Serving the Lord Together: Summer 2016

This picture is from the spring - I wanted a picture of Julia wearing the little boots - she outgrew them almost right away...This is funny to look at because now she is taking steps, getting teeth (3), and wants to be where her siblings are :)

Esther and Anna - also in the spring -

The sisters -

Julia looking like she's reading :)

Julia -

Anna, Julia, and Esther on Easter morning -

Aaron Joseph wearing Daddy's apron :)

We had to go to a meeting in April, so we decided to make a day of it and visited Itasca State Park - I had been there before, but not the rest of the family - it was pretty cool out though, so we ate our sandwiches as fast as we could and walked around for a few minutes.

The headwaters of the Mississippi -

We all really enjoyed our little visit -

Esther would have gone off exploring if we'd let her -

Aaron and Aaron crossing the bridge -

Julia has two smiles - a little smirk, and a whole face smile :)

Julia and Grandpa

Aaron and Julia at the park - We met Aaron for a picnic lunch :)

Whenever they see the camera, the girls want a picture too!

Julia -

Esther lost her first tooth! She was pretty excited - and I feel like my baby is growing up...

We had the S. cousins here over Memorial Day and had a tea party -

Aaron Joseph started out the summer walking all over the yard on his tricycle - Now he can pedal it for real :)

Esther and Anna excited about their "new" dresses :)

All the girl cousins having lunch at my parent's church's VBS -

One day the girls had a princess tea party :)

Julia and Samuel playing in the back of the church -

Esther said 10 extra verses :)

It was the castle theme this year, one of our favorites!

Program practice - Anna and Esther are in the middle

We went to a family reunion in Canada and on the way home, we saw a mother bear and two cubs - we watched them try to climb the telephone pole and the tree for a few minutes. The mom walked around slowly, but the cubs were pretty fast!