July Was...

...filled with 2 main events that seemed to take over the whole month.  The first was Vacation Bible School at our church, the planning of which overflowed into the weeks prior the event.  And the second was our MI trip, filling the proceeding days with anticipation and preparation.

But around these 2 events life went on... picking wild raspberries...
 

"Here, Mom, here's some grass for you!"

 

Yum!

Here are some shots from our VBS- this is some of Judah's class, eating their snacks...

Duane organized games for the oldest classes...

 

Selah was pretty tickled to have her mommy as a teacher this year...

"Miss Jen" was my faithful team teacher...

Fun times painting...

...and playing 'Musical Hats'!

July was also filled with swimming lessons at our local community lake, lunches at the library, attending another VBS, and, of course, our MI trip (posts to come...)!

Soaking up God's Creation

Near the end of June 4 families went camping along the Delaware- (in one of our family's favorite campgrounds).  The first night was only Phil & Rebecca's family and ours.  I wasn't daring enough to take along my good camera, so thanks to Rebecca for some of the shots (if you want to see her camping post, click here.)

3 boys, discussing life and digging dirt...

...and the 3 girls...

Isaiah running through the tunnel of bush between our campsites...

After breakfast we went on a morning hike through a beautiful fern forest...

Examining their nature finds...

We encountered so many of these huge crawlers on our path...

More finds...

The cute...

The interesting...

The goofy!

Another pose by the waterfall, a family shot missing our little one (Thank-you, Grandma, for giving us a break!)...

Julia with her froggy prince...

Inseparable...

Close-up of the prince himself...

Wading, swimming, and netting filled the afternoon...

"My Dad can catch the biggest [dead] fish!"

Some fisher folks...

Somebody's favorite activity...

More of the inseparable...

 

Duane grilling burgers for the gang...

 Jacob fishing in the river below...

 Eating breakfast with Aunt Michelle...

 Like father...like son...

 Playground fun...

 Bocce Ball competition...

 Thanks, everyone, for the great time!  Any other families want to join us next year??!
(If I'm successful, I'm going to add a cute video clip of Isaiah's camping memories)