Hi. Nothing too fancy here. Just a quick update to inform that I have updated pictures from the past 3 months on our shutterfly site: jameyandsandra.shutterfly.com

Hopefully one of us will get a suitable update to go with these pictures soon. It has been a very busy time lately as summer usually is around here, we try to get as much in a possible in the short warm season.

We did go to the Creation Museum in early June, there are pictures of that on June 8th. Very cool place with a lot of very well done exhibits. Then Elijah and I had a special trip to Michigan International Speedway to watch our first ever full length NASCAR race, that was something else. The power of those machines simply can't be captured by any T.V. or video cameras.

The Last Three Months

Hi! Rebekah here--

A couple months ago (April), we made a circle tour from Florida (because Dad had some meetings to go to) to North Carolina (to visit friends), to Virginia (more friends), to Toledo (for Easter with Daddy's family). We had a very nice house in Florida that we rented and the pool was right across the street! We went almost every day and Jude loved it just as much as all of us. He spent his time getting as close to the edge of the pool as possible without falling in, which made Isaiah very nervous. He is so protective of his little brother!

The beach was also a few minutes away and we went twice. The first time, Christina and I were eager to gather as many shells as we could find. This turned out to be quite a few and I put all of them in my shoe.

Unfortunately for both of us, we didn't know that they were barnacles and they were all unopened! I discovered this when I decided to open one and see what was inside. I expected them to be empty so I was very surprised (and grossed out !) when I saw, well, the inside of a barnacle! I immediately threw all of them back into the water and regretted my decision to put them in my shoe, for one started to ooze onto it. Ewww! Well, some things have to be learned the hard way. Otherwise we had a blast at the ocean and loved playing in the waves. They were very tall and exciting to ride on a tube. Except the tube kept deflating so we had to blow it up multiple times. I'm sure we all swallowed tons of the salty sea water!

We also brought schoolwork on our trip so we wouldn't get behind. My dad helped me with a LOT of math so I really appreciated that. Altogether we enjoyed ourselves very, very much.

Christina is going to write about the North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio parts of our trip later on.

I had my first harp recital a few weeks ago. There were tons of people there and it lasted an hour and a half! I had one solo piece to play and three to do with four other harpers and my teacher, Sister Mary Margaret. My solo piece was "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". I sat through dozens of people before I finally got to do my solo. I was the fourth to last! Lots of time to worry:) It went well though, with only a couple of pauses. It was fun but I'm glad it's over!

Hi, this is Christina!

Hi,
Just a couple weeks ago, we took a trip to Florida! Our condo was very spacious for our whole family. We had a porch that had a great view of the parking lot:) We would regularly go to the pool almost every day! The pool had a twisty water slide. There were a couple of adults that would go on it. It all depended on how you sat whether you would go fast or slow. You would have to sit up to go slow and you would lie down to go fast. It was fun to get shot out of the slide! There was a work out area right by the pool.

There was a ping-pong table, tennis court, basketball court, & a volleyball court at the resort. It was in the high seventies--very comfortable compared to Michigan. We were all wearing short sleeved shirts and capris.

Daddy, Rebekah, and Elijah went to the Nascar races while we were there. They said that they were awesome! They also said that the hot dogs were a foot long! Mom , Isaiah, Jude, and I all stayed at the condo. We had a fun time there playing on the playground, relaxing by the pool, and playing cards. The playground had a big checker game with pieces as big as pizzas!

There was a movie theatre there too. You would tell the store owner the movie you would like to put in and the time you would want it to show. We put in "Horton Hears a Who", and "WALL-E". We enjoyed watching them very much.

Since then I had my 11th birthday! I had my Aunt Julia and my Uncle Dan over for my birthday, and my cousins Grace, Danny, and Timmy. We had green bean casserole with hamburger & lemon cake with vanilla frosting. I got a Paint -by-number kit, and a foil paint by number kit,& a bike! Elijah gave me a Slinky and Isaiah gave me a book light for the van. I had a very fun time!