But, it's not as though we've been idle. So far this week we've gone bowling and ice-skating, played at "Bouncing Bears" (an indoor playground for kids), and visited the Iditarod museum. Robyn and I left the kids with Gran and Papa one night and had a nice dinner together. And tomorrow we're having a large group of people over for Thanksgiving.
But it's been a lot of fun to spend more time with the kids as usual, and to have my parents visiting. Here are some pictures from the last couple of days.
This is Moriah's first day of ice-skating. We figure kids growing up in Alaska ought to learn how to ice-skate.
Meredith has come a long way since she first started ice-skating.
I'm also proud of the way Maggie has improved.
The same goes for Sander.
Gran and Papa Paul with the kids at the entrance of the Iditarod Headquarters.
2 comments:
This is sad. I don't know if you saw it. The full article is at www.pewresearch.org. Regards, Jaco.
22% - Alaska's Empty Pews
Only 22% of Alaskans say they attend religious services at least once a week, making Alaska the least religious state judged by this measure. In Utah and several Southern states, more than half of those surveyed by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life said they were weekly service attenders. Along with Alaskans, residents of Colorado, Arizona and Northeastern states were the least likely to attend religious services once a week or more. When measured against four indices of religiosity -- the importance of religion in people's lives, frequency of attendance at worship services, frequency of prayer and absolute certainty of belief in God -- Mississippi stands out on all four, while several other Southern states also rank very high on the measures.
Jaco,
I saw this statistic recently. It's sad, but not a surprising statistic. Alaskans are very independent-minded and tend to stay away from church.
Scott
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