Jersey Shore Summer Mission Part 2

Here are some other highlights:

I got to train two awesome staff girls, Becca and Sunny. I also LOVED time with Alyssa. It was so fun making new friends! 

 Fun treats and outings with the boys. They especially enjoyed walking on the Boardwalk and stopping by the arcade!

 We loved bringing the boys to the weekly meetings with the college students. 

We had lots of great conversations with people about Jesus on the beach and Boardwalk!

 Celebrating Father's Day! We gave Tim some gifts and cards and then went out for pizza as a family.  

 We brought the family to NYC with the students. We walked the Brooklyn Bridge with them and then split off and took the boys to Central Park with two other families. We had a blast taking the boats out on the lake and playing at a splash park.

For one of the days off we had a staff fun day at a place called the Fun Plex. They boys got to go on rides, do bumper cars, bowling, an arcade and laser tag!  

 Beach time! The boys loved crashing into the waves, finding crabs and diggers, as well hunting for sea glass.

 Nine UND students came with us!!

 These are our roommates, Courtney and Eric Horrmann. We enjoyed getting to know them and did most of our meal together! Court baked a couple of pies with Crosby! 

 The 8 Jersey Boys! They played together daily and did childcare together around 4 days a week.  

Being on a skinny island, we had beautiful sunrises and sunsets! All in all it was a great summer!!!!

Jersey Shore Summer Mission Part 1

 On May 11th we left Grand Forks for the Jersey Shore. The kid's teachers were great about letting us pull them out of the last three weeks of school. We were all excited to return to The Shore!

 These guys are travel warriors. We hardly watched any TV...lots of music, talking, audiobooks, and reading.  

After we unloaded our stuff the boys begged us for some New York style pizza!

 The boys are used to sharing a room so bunking up for the summer is no big deal. We also tried our hardest to keep up on reading and writing. 

 This beautiful beach was just 5 houses away from us all summer! We spent a lot of our free time swimming and playing here.

By the end of summer there were 8 staff kids but the first 2 weeks it was just us and the Rickerts so the boys logged a lot of time playing with Caleb and Isaac!

 We had SO MUCH RAIN this summer. The first 2 weeks were especially bad and the boys went stir crazy. We used whatever dry spells to hit the beach or boardwalk.

 After being in Jersey for not even a week, we had a fun women's day up in NYC. Mimi and Gramps came up to help us with the boys so Mimi was able to join us girls. We saw the musical, A Bronx Tale, and ate some great Thai and Chinese food. 

 These 2 were such a blessing to us! They spent a ton of time watching the boys while Tim and I were in meeting and setting up the Summer Mission. They had to be extra creative with all the rain! Thanks for coming Mimi and Gramps!

Cru Winter Conference

 Ballroom fun! I got to be in quite a few meeting this year with the students!

The boys kept setting goals for how many flights of stairs they wanted to run each day! It was amazing!  

 Every year the childcare puts on a talent show. It is hilarious!! This year our boys joined with Reid Roorda and played laser tag. Huge talent, I tell you!!

 Celebrating Reid's birthday! 

 I got to chaperone the 9-12 year old childcare field trip to Feed My Starving Children. We packed bags of food for an hour and go to hear about the needs all around the world. What a great experience and fun to do it with Carter. 

My dad ended up getting a kidney stone over Christmas. He was still miserable on the 31st and so he gave his Viking ticket to me! Mom and I got to watch the Vikes play and win in their new stadium. What a fun b-day treat!!

Shawna made me this awesome blanket for my birthday. Even though I spend every birthday at a hotel for a conference, my family and friends show me lots of love!

 We stayed an extra day after the conference this year and hung out with the Roordas! 

Fall Retreat 2017

Sunsets on Devils Lake during Ryan Naidl's talk. Such a great weekend at fall retreat!

Silly Cros

The students are so great with our kids. They let them play football, ultimate Frisbee, card games and more!

Crosby making Paisley laugh!

 Buffalo, Elk, fall leaves, exploring, adventure....all 10 minutes away from our camp at the Sully Hills National Game Preserve.