Our Summer

Well, it is already August. I guess I really was serious about once a season posting.

The summer has been very nice. May was busy with company. My grandparents drove all the way from Tennessee to visit us. We really enjoyed their visit. The children especially since they came with toys! We have even inherited the famous "Furby" (a.k.a "fussy"). He has been given a place of great honor in our house -on the top shelf of the book case out of reach of little hands! He has been sleeping peacefully there all summer long! I don't plan on disturbing his rest any time soon either.

Papa Bear and his great grand'boys'.

June was pretty quiet. It wasn't too warm so the boys enjoyed the sunshine! Daniel played kickball in the Springville city league. He had a great time.

The Proud Athlete!

We also took the time to visit a nature center in Ogden. It was so neat. We counted 14 deer! I have never been that close to a deer before! What a beautiful world God has created! We had VBS at the end of June and Daniel was able to go. He really enjoyed it. I did too. I was able to teach the 1st through 5th graders. We had a great group. All in all, I think we had around 40 children and teenagers. We combined it with another church south of us and held it in a public park in their town. I don't know of any salvations from it, but I know there were several LDS kids in my group and I was able to give a clear explanation of salvation through faith alone in Christ. I am praying that God was able to work in their hearts!

The Nature Center:

The two turkeys (just kidding!)

In July we drove to Colorado to visit Mark's grandparents and aunt and uncle. The drive was beautiful. I had never driven through that part of the country. We stayed one night in Grand Junction, Colorado where our dear friend, Tom-Tom, was left for some needy hotel maid. Oh, well -we just had to be old fashioned and use a road atlas for the rest of our trip!

Colorado Springs was very nice. On Sunday, we attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church. We were very warmly welcomed there and enjoyed both services we attended. To our great surprise it is the church that is attended by my home pastor's daughter and family. The Frisch's were also my teachers at Macon Road. It was so nice to visit with them.

We visited Focus on the Family while were there. It was great fun. They have a neat "Adventures in Odyssey" play area complete with a "Wit's End" soda shoppe where we ate lunch. The kids enjoyed exploring the rest of the area and we did too.

We also visited Colorado Springs Zoo. It is the only zoo built on a mountain. It had quite a view.
All in all, we had a very nice trip. It was great visiting with Mark's family and seeing the sights.

David's favorite part - a train ride just his size.

I've never seen him look so content! I think this picture is when the train stopped

(can you see his disapointment?)

Feeding the giraffes!

Grandma and Grandpa Morgan

Well, that is the story of our summer. I'll post again sometime in the next season!