July Wrap-Up

Well, another summer month has come and gone (almost). 

We attended a Joni & Friends retreat the 3^rd – 7^th and had a blast! I was asked to do the photography and loved being able to be apart of a great ministry while doing what I love – taking pictures! Overall, I took about 1500. Hopefully we will go back next year. Alex loved kayaking and Andrew enjoyed playing with his STM (short-term missionary), Eleanor. The boys also enjoyed the fireworks. 

John celebrated his 60^th birthday and Susan threw him a surprise party at Rock and Lois’. Alex lost his front tooth while swimming in the pool! The tooth fairy still visited him because he wrote her a note explaining what happened. 

Before he lost the tooth....

After he lost his tooth!!

A beautiful evening to end the day!

Travis & I had a “date-day” while Connie (babysitter) took the boys to a tractor festival. They really enjoyed the tractor parade and wooden planes she bought them. Alex liked taking pictures (wonder where he got that from?) Travis & I enjoyed lunch at Outback followed by some shopping in Traverse City.

Here we go!

So I've decided that Facebook will be a thing of the past for me. Instead of keeping up with what's happening in Facebook land, I will use that time to invest in my family. My boys are growing up so fast and I really want to focus my time and energy on them. Because I have so many friends and family that don't live near us, I've decided to start using this blog instead of Facebook as a way to show family and friends who care about us what is going on in our life.  I will try to do an update at least 1x/month for general updates and when there's a birthday or holiday. Here's hoping I can keep this going!

Andrew & Alex

June 2013

Let the Blogging Begin...

Welcome to our family blog! This will be a new adventure for me. I don't know how long it will last, how successful it will be, who will care about the content, or how often I will update it, but for now, this will *hopefully* give anyone who cares a glimpse into our crazy life.