In honor of cousin Faith

Josiah is wearing his England jumper in honor of his cousin Faith, Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Justin.

The simple things in life

A canoe trip on Lake Balinger on Craig's day off!

I love how much fun we have as a family with the simple things. Yesterday was the 4th of July and we had a great time watching the local Bothell parade. After that we came home, took naps, and woke up to spend the evening with friends talking and of course eating BBQ. We didn't go anywhere fancy or do anything extravagant but we had a great time. The picture is of Isaac doing sparklers that we had gotten last year and didn't use. So we sat outside in our yard with friends and watched as everyone else lit fireworks off around us (and there were some big ones). What a joy the simple things in life can be.

Visiting the INTEGRITY

We got the opportunity to go visit some of our old friends from the ship ministry we were involved with "Friend Ships". They are here in Seattle picking up a new ship, the "INTEGRITY". We got to help them move into dry dock to do a little work on the ship before they sail south. These pictures are of Isaac with the ship in the background.

Oh so cute!

Olives on the fingers!

Isaac's best friends

These are Isaac's best friends. (Pic. Koen, Isaac, Gavin) We pray for them every night thanking God for our good friends. How blessed we are to have good friends (and the moms are all great friends to).

Isaac, Josiah, Olivia & Brooklyn

This is Isaac and Josiah with their cousins Olivia and Brroklyn How fun to see them together and we hope we can get together again soon!