Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Back in the Saddle - kind of

Whew! What a month it has been! We have moved (twice now) and are finally in our house. I am far from being unpacked, but at least we are in and I'm working on getting settled. I finally have internet again (hooray), so get ready for some posting!

We moved from GBS campus on June 20 into my brother's house. The UNIT is definitely the way to go. We loaded it up, they hauled it away, stored it at their warehouse, and then brought it to our house when we were ready to unload it. The trickiest part was deciding what we didn't need to have/use for a month.

Aaron and Clayton on Father's Day!

We really enjoyed our time in Missouri for July 4th weekend. It was especially fun to watch Clayton and Elijah (Dana/Phil's baby) since they are only 5 weeks apart.

We helped Khara celebrate her 9th birthday while we were home. Jana made her this amazing gumball machine cake!

The next week was VBS at Kenwood. The props and decorations this year were amazing!

The underground church was quite scary for some of the kids.

And all the shops in the market place - great fun!

I took Kaley (my niece, in the middle) and her neighbor friend, Madison (R) - they loved it! Here they are with Lauren. Kaley and Lauren called each other "half cousins" since they have the same aunt and uncle. :-)

The outside games were always a big hit!

We had a great turnout for the hot dog cookout on Friday night when the parents where invited.

I took team pictures of each family and these were given to the kids on Sunday morning at the program. It was a great VBS!


While staying at Jeff/Vicki's Kaley and I made cookies one afternoon with her neighborhood friends. I think more dough got eaten than actual cookies. :-)

We really enjoyed eating on Jeff/Vicki's new deck!

Clayton and Emme played really well together - except for when Clayton would take Emme's toys. For some reason, he always wanted what she had. She would squeal and he would giggle.

They played on opposite sides of the door for so long. :-)

We took a break from packing and went to The Cone. Clayton loved my chocolate ice cream cone!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

AHHHH! Finally some pics for grandma to see. I miss you all. Love the pic of Clayton/Emmie playing at the door with one another. See ya soon. Love, Shirl

Jana said...

Welcome Back!!! I've missed yours post'! Loved seeing all of the pics!

Leah said...

I'm so happy for you guys to finally be settled again. Hope you are enjoying your new home. Thanks for the update!

Katie and the boys said...

Welcome to the area!!! We'll have to get together some time!

Nancy said...

Really enjoyed seeing all of your pictures, Brenda. I liked the one of Lauren and Kaeley and Madison. Also, the one of Clayton and Emme on opposite sides of the door was really cute. I bet he's going to miss her being around to play with!