Happy Birthday Alan!!

Today's Alan's 23rd birthday. He's always been a very fun, gentle brother who always played with us kids. Even the days he wasn't always felling great. Now he's married to a beautiful Godly woman and Lord willing will have his own kids to play with some day.
Love you and Happy Birthday Alan!! :D


On the bike trip- July 2004



Family picture to send to Kevin in Brazil- August 2004

Leaving for Brazil with two friends from church- January 2005
Amanda and Alan at Kevin and Elaine's wedding in Brazil- July 2005
Amanda and Alan- March 2006
Anne and Alan on the bike trip- July 2007

Alan and Melissa's engagement- August 2007 Alan and Melissa dancing at their wedding- February 2008

On Monday evening we got home from the bike trip. We had a wonderful time and we thank God that we made it all the way safely. There were only four or five bike crashes and no one was hurt very bad.

Here's some pictures of before we left the church.

Me and Anne very exited :)
Melissa, Anne and me in our matching shirts
All the bikers

On the second day it rained from the time we got up in the morning till noon. It was kinda fun riding in the rain. :)
Eating in the rain. Wet cookies.....mmmm

The food trailer

Dad, Alan and Melissa talking

On the boarder of Indiana

The third day we got our t-shirts and played games at night.

Year 36, Pedal and Praise Steven signing shirts

Amelia and Ben playing spoons

Madison, me and Amelia

A few of us at Arby's the forth day. We're all pretty exited because we've just finished biking over 300 miles!!!!!

Alan and Mel

Joy enjoying a shake Some ladies At Church Camp.....and the trips over *sniff* :(

Indiana

We had a wonderful time in Indiana the last four days. God gave everyone safe travel there and back and a wonderful time with friends.
On Wednesday my family went to Metamora Indiana, a small old town that is now a bunch of little shops and places to eat. As well as a coffee shop with the best cappucinnos on this side of the Atlantic. :)

We rode in a canal boat pulled by horses, there was a grist mill which was very interesting and much more.

In the evening the Pittengers, Lansberrys, Aringtons, Pyles, Driggers, and a few others arrived.

Here's some pictures...

Making coffee for all of us

One of the many fudge shops

Anne's favorite shopThe horses that pulled the canal boat, Joey and Jordan

Steven enjoying some ice cream on the canal ride

On Thursday everyone went to the Creation Museum. The gardens there were beautiful and they had a nice little petting zoo. :) They did a really good job on everything in the museum. It's really neat to go through. We also had a great time just spending time with friends.

At the petting zoo

Steven with the Dromedary

Enjoying the gardens

In the Museum

Anne, Michelle, me, Trenton, Josiah, Steven and Joshua

Michelle, Myself and Anne

Me, Steven and Beth eating lunch

Just a weird picture

On Friday all the men had their meeting. That's why we all went. All us kids played games outside, played Apples to Apples (I won :)), went swimming and visited.

Well, we're home now and it's kinda good to be home.

Suzanne