Catching Up

Well, it's been a long time since I last posted, but that's because I've been BUSY!!! The second week of June Josh and I took 16 teenagers to Mitchell, SD on a mission trip. We helped a little church do outreach in their area by putting on block parties and some other things. Micah came along, and Grandma Brown and Uncle Matt came for a couple of days to watch him for us. It was fun.

Then 1 1/2 days after we got back, we left again, this time for Southeast Kansas to a little town called Weir. Josh was the camp speaker for a little Jr. High camp. He did a great job, and Micah and I were able to hang out and enjoy the camp while Josh prepped and delivered sermons.

Immediately after getting home from that, we hosted my 2 1/2 year-old niece, Cady, for a couple of days. She's so cute! My parents came to help, because we were also getting ready for VBS that weekend. So, it was mission trip, then camp, then VBS with really no break. There's too much to tell about each of these great weeks, so I'll just post some pictures and add some stories in a later post.

Micah hanging out as we cleaned up from a block party in Mitchell.

Getting loved on by Grandma Brown.

Josh preaching at Weir Baptist Camp.

Hanging out with Cady and Micah. Two babies! That's a lot of work!

Twizzler Determination

This is Micah struggling his way across the couch toward his Aunt Kenna, hoping for a lick of a Twizzler. He has such determination in his eyes!

May Pictures Posted

Here's a link to a whole lotta pictures from May. There are some pretty funny ones, so enjoy!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80249&id=506485788&l=afdf5ceea0

Crazy May

A lot has happened since my last post, both in activities our family has attended, and in milestones Micah has reached. I'll try to fill you in as concisely as possible. :)

Micah and I traveled to Grand Island to help out with my cousin Lauren's graduation party. While we were out there, Micah surprised us by pulling up on some chairs and a coffee table. Unfortunately, he has yet to figure out how to lower himself back to the floor, so if he stands up, it always ends with either a fall or a need to be rescued.

A week later, while Josh was supposed to be in Mexico, I had planned to ride with my parents out to Colorado to see my brother and his wife and their new baby. Josh's Mexico trip ended up being cancelled (Swine flu!), so he was able to go along. We had a good time. On that trip Micah attended his first professional baseball game, visited Garden of the Gods, and checked out the Focus on the Family Visitors Center. (If you've never been there, check it out. There's a ton of fun stuff for kiddos, and it's all free!)

We also discovered on this trip that Micah can be a bit of a bully. He outweighs his 16-month-old cousin, Natalie, and when we put him in a walker he used it to ram into her and steal her toys...we'll have to work on that. You can just see his eyes fixate on something and he makes a beeline for it!

Micah now has three cousins--two girls and one boy. Here's a picture of the newest one: Three-week-old Kenny (and they're wearing the same outfit, how cute!) I look a little scary in this one, but oh well.

Here's a family shot with Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods in the background. Beautiful.

Some other new things in Micah's life are eating finger foods (those Gerber puffs--he loves them!), crawling on hands and knees, and as I discovered today, he can now climb stairs. Which means we need to buy more gates...

We have more adventures in our immediate future. Next week the three of us will be taking a group of teens on a mission trip to South Dakota (Grandma Brown will meet us there--Yea!). Two days after we get back, we're heading to a small camp in Kansas where Josh will be the pastor for the week, and then when we get back from that it's time for VBS. More updates to come!

Roaring

I forgot that in a previous post I told you to stay tuned for a video of Micah roaring, so here it is (finally!).

Mothers' Day

Today was my first official Mothers' Day, and it was very special. Micah gave me the gift of not throwing up on me all day, and Josh gave me a card and a very pretty flower arrangement. I also got many, many Mothers' Day wishes from the kids in our youth group. They can be so sweet! Sometimes I feel like I'm a mom to all of them.

My parents came down for the day and we just relaxed, watched golf on t.v., and went out for supper. What a super day.

And for your enjoyment, here's a funny video.

He Crawls!

Micah's been army crawling for a couple of weeks now, so I thought I'd let you see him in action.