Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Yesterday was Daddy's birthday, and the day before that was of course, Fathers Day.  Sadly, I was too busy to blog about both of those events on their day... so I will combine them into one post. :)

Happy Birthday to you!!! Happy Birthday to you!!! Happy Birthday dear Papa!!! Happy Birthday to you!!! :)  

This is what I said on Facebook Sunday:

You are courageous, passionate about Jesus, loving towards people, patient, a good provider, and funny! I love you to the moon and back.

And of course, he is a lot of other things as well.  Those are just a few of the qualities that came to mind.

I am so glad Daddy that we got to spend both Fathers day and your birthday with you!  You are the best Dad in the whole universe, and I am so thankful for you!!

Lots of love,
Abby xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

An evening of fellowship

 On Monday evening, we enjoyed a cookout with some dear friend's of ours, the owners of the Local Yocal, a locally grown foods shop in downtown.  They treated us to some grass-fed beef hamburgers, and sides, and homemade Cinnamon/Peach ice cream.  We had a lively discussion about compost, since Matt's background is Agriculture.... Yes, we engage in some strange convos. ;) 

Phoebe-dear watches the H.'s youngest son, Dean (pictured in the college above).  He'll be two pretty soon, and is an active little guy.  The H.'s also have two older children, Abby (10) and Austin (8) who enjoyed playing with Jaden.  They had a "warm welcome" planned for our family upon our arrival - confetti pops and poppers. 

If you live in or near McKinney, please stop in and support our friends' business.  They have some great products for sale, and the store is just a neat place to pop into from time to time. :) 

Thank you Matt, Heather and kiddos for a delightful evening of fellowship!  Y'all are such a blessing to our family. 

The Fourth Annual Memorial Day Blast

 Yesterday, our family had a large get-together with friends and family. We visited, ate, and played ultimate frisbee, volleyball and baseball. Here, here, here, and here are photos from the past three years. 

L-R: Mr. G., Mr. C., Mr. P., Luke P., Mr. Y. and Amy Y. having a theological discussion. :)

Lizzy G.

Yours-truly, holding my 'niece', Lizzy. :)

Sweet lil' Lizzy-bug. <3

Mrs. D., Ava Y., Mrs. Y. and Mrs. C.

Joel, Allison Y., Mark P., Andrew Y., and Stefon W. playing volleyball

More volleyball players

Alvin and Anna Y.

Mark P., Caleb, Dhirender R., Isaac D., Stephen P., Andrew Y., Brittany C., and Rachael P.

While most of us played volleyball, a few decided that throwing the frisbee would be more exciting. :D

Caleb, Mark P., Abby Y., Anna Y., and Jared C. conversing

Dhirender R., Andrew Y., Jordan C. and Andrew D.

Sweet Ava Y. :)

Ultimate Frisbee players

Brittany C. and Tristan G. :)

Lizzy

Ava

Pick-a-boo :)

I took Angie, Alvin and Ava Y. over to the play ground-- they really loved it! :)

Ava loved sliding down the slides

Mr. C., Dhirender R., Dad and Andrew D. visiting

'Scotty' :D

Top Bar Bee Hive

Here's an alternative to the common bee hive setup. I hope our family will have opportunity soon to build and use two or three of these. Julia

10 Sewing Tips video link

10 TIPS FOR BETTER SEWING on YouTube

And no, this is not me, Julia, in the video!

Do you ever worry?

I wrote a blog post earlier this week, expressing my thoughts on what we are going through right now, as a family.  You can read the post at my blog.  I wanted to share it here, but was experiencing technical difficulties.