Some Pics

Mt. "Mushmore" as T 1 called it.
We took a family vacation in the Black
Hills in early May. This was on our
way to CO for some training which
was on our way to MO. What can I say,
we buy our maps at the dollar store.

Whenever I needed 10 minutes of sanity I'd send the boys outside our room with some popsicles, they always thought this was a great idea.

This was our family, kitchen, living room in Branson. Anytime is a good time to wear your new swim goggles when you are 2 and 4.

All Nav staff from different states who helped run the program this summer.

T 1 living large in one of the 3 pools at our hotel. I wasn't too concerned about him drowning or anything. :)

Every Tuesday was a Program Day where we would spend the day all together (dozen or so Nav staff and over 60 students. Some days were just for fun to blow off steam and others were days that we did a service project together. This particular day was one where we took a cruise on the lake.

Hubby hangin tough with the students.

T 2 is ready to hit the pool....anytime, day or night!

T 2 playing with M. who lived next door. M. and I met one-on-one this summer and we all miss her and her husband J. a whole lot!

T 1 and J.. Hubby got to meet with J. one-on-one and a few other men as well this summer.

C. and S. are on staff in Texas and they directed this whole crazy circus. Yeah for them!

We ended up leaving the program a week early to attend a funeral of a dear friend. That allowed us some quick and unplanned visits in WI. Here is us stopping by for literally 5 minutes at our good friend S.'s http://susq.wordpress.com/house. I couldn't leave without seeing her baby that is soooo big already!

Of course we had to fit in a lunch with T 1' s best friend in the whole world. T 1 continues to talk about him even after being apart for two years. The moms had a great time too of course!

I don't think I got a single pic of the two of them both smiling and looking at the camera. Is this a kid conspiracy thing or what? This happens a lot in my house.

After all that traveling I was pooped out! T 2and I decided to take a nap and T 1 apparently decided to join in at some point (probably when the camera appeared).

After returning home we got to celebrate L's bday. She is one day older and several years younger than me. L. is joining our staff team this year as she is on EDGE. Yeah L.!

Last weekend we had all the student leaders (20 or so) and staff meet at our house to depart to a retreat center for a planning and bonding weekend. I was amazed at how many cars fit in our driveway. I think we had at least nine plus a couple in the garage. It took me back to the days of Badger games in Madtown, except we didn't charge $5 a piece to park on our prime real estate.

Students getting ready to head out for the weekend.

Working on their testimonies.

E. (also on EDGE this year, yeah E.) and J. practicing the Bridge Illustration.

N. and A. during our planning weekend. Somehow I didn't get a pic of J. our fourth and final EDGEr. I'll have to put one in the next post.

So now you have met some of the student leaders and most of the staff. Yeah for leaders and staff! They make this all possible. WE had a TON of new people show up for our welcome week events and over 100 at our first Nav Nite on WEd. We had to bring in extra chairs to give everyone a seat. Amazing! A big thank you to all who pray and support our ministry work. We couldn't do it without you!

On Monday we celebrated N's bday and I've since then eaten way too much of that cake.

T 2 brushing his hair.

T 2 on "his first day of school" (I had to humor him).