Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
The boys had a great time playing in the leaves....and there were a lot of them.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Our Day at Cooper's Rock
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
You Only Have One First Day of First Grade
Anyway, here's a couple pictures we took to document the day.
He's excited...
He's not so excited...
He's excited!! I think.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Huh?
I thought I had won. I could tell that Preston was thinking about it. I thought he was satisfied with that answer, because (for a moment) the questions had stopped. But just as I was patting myself on the back, Preston looked at me and asked, "Daddy, if God controls every step a spider takes, how come he doesn't move us to sin?"
Huh?
Nothing like a little discussion about the interplay between God's sovereignty and man's free will right at bedtime.
Great Little Praiser
Here's a video of Bennett 'singing' with his class at Gull Lake. He won an award for 'Best Little Praiser.'
Monday, August 18, 2008
Madness
More Tid-Bits from Gull Lake
Preston and his cousin, Kobe, had some fun with some very patriotic wigs. You gotta dig the mullett:
So did Butch (Kendra's dad):
Preston spent a lot of his free time on his new scooter:
Bennett had fun chasing him around...on foot.
Here is Preston and Kobe at breakfast one morning:
This is a picture of me and Preston on our way up Quadzilla. A zip line began at the top. Preston got all the way to the edge, but thought better of it. I (on the other hand) did not exercise such good judgment and rode the thing.
The boys also enjoyed some archery. Bennett is getting some help from one the camp counselors, while Preston got some help from his Uncle Curt.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Gull Lake Adventure
On Wednesday, we went to the Gilmore Car Museum. This was an amazing collection of cars, all housed in restored barns. At one point, Bennett wanted to take a break from the cars, so he could go look at the "corns:"
The museum had one of the 50 Tucker automobiles, built in the late 1940's (I think):
This is a 1932 Pierce-Arrow. It was so nice, we felt compelled to take our picture in front of it...I'm not sure why...we had never heard of "Pierce-Arrow"...but that's what tourists do:
Here is a picture of the boys in front of a 1930-something Mercedes. A man who lived in what became East Germany hid it under a rose garden for 40 years to keep it from the Soviets. When the Berlin Wall came down, he finally felt safe to bring it out of hiding. It was in bad shape, but he sold it so that he could get some much needed retirement income. They restored it and brought it to Gilmore.
Here is a picture of the boys in front of a Hudson Hornet, like "Doc" from the movie, Cars:
The boys had fun climbing around a double-decker bus from London:
On Thursday, we took a pontoon boat tour of Gull Lake. Here is Preston doing his best to look cool:
You may not be able to see it, but I took a picture of a plane that was practicing take-offs and landings on the lake:
Here is Bennett watching the plane from the boat:
Here is Preston, Bennett and their cousins (Kaylee and Kobe) enjoying the view from the bow of the boat:
Here is a picture of Kendra and her older brother, Kevin:
Thursday afternoon, Kevin and I took Preston and Kobe to play golf. The "Allen Boys" took on the "Slater Boys" in an alternate shot battle royale. Unfortunately, the Allen Boys lost by one...but we had a great time:
Check out the extension and head position!!! Jason Zuback...who??