It's our 24th wedding anniversary!

Sue and I decided to celebrate our anniversary in a different way this year - we went whitewater rafting. It was a lot of fun despite me being a little nervous about the whole thing. Our guide Paul was great, and enjoyed having just the two of us in the boat with him. Beautiful weather, scenery, fast class 3 and 4 rapids, and Sue even swam through one of the rapids (under our guide's supervision :-) Lots of fun!

Great trip to VT

We had a good time camping in and visiting family in Vermont this past week. It was a lot of fun seeing Herb and Bev Hodge and all their family. We got to go on a hike with Dick, Carol, and Marvin, which led to a great view of the town of Fairlee. Many thanks to all of our cousins that helped make our visit to Vermont great!

Mission trip went well, family is having fun summer

Sue and Megan made it back from Nicaragua just fine after spending two weeks down there on a mission trip. They had a great time, made some good connections, and are ready to go back! Stephen is off at summer camp with the Boy Scouts, Kevin is having fun at VBS with one of his friends, Jacob is doing well in college, and I continue to work through the weather with all those airplanes. What a fun summer!

Happy birthday, Jacob!

My first-born is 19 years old today!  He's doing well in school,  working, and having fun.  Good job, Jacob!

Happy Birthday, Stephen!

My son turns 12 today - woohoo! He is doing well in school, band, scouts, and church, and is lots of fun to be with. I have to work tonight but we are planning to take him and some of his friends to see Thor this weekend. Happy birthday, Stephen!

Good time with parents here

We've enjoyed having my parents at our house for a few days. They came up to celebrate Stephen's upcoming 12th birthday and it was a lot of fun getting to celebrate Mother's Day with the them, too! Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Happy Easter!

We have had a good Easter week here. I got to go to Florida and paint one of the houses down there and generally relax and hang out with my parents, which was fun. Sue and the kids did all their normal stuff, then we had an Easter egg hunt with some friends on Saturday, and today we going to church and then just relaxing. I hope that you are celebrating our risen Savior, too. Happy Easter!