Our first family photo since Astrid joined us!

Can you believe it? I am posting something new!

For some reason I have not been able to get into my blog for a long time. When blogger changed over and started making us sign in with a Google account everything got all messed up....so I have been MIA for awhile.

Everything is going great here at our house. Our first year of homeschooling is over and Ethan did wonderfully! He reads like a champ and loves science. He starts football in the fall and will do wrestling again after that.

Julia went to a week of dance camp last month and loved it. She plans to start weekly dance classes in September. She will be 4 in August and she's looking forward to a day out with the girls when we will get our nails done, have a nice lunch, and go get her a new outfit. She gets giddy every time we talk about it!

Asa played soccer this year and really liked it. He's still just as silly and crazy as ever. There's never a dull moment with Asa around!

Astrid is 15 months today. She is such a sweetie but is turning into a true toddler with opinions that she is not afraid to express!

Justin and Ethan just got back from a week long mission trip in Lynch, Kentucky. They worked on a construction crew fixing up the home of a lady in Lynch. They had a great time together. Ethan did a lot of painting and even got to use the power drill! But he says his favorite part was finding a praying mantis. He told me that he learned that God wants us to help other people and he said he really enjoyed helping Mrs. Jones by working on her house. I'm sure at 6 years old that a lot of the message and purpose of the week was lost on him, but I know that even if his heart was turned just a little bit to God and His will for his life, then the week was a success. Here are a few photos: