Chap and Chum Cook

Good Auntie Kate made two batches of shortbread the other day for the express purpose of getting to cook with Chap and Chum. 

Cheesy grins ;)

Happy man!

 It was extra fun because shortbread takes kneading, and he loved squeezing the butter and flour together. He's so precise and good at baking! (And thankfully good about not snitching.)

Oh, Chum wants to "dook" too? They ended up making another batch of what they adorably dubbed "cookies" just so he could have a turn stirring and kneading.

 I can assure you they both enjoyed eating the shortbread as much as baking it. :)

Moving Day!

Praise the Lord the Ks' finally closed on a little home of their own! As sad as we are to see them go after living together for close to 6 months, we are soooo excited for them and look forward to seeing them in their new place! On Friday numerous friends came and offered their help and 15 passenger vans. The Ks' were soon moved and even partially unpacked! Here are some pictures from the work!

First we pulled everything of theirs out of the the backyard and packed up their  bedroom.

Then we packed the van full for the first load.

Looking so grown up!

Entertaining the littles and keeping them out from under foot.

Little brother wants to see too! Love the tip-toes! 

So cute! He was pretty thrilled to be able to see everything that was going on.

The first load all ready to go!

The crew.

Meanwhile all the peoples at home base were loading up a trailer. The first crew got back and refilled the empty van, joining the rest of the moving crew back at the new house.

With the dog and everything!


Some of the moving helpers.


The play room. :) Keeping the littles occupied.

"Where does this go?" I love how the boy in the brown shirt looks like he is getting a ride. :P

King of the house. :)

Almost done unloading the van!

Everyone loved Perry's cool typewriter and of course they all had to try it out. :)

The awesome assembly crew had the boys' room put together in no time.

While the girls worked on unpacking the kitchen the boys teamed up on junk in the shed and got it cleaned out and ready to be used for storage. 

Everything was done by 4:00, and we left soon after. Thanks to everyone for helping with the blitzkrieg!

Next we will continue the update with:

Catching Up Part 3: Late Night Ice Cream and Splash Pad Fun!

Make sure to look for it on the 29th! 

Catching Up Part 2: IHOP and T Babysits

International House of Pancakes, anyone?

The morning of July 7th found the whole family loading up in the van and shouting out different directions to the nearest IHOP. Why? This is the best explanation I can give:

What frugal, fun loving, and just plain random family could resist?

 One huge selfie or us-fie!

"There it is! Right over there!"

"Yeah, but how do I get to it?" 

"Um, I don't know." :P

We figured it out. :) 

The lines were to the door and there were people waiting on the curb. Everyone found it rather comical when they finally called us, saying, "IHOP welcomes Jerry, party of nine". We were probably the biggest group of the day! 

T's Kind of Babysitting

One night our guys went someplace and the girls went out shopping. Tyler was left to babysit BB and the boys. 

Smart, huh? One boy in a box so he isn't going anywhere, baby in arm's reach if needing to be rocked, and the two older kids enjoying napping on beds they made out of blankets. The only hitch in the plan is that he is the bed. Hm, must have been pretty wiggly.

Gaelen Deliverance

Welcome, Gaelen Deliverance! 

The latest model just in for Fathers' Day!
Born Sunday morning at 5:45, 6Ibs, 9oz, 20.5" long.

Everyone is doing great! Praise God!

The three musketeers

A Helping Hand

Over the past few months God has given us many family ministry opportunities.

One was the chance to help a single mother with her business of beading therapeutic necklaces.

 We've had many great conversations while beading, and beading, and beading. And then beading some more.

 Even the littlest kids help!

Our Aunt Lori came by with a box full of stuffed animals and another of tote bags. She explained that a ladies' sewing club made the bags for children in the foster care system who usually have to carry their few belongings from home to home in a black trash bag. Now when they get sent to a foster home a stuffed animal, nestled on a color-coordinated bag, is waiting on their bed.

 We made short work (if you can even call it work) of matching up the tote bags with the numerous cute animals and rubber-banding them in place.

 We paired tons!

A few of our favorites:

Puppy dog on a sport patterned bag for a boy

 Pastel pig

 Camo koala bear

 A curious looking squirrel peaking out of a vintage travel-themed bag.

It was a privilege to help spread God's love for people in small ways. 

Such a Full Calendar!

But don't worry, a long post or two will be coming soon!

Random Stuff From Our Week

Conquering those nasty weeds!



His sweet little cheerleader



The faithful scholars

Our favorite college student



We have been loving our library! There are way to many books in the house!

A Hilarious Quote: 

"Behold, I have come to torture you! I have to clean out the fridge
so Josh Groban is going to do it with me."

Pie, glorious pie!



He studied his manual well, and got his driver's permit just like his Uncle!



Awwww!



Just like the old days!



You can just tell who won, can't you?



Muti-generational Foosball, passing it down through the ages! : )



Boys against girls



The victorious winner!

A Hilarious Quote:
“Proving God exists is not so hard, people! I just proved it with the click of a button! I searched “God”, and He is everywhere!!!!! He’s even on Facebook! And Wikipedia!!”
 



"Cheese"



Swinging together!



Silly Missy!



Fun on the scooters!



Visiting the neighbor's horse over the fence



"Wow!!! Hi horsey!"



He loves his sand!

A Hilarious Quote:
"We're cool, we just forget it sometimes."
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"Actually, put it this way: God has given us the gifts and opportunities
 to be very cool and do wonderful things for Him, but sometimes we forget."



Silly boy!



Pastor snacks: the fuel for those awesome sermons



Getting ready for the Men's Prayer Advance. Now that's nice camping!

Listen to our two favorite talks here:
Faithful to Your Wife

Faithful in Prayer



Of course you have to try it out



Apparently the camera flash is blinding in the dark!



The perfect babysitting bench, and he loved it!

And that was our week! Comment below with your week; we'd love to hear!
Check back on Monday for another post!