whoever said you have to write words to have "a bite of casserole"?

Welcome Natalie! She was born August 5th, the same day as Bekah's birthday!

This year, the Lakes consisted of:

5 million grandchildren:

Golfing:

Lots and lots and lots of games:

...and of course boating/volleyball/etc....my family is huge!

After a week at the Lakes, I had to say goodbye to my roomie :(

Her goodbye party was fun though:

(this is seriously how sweaty the men got playing basketball after supper: ewwwwww!)

Tractor Pull/Hick Event

It's loud. And smokey. And very very hillbilly. Basically, trucks and tractors with huge eniges pull this weight across the dirt. I enjoyed the experience, but concluded it to be rather boring. At least I was with some great people!

 on a side note, here's a random pic of us teachers at the school. Next week is Sarah's last week. It's sad to see her go :(

-God is good-