The Kelloggs

Whew, what a year. As you look back, how did things change or stay the same for you? When was the first time you went somewhere you had stayed away from in the lockdown? Are you still wearing masks? I have 7 masks in my car, just in case! Despite COVID-19 and the Delta variant,… Continue reading Happy December!

Happy Autumn! It’s finally happened: Andy and I no longer have a child in school (elementary, middle, high, or college). It has been 27 years since Cady started Kindergarten. Cady and Khloe are doing Kindergarten at home this year (Rylie is doing Pre-K). Miss Murphy goes “to school” everyday with mom. Rachel is in Orlando… Continue reading Changed Lives

...Summer is ramping down, summer missions are coming to a close, craft stores are stocking fall and Christmas decor, schools are ramping up. Are your summer plans closing down? Do you still have vacation ahead of you? Andy and I recently returned from a week in Colorado, the first true vacation we’ve taken in quite… Continue reading August..

(For Part 1 of "Celebrating What God Has Done!", please see our February 2021 newsletter here.) We hope you are keeping cool this month! Working from home has its advantages, including not having to get into a hot box (our car) after a day of work. My teams will start going back to the office… Continue reading Celebrating What God Has Done! (Part 2)

I hope spring has brought breaths of fresh air to you and your family. April has always been an exciting month for us. This year was no exception. We celebrated five family birthdays: Rylie is April 12th, mine is the 23rd, Becca is the 26th and Andy is the 30th. (We also celebrated Cady’s birthday,… Continue reading An Awesome April

Hello from South Carolina — I (Catherine) began writing this letter in mid-February, from Rachel’s dining room. On February 4th, Rachel woke up with stomach pain, and by 9:30 p.m. she was recovering from an emergency appendectomy. The next morning, before the sun was up, I was in the car driving to Greenville. Such a… Continue reading Spring Forward…

Hello, and once again, happy 2021. This year Andy and I will celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary! I mentioned in our last two letters that God has been at work during the last ten months, and we wanted to share some of those stories with you. We also want to thank you for walking and… Continue reading Celebrating What God Has Done!

Hope, Light, Joy, Peace, Comfort. Do these things still ring true in a year that has been anything but normal? A year with so much loss, so much fear, so much anxiety? Yes! Yes they do ring true! They rang true during the first Christmas, Jesus’ birthday. It was not a warm and comfortable and… Continue reading Merry Christmas!

Autumn. Here in Central Florida, we have pumpkin patches and all stores are featuring apple and pumpkin spice food and candles. I’ve sipped warm cider and have decorated with a scarecrow or two. Yet, it is not quite the same as fall in New England. A hay ride in shorts is brutal. Dressing in long… Continue reading Thankful in the Midst

The question was meant as a joke, but it was soooo indicative of our year: Andy asked, “So, what do you want to do for our 34th wedding anniversary? Stay home, or stay home, or...stay home?” I confess that I’m struggling with cabin fever, yet there is still a level of anxiety around going out of… Continue reading More Than Just a Pile of Rocks