Swim Lessons

This week and next the kids have swim lessons in Ankeny at 9 am. that means getting up at 8 am, so Beth is right now asleep on the couch. They really wanted to go to the pool again today for an hour, but we all needed to rest.
Below is Christopher's shirt we got him from Chocolate World in Hershey, PA. I tried to get him to buy a towel instead since he has a ton of shirts from sports, but he really wanted a shirt. I will try to post my pictures from the trip this week or early next week.

Jr. HIgh camp

We had a great week at Jr. HIgh camp! I had a great group of girls that were sensitive to God's leading in their lives!
Now it is catch up week!

Here is Jael. This one was taken shortly after birth. Yes, she was born at home. I wanted to get some other pictures, but it has been a crazy couple of days. She is a very pretty baby!

We are repacked and ready to leave for camp in the morning. If you would like to see pictures of our group from PA you can go to garbc.org and look at the conference pictures. There are some really good ones.

I'm praying that it will cool down for the week at camp otherwise I hope they play lots of water games!

Tirp to PA

We had a great trip! In some ways it seems like we were gone for a long time and in other ways, not so long. Since returning home, we have a new neice! Jael (pronounced Jay l) Faye Newman was born on the 4th of JUly at 8 :10 pm. She looks alot like her older brother, Eli. Everyone seems to be doing well today. Bethany is especially excited for the fact that it is a girl!! Chris says he was hoping for a boy, but a girl is ok. I thought it was especially nice that she was born while we were home as we leave for Jr. High Camp on MOnday.
I some how hurt my knee on Thursday night, so I'm trying to take it easy. I'll go see the chiropacter tomorrow, that should help.