Summer 2007

We took a quick trip to Oklahoma City where my Aunt Paula (Dad's sister) now lives. There's a beautiful lake near her home, and the boys enjoyed running around.

Summer 2007

Next stop: Dallas! The boys and I were able to make a few trips to Dallas this summer. Craig & Tricia have 4 busy kids: Britney (at Pearce HS, in honors classes, cheering & now driving!!), Tory (at North JR High and also cheerleading & gymnastics), Holly (absent from the photos this time, but so adorable- and excels in all she does), & Blake (soon to be 4 and super cute!) We got to have a great visit with them all, including Mom.

Family Camp Summer 2007

This was our 3rd year at Family Camp-- The boys loved it-- no TV, no toys-- just rocks, sticks, hills to climb and water to swim in. It's tiring with 2 kids (did I mention the stomach virus we all got and passed on to the Smith family?!) - but we love it! Plus, we get to catch up with our friends from our home church in Katy, Texas.

Summer 2007

In June, we traveled back to the US from Kuala Lumpur. First stop: Houston! Highlights: celebrating Nathan's birthday (again! since it's in April!), time in Glenn & Karen's pool (a surprise water gun fight- to Nathan, Marly & Adam's delight! Jason, Glenn & Erick got into it, for the kid's sake, of course!), and visits with Jason's grandparents, Mimi and Din Din. A lot of time was spent at the doctors for Andrew but praise God, the tumor that was found in his left arm was benign. It will require some monitoring in the future, but we feel so blessed to know all is OK.

Happy Halloween!

After months of not posting photos, I'm back on track... Here's the latest of Nathan ("ninja-pirate") and Drew (cowboy) in their Halloween costumes. Drew "helped" me pass out candy to the trick or treaters and Nathan went around with his friend Christopher and Liam in our gated community. There were not very many homes that participated but still too much candy! Nathan decided himself, that he should have one piece a day. (I was going to be more generous!) One more Halloween event to go at school tonight- all of the classrooms will be handing out candy with games for the kids. Nathan cannot wait!

Drew loves school! When I say it's time for school, he says "OK" and takes my hand and walks to the door. So cute! There are four other children (from left to right in photo), Ki (Japanese/American), Pete (?, not pictured), Anna (German/American), and Vary (Scottish). "Teacher Corinne" (pictured below in his classroom) is just great- she comes up with a lesson plan for every day. This past week, they had a different color as the theme for each day: blue, yellow, red... He knows the colors red and blue well now. They also have a pet turtle in the class- he's getting more gentle with it. The first day he picked it up and tossed him on the floor. His favorite things to do in class and at home is "draw pencil" and "read book".

The boys love to swim in our frigid pool! (Yes, it's really cold in our pool!) It only gets about 2 hours of sunlight a day, if it's not a cloudy day--

They're excited about swimming when we come "home" this summer!