Anna's Third Birthday 6_26_09

Well, as you can see, Miss AnnaBell had a birthday party with her siblings, grandparents and neighbor kids.

Cupcakes with candles for all.

Wigs for everyone (great fun).

Happy little miss....she got jewelry, a jewelry box an Elmo Mail Box and lots of new clothes and dress up stuff.

The Karate Kids 6/23/09

As you can see, they are having a blast. I'm not sure this is "improving" how rambunctious they are (seems like three boys don't need lessons on rough-housing). Even little Anna is managing to run around yelling Keeee-yaaa and punching us! Pretty funny.

June 17, 2009 Ed and Kelli and Jackson Compean

Good friends, Ed and Kelli Compean with their son, Jackson, were able to spend a couple of days with us while home on furlough from Nairobi, Kenya. Ed took Heather's and Spencer's wedding pictures (10 years ago....Wow!). He was a photographer for a local paper then and we all attended Calvary Chapel Ventura.

Ed and Kelli have become "church" planters for Calvary International and Ed Pastors a small church in a slum.

We learned some amazing things about Nairobi (i.e. elevation 5,000 ft., on the equator, population of about 5 million people) and were very touched to hear specifics about their ministry.

Their daughter has just graduated from High School and is working Alaska this summer before starting to attend UC Santa Barbara next semester. Lots of big changes for the whole family to have as the first little birdie leaves the nest.

Heather and Kids June 15, 2009

Kids June 10, 2009

As you can see, we had a day with the kids! AnnaBell got to spend last night at Grandma and Papa's (first time alone). Then, she and Grandma had a "date" this morning....we went to Starbucks for breakfast and to the Dollar Store to buy Father's Day Present's for Spencer and Papa. She was pretty cool sitting on a chaise lounge being fed......strawberry creme drink (like a milkshake), vanilla mini scones, egg and bacon breakfast sandwich and a fresh fruit bowl. Pretty easy to see she thought things were pretty special. She also got to go in the hot tub and have hot chocolate and cartoons---all-in-all, a special day.

Roger and Spencer are working on the sprinkler system at Heather's house. They're running high-pressure lines and still have to do the sprinklers themselves.

I'm working on Mary-Kathryn's sewing bag classwork and AnnaBell's alphabet quilt, so everyone's managing to stay busy.

Not much else happening.