Cal's Baptism

While we were in ND this summer, Calvin was baptized at the Camp of the Cross. This is the same place where Glen and I got married and where Corinne and Caleb were baptized.


The lake water was very high this year so Pastor Janis suggested baptizing Cal in the lake. We thought it was a great idea!


Glen's sister Gretchen and husband John Samuel are Cal's Godparents,but it was a bit of a hike for them to travel from SC to ND so aunt Laura and uncle Matt stood in for them! (they are Corinne's Godparents)











It was such a beautiful day to worship outside!


Cal and Pastor Janis got along well!


It was so nice to spend time with my grandparents.


They look good with kids!! (hint hint...) :)


A shoulder ride from Nana, Papa and Uncle Ross.

Cousin Cuteness

10 years ago, my best friend married Glen's twin brother (we met at the wedding!) and now look what we've gotten ourselves into! : )

Caleb really does belong to us...but they look good with 3 boys don't they?

Are we done yet?

My sister Maddie is so talented and did a GREAT job on these photos!

8 months old!

What a month Cal has had! In the past few weeks Cal has started clapping, waving, signing "all done" and "more", crawling (just barley), pulling up on furniture, and even initiated a game of "peek-a-boo" today. His only real word so far is Dada but he makes lots of sounds! Cal's loving all his new tricks and is happy to show them off for anyone who is interested.

We're still working on getting Cal to sleep 12 hours at night, but we know it will happen eventually.
Cal is such a blessing to our family!

The many sounds of Cal

Michigan with the Wilson's

We just got back from our yearly visit to Michigan with the Wilson family and had a blast. We rented a house in the Hagar Shore area and definitely could have stayed a few more days!






Here are the kids waiting to ride on the carousal at Silver Beach in St. Joe's. As you can see, the kids finally outnumber the adults!
























Here is the suit our son insisted on wearing while he played in the yard (at 8am...WAY before beach time!).




































Of course the beach was the biggest hit of the trip! The kids played in the sand for hours!






Blake and Cal (only six months apart) got along quite well! (except when Blake used Cal's head to try and escape the play pen!) They will be great friends some day!






Too sunny for this little girl!












We spent a couple afternoons in the adorable town of St. Joes's and enjoyed lots of great food! (and many treats!)



















On our way out of town we stopped for some spray park fun!
We're had so much fun and can't wait to plan next year's visit to Michigan!

Corinne has taken 3 sessions of ballet and had her first dance recital a couple weeks ago. She LOVED getting dressed up and going on stage.






Corinne and her good friend Sydney.



Corinne had quite a fan club in the audience, including her cousin Jack.



We're going to take the summer off but will definitely be signing up for more ballet in the fall.

7 months!

Cal is 7 months already! He's been such a busy little guy learning to do all kinds of new things. He loves to roll all over the place and is even starting to get into crawling position. He's still a joyful little guy (hoping that never changes!) and giggles and smiles most of the day!






Corinne and Caleb LOVE playing with Cal and love to invite him into their forts.


Our little broccoli face! He looks like this a lot lately. No hands required for this guy!