My apologies

Here's a cool picture of the day for you! Jourdyn and I went to the movies w/friends tonight and then to Big Boys!

I have been so horrible and keeping you up-to-date with mom and Jim here! There hasn't been too much going on! We've been swimming and hanging out!

Yesterday, Jourdyn had her first real salon experience! I took her to my stylist. She had blonde and burgundy highlights put in her hair! It turned out really pretty! Lots of big changes as she enters the 8th grade.  It's time for braces and perhaps even contacts!

Sunday Worship

This Sunday it was my turn to preach! I delivered a sermon on Acts 14:1-7. It was part of our Empowered Series. We are going through the book of Acts this summer! It's been quite cool to see how the Holy Spirit empowered Peter and Paul, as well as the disciples to share the gospel to the ends of the earth!

My grandparents always come to see me preach! Grandpa usually calls me "Babe!" And then corrects himself saying "Uh-oh! Am I allowed to call a pastor 'babe'?" I tell him he can call me whatever he wants! He's 94!

Well a visit with grandpa always means a trip to Bob Evans. So after service, mom, Jim, Julie, my family, Uncle Jeff, grandpa and grandma and my friend Amanda, all headed to Bob's for lunch!

Chuck and his friend, John on Rt. 2

When we arrived home, Charlene called and asked me to come over to the gas station at the corner to see what her hubby was doing! They met Pastor Ron yesterday morning.  Pastor Ron is walking from Fort Wayne, IN to Boston to beginning an inner-city missional work there.  While walking he is carrying a cross! Chuck went and carried the cross for him for several miles.
 
We finished off our evening worshipping and witnessing 60+ baptisms at Cedar Creek Church Toledo Campus.  I've uploaded a short video of a song that I am really loving these days - Our God.

Sterling State Park

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This afternoon our family ventured up to C. Sterling State Park in Monroe, MI. The kids all played for a while in the sand and in the lake. But then Rowan spent about 2 hours riding the water slide that they have on the beach. 

New Family Member

We've had another busy week! Wednesday, we had my friend Heather's boys, Aiden and Lucious.  We started our day together at the library for story time! This was the first time for Nadine and Rowan. They absolutely loved it! Aiden and Lou showed them the ropes.  Rowan did fantastic! I thought that he would have not sat still but he did! They danced, sang songs and had a puppet show too!

After story time, we headed to Mickey D's for lunch and to play for a bit on the playground.  And then we were off to Bethany's to swim with her kids, Camden and Corbin.  The kids had a ball together!

On Thursday, Nadine and I went to my hair appointment.  After lunch, Rowan, Nadine and I went to Bethany's to swim with our Refresh (mom's group) friends!

I had to jump in a pull Nadine out of the water.  She was wearing her life jacket! But a kid went down the slide and landed on her. She went under in the deep end and went into panic mode.  Because she wouldn't stop panicking, she just continued to take water into her mouth. So I had to jump in, just to get her to the side where she could calm down.  She would have been ok, but she wouldn't even slow down to listen to us as we told her to swim to the side.  Anyways, within minutes she was back to swimming and playing. 

And then there was today.  Rowan finally got his wish! He has a new pet! Grandma & Grandpa and Rowan all went to Walmart where they picked out this guy! So we have a new family member! He hasn't named him yet!