We have had a very busy week, but I wanted to write a quick update.
  We are nearly ready to move into our house. On Monday we went shopping for the rest of the faucets and the toilets we needed yet, so that the plumbers could get done. On Tuesday I spent several hours cleaning and putting things away. Darin is working on the kitchen counter tops now. We originally thought we were not going to move until everything was done. We've changed our minds! We are so anxious to be there and it is taking so long, that we decided to move as soon as possible! But, I do need a kitchen first! We have all our appliance bought and just need to finish the cabinets yet. Darin has been working very hard.
  I wanted to move before we got the visitors that we were expecting this month, but it didn't happen.  My friend Miriam, from FL, came on Wed. and left this morning. It was so good to see her again! I also got to meet her new husband, Tim, for the first time. They are planning on leaving next year to go to Papua New Guinea as missionaries. I will probably not see them again before they go. I am so glad she could come and see us.
  Now I am getting ready for our next visitors. Darin's mom and her cousin are coming! They are getting here later today! This will be the first time Darin's mom has been out here to this area of the country.We are looking forward to showing her around. We really, really wanted to be in our new house before she came but. . .         I don't know if we will still try to move while she is here or not. They are going to be here for almost a week. It would be nice to have the extra space, and she said she would be glad to help us move, but  I don't want to be so busy that we can't enjoy the vist! Pray for us.
  That brings me to the reason this might be the last update for a while. After we move, I don't know how soon we will get the computer, and especially the internet, up and running. I'm not sure what kind of service we will be able to get at our new place.
 
  Here are some pictures I wanted to share. Our little Sawyer is really growing! He gets around very well and pulls himself up at furniture (and toilets). He is a lot of fun, but it takes a bit more watching now to keep him out of trouble! 
 

Also, as if I didn't have enough to do already, we got a new puppy and are trying to house train her. She is fun too, but takes even more watching than Sawyer when she is loose in the house!

 
 One thing I am grateful for is that we are finished with school for the year! No more of this for a couple of months! Yay!!

 We had a beautiful day on Saturday! 

 
 The children were swimming most of the day.
 
 
 Kaitlin, Andrea Z., Antony D., and Cecilia B.

 
 Brady (jumping), with Joel Z., Antony D. and Caleb B.

 
 Abigail and Marten D.


 Some of the men watching the children. Dad is in the cap.
 
 
 Sawyer
 
 
 Mom, Aunt Jean, and Aunt Miriam
 

 Morgan and Heather Fox
 
 
 Children having fun on the boat
 

 Kaitlin jumping off the bridge
 
 
 My neice, Cecilia, with Sawyer
 
 
 The soft-serve ice cream machine was a BIG hit!
 
  
 I took this picture Sunday evening when we were getting ready
 to leave. Morgan was SO tired out from our busy weekend. 
 She asked Darin if she could take a nap, and a little later 
 we found her nodding off in this chair.