A New Beginning.....

For the last 5 months or so we, as a family, have felt disconnected and not sure where God was directing us or what the future looked like. I guess all along we kind of knew but we weren't 100% on board with God's plan. So... we tried to come up with every excuse, commitment, and reason to go a different direction than what God wanted for us. One by one, God removed all our "other" things so that it was clear just where we were supposed to be. But today the direction is clear. God is directing us down a road that although clear still has many unanswered questions. We are excited to see how God will be using us in this new chapter of our lives and excited to see what He has in store for us.

So starting this fall, Eric and I along with our friends, the Davis' will be starting our own mini-church. We were hoping that many of our friends from our old mini-church would come along for the ride, however that does not seem to be the case (but if any of our "old" group still isn't connected, we'd LOVE to have you ! :o) ). So, although the picture isn't totally clear, we look forward to new friendships and new relationships that God will be planting in our lives. We've been in contact with a few families that we know, and so perhaps there will be some familiar faces with us as we move on.

Although much still has to been planned and ironed out, the details seem to be coming together. Please pray for the 4 of us as we seek God's direction and obey His call.

Summer Swimming Lessons

The kids just completed our 4th year of summer swimming lessons at our swim club. The way the lessons work is that each session is 2 weeks (9 days with 1 rain date built in) for 40 minutes each weekday morning. It gets to be a bit cumbersome but at least the last couple of years the kids have been at the same time!

Both kids are excellent swimmers at this point! Allison has learned tons since last year and is working toward learning all the various strokes while Jacob is fine tuning his strokes.

This year both kids have passed the swim clubs official deep water swim test and are now able to go off the diving board and swim in the deep water regularly. They are very proud of their ankle bands!