Ash Wednesday in Stevensville

We had a wonderful Ash Wednesday service tonight, it is great to have such a community to share the Lenten journey with!

Nice weekend in the books

Decorating for the dinner

The happy couple

Preaching this morning

We had a full weekend here in the Bitterroot Valley!  

Yesterday was primarily spent dealing with the Valentine's dinner at the church. After the men's group's breakfast we helped decorate the fellowship fall for the dinner.  Forty-four were there and the atmosphere was delightful.

Church activities this morning kept us moving and the afternoon rest was very much appreciated!

Where has the week gone?

Nearing completion!

Resident herd just north of Stevensville

What a week we've had!  Life has been a whirl of church, school, and work activities and when we have an opportunity, time together with Wesley!

Zoo Montana

Zoo Montana - Billings

Grizzlies sharing a Sunday afternoon

Big Horn Sheep @ the zoo

Reminders of a by-gone time

Bald Eagle sing-a-long

 Before setting out from Billings this afternoon Charles made a quick stop at Zoo Montana.  This is a small zoo but has a lot of potential as the year's progress.

The week's wrap-up

Ceramics project is taking shape on Thursday

Site of the winter Mission u in Billings

Worship for Charles on Sunday

Scouting Sunday @ Stevensville UMC

We've had a very busy week (no surprise there!) and now to catch our breath before launching into another active week in the Bitterroot Valley!!!

In addition to our regular church activities, work, and school, we added on a couple extra events.  Charles went to Billings on Thursday to be one of the presenters at the winter session of Mission u.  It was a wonderful experience and it was great for Charles to be able to take part.

Belinda was a whirl of activity while Charles was away, going to Missoula for a whoosh of shopping for items needed for next weekend's Valentine's dinner at the church.

Another week underway

Wesley eases into the week

Our week has had a pleasant start with our regular work, school, and church activities.

At school, Charles and his work partner, Mikayla, added another foot to their ceramic project and hope to hit the four foot mark on Thursday 

A full weekend!

UMW meeting in Missoula

Belinda helps with the children's message this morning.

Resting up after the weekend

With the first week of classes and work behind us we entered the weekend with still more to be done!  

On Saturday, Belinda joined other officers of the United Methodist Women from the Western Mountains District (Yellowstone Conference) for a planning meeting in Missoula.  Lots of energy from that group!  

Charles stayed home on Saturday and got through 120+ pages of 20th century art history.  Learning about Cubism and Fauvism takes a lot of effort!!!

Today of course was our Sunday morning flurry of activity.  Charles is at the church before 6 am and after lunch with a group from the church we got home just after 2 pm.