ada and o's love taking baths together.

christmas time

we had a wonderful time at christmas. dave and lauren were home from germany for a week. we had a great time with family and friends.

after church.















hanging out at the bolser's on new years. fyi...the bald guy is sam!







dave, lauren, and the kids

ada loves joe's log cabin. he's using the pulley to lift her to the loft.

the beginning of june i attended the young life all staff conference in orlando, fl. it happens every 4 years. young life staff all over the world come and worship, fellowship, learn, and refuel. it was an amazing experience. there were appearances from jeff foxworthy, jack hannah, jars of clay, donald miller, to name a few.

this is me in the swiss family robinson tree house.


me and my homies!

Young Life club is in full swing. our last club was battle of the sexes. guys and gals face off in some friendly head-to-head competition. we were also ready to do some battle...GRRRRRR!!!!!

trick or treat

ada and joe had a great night passing out candy. after passing out candy for a while we took her around the neighborhood to collect some for herself. the first house she came to she reach in the candy bucket, pulled out a sucker, put it in the bag of another kid, and said "trick-or-treat"! needless to say, she had more fun passing out candy...well, maybe she had more fun eating it!!

bath time

like ada, owen loves bath time. he especially loved it after his surgery because it was about the only time his arm splints weren't on. he would start to put his hands up to his mouth and i would tell him to stop. he would slowly lower his hands with a sweet look on his face. it took him a good 2 weeks after we took his splints off before he realized he could put his hands in his mouth again!