Summer Midwest Trip

Hal writes:

Anna and I spent some time driving around MN, WI, and IA to visit friends and family. Here are a few pictures from our trip. The first is with Hal's parents at the cabin.

We also had an opportunity to visit with Grandma Pearl.


We caught up with Anna's family in the Twin Cities and spent some time at the children's museum. Hal and Analise are learning how to improve their balance.

Analise and Josiah performing for the crowd.

There was a Wizard of Oz area where I was able to help them construct the rainbow before we got to the fun part of knocking it over.




Analise with her face painted. (I forget if this one was the "cat" or the "butterfly"; she created two different ones during our time at the museum.)




Unfortunate, we didn't take any group pictures with our P-ville friends. But Anna did get this one with her DPT classmates Kim and Steph.

Between P-ville and the cities there are a few fiberglass sculptures along the WI roads. Anna wanted her picture with them, so here they are for your amusement.

The Reefnetter

Hal writes:

For Memorial Day weekend a group of eight friends rented a vacation home on Lummi Island, one of the San Juan Islands in the northwest corner of Washington.







Although a good deal of the time was spent preparing and eating food as well as playing games, we did venture out to explore the island on multiple occasions.













Front row: Hal, Anna, Emily, and Nils
Back row: Emily, Chad, Amber

May updates

Hal writes:

Haven't posted in a while, and I have no pictures to post. But here is what is going on...

* Connected some new blogs to our site, deleted some that are not posting any more. (Apparently I know a few Pastors that blog...)

* Anna is continuing to recover from knee surgery. She is able to walk without braces or crutches. No steep mountain climbing for us this summer, but she's glad to be back walking. She is on her way to Texas today for a couple of days CE.

* My students are done in a week and a half, Anna still works with hers for another month before their summer break begins. Summer plans include trips to San Juan Islands in May, MN/WI in June, and back to MN for a wedding in August.