Heres to Number 3

I love the day we celebrate Alyse's adoption (July 6th, it is also YaYa's birthday). It continually reminds me of my adoption into God's family and how blessed we are. I am still in awe of how God graciously granted us the chance to become parents. It was the third time we had a phone conference with the judge in Alaska, in which our request was granted. So here is to the three's!

Traditions Continue

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Berry Pickin Time

It was fun taking Alyse on her first berry picking adventure. Maybe I went strawberry picking as a kid (I can't remember), I had never been as an "adult" (if you could call me one) until a couple weeks ago. It was really hard resisting the temptation to take them all in but we did enjoy one or two while we were working hard. What did we do with all the

strawberries? Well thanks for asking, some went whole into the freezer, others were mashed and placed into a deep freeze and for the first time ever I managed to make some Jelly! Wow, had I known it was that easy to make it, I wouldn't have been such a wimp to try it sooner.

even "kitty" got into the picking

Thanks dad for the fun!

Barkley

Due to circumstances not in our control we had to say goodbye to our family dog. I was reminded that it is good for little ones to experience all parts of life. It was hard but we have made it through. So now the newest dog in our family requires no food, no late night outings to the outhouse nor does it shed, what a big difference. Thanks to PaPa and MeMe we now are now owners of a fuzzy big doggie named Barkley!