thursday nights

We attend a Bible study at Bill and Jo Ann Blackfords' house with a bunch of Blackfords and a few others.  We have a great time studying God's Word together, sharing what we're studying, and praying for each other.  We bring our children, Chris and Nicole Blackford bring their son, Eli, and here we see Ben and Amanda (Blackford) Fagerlie's daughter, I mean, dogter.What an incredible way to have an intimate connection with your family.  (That's Amy in the background holding Kate while laughing.)

men's retreat

We recently had ncc's men's retreat up in Prescott, AZ.  It was a nice get away and JoJo Bortolotti did our speaking for us.  He is quite an enthusiastic personality, let me tell you (as Melissa Hundley would say).  This is what happens when the group is all men and we need to use more than one restroom in our meeting hall.  Makes me wonder what the ladies do to the men's sign when we're not there.

The only thing we couldn't figure out in our short time there was how to ditch the skirt.

first neighborhood gift

As we've just moved to our new place, we expected a warm welcoming from the neighborhood community.  This is what we received...

What a good lookin' amphibian.

It was in a shoe box that read, "Please take care of my frog."  So, of course being the man of strong character that I am, I let the stupid thing go in my front bushes.

how aidan chills

Aidan sits on his changing table just like this as often as he can.

We didn't teach him to do it; he just decided it was comfortable to him.

Oh, and older men like to read in the restroom; this is his place.

pretty girl

What a beautiful sight to behold.