The Great Rivers Region

In the middle of June Stephen, Greyson and I loaded up and headed to Illinois and the Great Rivers Region. I spoke at three different churches and visited their church camp. We had a wonderful time with Jack and Hilda Smith, long time friends of Kodiak Baptist Mission. They were incredibly encouraging to us. They have such a fervor for life and do so many great things to keep themselves young, oh and they have an amazing garden.
I have to admit I was a little reluctant to drive all the way to Illinois, but visiting with so many long time supporters of KBM was wonderful. It was great to put faces to all the support we have come to the Mission. It really shows that there is such a large body of believers all across the country.
Oh, the picture of the little green guy . . . let me explain. We used some of our funds from the Campbell's soup labels (so many send up to the Mission, so we can get things like the little green guy to keep people going slow). Anyway, over the course of a summer both of our little green guys were stolen from our campus. Well when we were out at their camp, I found one of them!

Fun at Grandpa & Grandma Foreman's Home

We have enjoyed having some GREAT time with the Foreman family. All the cousins are so fun to watch together and Corey one of our most favorite people in the world came to visit.

Back to Nebraska

Oh I am so behind, but I guess late is better than never. At the end of May we made he big move back to Nebraska. We had 10 checked items, 2 dogs, 4 carry on bags, a baby stroller, a baby and Stephen and me . . . needless to say we were quite the outfit! But we have made it to Nebraska and all our things are here too. It was great to have my dad meet us at the airport and take us back to Nebraska. It has been an extremely big change, but great to be with family.

Crab Fest 2011

Before leaving Kodiak we enjoyed one last Crab Festival. We had a great time with our wonderful friends, the Nussbaums (oh, we miss you guys!) I've begun to wonder when Greyson will completely forget Kodiak. I think he still thinks we'll be getting into a plane soon to head home. Oh, my what a change.

Some May Happenings

Well May was quite the month in the Foreman household. We enjoyed some beatiful Kodiak weather followed by some terrible Kodiak weather (rain for 14 days straight). Our KBM staff enjoyed a beautiful night on Woody Island (first picture) and with the late summer sun everyone made their way home after 11pm.
In May Stephen and I had the opportunity to speak for Kodiak High School's bacelorette ceremony. We love to do things like this together and it was a great project to keep our minds off moving. We also enjoyed going to the KHS graduation the following week. It's amazing how fast time goes. The graduates were a group of our 7th graders in youth group our first year.
Greyson also kept us busy and I was amazed and thankful for his excellent behavior in the moving process. He really does love his doggies and will lead around his stuffed dogs when Gus and Roscoe are outside. Greyson also enjoyed finding all sorts of new playing equipment as we took things out of the cupboards in preparation for moving.

Everyone's Jumping!

Stephen and I have been going though all of our old videos and camera clips. This is one we thought the Foreman family would enjoy seeing. Lucas it is amazing how much you have grown up! We're so excited to see all of you very soon!

Fun in the Sun

We have been enjoying some beautiful weather in Kodiak this year and it has been fun to watch Greyson start to learn about this amazing world around us. We have a big home made swing behind our house and it has become one of his favorite places. One day he and I headed out for a quick swing and Gus jumped the fence to join us. Jokingly I encouraged Gus to jump up with us and it my amazement he did! He and Greyson sat for quite a while enjoying swinging back and forth. When Greyson got tired they got down and played in the moss. It was so cute to watch Gus follow Greyson around everywhere we went.
The second bunch of pictures is from a hike we took last Saturday. The weather was beautiful, but windy so we headed to the woods. We are always amazed at how green the moss is here. While walking we also came across a few old WWII huts. Kodiak really has some amazing history!