Summer Reading

The kids love reading to each other.
Here we caught Ava reading to Brennan and Brayden during the day.

After putting the "little boys" to bed, we heard a some noise and still saw the light on.  Brayden was up in Brennan's top bunk reading a story to him.  They pleaded with me to finish the book :-)

The Big Bang Theory

 

The kids went on a field trip to the Perot Museum with friends and had a fantastic time.  At one of the exhibits, a young guide during a break asked our kids what they thought of "The Big Bang Theory."  He meant the TV show.  Of course, none of the kids had heard of this, so they promptly responded how they believed the Bible and what it says about creation.  They said, "Well, the only "Bang" that happened was that God spoke and "Bang!" it happened.  Needless to say, the guide had a bit of a "Oh boy, did I open a can of worms" look.

What will they look like in 50 years?

Haircut day!  So that's what the boys will look like down the road.

Septic Skating

It has not been exactly balmy here the last few days.  Here is a short video of some of our kids in the backyard playing with the neighbor kid who had ice skates. With all the freezing rain and sleet, our backyard has transformed into one big ice skating rink.  Of course, the best area to frolic about was around the septic sprinklers.  Nothing like sliding around on top of ... well, you know what :-)

Avast! Stay ye away from me grub!!

Brayden had carefully wrapped up his hotdog from the night before and was looking forward to eating it for breakfast.  (Yes, I know, it goes just great with Raisin Bran.)  Well, Brayden recruited his fellow pirate in training, Brennan, to help him ward off the enemy.  They were not happy that Blaize had been teasing them about pillaging the hotdog from the fridge and quickly eating it.  After a brief scuffle, the little boys prevailed, and Brayden succeeded in enjoying his morning tube steak.

Dominican Republic Mission Trip

Last year, we traveled to the Domincan Republic for a family mission trip. While there, we (Jon, Christi, Blaize, Brodie, and Anna) stayed with our dear friends, Bill and Peg Pearson, who run a mission called Christian International Fellowship, Inc. from their apartment in Santo Domingo. They are an amazing couple who open their lives and home readily to others. It is quite common for them to feed 20-30 + people in their apartment on a given afternoon and/or evening. This is a video of some pictures from our trip. Better late than never :-)

Brayden's Morning Devotion

After breakfast, we go through a chapter of the Bible for our family devotion.  Each person shares a verse and what he or she learned.  This day was Matthew 22 and Brayden was reading the verse he chose (usually selected by the deeply spiritual method of closing his eyes and pointing).  Being the first time he had seen the word "hypocrites", he exclaimed in his animated voice some kind of a word mix between horrible and woodchuck (maybe not too far from the truth). :-)