadium. She wanted to know where the Pirate was at all times. By the way, the Pirates are 2-0 in games that Abbie attends! Here are some pictures from the game.

Here is a pic taken by a nice Cubs fan who sat beside us. On our way to the seat, I told Abbie to be nice to the poor Cubs fan b/c they had not won a World Series in 100 years.

Go Pirates! Abbie looks excited to see Andrew McCutchen play.

Here is Abbie, myself, and the Pirate. Abbie was completely enthralled with him. When we walked the stadium, she always looked for him.

I was excited to see Andrew McCutchen play.


'Cutch and Delwyn Young run off the field after their 3-0 win.

The view in the stadium is awesome. The Roberto Clemente Bridge looks like it leads right into PNC Park.

Jack Wilson after he makes the 2nd out of the 9th inning.

After our time in Pennsylvania, we drove to New Jersey (Where it was in the 80's) for my father-in-laws 60 birthday. I got to golf 36 holes where I hit the pin on a par 3, and had my most pars in a round ever (even a birdie). After golfing twice, I am going to have to find an excuse to go out again soon! I know I'll golf three times in Colorado in a few weeks!

Vacation Rundown

Andrea, Abbie, and myself joined the rest of the Logan family for vacation in Williamsburg, VA this past week for vacation. It was pretty relaxing and enjoyable.

• On Monday, we went to Busch Gardens. It was a great day to be there. The longest line was 40 minutes for DarKastle, which was way better than I thought it would be. The Griffon was amazing (although short). We rode in the very front row, which is intense as they dangle you over the top of a 200 foot hill and hit the pause button. A great rush.
• On Tuesday and Thursday I golfed with my father-in-law and Joel. I hadn't golfed in several weeks. Part of the day I did well. Over two days, I played bogey golf for about 11 consecutive holes. That's pretty decent for me.
• We went to Jamestown one morning to check things out. Not much really there. I really enjoyed being in the church that is at the settlement. Somewhere in my family tree I am related to Pochahontas and husband John Rolfe (not John Smith). It was cool to consider some of my ancestors landing in Jamestown and what they had to go through to make it in the New World.
• Andrea and I took Abbie to Williamsburg before heading home on Saturday. It was really enjoyable. We didn't get tickets, but just walked around and enjoyed the morning.
• We also swam, ate, and read a lot. I read two books while on vacation. One being The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs. This is a really good vacation book. The other was Who Stole My Church by Gordon MacDonald. Good book for pastors serving in churches that are trying to change the culture and not be stuck in a dying church.

It was a great vacation, but as always, it is great to be home. I have two weeks to prepare for Delanco Camp...which I started one evening when I woke up at 3:30 a.m. and could not get back to sleep. More on that later.