Update for August:

We can finally say where we are going and as most of you know Deon has accepted the Plant manager job in Catskill, NY. Although the plant has many challenges that he will have to face he is up for the challenge and we are excited about the move.

We will all miss Clear Lake very much. We have made wonderful friends here and hopefully the friendships will last forever.

It has been a challenging month because Deon had to start his new position immediately in the beginning of August and Me, Arthur and Roscoe had to stay behind in Clear Lake. There was just too many things to do and the temporary housing in Delmar , Ny does not take a 140 pd dog . But God has been good and we found a house that has everything we want in the area we were looking for. It is in Delmar and Deon will have a 30 minute drive to work but it is better situated for us to do things and socialize. I will post pictures of the house as soon as we are moved in. Delmar is about 2 hours drive from NY city, 2 and 1/2 hour drive from Boston and a 3 hour drive from Montreal. We have not taken a vacation in quite some time because of all the things going on at the plant and are hoping to take a week in October and go explore upstate New York.

I have been training for the past 2 months for a 5k race and was able to finish it in 32 minutes ( no walking.) The bug has bitten me and I am continue training and hoping to run another 5 k before the winter moves in. Here are some pictures of the past month Enjoy them!

Group picture at the Agape church.

My first 5k. I was very proud of myself.

Arthur playing at the splash pad at city beach.

This was taken at the Northern Iowa fair 09. They had\

really fun things to do for kids at this farm area.

BBQ festival "09

This is one of their favorite things this summer. Going for a bicycle ride after work or on weekends. I even join them sometimes and we go up to the lake and have dinner in the park.

Beth and Thomas at Garner pool.

Arthur has a fascination with eggs lately so I let him help me make scrambled eggs in the morning

and he does pretty good. He loves helping me cook

God bless

the van den Berg's