Gift from President Bush - Vacation

Dad used some of his money from the President to get a GPS. He says it is for me, but he sure is having fun with it. We have tried it out to Cleghorn and Marcus etc. and are now anxious to use it in a big way. We will be leaving for vacation on Sunday, June 22nd and we hope this will be useful. We will head to Chaun and Becky's for overnight, then Monday to Drakes, Tuesday to the Conference in St. Louis,Missouri. After the conference we will head to Tennessee and the Smokey Mts. until July 2. Then we go to Louisville and meet Chaun and Becky to check out where they will be living. We are looking forward to the trip. Please pray for our safety. We will have our cell phones. (If anyone can tell me why I am lately writing in blue and underlining I would appreciate it :)) Plan to be home on July 5 as Dad has to preach the 6th.

Emily's visit

Emily and Grandpa on a beautiful summer day looking over the lake and finishing the ever famous Nutty Bar.

Emily Comes To Visit

Emily came for her visit several days ago. Today. Father's Day. we took Grandpa to Okaboje for the day. We had alot of fun. Here we are trying on some funky glasses. Don't you think we look glamorus? Grandpa thought we should buy them.

Tornado Party

As you all know Iowa has been having it's share of tornadoes lately. When a siren goes off we all take it seriously. Several nights ago, during threatening weather we invited several town people over to take refuge at our house. One of our visitors is a poet and he wrote the following poem about our night:
In a concrete basement room we sat.
Six adults and one small cat
It was a special get-together
Necessitated by inclement weather
A tornado warning was in effect
The kind of thing you don't neglect
Four of us had an invitation
To share this safer accommodation
So we responded right away
Glad to have a safe place to stay
With a radio to keep us informed
We sat snugly there while it rained and stormed
It didn't last a great long while,
And we finished up with a sight and a smile
We each returned to our own places
With relief in our hearts and smiles on our faces
With gratitude sincere and hearty
We thanked our hosts for the tornado party.

Eric, Sarah and Josiah visit

Eric, Sarah and Josiah visited the first week of June. We had a really good time with them. Josiah is getting big and is so cute. He really entertained us all. We also had Bible School this week , so they visited Bible School nearly every day. Sarah and Josiah came ahead of Eric because of his work schedule. Eric embarked upon an adventure and took the Grayhound Bus to LeMars on Thurs. He said the ride was fine althought a little long. We were really glad he came.