some pictures from our summer

We were able to see Rob in the end of June for 4 days. When he would
talk Jenna would look at him and just take it in it was really sweet. Emma and Garrett had a great time with grandparents and cousins.

Also back in June Emma turned 4, that is her best friend Colbin, he stood right by her side as she opened her gifts and taunted her. She was happy to get home and see all her friends again.

Our yard

This pictures are to show Rob how our yard looks, I just got back from 7 weeks in Minnesota, and friends and neighbors, took care of it for us.

Trees

We now have “4” trees on our property.  Two apple, a royal red maple, a Colorado Blue Spruce.  It is not easy to grow trees around here, so we shall see how I do on my own.  We got them planted before Rob left.  I took these pictures a couple weeks ago to show Rob how they are budding out.

sick kids

I had to stay home today from church with Jenna and Garrett.  A friend from church was nice enough to come over and get Emma and take her to church, she really appreciated being able to go. 

Jenna's dedication

We had Jenna dedicated this past Sunday. It was the only Sunday left that something else was not going on before Rob leaves. That is Pastor George in the picture with us, he is the interim pastor that is here for the year while Rob is gone. He arrived in February, so they would have some overlap time. Rob has really enjoyed being able to have staff meetings with George, Patrick (our associate pastor), and himself. Just being able to work along with George has been a joy for him. George was the interim here before we came, so it has been great to bring him back.

It was the first time one of our kids was dedicated and we did not have family come in from out of town. This weekend Rob's sister Jennifer and brother Brad and their families along with his parents and uncle and aunt David and Sandy will be here for the commissioning service at our church for the deployment. So we are looking forward having them all here.

More Jenna

Here are some really cute pictures of Jenna that I wanted to share. She is smiling a lot more, she is very content in her swing and likes to look at the mobile that goes around on the swing. I like to get as many pictures of her with Rob as I can.

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Rob had a short TV news interview today, it was on the 5 and 10 pm news. He was trying to get the word out for a commissioning service that we will have at the church on Sunday, so he contacted the news station and they came and interviewed him. We hope that this is a way to reach the family members of the deployed soldiers. His uncle David, who is a retired Army Chaplain will be speaking at the service.

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