Ice cream With Friends

Love this picture of Scott with two of our favorite little people!  

Kam's Team Gets Second!

Kam's softball team is building momentum!  They continue to do better and better each tournament.  Kam is proving her abilities and gets more playing time each game.  Here is her team after getting second in the Moreno Valley Tournament.

River Party

We continue to feel blessed to be a part of our church here in Redlands.  A few weeks ago we took an evening to celebrate the staff and interns from our church.  Can't believe how much we have grown to love and appreciate these people!  Here's some of the fun.

Sea to Sea

This summer Scott's mom is doing something ambitious.  She is taking part in a bike ride across the country.  She and others are doing this to raise awareness of some issues like poverty. Their first stop after beginning their ride at the beach just happened to be Redlands!  We were happy to see what camp looked like and attend the meeting on the first night. Although there have been some injuries and bumps in road, the tour seems to be going well.  This is the camp set-up at Katie's highschool.  

Laguna Get-A-Way

Scott and I were blessed to be a part of a wedding of a couple from our church a few weeks ago.  The wedding took place on the beach in Laguna, with Scott officiating. We had a weekend that was beyond busy, but decided that we would find a place to stay at the beach and make it a little get-a-way. We had a wonderful time staying at a quirky hotel not far from the beach.  We found a great place for breakfast and didn't have to worry about the homefront because we left Katie in charge!   

 

End of Season Party

Troy had a great RBY season again this year.  His team was comprised of boys with varying abilities, but everyone showed improvement at the end of the season.  There reason everyone showed improvement was because of the excellent coaches.  Each of the coaches was encouraging, yet competitive.  We appreciate how even in some tough situations, these men showed integrity in how they handled them. The A's ended up taking first place in their division and second place in play off games.  We will miss hanging out with these families.  Thanks for a fun season! 

 Troy and his buddy, Justin.

  Love this!

Celebrating With Friends

Moving around a lot has its challenges.  One of those challenges is making good friends.  We had the privilege the other evening of celebrating with some friends we've only known a short time.  They are in the Air Force and have moved around a lot too.  Sam is retiring from a great career and moving on to a second one. We met them when their son and Troy were on the same baseball team two years ago and then they started attending our church and the friendship continued. I wish Sam was in this picture, but we had a wonderful evening learning about military tradition and sacrifice and blessing. We will miss these friends and are thankful to God for the people He brings into our lives!