"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Florida!

Well, we are off to sunny Florida!  Actually, we will leave early Saturday morning.  We are going with my family--we are super excited!  Here are some pics from the last time we went (2 summers ago).

Our family picture...this year we will have an addition:  Halle!  And of course, our new baby girl:)


My studmuffin hubby:)

One thing we do a lot of in Florida is fish!  Well, the guys do, and Jill and I do some.  I caught this fish last time--it was kind of tropical-looking.  Pretty cool!

I will see you all later!!!

Friday, July 17, 2009

a day at the zoo!

This week we went to the zoo!  It was so fun--we had been wanting to go this summer sometime, so we decided to go on Tuesday.  We had perfect weather, and our kids were great--even Halle, without a nap.  I was very proud of her:)  I took quite a few pictures:


Kaine and Halle watching the sea lions.  You can see one behind Halle's head.  We were able to watch them being fed, so that was neat.

Halle wasn't too sure about taking this picture.  She was a little scared of this gorilla statue.  She was sucking so hard on her pacifier--it was really cute!

A family picture that we asked someone to take for us.  It's a miracle that we were all looking at the camera with our eyes open on the very first try!

Kaine and Halle loved the carousel!

I remember going in this tree house as a kid!  Some of the stuff at the zoo has been around for so long!

Halle adores her daddy!

Another relic at the zoo--I used to love going in the kangaroo's pouch!  As you can see, Kaine and Halle loved it, too!


Me and Kaine on the river ride.  Not my most flattering picture:)

One of the new things at the zoo is feeding the giraffes!  Kaine thought that was so cool.  For $1.00, you get a pretty big lettuce leaf, and Kaine broke it a few times and fed it to the giraffe.  

The 2 cuties:)

Kaine brushed a goat!!  He thought the goats were cool, even though they kept trying to eat his clothes!  One of them took a bite of my hair, which actually really hurt!

What a great day!  I love my family!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

It's a...

GIRL!!!  (We found out today!!)