Super Heroes in my living room

The girls have friends over today to play and my living room is currently being overrun by various super heroes and villains wielding swords, giant bouncing hopper balls and the dreaded hairbrush of doom (which didn't really instill fear in the boys). According to Noah it's not fair because he and Abbie each have all the powers in the world and so neither of them will ever be able to win.

Noah (playing the part of a bad guy): "Marry me or die!!"

Abbie (resident princess, laughing as I prompted her to say) : "I'd rather die than marry you!"

Another Canadian

Silas is officially a Canadian! We finally received his letter from Canada stating that our request for his Canadian citizenship has been approved. Yay for Canada and congratulations Silas!
Leah is feeling quite left auot.

Back again!

At long last, we are back to the blogging world! The end of last semester flew by as did the summer and we are all back in school mode again. Leah and Geoff took turns working part time over the summer with Geoff getting to be a stay at home dad for the month of August while Leah had an unexpected job opportunity that was very much a provision from the Lord. Geoff only has two semesters left until he is finished with the Biola bachelors of Nursing program. We can hardly believe the end is finally in sight! Although there is much work to be done and many tiring days ahead, we are hopeful and our hearts our full of gratitude to our Great God who has not left us alone on this journey. Even today, we received a grocery gift card from a very unexpected source that is another reminder that we need not fear for the future and what we will eat or wear because God know these tings and is providing them for us.

Although our summer seemed to fly by, we were able to take 2 camping trips as a family that were so much fun. In July we went to Bass Lake with friends from La Gracia and spent a week there swimming in the extremely warm lake, visiting Yosemite for a day, hiking treacherous waterfall trails and avoiding yellow jackets who wanted to eat our food and children. Then, in august we spent a few days near Lopez Lake with our Grace Group and others from church. There were 18 or 19 kids 6 years old and under so or kids had a blast. We went with this same group last year and it is a highlight of our summers. We always leave wishing we could stay much longer!

Other highlights of the last 5 months include celebrating our 30th birthdays, Silas turning 1,Abbie turning 6, and ten years of marraige! We think the following picture pretty much sums up the greatest accomplishments of our 20's:



Camping at Bass Lake with La Gracia

But I don't speak any Spanish!!






Yosemite!







































Giant sequoia roots and half dome!
























































Leah officially wants to live right here!














Camping at Camp Mabel French (A.K.A. Lopez Lake)