Vacation Bible School

Our church had VBS this week! Chase was a crew leader. The kids loved him so much!! John and I helped out too! We had a great time being there. If you are wondering where Cait and Ty are in our pics, well....they were hanging at the beach with Angie. Tyler was bummed that he was not able to come."Of all weeks", he said!! He asked if he could ask his mom about coming while they were on vacation at the beach for a day or two. We told him that would be a lot of driving and maybe next year. We talked to them today and they had fun with their mom!
Chase, we are very proud of your leadership and compassion!

Look at those amazing leaders!

They were demonstrating they way God helped the Israelites across the Red Sea.

Chase and John working hard

Chase is getting John's truck for his 16th birthday! YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He and John are working on getting it ready for a new paint job buy taking off both bumpers, grill, lights etc. He has been wet sanding it and preparing it for paint. After this week, he will not see the truck until his birthday! We are going to "Pimp His Ride" and surprise him with the finished product. It is a very emotional project! I can't believe it's that time already! More to come......
"How many more bolts are holding on this bumper?"

Chase is turning wrenches and working hard!

In Sweet, Loving Memory of Ryan Rossano

In Sweet, Loving Memory of Ryan! Last night after a long fight with cancer, Ryan went home to be with Jesus. Ryan has been very special to our family since Chase and Robbie were in T-ball. Chase was lucky to have such a wonderful "big brother" in his life. I will never forget how polite, sweet and kind Ryan was to everyone. I will miss ,most of all, his huge smile that he gave me everytime he saw me and it was followed by "Hey Pretty Lady"! Please pray for the entire family--just not in these next few days but in weeks and months to come! My mind can not wrap around the feelings that they must be having! I love this picture below. It was on Ryan's 23rd birthday, just this past May, at the Spring football game! He looked great! We will miss Ryan but he will never be forgotten!

Happy Birthday America!!!

John and I decided to do a huge American flag in honor of our country! It turned out great! Everyone loved it!

The boys were trying to get attention from the people passing by! Having a balcony is always fun :)

Caitlin is painting Maddie's nails! That was a fun experience.

I am lovin' on Chase! He is so sweet! I love ya bub!!! ;)

John is cookin' us up some amazing hamburgers and hotdogs for dinner! They were yummy!

The kids ate some ice cream while waiting for the fireworks to start!

John was our offical sparkler lighter!

The fireworks over the ocean was so awesome! None of us had ever been to the beach for the 4th, so it was new for all of us. It was especially neat with the full moon right next to the fireworks. We had a wonderful night with our kids and that was a great way to end our vacation.

Vacation~Friday

We were decorating our balconies for the Fourth of July!!!

Another Caitlin and Maddie moment!

John was making a gigantic octopus!

Beautiful young ladies!!

Our family photos that Maddie took. Thanks Maddie :)

Vacation~ Wednesday and Thursday

Caitlin and I thought we would creat a shell cake for our Wednesday sandart.
She is so pretty!! I love that girl!

Does this remind you of the Grinch?????????

I loved spending time with Caitlin and talking with her! We had so much fun all week! :)

Look at that honors student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is doing his summer reading-----amazing :)

Gettin' some lovin' in the kitchen!! We love to cook together! We were making our favorite food-----Mexican!

PRECIOUS!!!! Good shot, Cait!

John got a hold of my camera!! Just hanging out and having some fun in the pool!!

The kids are showing off some skills! :)

Tyler is always giving me some love!!!!!

Sis was practicing her flipping!!

Ok, look at this canvas raft closely.................it is like the ones we had when we were little! John and I were in Wal-mart and saw them and had to buy one. It brought back many childhood memories for us!

The boys ripping it up!

John made a sand chair that we were enjoying!!

Caitlin and I did a smaller piece of sandart!! These are a few of our favorite things!!

John made a toliet and tv out of sand!! Leave it to a man :)

This was Chase's artwork!! So Creative!!!!