Happy Fourth of July!

It has been over a month since I posted pictures. Today, Bradley and the four oldest girls are at Camp Impact for camp planning/counselor training and work. The girls will come back early next week. Bradley and my parents will drive back this evening so that Bradley can preach in the morning. I am at home catching up on laundry and since our laundry room doubles as Bradley's study, I will try to keep an eye on the computer and work on updating the blog a little today. :) I am going to keep it all in one post (if possible) with the most recent happenings at the top. The pictures from our family reunion (which we left for the next morning) will follow another time. The Musical Mission Team was here on Wednesday evening, June 24th. The Lord gave a good turn-out of people with whom we had had no earlier contact. We are thankful for the good concert and the opportunity for these guests to hear the Gospel. Fellowship with team members Danae gets a turn to hold Hannah Precious baby Dalene and Danae land in Hanover on June 23rd: What a joyful reunion! Naenae and Dani reading together The Sand Bakery and Bakers Wedding Cakes All of us (and of the church) went out at various times to stuff the 10 000 invitations we had for the MMT concert this year. Danielle was her daddy's partner for awhile. A birthday date with Doreen Doreen turns 12! Our lovely Doreen With all that is going on we combined Edwin's and Doreen's birthdays. Edwin turned 10 on the 9th. Händel's Birthhouse The Old Instrument Museum The same Psalm text as our German Song book title Doreen enjoying Hannah at our house Devon reading with the kids during a fellowship time Our guests, The Highländlers, home schoolers from Georgia supporting home schooling in Germany this summer, showed us some of the traditional German and Scottish dances they have learned. The Woodcutters The Swordsmen Scottish Tunes Always Light-footed Dustin enjoyed his turn as a swordsman. Danika as a lady from the Highlands June 9th-11th: Donia worked down at Camp Impact again. Painting and getting the kitchen walls ready for the new-to-Camp-Impact kitchen was one of her projects. June 10th was our last day of school with Mr. Rich. We are thankful for the year he invested in the lives of our three youngest children. He brought each of his students a sweet treat of Raffaelos as a good bye gift. Danielle, too, got to have "school" when Mr. Rich would read with her, or play "I Spy" with our books. So she joined us when we went out to eat together in our local German restaurant. That evening we went to visit Hannah Rosalind King in the hospital when she was two days old. Dustin and Hannah. Danika and Hannah Donovan and Hannah Danielle and Hannah The kids camped out on the floor for a few days. On that Sunday they received some glow sticks for memory work and they had lots of fun with them. Bradley and Danielle on our deck enjoying some quiet time. They were listening to the sounds around them, in particular the birds. Everyday life: doing dishes with Doreen Ready to sleep: Danika We enjoyed supper and the evening with our friends from college, Rick and Joy Fox, and their daughter Kara. Kara spent time with "I Spy" with the Danika and Danielle. Chutes and Ladders was also part of the fun. Devon practicing tricks on the trampoline one evening Over the Pentecost week-end Derek, Devon, and Donia went down to Camp Impact. On Sunday afternoon the group went on a walk. Here Devon with one of the little boys of Marc. Derek enjoyed climbing. The whole group in front of the dam located just a short drive from Camp Impact in the valley below.