Gone Fishin'

We traveled again this weekend. We had a service in MI. and we stayed with Larry & Ruthie Siegel. Karris and Kyler had a blast fishing in their pond this a.m. and they caught so many fish we even had fish for lunch. Karris caught several and Kyler caught his biggest one yet. Another awesome weekend with friends.

Then Kyler felt sorry for the fish and was trying to get it to eat a worm! Poor fish... his LAST meal:-)

More Pics

I found some more pics from MO I thought I'd share.

Megan was so kind to take pictures of my kids while we were there.

It was fun getting to spend time with baby T.J.

We left MO and headed to MN for a missions conference. It was my first time to drive through Iowa. What a beautiful state!

We were intrigued by these 'things'. What ARE they?

It was our first time to MN too. We had a great time there as well. We had a 'reunion' with some friends from Afghanistan. We lived in a duplex in AFG and we lived above Gene and Jan. They were like grandparents to our kids. We got to visit them at their home in MN. That was really fun. AND we got to spend the week with Richard and Celeste and their four children (our good friends who were also with us in AFG). The house we stayed in was on a lake with a paddle boat and canoe. It was so awesome. The conference was fantastic. God's presence was sensed from the very beginning.

Happy to be together again!

It was just an awesome time with God, admiring His creation, breathing in the fresh air, singing "How Great Thou Art" on the late night canoe rides.... God is so good to us!

Good-byes are Never Easy

Dale Bailey’s funeral was today. It’s still hard to believe he’s not here! He was the kind of guy you just thought would live forever. He has been a true friend to our family. I’m so glad I was able to thank him for taking care of my dad all these years. We’ve always said that every pastor needs a Dale Bailey! It was awesome to be in the hospital room when he was ‘between worlds’. I can’t even imagine what Heaven will be like. He sure is in a better place. “It will be worth it all when we see Jesus. Life’s trials will seem so small when we see Christ. ONE glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase so bravely run the race, till we see Christ”!

I AM alive!!

I KNOW it’s been way too long since I’ve been on here. I THOUGHT I was warning everyone when I mentioned in my first post that I really kinda don’t have time to do this but…. Anyway….it DOES take a LOT of energy to save the trees you know! After our 'girl's nite out tonight and all the comments, I figured it was time to try to get caught up!
When school was almost over, I thought to myself, ‘wonder what I will do this summer?’. Now I’m thinking, “Wow, how did I have time to go to work?
The first full week after school we went to MO to visit my dear friend, Chelle, and her family. I guess Missouri has become our favorite vacation spot since the Brubecks had to take off and leave us here in Indiana about 4 years ago. Many of the trips we’ve taken have been without daddy but this time he got to go with us. We had a relaxing time (as much as you can relax with 6 kids;-)).

WE CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT A TRIP TO THE ROADSIDE PARK

KYLER

KARRIS

BABY T.J. GETTING HIS FEET WET

Well, I guess that's a start for catching up. This has taken me about 2 hours!!!! I'll finish catching up soon.