Monday, February 25, 2008

For you Northerners...

We had a great time swimming today.  It has been pretty "cold" this winter, so we haven't gone swimming much.  Recently, it has been back up in the mid 80's, so the pool will once again be a regular activity for us.  Here are 2 pics and a video.  As always, click on pictures for a few more...

Rob

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

New Videos Posted on Our Blog

If you haven't seen them yet, we have posted 3 new videos on our blog.  Check them out here.
Rob

Monday, February 18, 2008

A Visit to Ft. Myers Beach

We had our first Care Group (small group of Sunday School class members) activity last night at Ft. Myers Beach.  It took awhile to get there (it was like Ocean City, NJ traffic in July), but we had a great time!  Here are a few pics (I was seriously bummed that I missed getting a picture of that shark fin protruding ominously above the water about 50 ft from shore)...

Click any picture to view the whole album.

 

Rob

Friday, February 15, 2008

Being a Missionary has its Perks

Ok, so you might not interpret this as a perk, but I sure did.  What a great experience!  As part of the missionary conference (GIC)  at our church, McGregor, here in Ft. Myers, FL, we took at trip way out into the Everglades for a tour by Swamp Buggy and by Air Boat.  Either the airboat or the holding of this alligator was my favorite part! Click the picture for the whole album.

Rob

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Basketball Fun

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

A Great Season Comes To An End

Toby finished his Freshman season of wrestling this weekend.  He finished the year at 22-13 and was one win away from qualifying for the State Tournament.  He wrestled most of the season at 103lbs but moved up to 112lbs for this weekend's district championships.  Although our high was 16 degrees today, track season is just around the corner.  Toby will be running the 1 & 2 mile races. 

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Brian would be proud!


On Wednesday, Karen and I picked up our "new" 2006 "pre-owned" Honda Odyssey (doesn't "pre-owned just sound better than "used"?). Despite our earlier promises to ourselves that we would never do it, we broke down and conceeded the fact that they're just plain practical! It's dark gray just like the one in the picture. Very comfortable and even enables us to have friends and family come visit without us having to take two vehicles everywhere (depending on how many come to visit, of course!). I'm sure we got "taken" somehow by the dealership, but at least we got what we wanted for the price we expected and the amount we expected for our trade-in. Although I never thought we'd say it, we're very excited about our new minivan.
Brian, knowing how much you love minivan's, I think you'd love it!

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Nebraska Bucks Are In Trouble Now

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Sam was excited to get his brand new .50 Cal Thompson/Center Omega Muzzle Loader.

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Happy 12th Birthday Sam

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February 7, 1996

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Camping...

I think we've got the camping bug.  We camped a lot before kids came along, but we haven't had/made the opportunity until recently.  Rob went on a one-night guys only trip with guys from our Sunday School class a month ago and out of that came the idea to do the same with spouses (no kids!) this past Friday night.  We had a great time and a great turnout.  It was awesome that the majority of our class was able to attend!  We are planning a family trip in the next few weeks.  This campground was 15 minutes from our house and it felt good to "get away." Here are a few pics.IMG_3496

James and Josh-- our master chefs...

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Fran and Justin had the mac-daddy of all air mattresses!  It was her first time camping!

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Hanging out around the campfire!IMG_3536

Mark and Brandy's tent got hung up the next morning while they were out riding bikes...

Two weeks ago, Rob and Drew camped out in the back yard.  Drew was so excited when he and Rob were setting up the tent.  Here are a few pics from that night.  Drew is so excited to go real camping with a fire some time soon!

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Drew jumped right in and figured out quickly how to help Daddy set up the tent.

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Tessa and Daddy being "crazy" in the tent.

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They are ready to go, with their matching headlamps!

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Ready for bed!  Drew was asleep by 8:30 PM and slept all night.  Rob did a little reading and you tube watching and was asleep by 9:30!  They had so much fun!

~Becky