Bible School 2012

Stuart's hat is over his shy head, so cute.

But with a fishing hat and nobody to watch that tongue comes out.

I love that Ammon's discovered the camera.

Bible School has been fun for all of us, even Goldie who spent two nights with her cousins.

We even got Mike there one night. It was quite the week - Bible School 2012-Fishing for Jesus!

Summer photos

Towing cars and receiving baby blankets for our new little boy. Children take the most awesome pictures. They have quite the eye.

Discovering the Put-Put Course

Happy 4th of July

We love the 4th of July!

We got up super early (at least for the kids on a summer day) and had 4th of July doughnuts and chocolate milk at a playground.

Then, in the afternoon we went and saw the skydivers bring in our American Flag as they landed in our local football stadium.

In between the skydivers and watching fireworks we squeezed in a dinner full of yummy sloppy joes, homemade fries, corn on the cob, and a Goldie decorated cheesecake.

But I think by far, everyone's favorite part of the day was to go behind the bandstand, there at the football stadium, and dance and race and just give ourselves to the fun music they were playing.

The fireworks were awesome, Stuart and Ammon were finished with them before they were over, so we walked back to our car and then we got to see the finale even closer. It was spectacular. We ended the evening by doing some pop-its. It was a fabulous fourth!

Fun for them, News for All

Our two oldest children have been sad as they've ended their "preschool" story time. Recently Josiah joined that crowd. At their request, we've been getting them involved in the summer reading program.

This year's theme is Dream Big. They are doing a lot of night time themes. There is one hour for Goldie and another hour for Josiah and Stuart together. By the time its all said and done we spend about three hours in the library every Monday. The three of them are loving it.

After story time on Monday July 2nd, we also spent some time at the doctor's office with the Gingerbread Man.

The boys had fun with him, while Goldie did her homework for story time.

Then we went into another room where we found out our family is getting another baby boy in November.

For now we've nicknamed him Thunder Bolt.

Squeezing in the Summer

Since last Thursday, we've

*investigated Bluestone Dam from the top

and the bottom

it's name reminding us of Yellowstone, but seeing that its similarities end there.

*drove to Tennessee to visit our two favorite midwives


*taken three showers/baths in less than 24 hours

*completed loads and loads of laundry. (This particular batch was an emergency...I forgot to wash the white shirts, will they ever dry batch?...Good thing it was 100 degrees outside. They probably dried faster outside than they would have in the dryer!)

*eaten delicious raspberries (after church) from Mom-maw's front yard

*enjoyed homemade ice-cream, pizza, and popcorn all in one day...is that bad?
What have you been up to?