July

The summer is flying by. Matt and Emily and kids and Amanda and Kendall were here for a week. It was a blast but was over in a blink! It was brutal HOT so the kids had a ball in the pool. We went garage saleing two days. Had fun and did pick up a few things.

Back from St. John Services

We arrived home to this scene. This maple tree fell on the house Friday night. The damage was minimal to the house. It mostly fell on the front porch. The greatest damage was the the Japanese Maple in the garden. The Japanese Maple was about 25 years old. It sheared off some branches on the back side of that tree.





It was wonderful to go to St. John services. It is so strengthening and heartwarming to be at the services and enjoy the wonderful fellowship of all those traveling in this same precious faith. It was fun to spend time with the up north kids and grandkids.

June

I actually took these pictures a couple weeks ago and I can't believe how much they've grown already.

The Twinners Graduate

He Won The Race

I had to share this story: Sunday was our Sunday School Picnic. Like always, the kids had races. They race by grade. Boys with boys and girls with girls. Danny joined his Sunday school age boys for their race. They were a third of the way down when I realized what was happening. The boys let Danny have the lead and let him keep it the whole race. Was he pumped when he WON! He was pumping his arms up and down saying, "I did it!! I did it!! I won!! A day later and he's still smiling! Karen K. got these pictures and when I showed them to him he started laughing and said, "I smoked them!" I started crying as soon as I realized what the boys were doing. That was pretty impressive for those age boys to give Danny this special gift! Thanks boys!

Danny Gets New Specs