Happy Easter!

Happy 2 Years Landry Don

Well two whole years Landry has been making his name as the youngest Foreman.  He is quite the kid, full of energy, incredibly coordinated and extremely tough.  This little guy keeps up moving and moving.  He also keeps us all praying that he stays safe.  There is nothing Landry will not climb and go through.  We love him so incredibly much and are daily thankful for this amazing life the Lord has entrusted us with.

For his birthday I tried my hand out at a caterpillar cake.  He loved it and was a little overwhelmed by our entire KBM crew singing to him.  

I had a lot of fun taking his two year pictures too.  He is pretty photogenic. 

Fun Times at Home

We never know what we will find in Greyson and Landry's room after they quit laughing and go to sleep.  Well this was the other night. Greyson decided to sleep next to his brother.  

The Mission had fun attending the Kodiak Children's Fair.  We made moon sand and had tons of fun.  

Greyson and Landry have some incredible friends here at KBM.  They all love playing together and can even disagree like siblings at times. :)

Landry loves his shirt.  He is so going to be a farmer some day! 

I have been amazed at how many people have stopped me to comment about how white the boy's hair is.  Just today the vegetable guy at the grocery store stopped me to talk about our blue eyes and blonde hair.  He went into the back and got Landry an orange special because he was so intrigued by him.  It is true, there are not many kiddos on the island that look like these boys.  We have been asked if we are in the Coast Guard and when I say no it gets an even bigger response.  How fun!

We laid out the net that will go on top of the chicken coop and goat pen.  Landry liked it too 

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Fun times with Dad.  He really is the most fun guy we know. 

Sonshine Christian Preschool

It is hard to believe that I have been working at Kodiak Baptist Mission for nine whole years . . . I don't feel this old at all.  I do though find it incredibly amazing that I really did hear correctly from God.  Today I feel even more passion and sense of ministry to the Mission than I did as a young college graduate.  Sure a lot has changed but I daily see how the Lord is using this little mission on a little island surrounded by a huge ocean to spread the amazing life changing message of Jesus Christ.

The past few weeks I have been making a new preschool video for families.  Of course Greyson and Landry have been doing it with me (one of the biggest changes to my job since I started, but also one of the best!) As we hopped from classroom to classroom Greyson jumped right in and I came to understand, with a new appreciation what a parent feels like whose child attends our programs.  We provide a safe, loving environment that gives kids the opportunity to open their heart to hear the life changing message of Jesus Christ.  As a parent I was overjoyed to see Greyson succeed in the classroom with the other children.  I loved watching the teachers being completely present, involved, communicating and learning about each child.  Praise God for the people he is calling into this ministry to continue to share the Gospel.  

Enjoy our preschool video.

Foreman Family Hawaiian Adventure

We had a great time in Hawaii.  Here are some of the videos from it. 

It Is Just A Little Cold

Getting back into the swing of things can be a little difficult after traveling for two weeks.  Greyson was so happy to get back to his tools and had fun making a peg board for his tools.  We took advantage of the sun and had a little afternoon bon fire complete with marshmallows and played a lot in the gym and even tried out the big new swings at the Mission.  

We are now back into our normal routine and Greyson is back to fighting fires and fixing everything.  Happy Spring! 

Oh Hawaii We Like You - Part II

The second half of the trip we met up with Stephen's family in Oahu.  Stephen found a great house right on the beach that fit all of us perfectly.  My big discovery of the trip was how adventurous Stephen's brother Joel is.  He was the first to jump into the big waves, would always swim the furthest and was always willing to try just about anything.  

I spent a lot of days at a great water park.  I was so impressed with how great the boys became at swimming and how much it tired them out.  Greyson would swim and swim until his little lips would become purple and then learned the great technic of laying on the hot cement to get all warmed up.  After we had had enough sun and water we would head to the gym and shoot some hoops.  I got bigger muscles doing this because I had to lift them up to the hoop.  But of course I would be thrilled to have a couple of basketball players.  

The Dole Plantation 

The North Shore 

Oh Hawaii We Like You

Before our first trip to Hawaii we thought it would be our once and done on the list of places we wanted to go.  BUT then we went to HAWAII.  Oh, wow! It was beautiful warm and still America.  We didn't have to worry about currency or drinking the water (well except the salt water that would flood down our throats when we hit a wave wrong).  So needless to say we are on trip number 3.  

After our second trip we learned that taking a one year old was not so much fun.  So with Landry nearing the two year mark and Greyson at four we set out for another Foreman adventure.  

We started out our trip on the Big Island, our favorite.  We have great friends who live there and are nice enough to let us invade their home.  They also don't mind hanging out with our little family full of diapers and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  

Stephen and our friend Jerry snorkeled, boogie boarded, got nailed by waves and didn't mind us all watching and laughing. 

Greyson and Landry spent hours upon hours playing in the water and sand.  I was so thrilled that we were still going strong after 3 hours and after 5 I was completely satisfied.  Oh and no one except Stephen got burnt.  

We really spent everyday on the beach or in the pool.  One day we headed to the Southern most bakery and enjoyed some donuts, but otherwise we were beach bums.