Baseball and Boots

David loves playing baseball with his brothers.

He also likes his cowboy boots! :)

Conference Highlights

The homeschool conference is one of the biggest events of our year. This year was not an exception. The speakers we were able to listen to were challenging and brought wonderful messages, we had fun browsing the vendor hall (I - Anna - made it out relatively unscathed with only four books; that makes it approximately one book per 10 minutes of shopping :), and on Friday evening we had the pleasure of attending the special concert featuring the Colorado Wranglers and the von Trapp Children. We actually met the von Trapps at the first Father/Daughter Retreat, got to talk with them when they came for the 20th anniversary conference a few years back and were pleasantly surprised that they remembered us from those occasions. Despite being seasoned international performers, they are unpretentious and easy to talk with.

Group picture

I think here we were discussing the different foods they've had to try during their travels.
The one that got the worst reviews was liver mush, from right here in the USA.

After the concert with their accompanist.

Having too much fun with Mr. and Mrs. Chapa - only you can't see him. Those smiles should have broken our faces because Mr. Chapa was behind Ben (who was taking our picture) crossing his eyes and pulling Ben's ears up to look elfish. :)

Dad was Mr. Klicka's assistant for the weekend and here Dad is introducing the boys to him.

Mr. Chapa displaying his menagerie like a veritable zoo-keeper.
All the girls deny being wild things. :D

Many faces of Beth! :)

Elisabeth is one month old!

It's hard to believe that Beth is already a month old (actually...a little over a month now :). She is the most precious little girl around and still very much a snuggle bug! Here is a picture Becca got of her on the day she turned one month! :)

Oh and she is giving us a lot more smiles now! :)