Mean Uncle

He wouldn't let Josiah have his woodworking tools.  He is mean, mean, mean.

2 peas in a pod

I think these 2 are made of the same stuff.

Creek Stompers

Camp Rock

This week Claudia went to a church camp called "Camp Rock".  She had a great time.  Dressing in themes was part of the fun.  That was right up her alley.  Unfortunately I only got a picture of her 2 of the days.

First up, oddball night.

Superhero night:

July 4th

Phew, I'm really behind on this blog!!

We got to spend the 4th with some old friends.  I have such sweet friends from high school who I still love to stay in contact with.  I know that is very unusual, it seems that most people desire to forget those days.

We went to Lititz for dinner with Jolynn and Tweit and Lisa and Joaquin.  It had been years since us couples had all been together.  What a great time we had!!

Our clan of kids.  Not sure why 99% of them aren't looking at the camera!

Love these girls

Forced affection

Intervention

Josiah made a friend

I love, love this.

Sweet sister dancing to the music

 Cookout and fireworks the next night with my parents

Pyro-grandpa

Super protective sister

Mega sparklers

Getting ahead of myself

Before I keep posting pictures of our time with my brother, I better finish off my pictures of our time with Ashley!

We spent an evening over at my parents and the boys started playing in my dad's bird bath.  At first they were timid and gentle and by the end they were going crazy.  It was pretty funny to watch.

And no, we did not purpose to both dress in jean vests!!

After being here a week, Josiah finally warmed up to Ashley and wanted to be with her.  Had to snap a pic with the phone of him sitting on her lap!!

Took this pic right before Ash left for the airport.  Oh, how I hate saying good-bye to them.  It's so long between visits!!

New Favorite

I have many favorite pictures that I've taken over the years but this one I shot last week of my brother and his son is certainly the new favorite.