We are always up to something...

We are having a great spring time moving into summer. We enjoyed all the spring birthdays with huge celebrations. Tom started us off in March turning?? then it was Ben and Jillian in April, now for me and Bethany in May. We can take a break til July for Alisha's, then into the Fall.....We are trying to have one a month....not really.....but with our foster babies birthdays too...wooooo, I'm sweating just thinking about keeping up with them and now for grandkids to begin their celebrations, ok now I'm really in a tizzy... Our Sweet Baxter Boy is always able to catch a Cat Nap no matter what is going on, even typhoons!

Typhoon Songda took all our flowers and plants with him/her, EXCEPT one tiny AmericanBlue flower, look really close to the left of the light pole.....ha ha

Kurashiki Dam is a great place to play in and enjoy some water. It is always cold just like a natural spring back home in the south. Bethany doesn't mind the temp at all but Tomo sure did at first....

Can you find Tomo in this picture, he is there for sure, just not easy to see....

Woo dad don't put me in that water it is soooooo COLD......

Matching dresses for our birthdays what a treat....

Bethany loves fast cars......so does Ben.....they can't wait to try it out.....

Yep...count them....she is 10.....she has wanted to be ten for so long.....We were one of the first appointments at the pass and ID office on her Birthday to get her ID card....what a milestone.....

New Bible and New Case and New Journal (thanks Andy)......she loves them all...

Ben took Bessy next door to shop and Tom and I QUICKLY decorated for the Birthday event.....She is such a party planner for everyone else Birthdays, we couldn't let her down, she loved all the decorations and fun....

Her reaction to the decorations.....she is such a funny girl

WHAT do you think this is......?

How about this one??????? Tomo has decided that photography is in his future, near future....when he get's a chance he snags the camera and snaps away. It really has been a good time taker for him. This is his view of his feet. The pic above is his legs. It is hysterical to see what pics he takes.....

Pancakes for Bethany's Birthday Morning....They looked great until I flipped them, just imagine,no pics ...

Our newest family thanks to ANK......they are complete for now....

Bethany and Sam have a special love for one another. Sam was one of our foster babies for the first months of his little life.....We are thankful they live nearby and we get to see him often....

Tomo is not waving he is trying to grab the camera....remember he thinks he is a photographer....

Bessy friend Alicia. They have been friends since yochien days, preschool.....

Bethany passing on the box of goodies for the people of Northern Japan to Mrs. Melody to take with her on her trip there. Thanks so much Vinskus girls....

Our house guest has found his fingers.....mmmmmgooooddddd

We hate to see the Clemans Family move onto their next duty station but that is the military life. We are thankful that their number 7 child is from ANK.......what a blessing for him to grow up in such a godly home....