Last weekend of April!

Friday night fun for Nate, Charlie and Emma.  Cooper had a headache and so him and Megan stayed home and slept. :)

 Emma, Charlie and JoJo

 Cute! They had fun looking for frogs and touching them.

 Thanks Osborn's for a fun evening!

Yesterday we went to the 23rd Annual Kid's Fishing Clinic at Hordemann Pond in Moscow.  Megan knew most of the people working it because she was part of Kiwanis when we first moved up here to Genesee.  The kids had fun!  We bought Cooper a bigger pole, but it was kind of hard to use because there were so many people fishing.   Cooper also earned his fishing belt loop for cub scouts.  Great job Coop!

 Charlie caught a trout! He really didn't want to touch it.

 Father and daughter fishing.

 Showing off Charlie's fish, which is cut up and in the fridge waiting to be cooked.

After fishing, Megan and the boys went home and headed to Bountiful Baskets.  Nate and Emma went to help set up for the Guatemala spaghetti feed fundraiser that was held this evening.  Megan is home with a sick Emma, but she is feeling a ton better. 

Cooper was a good helper today.


Auction item won.  Nate is in big trouble!

Andrew's came for a visit

Last week Uncle John and Aunt Linda came to visit.  They came up on a Saturday and then Linda went to a quilt camp on Saturday. Nate took the whole week off.  Uncle John and Nate fished and went turkey hunting all week!  They had a good time.  We always enjoy seeing them!  Thanks for the birthday gifts for Coop!  And thanks for coming to visit!

 Playing some hello kitty bingo with Aunt Linda.

 Then the boys jumped in to play.  Cooper ran as soon as I took the camera out. :)

 Bike wreck. :( Charlie is healing very nicely.

 Surprised Coop by taking him out of school early to go do some fishing.

 Waiting at the wrong dock for her turn.  Thanks Nate! :)

 All ready to go! Coop had to make a straight face for the picture, but he was all smiles.

And they are off while mom heads to lab.

Greg do you remember the life jacket on the left??

Nate's first steel head!  LOL!

While Uncle John was here, Coop had his first Cal Ripken game.  I was able to capture a couple pictures.  Quite the change from pitching machine.

 Check out that outfit! 

 Real dug outs! Coop's leaning against the fence.

And one evening Megan took the kids to the Schumaker's to celebrate Cameron's 2nd Birthday.  

 The kids loved the sheep!

Happy Birthday Cameron!  Thanks for having us over to celebrate! It was good to see you all!

Cooper turned 8!

It is hard to believe that this little boy is now eight years old.  Cooper celebrated by taking some treats to school, having soccer practice and then dinner/cake with our family.  Friday we had a birthday celebration for him at the Clarkston Aquatic Center.  He had a great time!  Thanks for all the cards, gifts, and helping us celebrate this boy turn 8. 

 A little target practice before school!

 Yum!

Happy Birthday Coop!

Camp Lutherhaven Work Weekend

This weekend we ventured to Camp Lutherhaven, which is about 10 miles from Coeur d' Alene.  It was their annual work weekend.  It has been almost three years since we have been up there.  The boys have been begging to go.  Emma was about five months old the last time we went.  It was pretty chilly, but we made it. :)  We saw 7 elk and about 15 deer on the way.  We got to stay in a nice cabin with a fireplace.  Meals were fabulous as usual.  Thanks Lutherhaven and we will be back in July for mini-camp!

The best part was playing on the bunk beds. Charlie slept on the top the first night.  Cooper couldn't do it yet. He tried, but ended up on the bottom. :)

 The first event was Friday evening devotions and then smores.  Emma and Charlie rocked out to the music. Coop watched everyone else. :)

 Yum!

 The view is absolutely gorgeous

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 Warming up with some hot cocoa before lunch.  Megan and the kids painted large animal figures in the wood shop all morning.  Nate helped work on a Yurt all day.

 There were seven deer close right to where Nate was helping with the Yurt.  You can see where the zip line runs through that area.  Nate and I went on that years ago. 

 One of the new yurts.  Two others are being built.

 

This one is used for arts and crafts.

This morning we took a walk down to the water before morning devotions, music and brunch.  Charlie said, "There are fish in this water? I'm not swimming in there."

 Nate helping out in the kitchen.  Megan helped out with lunch and dinner on Saturday.  

 About 20 minutes after we left all the kids and Megan were asleep.  Fun, tiring, cold, weekend.  We helped paint, wash walls after sanding was complete to get ready for staining, wiped down worship chairs, and Nate worked on the Yurt, we visited with friends we haven't seen in a while and made new friends. Charlie met a new girl friend at camp and decided to have breakfast with her family this morning. It was so cute! As they were saying good bye, Charlie gave the girl his phone number. It was pretty funny.  He was trying to get her to come back to mini-camp in July so he could see her again.  Lutherhaven is one of God's most beautiful creations.