Sunday, July 19, 2009

Weekend at the Farm Two

The big youth event for our youth group is WEC. We drive about three hours to a real farm, for a weekend of fun and spiritual growth. This year the theme was Purity, and Philip's youngest brother, Timothée, was the speaker.

Feeding everyone is quite a feat!

Saturday afternoon is always reserved for canoeing.
For those that chose not to canoe, the farmer got out the horse and buggy!

Garden fun at the farm

Philip is having fun taking panorama pictures of our garden. We don't see much growth from day to day, but what a difference a month makes!
May

June
July

Cousin time at the farm

Summer is a time for company, and this summer has been full of visitors so far! The highlight this summer was a visit in June from Philip's brother, Joël from the States. We knew he was coming, but not that he was bringing his two boys with him. He had to work hard to keep the secret. The boys were so excited he was afraid they would spill the beans if they talked to us before hand.
And of course, since they were here, we had lots of other family come to join in the activities. Here are a few photos that give an idea of the fun.

This was the best we could do for a grandchildren photo. This is the younger half of the 30 grandchilden. One afternoon, one pool, three moms (I took the picture), 15 kiddos!
Fishing with Papy (that's French for Grandpa)

Of course, we had to eat the fish at a fish BBQ in our pasture. (we had hot dogs too!)
And a soccer game.
Father and son time at the beach. (North Sea or English Channel, I am never sure where one ends and the other begins)
We all took a turn flying the kite. But some of us had more fun than others!
Sand castle building.
Exploring a bunker left over from WWII. The children are standing straight, its the bunker that is crooked.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Mélanie's Baptism



Three young people were baptized in our church on June 28th. The church was packed with family and friends. We had a BBQ lunch for everyone afterwards and I think everyone stayed! A beautiful day.





These sisters drove 3 hours Saturday night to surprise Mélanie.


Mélanie invited her school friends and teachers.

Laura practicing her babysitting skills.


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Family Photos

 Jérémie was home for the weekend because Mélanie got baptized (more on that soon) so we took advantage by doing a photo shoot with Nicole, a short termer at the print shop. She makes a living photographing weddings so she made us look really good!


Can you tell I had a hard time choosing which ones to put on the blog!?