Hey everyone!

We are having a busy summer! The kids have had Vacation Bible school, swim lessons, soccer camp and a family vacation! We went to South Dakota for vacation. We had a lot of fun. We took in all the sites. I think everyones favorite was Bear Country. Bear Country is a zoo, but you drive around, the animals are out. They had a lot of the species that are native to our area. Of course they had a lot of bears. They were just walking around it was fun to watch them. At the end we got to go inside and see some of the smaller animals, including 8 bear cubs! It was fantastic.

It is hard to believe that summer is half over! In the fall Tate will be in second grade and Ellie will start kindergarten. We are also in the process of building a barn. The kids think we are going to have a farm when it is all done. They will be sadly disapponted when we have a goat or 2!