Trip to St. Louis

Last weekend we went to St. Louis for a few days.  The motivation for the trip was Penny's graduation from the seminary with his Th.M. (Master of Theology).  Congrats Penny!

But it was also a great excuse to see friends and visit our old stomping grounds for a few days.

I brought my nice camera but didn't pull it out once - too many things going on and people to visit!  I did manage to get these two photos from phones.  We had a great visit - the kids are already asking when we can go back to St. Louis again!

T-ball

Cole started playing t-ball this spring.  He has loved it so far, and it's been fun to watch.

The games are about an hour long, and all the kids get to hit each inning (unless they actually get 3 outs!)

Cole has gotten several outs each game, and he's enjoyed having Dad helping out on the field.

What a cute t-ball player!

Seeing Friends

While we were on spring break we got to have dinner with the Baxters, some of our dear friends from our college ministry days.  Both Penny and Dave are now pastors at PCA churches, and Rachel and I have lots in common with being pastor wives, moms, and everything else that comes with those two roles.

It was so nice to catch up, brief though it was, and our kids had a good time hanging out with another.  There are 9 kids between our two families, but only the girls wanted to jump into the picture!

Great Wolf Lodge

We spent a couple days over spring break at Great Wolf Lodge.  The kids had been to the one out in Kansas City several times, so it was fun to check a new one out closer to Roanoke this time.

The girls especially enjoyed story time each night.

They got to meet Wiley and Violet after the story one night.

And of course goofy pictures were necessary.

The next day they got their faces painted, and they decorated their wolf ears at the kids' center.

And they got to meet Oliver and Brinley that night.

Happy Haircut!

It's that time of year - Cole got his annual summer cut - at least the first of many for the summer.

This was the longest his hair had ever gotten, so it was a major cut.

Looking smooth!

Happy Easter!

Easter is such a joyous day to celebrate - remembering that Jesus rose from the dead and defeated death, hell, and the grave is a wonderful truth in which Christians delight.

Because it's such a special day, it's also fun to dress up a little more for church and celebrate His resurrection with others.  Here the kids are in their best attire - this was the first Sunday that Cole has worn a tie since we've been in Roanoke!

So thankful we got a good family picture.

And after church we enjoyed eating and having an egg hunt with friends.  So silly!

Happy Easter, everyone.  He is risen indeed!

What's up with Cole...

Cole has had a busy week...

First, he started t-ball this week.  He is so excited to finally get to play on a team and have some games!

And he's been working all week on learning Mother Goose rhymes at school.

Today all the kindergarteners presented their nursery rhymes to the parents.

Cole chose Humpty Dumpty, and he did a great job memorizing and reciting it.

Look at that great sad face when he said Humpty couldn't be put back together again.

Cole was very pleased when he was done.  He was so much fun to watch!