June 2013

The beginning of June found us in Ohio, first at the Creation Museum.  We had not been there for 3 years so we really enjoyed returning.  We were also blessed to be able to share our guest passes with 3 other families during the summer, and another family used them in October.  Here is a photo of our crew upstairs by the dinosaur exhibit.

The grounds outside the Creation Museum are so beautiful.  We just had to pose for a shot.

For Caleb's 20th birthday we celebrated with family in Ohio.  This is the back side of Aunt Lisa's garage where we were roasting marshmallows for S'mores.  The cousins came out for these too, but were not in the shot.  Beth's sister Lisa is in the back center.

Soon we were at Grandma's to swim.  It was a bit chilly this first week of June, so the children only got to swim one day.  But they made the most of it.







 

While we all swam, Jon, Caleb and Dave made repairs to Beth's Mom's shed at the back of her yard.  They replaced the whole side of the shed where mice had eaten through, and put wire down in the ground to keep it from happening again.  I'm not sure Jonathan even got to get in the pool, because it took all day.

After arriving home we went to a local amusement type of park that had cheap admission that day.  We attended a birthday party there.  Here is Jonathan riding the train with our littlest ones.

 Around the middle of the month we worked on cleaning the kitchen from top to bottom.  Beth worked about 20 hours herself on the task, and the children helped as well.  Dave, Christiana, and Charity volunteered for the better part of 2 weeks at a ministry called ECHO during this time. 

 

At the end of the month we painted the family room.  It was a bit bright when we initially painted it in 2003, but the paint was already purchased when we realized this.  So this past summer, after getting a couple sample quarts, we decided on a warm beige.  The process of painting also involved organizing and cleaning the room as well.

We ended the month celebrating Stephen's 5th birthday.  Hooray!