So much fun we can hardly stand it!

This week has been great.  A friend of Josh's  & Cate's (from King's Garden in the Philippines) was adopted to Florida.  This little guy is John Michael Diez and he was Josh's best friend back in his children's home.  Both boys are 11 and grew up together for the first 10 years of their lives.  Well John Michael came to visit.  His adoptive family was in IN visiting grandparents and they called us so we got the kids together. Michael (as they call him) came and spent a night with Josh & Cate.  It really was so fun to see the kids together.  We really had a blast with Michael and can't wait to see him again.

We spent one day swimming and climbing the wall at our YMCA.  These guys are all great climbers!

We spent the 2nd day at our lake cottage and Michael learned how to kneeboard.  He is a natural born athlete just like Josh & Cate.  Lots of fun on the water!

 Good bye Michael and Mom Diane. It was great to see you!

Cate and Mommy had some girl time and Cate got her first manicure and painted nails!  The biggest issues was sitting still.  Cate is a wiggler and sitting too long in one place is not her style.

We had our last Wildcat baseball game.  The kids both enjoyed their season.

We had some rainy weather so one day they each took a friend and we did lunch and a movie.  It was nice to see their friends, Isaiah and Analiece again.

Fishing in our backyard is always a fun time.  We have some big fish in our pond. 

Daddy Jeff took a couple of days off and we headed to the lake.  It was really nice to have our Dad around more.  We were blessed with some kid skiis from our friends, the Schenkels, and both Josh & Cate learned to ski.  Thank you Scott & Shelly!  We really enjoyed teaching Josh & Cate to ski and seeing them be successful. 

It was a fun fun week and we were blessed by so many others.  Thanks for continuing to pray for us.  We love knowing we are being prayed for and this really helps us to focus on ...

Choosing joy,
Chris & crew