More photos with Oma and Opa

Just realized we don't have many actually with Oma and Opa. :(

Joshua loved his swing!
The boys enjoying some PBS cartoons.
William about to go swimming with Dad.

Summer 2011- Oma and Opa

Here is our time with Justin's parents, "Oma" and "Opa". ")

William helping Opa replace batteries.

Opa had a knack for helping Joshua get to sleep.

William enjoyed taking pictures of his own.
Dad and the boys
Sweet sleep.

Summer 2011- Pop Pop and Grandmom West

We traveled back to Texas for the summer to raise additional financial support for our ministry. Of course, the bonus of this part of our job is getting to spend lots of time with family! Here are some photos of the month of June with Michelle's parents.

We celebrated William's 2nd birthday. I made a balloon cake.

William with some of his gifts.

Grandmom and Joshua

William loved "painting" with PopPop

William LOVED getting on PopPop's "tractor"

We're back and will hopefully be more consistent with our blogging

Hi Readers,

We've not blogged in a LONG while. Sorry. It hasn't been a priority of ours. We'll try to do better now.

And we have a new addition! From April, we welcomed Joshua into our lives. :) He has been such a happy guy most of the time and his smile will melt your heart. At the moment he is really into tasting his toes and trying to gnaw on everything! Drool is everywhere. His naps and nighttime sleep are getting more on a schedule. He always smiles at William. He loves to watch what his big brother is doing. William is a SWEET big brother and occasionally gives kisses and hugs to Joshua. He also likes to share his blanket, his toys, and the occasional goldfish cracker with him. (I'm sure Joshua will love the crackers when he can have them!)

So, here are some photos of our growing family. We praise the Lord everyday for these precious boys!

Mommy meets Joshua!

2 or 3 days old

almost 2 months old!

Oma and Opa celebrate Easter with us!

Area Staff Conference: Eastern Europe and Russia

Psalm 46:10

Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted among the earth."

Wow. That's what I (Michelle) have to say to the Campus Crusade conference we went to a few weeks ago. There were about 20 Eastern European nations and Russia that were represented in the over-1000 Campus Crusade staff at this conference. I was blown away to be able to worship with them and learn more about the ministries in their countries. Pray for this area of the world! God is doing amazing things! Twenty years ago the Iron Curtain fell and slowly these countries realized what had been kept from them: God. They weren't allowed to to talk about God. Many had never heard of Jesus. Anyone who was openly Christian were given menial jobs and not treated well (I know this is an understatement!) Again, wow. Freedom in Christ has a different meaning for them since they've known what it's like to not have freedom. I say this as an American who has always known freedom, especially of religion.

There were several times when we sung, that it was in one of the languages represented. It was beautiful to hear! I can only imagine this is what heaven will be like.

And like us, we didn't take many pictures. But we did take a few, so here are a few. The conference was in Portoroz, Slovenia, right on the Adriatic Sea. We saw a lot of nice sunsets!

This beautiful conference center hosted over 1000 missionaries!

This was a nightly view from our room.

Some of the conference attendees.

Standing on the edge of the Adriatic near Piran, Slovenia.

Beautiful!