fun with uncle eric

eric stayed with us this week and john just loved playing with him!!

Camping in Taylor's Falls with the Owens :)

we are standing in a glacier hole!

john pushed this truck all around the campsite for hours!! he was so dirty but he had a blast!!

TWINS GAME!!

special MN friends :)

tammy and val

todd, john, joel and tim

val, john, jenn, and haddon

john and haddon :)

Fishing with Papa... where are the fish's eyes? nose? mouth?

Motor boat motor boat go so fast...

just sitting on the tube with mom

todd tubing :)

the kids :)

stephanie, denny, val, john, todd, zach, and lindsey

more HC fun!

sitting on the pontoon watching the fire works with Uncle Rodger

The girls made 4th of July dinner for 16 people and the boys got to clean up :) yummy and fun!

Watching the Hill City 4th of July parade... and getting candy!!

Here are the 5k runners!! we have matching shirts on that say Love Let's Live... promoting pro-life!!

so patriotic!!!

MORE MN!

Uncle Denny, Papa Dennis, Uncle Zach all enjoying the bon fire

Auntie Stephanie, Nana Mary, Val, Teresa, and Lindsey all enjoying the bon fire

Val, Melaine, Jess, and Lisa... four high school friends kickin' it - bowling!!! -

John and Uncle Denny splashing in the water... prior to this picture John was fully clothed playing in the water... silly!!!

John now loves Cheetos and does not like to share them... :)

Teresa is playing fetch with my parents dog TD... they both had a blast!

John looking out at the water...

John and I visited my good high school friend Erion and her son Collin and daughter Jaida...

John and Jaida

MINNESOTA!!!

Zach drove me up to HC and he and John hit it off... John loves to wrestle!!

John stayed with my parents in HC for a week and then I flew up to MN to hang out there for the following week with him and then Todd drove up on the 3rd so we all were finally together in MN... we stayed for another week and headed back to Stlouis on the 12th... fun stuff

Reading books with the book reader himself - Uncle Rick- so nice to see him and visit with him he and his wife teach in Africa...

Had caribou coffee with my very good friend Anna... and the next week went to one of her Strike! classes... she is an amazing fitness instructor!!! and an amazing woman of God!!

these crazy kids are my siblings!!! we picniced at lake johanna... right across from NWC where we all attended college