HE'S BACK!!!!

Yes, Conner made it back from his 1st mission trip!!!

Conner went to the "Alive In You" trip with our church. There were about 407 Catholic teens that attended this summer (not all from our church of course).

Conner spent the week scraping paint and repainting the outside of a house. He has some blisters on his hands to show that he did indeed work. Oh, he also brought home some poison ivy on his arms and legs. Poor Conner looks at a poison ivy plant and it hops on his body. He is surviving well.

Sunday (father's day) Chris and I met Conner at church in the afternoon to welcome the group home, eat lunch together and then hear a little about the trip. By the stories that were told it sounds as if all the kids had a great time and took something away from the trip. Conner did tell me that he will go on more mission trips.... hmmm maybe we need to send Conner and Chris on a medical mission to a Spanish speaking country.... Chris can treat and Conner can translate. We will have to look into that.

I want to thank everyone that donated to Conner's trip.... It was because of you he was able to participate in such a wonderful experience.

Anyone can be a father.....

....But it takes someone special to be a Dad!!

Here is a post to all those dad's out there.... single dads, married dads, adoptive dads, step-dads, grandfathers and all those dads that I left out!

But this post is especially for these 3 dads....

The one that brought me into this world.... well he did have a part in it.....
(this is the oldest picture I could find on the computer of my dad and me).... gotta scan some I think



The one that brought Chris into this world..... (like my dad, he did have something to do with it)

...... ok, so after hunting for awhile I have realized that I have no pictures of Chris and his dad on the computer.... actually, I do not think I have any pictures of Chris and his dad anywhere...


Chris' dad is in the white shirt...

and the Daddy to my kids.....

this is Dakota (my step son who is now 6) and Chris....


Kennedi and Chris


and of course Conner and Avery, his step-sons....

Chris.... thank you for being the awesome dad you are too all the kids!!!

Thank you all for being some of the greatest Dads on the planet!!

I hope you have a wonderful Father's Day!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!!