Vacation Part I

We spent a lovely week at Long Beach Island, NJ with Jenny's Family.

We went to the Edwin B. Forsyth Wildlife Preserve

Lots of fun birds live here: herons, egrets, osprey and more

Nesting Osprey

Sammy having dinner

Fun times together

At the park

In front of the Bay

The view from the lighthouse

The view from the top of the lighthouse

Dad K at the beach

Sammy building a castle

Mid-Summer Pictures

Here we are to the middle of summer and a lot has been going on:

Here is a picture of baby girl sucking her thumb.  This ultrasound showed a
perfectly formed heart. Praise the Lord for this news!! Yeah for reaching
27 weeks! 

Sammy on the Fourth of July after a swim in the pool

We had a picnic and swim together on the Fourth of July at
Dad Kleeman's House

Dinner with Betty Hewitt and friends last Saturday evening downtown

And.... squash twins for your viewing pleasure

On our Fourth Anniversary- Attempts at timed photos

First Crop

Four Years....

 Its been four years since:

that difficult, but beautiful  day- our hospital wedding where we committed
to each other in the valley of the shadow of death- as Mom began her way to heaven.
(May 18-2008)

since we committed to love and cherish each other,
Tenth Presbyterian Church
(June 28th, 2008)

since dear pastors and friends and family joined us to celebrate
God's faithfulness in weaving our lives together

Since we began our journey of together.

We've been lots of places together

To Ireland and Oxford and two simultaneous Phds
(what were we thinking?)

We've laughed and cried together 

walked and talked together

We've lived in Four places in Four Years and have tales to tell
about each place

We've had 10 jobs between the two of us in four years: thrown together concerts
research, canning, gardening in the fringes of long days.

We've solved all the worlds problems at nearby parks, even wrote half
our dissertations that way too

Here's the journey God has faithfully brought us through and we rejoice!
(Engagement Night where A fell asleep on this chair for an hour after
we arrived home to tell J's family)

And how blessed I have been.  Here's to more adventures and laughter, growing together
and growing in grace.  I'll love you always.....

(And here's to our latest adventure-coming soon)

Summer Meals

Summer is such a fun time to be in the kitchen, especially when you have a garden:

Let the lazy Summer days begin

 Around here summer has certainly arrived.  Stay tuned for garden updates. 

 In the meantime- a few photos:

The herbs are growing nicely

Our little rental- summer style

Sam and Granddad

Picnics with friends in our backyard

Festive strawberry desserts

Exhausted Cats

And...... Houston- we have a problem.  Yes, as we begin to set up the baby's room
someone else thinks it is for her.