Eli is leaving for Pensacola Christian College tonight, 

we love him and will miss him very much.

Happenings....

 We finished getting our garden in! (Yay!) :)

 Emy, Eli, Luke and I were able to go play laser tag with the Thacker family and David Garcia,

so much fun, and our team won! That is always a plus! ;)

Emily is now on a missions trip in the Bahamas with Amanda Gardner and Alexis Thacker.

Emmy, Luke, Eli and I sang this in church a few weeks ago. :)

 Jenny, Stephy, and Emmy

 Lots of practice.

 Fun on the Giant Swing. :-)

On the hike.

~ Frisbee ~

 Jessica and Emily

 Kayla, Alexis and Mrs. Thacker

~ Concert Night ~

 Savos Strings

Monks Hallelujah Chorus. :-)

Volleyball was played every night! I loved it! 

Had a great time... And I can't wait for next year! 

“A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime.”

Driver's Class

Emily and Eli have been attending driver's education at the local high school, in order to get their permits.

Brynne, Skylee, Emily and Eli 

With Mr. Price, their driving instructor

Emily and Brynne pose with one of their class assignments.

Here's a close up of their drawing - - a jogger coming up to an intersection.

The entire class

Pizza Party!!

Eli was given the option to chose his birthday dinner...so he decided on one of our families favorites, a pizza party!

As you can see...everybody gets to make their own personal sized pizza with any toppings that they choose!

A lot of personality comes through in some of the kid's pizza decorations!

Even the little kids get to make their own! Mindy loved spreading the dough into her pan!

Molly works at getting Connor's pizza prepared now that she is done with her own...

Luke generously sprinkles on the mozzarella cheese...

Some of us were a little more into the proper way of making a pizza!

Yes...I got all of the dough off of the ceiling! :o)

And the hard part for the little guys...waiting for their pizza to finish baking.

Eli's Birthday!

Eli had his birthday party last night! I can't believe that he is growing up so fast, it hardly seems possible that he is already twelve! He really enjoyed the pro. basketball he got from grandma and grandpa!

Eli isn't a big cake or chocolate fan...so he chose Schwann's "Key Lime Pie" for the desert. everybody seemed to like it just as much as the normal "Grandma's Moist Chocolate Cake"!

Eli is our strawberry lover of the family (He tends our strawberry patch)...so he got strawberry ice cream with the pie! Mmm-mm!