Visit to North Carolina Friends

First stop on our trip to North Carolina was a visit with Maryanna and David who are living in a sweet little log cabin and expecting their first baby. We also got to see her sister Joanna! It was such a nice visit. We had a little scare with Gideon and his asthma while there since we had colds but the Lord was merciful and everything was okay!

 

Next stop was a wonderful visit with Mark and Bekah Reese with their four sweet little girls!!! We had seven children four and under! It was so fun! The kids had so much fun and us parents were encouraged being around each other. Here are a bunch of the kids listening to the Bible story.

Joshua was so popular!!! The girls kept wanting to sit on his lap and let him read to them!

Then we moved on to Joshua's cousin's house Michael and his wife Katelin! They bought a house last year and are renovating it...the kids loved the big bear they had. We had a nice visit with them.

 This is their house!

 

We then moved on to Richmond where Joshua was speaking and on Sunday we got to visit Wanda and TJ's family and it was so fun! The kids loved that there was so much room outside to play and a trampoline and so many kids! 

 They built their house many years ago, it's so pretty!

Visit With Grandmother

We were able to visit Joshua's Grandmother this past weekend which was so wonderful. The kids enjoyed the visit and the trip was not bad at all. We were able to go to a special fall dinner at a Church nearby and have some hymn singing!!!

Trip to Lancaster

As part of Gideon's birthday celebration and an excuse to finally visit my aunt and uncle we took a trip up to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

We drove among the Amish

Admired their clotheslines

Visited a Train Museum

Where they have a steam locomotive you can ride...sadly we couldn't that day.

But it was fun to watch steam in and out

We bought some local fresh made root beer

And pumpkins for $1

The main reason for being there was to see the Sight and Sound production of Noah which was spectacular! You got to be inside the ark with lots of animals--live as well as fake.

My family was also up there to see the sights and play

We had so much fun!

The other thing we saw while we were up there was a life size replica of the Tabernacle...it was quite amazing and had a wonderful tour. Well worth seeing if you're up there.

Visit with Rachel and Bekah

My good friend Rachel got married last year and moved to Guatemala.She was up here this past month for a visit with her beautiful baby girl named Layla. We got a chance to visit with them last weekend as well as with Rachel's younger sister my good friend Bekah and her husband and four little girls! Let me tell you it was quite fun having so many little ones playing and babies all over. All of these babies have been born in the past 3.5 years! Can you believe it?

Chloe and Alivia

Me, Bekah, Rachel and their sister Abby with all our little ones---Gideon is the only boy!

Weekend in North Carolina

Our last couple days of Joshua's spring break were spent in North Carolina where we got to visit with family. We first attended a grand prix awana race which was super fun! Joshua gave a little gospel message and then we got to enjoy the races! Gideon was a judge for the designs of the cars, he loved that job! We then stayed with Joshua's cousin Michael and his wife Katelin. We had a fun time and were even able to go on a double date thanks to cousin Heather babysitting! Then we got to visit Benjamin and Jamie and cousins Judah and Ellie on the way home! It was lots of fun playing outside in the 70 degree weather!!! My how little ones grow so fast!

Cars ready to race

Gideon watching them take off!

Playing in the nursery

Chloe can now sit up!

In the tunnel

Uncle Joshua and little Ellie

Brother and their nieces

Visits Up North

Last week was Joshua's spring break from school and we spent most of it visiting friends which was lots of fun! We went up North to Northern Virginia and spent some time with two dear families. Kirk and Kristen and their little man had us over one evening where the kids had lots of fun playing and we even got a fantastic game of Settler of Catan in...and then we stayed with Bobby and Bency and their little man and got in another game this time of Ticket to Ride. Joshua was the reigning champ in both cases. We enjoyed fellowshipping and catching up with both families and they were both so hospitable! Here are a few pictures.

Joshua and Liam

Kristen and Chloe

Gideon being silly

Zach and Chloe

Being silly again...

Zach and Chloe