As Dan would say,"Hal with rockets on his shoes". Cross Country

Family Campout Labor Day Weekend

We had a great weekend family camping trip at Illinois Beach State Park. The weather was good except for high winds Friday night and Saturday morning, which made putting up the tents pretty difficult.

We had a hammock in our back yard in Ohio, but don't have a good place to put it in our yard in Illinois, so it was fun to find a spot to set it up in our campsite.

Each of the kids took one or two meals between Friday and Monday to plan and prepare-- they did a nice job. We had dutch oven mountain man breakfast and also did foil dinners several times. A pretty relaxing weekend, with short trips back home for church and for Hal's cross country and Courtney's swimming meet.

Courtney's first drive on day she gets driving permit

Courtney just got her driver's permit and is taking driver's education in school this semester. This is a picture of her on the first day she got her permit, and her first time to drive in our car and in our neighborhood.

Courtney driving video

Vancouver and Whistler Vacation photos

Big kids go to EFY in Normal, IL.

More fun in the City

We love the Windy City