We’ve picked up a new hobby for the family in the past week. Its called geocaching and its some of the greatest family fun we’ve had since moving to Colorado.

The idea behind geocaching is akin to hunting treasure. Using a GPS receiver with a preset bunch of coordinates, we find caches. Now, this may sound a bit weird, but trust us, its fun! Each cache is different - it can be anything from a film canister (you remember those, right?) to an ammo container. The one the kids are holding above looks like a pipe bomb, but really isn’t. Inside the cache there are either lots of goodies and/or a log book. The kids know that whatever they take out they have to put something new in. Today we traded a Hello Kitty doll and Matchbox car for a bendable figure and a dinosaur.

There are many benefits to caching. First and foremost, we spend a good deal of family time together. Second, we walk. A lot. We’ve probably logged 10+ miles in the first week. (Keep in mind this is all of us, including the dog, Stella.)

Most of the caches are easily accessible, meaning they are usually a few to a hundred feet off a well-trodden trail. So far we’ve found 6 caches, most of them within a mile of our house! In fact, there are over 400 within an 8 mile radius of our house. We plan on going out tonight to find a couple more.

Speaking of, pray for us. Sarah has gone back to Columbus to help with her Mom, Pat, who had a major stroke last week. This means that the kids are home with Dad all week.

Pray for  Pat and Rob, also. Thank God Pat made it to the hospital early enough that they could reverse most of the effects of the stroke. So far she is responding very well.

Other things happening... Well, we are now part of an orginization called Gold Ribbon Families. We, along with another family, the Hayes family, decided to put together a support organization to support families who have also been hit with pediatric cancer. Check out our website here. We are just starting, so keep tuned. If you have been, or know anyone, who is dealing with pediatric cancer in there immediate family, send them to our site.

That’s all we have for now.

Love to all,

The Brewers