Taiwan

As most of you know Bill left for Taiwan yesterday morning, Saturday June 28th. We thought we were prepared to say good-bye but I guess you are never as ready as you think. So after a tearfull hug at 6:00 in the morning it was good-bye for three weeks. When I got to church this morning they had gotten a phone call that the team had arrived safely in Taiwan, it was about 9 o'clock our time, 10 o'clock at night Taiwan time (there is a 13 hour difference). So it is good hear that he there and safe. Please continue to pray that all goes smoothly and they would fell the presence of God throughout the trip. Jennifer and I leave on Tuesday to go to Flordia with Bill's mom. We will be gone for ten days. I am looking forward to a few days away of keeping busy while Bill is away. Hopefully I will hear from Bill a few times while he is gone so when I hear information I will be sure to keep everyone updated. Thanks for praying for our family during the time!

Vacation '08

It has been almost a week since we got back from vacation. Looking back I wish we were still there. What fun it was to just relax... eat alot, laugh alot, fish alot, play on the beach in the sun, play some games and sit around doing nothing. It was a great time. We packed up a van and headed out with my family up to the same place we went last year. Jennifer of course was spoiled for the week having grandparents and Uncle Nick and Aunt Amy to play with. If mom and dad said no to something she had four other people who would more than likely give in and give her whatever she wanted. Life is good when your three and on vacation.

Now it is back to our busy and crazy lives. We came home to lots of water in Charles City, we missed out on the worst of it but got to see a little with our own eyes. It is hard to imagine all the water being just everywhere, a few of the restuarants in town where under water, the bridges where closed, lots and lots of home were damaged. For a few days people could not travel from one side of the town to the other. Bill is busy getting ready for his big trip to Taiwan. He leaves on June 28th and won't be home until July 18th (for those of you wondering that is 21 days). He has lots of get ready for his trip as well as make sure all the regular things that he does on a weekly basis are covered while he is away. Needless to say he is very busy right now. While Bill is gone Jennifer and I are probably going to head to Florida with Bill's mom. She was planning a visit anyway and now Jennifer and I might tag along. It would make the time go by much quicker for us!

Here are a few pictures of our vacation (I will try to limit them, we did take 306 pictures while on vacation!!)

Bill's favorite past time on vacation was fishing. He would have fished the whole time if he could have. A few of the windy, rainy days Bill could bundle up and head out to the dock, just to get a few minutes of fishing in.If we were fishing then we were on the beach, playing. We tried several times to make that perfect sand castle, it never worked.

Here is Bill's big catch of the week. He caught a carp off the dock. It was a huge fish! Of course we don't keep carp so back in it went.Here however, is the biggest keeper of the week. Yes I did caught it, I however would not touch it so thanks Nick for taking it off the hook and holding it for me!
Jennifer was just happy to be on vacation, getting whatever she wanted!Jennifer decided to take a little time to read on the beach on day. Actually she took Aunt Amy's book and read it to her.Vacation is over, on our way home to start the crazy summer ahead.