This past week we had a surprise call from our friend Andrew: he was flying into town and had time to visit! We first met Andrew in 2004 when our family traveled to Colorado for a vacation. We were visiting good friends of Jennifer and Jaimee… Andrew had just married one of them, Meagan.

Meagan and Andrew during our visit to CO in 2004

Josh and Andrew from this past week!

enjoying the Riverwalk

Lynette, Jennifer and Jaimee… at Casa Rio (anyone who comes to visit us is bound to experience the best Mexican food ever!)

couldn’t resist having fun in the Menger hotel phone booths!

The Alamo

It was fun to spend the day with Andrew; next time, you must bring the whole family along!!

Jennifer and Jaimee were blessed to be a part of this year’s Eternal Impact Summit. It’s held at the Northwoods Conference Center in Watersmeet, Michigan ~where fall has arrived! It was beautiful up there and the conference was life-changing for us!

The conference had one goal: to learn how to love God with all of our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths. We followed a carefully designed “heart map” and learned how to truly meet God through private study, time alone with Him, powerful messages, life-changing testimonies, group discussion, and a day of delighting in the Lord with fasting and prayer. We’re so grateful God allowed us to go! Enjoy the photo album!

a treat to see the beautiful fall colors!

Jaimee kayaking on Wolf lake

Jennifer and Joelle
(Joelle’s brother married a dear friend of ours, Meagan. We finally got to meet Joelle and were roommates. Someone called us “friends-in-law!”)

dinner conversations… Sonia, Jaimee, Angel and Tara

ping-pong

Saturday afternoon we took the four mile walk around the lake. It was great!

Jaimee and Laurie

pairs of sisters: Jaimee, Laurie, Chrissie and Jennifer
We greatly enjoyed getting to know these sweet friends!

special dinner

with our dear friend, Joelle

foosball fun!

We were honored to meet this group of Filipino orphans. They sang for us several times and were always so polite and joyful. We had never heard guys sing with such a passion for the Lord!

Lynette finished a new mini quilt for fall. She did a beautiful job and we love how creative she is with fall decor in our home!

We recently had our friends over for lunch on a Sunday afternoon. Here’s the whole gang of kids – the Grainger and Lavin siblings!

Ian loves the rope

Todd II, quite a distinguished musician

happy birthday to Hannah!

Rachel on the swing

Josh and Todd

sisters in Christ!