Back to reality

First Day of School...

But Oh, what fun we had this summer!



St. Thomas, USVI

e on St. John overlooking Meagan's Bay

G&g on Ferry from St. Thomas to St. John
First ferry I've ever been on with trees on it!!

Just finished a snorkel tour where we swam with sea turtles!

Back at home:  Activities for both kids.

Swim lessons -  g worked alot on diving.  Hugo (second pic) was our companion those 2 weeks! 

Summer 3v3 Soccer - e's team was the pink zebras and I was the coach! 

And the start of piano lessons.

 

Kansas City, MO:

SeaLife Aquarium, Money Museum, Legoland Discovery Center, Kansas City Zoo, and lots of swimming in the hotel pool.  FUN! 

Home again, home again jiggity-jig... 

Fishing, painting, bike riding

 

Kids In Mission 

And one last project...  During the summer our church does a 3 day learning and mission project specifically for and by kids.  This year the focus was weather, need, and thanks.  Day 1: our kids baked cookies and learned about how people affected by the May tornadoes were still in need.  Day 2: we received a hand-picked list of 8 specific kids in need in Moore, OK that were returning to school soon.  Our awesome mission kids (1st-5th graders with a few older helpers) went shopping at Old Navy to purchase a new school outfit for each child on our list.  Day 3: a trip down to the city to deliver the outfits and then a tour of a local news station (where we delivered the cookies) to tell them how much we appreciate their work keeping us safe, especially on bad weather days.