Rich, Kristi and the Fam! (Elli, Emma & Baylee)

Welcome to the Todd's BLOG! My idea here is not to merely join an ever growing nerdy fad to have my journal published to the world but to have a place where friends of the Rich and Kristi Todd Family can come and see what we're up to. In reality I'm just lazy, I don't want to have to write the same stuff over and over again. I will try to occasionally add pictures and the like. So here we are. Enjoy!

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006

2006!

The interesting paradigm that I struggle with concerning my blog is this. Either I have plenty of time to spend writing and absolutely nothing to write about, or I have plenty to write about and no time to do it. So I have gone quickly from one to the other. So I will attempt to update you on the busy past few weeks.

1st Day of School!
Elli has now joined the ranks of preschool attending children. She spent her first day at preschool last week and made a friend within 4 seconds. She goes Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30-12:30. At this point I'm not sure who's more excited, Elli or Kristi. Emma and Baylee are still trying to figure out what to do without their leader.

2006 Pastor's Retreat
We spent a few days in the wonderful Redwood trees of Nor Cal this past week. We got to spend three days at Alliance Redwoods Campground and got to call it work. It would have been a bit nicer had my work not been waiting for me when I got home. It was a nice time of renewal and growth and a nice time together as a family. We still did have a good time getting out of the house and getting to spend some time with Steve & Shannon and their girls. Let's just say five girls under four is bad enough... I'm not sure what type of chaos will ensue when their next girl arrives. SIX girls under four! Throw Shannon and Kristi into the picture and Steve and I are outnumbered by...SIX! Maybe Steve and I will just have to get together by ourselves.

SnoPalooza 2006
We are on the eve of taking off up to Tahoe for our annual Jr High Winter Retreat. We'll spend three days up in the snow with our Jr High group. We're praying that this is not only an impactful time relationally but also spiritually. In a rather timely fashion, I am also coming down with a cold. Nothing like being sick to make a busy week... really fun!

Well for now that's a quick update as to what the Todd's have been up to. Hopefully I'll be back soon with more to share.

-Rich