Nolan turns 6

I've had these pictures for a while but forgot to post them.  Happy Birthday Nolan!

Gull Lake Ministries!!

We returned from our family vacation at Gull Lake Ministries in Michigan.  It was a great week and we spent it with 18 others from our church including several teens in the youth ministry.  We also used the week for our church summer camp.  So I was on double duty as youth leader and dad. 

Our speaker for the week was Jeff Manion from Ada Bible Church.  He shared with us  from Ephesians and was a great teacher.

Some of the highlights were going on the zip line w/ Nolan, the rock wall with Alex and swimming w/ all the kids.  Emma enjoyed hanging out with the "big" girls this week. 

A few pics from the trip are below:

Trip North

I had the day off work so we made a quick trip north to IKEA to pick up a few things for the office. 

We took the kids with us so we stopped for lunch at Rainforest Cafe and made a stop by the LEGO store too.  A fun day.  This was a great family weekend.  Relaxing and time to just enjoy each other.

Alex is trying to wake this guy up!

The Fourth

Just hung out as a family today after church.  Not a whole lot going on.  Grilled up some chicken and went to Wolcott to watch the fireworks.  A fun day together.

Backyard Campout

The boys and I camped out in the back yard.  It wasn't the best nights sleep ever but it was fun for use to do together.  It's one of the things summer's about I think.  Nolan probably got the most sleep of the three of us.