Pictures In The Park

We took some Pictures in the Park in Kearney on Memorial Day and wanted to share them with you.

Our Memorial Day Weekend

We had a very full Memorial Day weekend. We started Sunday with an amazing Church service with over 50 people getting baptized. We then spent the afternoon at the Ocean City boardwalk playing Miniature Golf. Christopher got a hole-in-one and Tom got 2.

We then surprised the kids with a free concert at Ocean City Tabernacle. This was the kick-off of their Summer season. The concert featured 4 bands, Nevertheless, Krystal Myers, DecembeRadio, and SuperChic[k]. In case you do not know who these bands are, they all have hits on the top 40 Christian Bill board. DecembeRadio just received a Dove award, Krystal Myers was nominated for Best Female Vocalist, and SuperChic[k] has released several albums dealing with the way Christian girls should live their lives and their self esteem. We were able to be right upfront. Darlene and I were actually in the mosh pit. (I got a compliment when Darlene informed me that I proved I was not as old as she thought.) Darlene even got to sing into the mic during the Superchic[k] set. Both the kids met and got autographs from all band members. What an experience!!!!! I don’t know if I had more fun at the concert enjoying the music or watching Darlene and Christopher and remembering all the concerts and Creation festivals we attended as teenagers.

Nevertheless and Krystal Meyers

DecembeRadio and

SuperChic[k]

These are a couple of pictures of getting autographs with some of the bands.

Memorial Day started with Darlene marching in a parade in Absecon. She has signed up to be in the high school band for next year and was invited to carry the banner for parades for this spring and summer.

After the parade Tom and Christopher put together our new grill. This was a very frustrating project because the directions were as Dad calls them “Mickey Mouse Directions”. It took a total of 3 1/2 hours to put it together. But as Christopher said “It was worth the work.” Our first grilled dinner of the season was Steak and grilled potatoes.

"Engagement Photos"

As part of our wedding photo package, yesterday was our "engagement" session with Lori and Neville, our friends from church who are our wedding photographers. It was a good time. We went to Winterthur in DE. This is DuPont's estate now turned historical park. It was beautiful. Lori, who does most of the post-editing, will be going on a cruise with her family for a week. However, before she left, she put 5 pics up on their blog. We are really excited to see the rest of them. Take a look. We are really excited about having them do our wedding. If you want, take a glance at the wedding photos on their main site (more than on just the blog). They are really impressive.

Happy Birthday Sweety!

Happy Birthday to my best friend...  I love you!

Happy Birthday Song

We dedicated Tessa today...

In total, there were 50 children dedicated today.  Tessa was all smiles!  Today was great!  Becky's Mom is here visiting for about a week and Becky's brother and his wife and child (plus 2 friends) came for the day.  We had a great time.  See our website for pics...

Rob  

New Pictures...

Click here for Pictures from our Beach Day with Mom Mom and Becky's new Haircut. 

Things are going great!

Praise the Lord! Things are really going well for Becca and I right now. After deciding to buy a home, and searching for awhile, Becca and I just had a bid accepted and are signing the contract tonight. We expect to settle on June 13th! These are pics of the house. It is basically equidistant from both of our jobs. Unfortunately (and Fortunately), she works in a fairly affluent school district. This means that we really can't live that near to her job. The house is in Phoenixville, PA. We will be 35 minutes from both jobs, 20 minutes from church, 20 minutes from the Massanari's.

In addition, wedding plans are really moving along. We just got the invitation ordered. We are ordering them from this really cheap but cool place in India called AllWeddingCards.Com. We just got .jpg proofs and are in the design finalization stage. There are tons of other wedding details that we are really starting to make progress on.

I'm becoming a Mennonite. I currently attend Frazer Mennonite Church and will be accepted as a member there late June or early July. I have really appreciated learning about the incredibly rich history of this faith. A group who has its own roots beginning just after the reformation when they, the Anabaptists, were persecuted horribly by those heroes of the faith that the rest of us lift up, such as Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli. I have been very excited by the incredibly high importance the Mennonites put on living out our faith and trying to live up to the first two commandments, while fully affirming that we have all fallen short of the glory of God. The Mennonites have a few other signature beliefs/customs that are very exciting to me also, such as simple living, refusal to make oaths, a pledge of peace and non-violence, and embracing theological, spiritual, and relational diversity while being grounded in a desire to serve the Lord. Anyway, I could go on and on, but it is all very exciting.

Lastly, Becca is starting to wrap up school. It will really be a blessing this summer when she has the time to plan details of the wedding, begin the moving in process, etc.

Oh, and I'm down to 198 lbs! Look out Rob, I'm coming down!

God Bless

Happy Birthday Toby!

Toby celebrated his 14th birthday by taking his first turkey. He shot this bird at 43 paces in light rain and thunder. We set up in a blind with our decoys. About 10 birds walked by just before sunrise. This gobbler was the last one. The hens were closer but the Gobbler stayed further out. I called a few times to get him to stop but he kept walking so Toby shot when he turned slightly to walk away. The Bird weighs 20lbs, has a 9.5" beard and 7/8" spurs. A real trophy in our books. We are excited to kill our first bird. After several years of trying I have not killed one yet. I believe this Bird is an Eastern Turkey due to the dark tail feathers. We have Merriams around also. Sam was with us in the blind as well. He is excited to hunt turkeys next spring after he turns 12.