Baptism Birthday!

A year ago today Grace was baptized into Christ's family!

Day at the Acquarium!

Today we headed to the Denver Aquarium with Dave's sister Eden and brother-in-law Larry! Grace was ready for her acquarium adventure! (She just woke up from a nice nap during the car ride:)

Larry, Eden, Grace, and Shark Man:)

Us!

Dave the Scuba Man!
Grace admiring all the fish!

Just one example...
We even saw more than fish! :)
We saw a parrot too!

Shark swimming overhead...
An Eel...

Scary Shark...Grace and Dave chillin' under a not-so-real shark:)

Trying to touch the stingrays!

Must have been something interesting in there...

Grace wanted to take this friendly shark home :)

Grace with her new baby shark from Eden and Larry!

We made it safely to Colorado and will be staying here for the next week! We're looking forward to the Larson Family Reunion next weekend and will be spending some time in the mountains. After the reunion we will make our way to Minnesota to stay! :)

Walking with Grandpa...
Dave and Smokey :)
Grace!

Hangin' with Grandpa!
So much free space! It's great to be out of the car! :)

Hello from Kansas!

We split our trip up this time and stayed at a hotel in Salina, Kansas! We're half way to Colorado! Grace has been a wonderful little traveler!

Final Day in the Lou!

We stayed in Saint Louis one extra day to get some rest and spend some time with Saint Louis friends!

Here's Grace with Amy...our wonderful friend and hostess for the night!

Heather and Amy taught together during our first two years in Saint Louis.

Our Anniversary!

Four years ago today...

Such a WONDERFUL four years it has been! We're so blessed!

Goodbye Saint Louis!

Finally done packing! Ready to turn in the keys! Grace is happy she will have her own bedroom and lots of space to roam! :)

Packing Up!

Look! We found an old toy:)

I think Grace has grown a bit since the last time she was in here... :)

The guys working...

We had 7 adults and 7 little ones there!

Sunday in Seymour

We were able to worship at Immanuel this morning and see many of the wonderful people that we got to know so well during our year in Seymour. Dave spent the majority of his father's day watching golf! (His dream day...) While Dave watched golf the girls went for a walk!


Emily (Bethany's sister), Bethany (Our hostess this weekend and college friend), Heather, and Grace! (She was a little tuckered out!) After Dave's day of watching golf we headed over to Pastor and Jan's place!

Dave, Justin, Pastor, and Jan played some outdoor games...while Grace played and Heather took a few pictures! :)

Justin and Dave...

Pastor and Jan...

Grace playing...

Still playing... :)Grace loves Jan! :) I guess this is when Grace was learning all about gun safety... :)Um...this picture is courtesy of Pastor and Jan... :)

Justin, Pastor, Jan, Dave, and Grace! :)

Grace with Pastor and Jan :)

Happy Father's Day!

Grace and Daddy on Father's Day :)

Friday in Seymour!

We had a fun time catching up with our Seymour friends! :) Grace and Heather started the day by visiting the ladies at the bank! (The bank Heather worked at during our year in Seymour.) It was so great to see them again!

Later in the day the three of us went to a get-together with the Immanuel church staff! It was just like the good old days! :)

Grace with just a few of the ladies...

The men...

Grace chillin' with Matt!

A BIG thank you to Duane and Kathy for hosting our get-together! :)

Seymour!

We arrived safely in Seymour this evening! Here's Grace opening her b-day present from Bethany! Grace got an adorable new outfit...and can't wait to wear it! :)

Boxes Everywhere!

We've been keeping very busy here packing lots and lots of boxes for our big move to Minnesota!

Here's Grace trying to help! :)

Tomorrow we're heading out to our vicarage town in Indiana! We wanted to make one more trip before we make our big move to Minnesota. We're looking forward to spending time with our Seymour friends! :)