Happy Father's Day

Today we celebrated dad.  The day wasn't much different than a normal Sunday but it was great making dad feel a little more special.  We went to church, flag football was cancelled due to the excessive heat index, so we went to our local pool to swim on dad's request.  Lastly we had dinner and cuddled on the couch to watch a family movie.  

We love you, are so thankful for you and hope you had a great day!
Happy Father's Day!

Legacy's Summer Camps

This past week the two older kids participated in some fun camps at their school. Elyse did volleyball camp and thankfully loved it; Caleb joined some of his closest classmates for a week of reading, writing and learning about Greece with hands on activities.

Joyful Noise 2018

This past weekend, our local christian radio station put on their annual musical festival called, "Joyful Noise".  The weekend is packed full of live concerts, concessions, company booths, inflatables and games.  Dad decided to sponsor the event again this year and did a fabulous job.  He spent his day meeting people while the kids and I spent ours doing all the fun activities.  Then at night Dad, Elyse, Ava and I headed back to watch the closing late bands (Crowder, Jeremy Camp, Mandisa and For King & Country).  Besides a little rain/storm warning that closed things for a short period in the first few hours, the weekend had no disappointments.

Visit to Keokuk

This past weekend was Memorial Weekend so we headed south to visit Grandpa and Grandma.  The weather was hot and in the 90's so we spent much of our time trying to be in water.  The kids had fun water gun fights, boys went fishing, girls ran a 5K to benefit "Girls on the Run", we had fun at Burlington's Fun City water-park minus the deep cut for Ian.  Overall, this weekend was a trip with everlasting memories and unfortunately for Ian, scars to prove it.

Special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for a great visit and wonderful hospitality!  Love you both.

Last Day of School

"Schools Out for Summer" is the phrase that was constantly repeated in my head today.  The children had their last day of school today and it was filled with many mix emotions.  A part of them were excited about sleeping in and no homework; while the other part of them were so sad to leave friends, their teachers and a school they love going to everyday.  Well just as with every summer, school will start again in no time, so until August gets here we are going to enjoy summer the best we know how.

 Elyse with her 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Luhring

 Caleb with his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Zieroth

 Kallen with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Beyers

Kallen with his "Big Buddy", Johnny.  The big buddy program at LCA is one of my favorite things they offer.  Older kids meet weekly with the younger ones to mentor them, fellowship, pray and play with.  The kids have always loved their big buddies and Johnny just so happened to walk by at the perfect time today for me to capture a photo.

Dance Recital

Yesterday involved nothing more than dance for Elyse and us.  She decided this year to try a new studio, "QC Dance"; sadly didn't enjoy practices very much but loved preforming her final routine on stage.  She looked beautiful and it was great seeing her up there do her thing.  We were very proud of her!

Ian Graduates 3/4 Preschool

Today was Ian's last day of 3/4 year old preschool.  Today was extra bittersweet because it's always hard to say, "Goodbye" but today also meant our family saying "Goodbye" to Family of Christ Preschool.  Ian has decided to join the others and attended extended day preschool next year at Legacy.  It has been a great year and Ian loved school, we just hope that continues.  

Ian with his fabulous teachers, Mrs. Dalve and Mrs. Shanghnessy