Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Our Stay With The Hounsome Family

(pictured is our family with the Hounsome family on Wasaga Beach)

Hello again. We are in Niagara right now. There has been a lot of stuff going on. But for this post I want it to be about our stay with the Hounsomes. I’ll update the other stuff a bit later.

We had an awesome stay at the Hounsome Family from April. 21 – 31st.. The combined total of Josts and Hounsomes was 30 people! We will stay with them again next week for a couple days on our way back and also to see a Blue Jays game.

We were able to spend a lot of time playing Ultimate Frisbee, soccer, talking, praying, eating, drinking Tim Horton’s coffee, staying up late, playing “Zip-Bong” (arrggh!), ping-pong, eating, hanging out, playing music, eating, devotions and other fun stuff.

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Thank you Mr. Hounsome for doing a great job of organizing everything and having our family come!

Thank you Mrs. Hounsome for all the delicious meals, joyful attitude and ALL the work you did for us! You're an amazing lady!

Thanks Shayne and for doing a great job rounding up people and concerts for us. And also for sleeping on the couch! I know who to go to when I need to contact a lot of people.

Thanks Zack for all the ice cream (yummy!) and your gentle servant’s heart for your family! Thanks also for playing the banjo with our family for “How Long Will You Falter” in the concerts and for jamming with us in the living room. You’re one of my best friends.

Thanks Gabe for cookin’ pizzas, sharing chocolate and always having an upbeat attitude! (Mechanically Separated Chicken.) Hahahah! -inside joke-

Thanks Zoe for helping so much around the house and with preparing meals and keeping Emily out of trouble and for being such a great friend to her! Thanks also for getting ice cream for us!

Thanks Jonathan for being there and bringing fresh ideas to conversations. You've grown since Alberta.

Thanks ‘Koda for showing off your eye trick and for playing with my brothers. You've grown, too.

Thanks Ben for your sweet spirit and always being ready to help.

Thanks ‘Bassie playing with my brothers and sweet spirit.

Thanks Bronwyn and Nina for all the hugs and for being great friends with Amy and Hannah!

Thanks Adam for being such a super playmate with Judah!

And thank you PJ for being such a cutie! You’ve become some of our best friends!

Also, it was so cool to have the Hounsomes help us set-up and tear down our sound system! Thank you!

Thank you so much all Hounsomes for all the work you did and all the great times ! You have a really neat family. Stay true to Him!


4 comments:

Beebo said...

Thank you Josiah for putting in a kind word for everyone and keeping us updated with this blog, it is a brilliant idea and is a great way to check up on how you guys are doing.

And thank you everyone else for blessing us with music!!!

I can't wait till next week!!!

Sincerely,

Gabriel Josiah David Hounsome

Anonymous said...

Yea, Thanks for putting in something for each of us :) Zack and I were just watching some videos I took of you guys setting up for the concert, funny!... (Hi to Emz!) - Zoe

Mom says - Awww... Thank you for saying something so sweet! :) You're an amazing bass player! :)
- Cynthia

Jenee said...

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Josiah J. said...

Nice comment stranger. :-) But, I know who you are. So Bwa-ha-ha to you! Thanks again for showing us around the Parliament buildings!