Family Fun Weekend

 Our family fun weekend started with a trip

to Tanner's Orchard on Sat.

 Goats were fed

 The kids ran around to the different play grounds

while we found benches to hang out on

 Brady gave free rides on 'his' bus

 tether ball was learned

 and the kids got lost in the hay maze

 until they figured out they could just jump on top of the bales and

run around:)

 They 'drove' the train

 and some tractors

 and to finish off our fun day the ladies got their face painted.

Sunday after church and naps we all met up to play outside,

eat pizza, and say our goodbyes:(

We LOVE our FAMILY!

See you in December!

(Lord Willing)

Our time in the States photo dump.

Both Neiah and I have come to the point that

we are ready to go home. We have had a great

time (and still have a few days left), but the fun

is quickly coming to an end.

Here is the recap of our time in the states.

Neiah's first vacation with the family in the Dells.

 We had a blast as Neiah enjoyed her favorite things of:

constant swimming

 and constant playmates

 and the combination of both!

 We celebrated Mamaw's birthday.

 Had a cousins sleepover with a tent and everything!

 Went to the zoo and fed the giraffes

 and loved watching the animals.

 Went to swimming lessons

 with her buddy Brady.

 

We watched Uncle Ryan coach softball games.

 And took family pictures. The kids all got to

pick who they wanted in 'their' picture, and where

they wanted to take it. I think this was Colts choice.

 This picture reminds me of the Little Rascals:)

 Love these Crazies...

 

And these Crazies too!

 Neiah had been asking to ride a horse so we went over to

Uncle David & Aunt Kate's house to give her that experience.

 She changed her mind when she saw the actual size of the horse, 

but was brave enough to try one ride around the corral with Uncle David.

 The 1st and probably only Jamaican cowgirl:)

So thankful for this Amazing time we have had with family and friends!

The long over due recap of June and July...

 A "Hinrichsen" team once more came to JDV for a week, and

Neiah and I were able to go join them.

 They were able to join me in the mornings at New Hope,

 helping me to love on the babies.

 We had 3 more teams at KP this summer... but sadly I can only

find pictures from one of the teams...

 We celebrated the graduation of 5 of our students the end of 

June. Prayers for them as they start their lives in the "real world"

would be appreciated.

 The second week of July this little lady finished her 1st year of

school, and was very disappointed to find out that there was a

summer break. Thankfully the next week we were flying to the

states so she had something to look forward to:).