Beach 2010

We had another fabulous year at the beach.
Highlights:
1. Time with family
2. Evan charging the ocean,
being pounded by waves and getting up unfazed!
3. Sam falling asleep in my lap at the beach
4. Time to read!
5. Walks on the beach
6. Seeing a Zee-donk at the zoo...this deserves a post of its own

Here are a few pics:

Prepare yourself...

This is what happened tonight. Honest.

Andy and I had taken the boys to enjoy some Brixx pizza together.
We had driven in separate cars, Andy coming from a soul crushing
defeat of the US team in the world cup.
He needed to be cheered up.
On the way home I was coaching Evan.

Me: "Evan, when we get home and see daddy, say, "daddy, you're cool!"
Evan: with a huge smile, "daddy, you're cooo!"
Me: "tell him, 'daddy, you're awesome!"
Evan, "daddy you're awe-some"

We practiced a few more times... then there was a long pause...
until...

Evan: "Daddy, you're a wild man!"
Me: uncontrollable hysterical laughter
Evan: Now laughing, "Daddy, you're a WILD man!"
He repeated this about 75 times in 6 minutes... but it was a good one.

Cutie Pies

Sam's Baptism

This Sunday we had the privilege of bringing Sam
to be baptized at church. It is becoming a
Father's Day tradition to baptize sons!

It was a special time in spite of the on stage wrestling
match that Evan and I were quietly having...
and the loud "GET DOWN" that rang out across
the sanctuary near the end of the baptisms.
It was the real deal up there
under the lights!

We are so grateful for a God who is faithful to
his promises to his children. One verse that
stood out to us as we considered Sam's baptism is this:

"He is the Lord our God,
His judgements are in all the earth.
He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded
for a thousand generations."
Psalm 105:8

Yes, it really is this hard to get a picture of
four of us. If you even mention that there
will be a picture taken, the opportunity is
lost! Evan is not a fan of pictures.

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