We have been having a great summer. We have made many memories with our families and friends, and are looking forward to making many more. We are now in Alabama staying with Nana and Pawpaw. It is not often that you have so much vacation time to spend with those you love. We only wish we could be visiting with everyone. We are heading to the Missionary Training Center in August. We will have 1 & 1/2 years in our next phase of training in Missouri. We are very excited about all that we will learn and experience there.

Here are a few pictures of our summer fun.

Swimming at Meme & Granddaddy's house.

Eating dinner with our cousin, Emily, and the rest of the family.

Here are our biggest cousins, Grant, Kyle, & Emily.

You guessed right! This is the actual Bat mobile. It is parked at the Chick-Fil-A headquarters near Atlanta, GA. Truitt Cathy, the owner, collects cars, and this one is part of his collection. He actually drives it when he does events for the kids in the foster homes that he started.

Mommy, Shelbyanne, Nana, and Emily all matched last Sunday for church. What a fun day.

Sometimes blessings come in big packages...

We're a mini-van family now!

We traded our Escape in for a used minivan. It will be much more spacious for our cross-country travels.

The girls have really enjoyed spending time with their newest cousin, baby Trystan. The girls have gone on lots of treasure walks. A nice place to walk to is the bridge over the canal where we throw bread to the fish and turtles.
We went to Lion Country Safari last week and had the amazing experience of feeding giraffes. That was the closest we have ever been to giraffes. They are incredibly large animals. I can't even imagine how Noah and his family felt when these huge animals began to come to the ark. Shelbyanne was mesmerized with them, but she would not feed them a cracker. She wanted to pet them but she was too scared to get too close.

Hope you are all having a wonderful summer. We are doing great. Rob spent the day cleaning out our van. We all have enjoyed the many opportunities we have had to swim in the pool. Shelbyanne has really enjoyed swimming with her floaties, and is doing a great job. We will be in Florida for another week. Then we will head to Atlanta, and onto Daphne, AL to visit with Nana & Pawpaw.

Many Blessings to you all, Amy