Travellin' Days are Over...for now

Sarah's First day

Finally found a picture of Papa John with Jude. I think I took the 3 generation picture with my 35mm and haven't gotten it developed yet.

4th of July

During the last week of June, while I was in Mexico, Sarah was showing off Jude to all of her family in Texas. There were definitely some priceless pictures taken. After Camp, we had two weeks of rest until last weekend when we took several of our teens to St Louis for Soul Lift. It was a one day youth rally followed by a day at Six Flags. It had the potential to be fun, but Sarah and I were both sick, so the trip lost its luster. It is likely that the next overnight trip will be in mid to late fall.
In other news Sarah is working her first real nursing shift right now. She was really excited to finally get to wear her scrubs.

Jude is still growing and developing. He says "Da da" a lot but I don't think he knows what it means yet. He is also rolling over more often and can transfer objects from one hand to the other. He sits up fairly well for a while before tumbling over. He loves the swing that Papa John installed in our back yard. He grabs everything within reach and is showing a definite interest in food. In just a few weeks, we will start introducing him to food.


Jude Chillin by the Fountain

Grandmother and Granddaddy

Jude's Granny and Papa Evans



Jude and Granddaddy Owens

Aunt Tammi, Anne, Daniel

What a Month!

The month of madness has finally come to an end. Since my last post, we were getting ready for our Youth Camp (scheduled for June 10th-14th), but at the last minute had to reschedule because the previous week had to close down early due to a virus outbreak. That gave me a few extra days to get ready for the next events. Jr. Impact began on the 15th and ran through the morning of the 18th. Sr. Impact began on the afternoon of the 18th and ran through the 23rd. We had to leave early from Sr. Impact to go on our Mexico Mission Trip that began when I woke up at 11:30pm to leave at 1:30am on the 22nd and ended when we returned at 3:00am on Saturday morning the 30th. Later that afternoon I had to go pick up Sarah at the airport in Nashville (she had spent the week bringing Jude to all of her side of the family in Texas). Sarah's flight was delayed for two hours, so between that and a 6 hour roundtrip we didn't get back home with Sarah's cousin and his wife (who happened to be travelling in TN) until 1:30am. Later that morning I led worship at our church and then our rescheduled week of camp began that afternoon. Camp ended Thursday the 5th and Mom arrived on Saturday the 7th. We have a few smaller trips left this summer but for the most part, I can start to recover and reacquaint myself with my wife and baby boy. God has been good to us through it all, and we have seen him work in mighty ways, but now I am ready for that gentle whispering aspect of God.