Summer....those crazy days

Ryan!  Congrats on passing your board and qualifying so you can now work even more hours with generous 5 or 6 hour breaks in between missions!  Whoohoo!  I am very hopeful the job is more engaging and challenging and interesting even at this breakneck pace.

Cole had a great week at The Edge youth camp at Covenant.  Julia and Claire had a wonderful time in Asheville with her family.  Julia loved spending 5 1/2 days with the Abens in Minnesota.  Nick and I have been toying with house position on a mere 10 acres of land.  So many possibilities...sun angle, road exposure, saving beautiful trees all complicate the decision making process!  How 'bout you Chad?  What's going on in your neck of the woods?

The word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.  (Hebrews 4:12-13)

A few recent pictures to enjoy.

Love, love, love.

Pops loving Claire!  Claire loving sleep and Pops.

Are we buff or what?  We were certainly sweaty.

Swim meet memories?!  Julia following in her bros' strokes.  Great coach!

We salute you most awesome new father!

Two AMAZING fathers and one AMAZING granddaughter!

Till we meet again.  God bless.