Friday, July 6, 2012

Surprise!

Today father came home for lunch with a huge surprise for us... a kitten! We are all so excited! Here are some pics for you!


Such a cute little kitten!


Aww!


Here's the deal... We need your help in naming the little guy. Here are the options.
1. MouseTrap
2. BobCat
3. iPawd
4. Joshua (because Caleb wants to go to the promised land with the kitten.)
5. Suggest your own!

The name that gets the most votes wins! Start commenting! :)


Thursday, July 5, 2012

Bontragers Visit

On June 24-26 the Bontrager family came to our church to sing on Sunday and stayed for a few days to visit and sing for the WHO Tractor Ride in Centerville. We had such an amazing time with them and were so blessed by their company! We had a total of 22 people at our house (they have 10 children and our family has 8). Cooking for so many people was so fun! We played games, ate, had devotions together, ate, went shopping, ate, had great discussions, oh and did I mention that we ate?! Here are a "few" pics of the fun time our families had together! :)



The Bontrager Family



The Huddle
Hey guys... Do you think we can manage that?


Sibling Cooperation II
Mission Accomplished!


A very intense game of chess
between Joshua and Denver


Taylor, Hudson, Caleb, Philip, and Anna playing
Jr. Monopoly



Lots of talking


At the Band Shelter


The line up of the family



A game of Mancala between Emily and Chelsy
and Mitchell and Joshua playing chess


Carson, Mitchell, Me (Alesha), Emily Caleb, and Joshua
played a long game of Monopoly on Monday night...


We didn't go to bed till 12:30...
Carson won


The bus in front of our house


Mitchell and Xavier saying "cheese"!


Emily getting some tips from Mitchell on the guitar


Food!


We all enjoyed racing in Sudoku while we ate


Such a full house! :)


Smiles from the little ones and one of the awesome
castles they built.


Getting ready to pray before they leave.


Hugs!


Philip showing Taylor and Carson how he manages
to climb the tree.


More hugs!


When the bus was finally out of view Xavier started crying as he
sat on the steps... He said "They left us!"
It was so sad but very cute at the same time!



Thanks again for the wonderful visit! We were so blessed to have you in our home for a few days. We all look forward to seeing you on Labor Day! :)