Time at the cabin

Rochelle and the 4 younger children speant some time at the cabin in Colorado while Noah and Brian went backpacking. We just did some relaxing in the beautiful sunshine and of course there had to be time for the hot tub. Rochelle stayed clear of the hot tub since the kids treated it more like a small swimming pool then something to just relax in.

Noah's first backpacking camping trip

Noah, Brian, a friend of ours, and his college buddy all went backpacking for 2 days and 2 nights in the San Juan mountains of Colorado. They had great weather. Noah was a little nervous about the wildlife that might come visiting they campsite at night but the Lord kept them safe and they had a wonderful time. They even caught a fish that had a mouse in it's stomach.

Just our family pics to share

We were glad to update our family pic as well since the last one we had was from when Sara was a baby. We had fun even though it was quite hot and were very pleased with pictures.

family pictures

While visiting in PA we had some family pics updated. Since Rochelle's entire family was going to be together we decided to have a large extended family pic as well as get and updated pic of the grandkids for Rochelle's parents. Our dear friend Hope took them for us and did a fabulous job!

Elijah turns 7

Elijah celebrated turning seven just two days before we set out for our PA trip. Elijah opted for a small celebration at home with plans of sharing a larger party with cousing Cameron from PA.

Happy Birthday Lydia!

Our second child turned 9 today. It hardly seems possible that next year we will have two children in the double digits of 10 and 12. Lydia requested a date with Mom and Dad alone instead of a birthday party. Lydia's favorite place to eat is the "Panda Garden," which is a local Chinese place. We then took Lydia to spend some birthday money. Lydia decided she wanted to get her ears pierced and so we did that as well.

This past Sunday Elijah and Lydia were baptized. We celebrate with our children as they have taken this step in their faith journey!