Announcing...

Caleb is going to be a big brother sometime in early March!!!

Melted

Tonight Caleb said "I love you" for the first time. Melted. Into a puddle.

Camp Evergreen

Last week we all headed to camp for the week. My parents are directors of this AMF camp each summer. They have two weeks - a teen week and a younger week. We headed out to join about 50 teens. Joel was the evening speaker and I mostly chased Caleb around, but also found a little time to assist the program director with some of the games and share about sexual purity during a couple of morning chapel sessions. We had a blast and were very blessed to be a part of the amazing work the Holy Spirit did in campers' hearts. Caleb had a wonderful time playing outside most of the week, and actually there was one other mom with two small children who all spent the week at camp too, so the kids became good buddies. Here are some of my pictures, but I know my mom has more cute pictures of Caleb, so I might have to add those later.

Caleb loved the carpet ball tables!

Here are his buddies. This was their "kitchen counter" where they did lots of serious cooking!

Conferring about the most superior recipe.

We took Caleb out on a paddle boat ride.

I believe some scrumptious soup is simmering on this stove.

Love!

Now let's all play!

This stump makes a good chair!

So cute! So much fun!

Family Visit

The weekend after the 4th of July, we had the opportunity to drive up to Grand Forks and visit some of Joel's cousins. We don't get to see them very often, so it's always fun to get together. The two cousins that we visited are married and each have one child. Riah is one year older than Caleb and Cadie is six months younger, so it was great fun to get them all together! Unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures, but at least I got a few! It's not easy getting a picture of three toddlers! This first one is of Caleb enjoying some cheese dippers on the drive up - he did incredibly well on this five hour trip!

Sandbox!

Daddy and Grandpa built Caleb a sandbox! He loves it!

Caught this one of Daddy and Grandpa enjoying the sandbox even without Caleb!

4th of July

Time for some more catch-up blogging! We had a fun evening on the fourth. It began with a great worship service at church, and then we headed to McGrath with some friends to watch fireworks. It was fun to take Caleb this year since he actually paid attention to what was going on! He actually watched for quite a while and only got squirmy toward the end. It was a fun night!