June Findings
Hello All!
Hoping this is finding your June Findings a blessing!
Our June was a blur, but blessings abounded, as we logged lots of miles and time away from home. Home Sweet Home, is really just that when you have been on the road for almost 2 weeks! We truly did feel the hand of God as we helped with some missions in Ft Collins, CO and truly felt blessed to get to know knew people and friends better that were also there on the mission team. We loved catching up with some of our family in Colorado too. Here are some snapshots of June's Findings...
...Kirk helping in the 2yr old room in nursery at church...
...Jadon helping with Project Sweat(local ministry that helps with local needs) the first week of June...he loved it and said he hopes to do it another year...working on the siding here...
...painting...
...Kirk attended a church camp the first week of June at the Brownwood Lake...here is his group...he said he loved the Bible time, fellowship, etc!...
...the first of June also found Jadon and his teammate getting ready for the SumoBot Challenge at Texas A & M...
...practicing and having a mock run with another Brownwood team...
...some pool fun at the hotel the night before the tournament with his teammate...
...the challenge was an opportunity for character growth, as many things didn't go as thought, but its perspective and we decided God must of wanted us to learn a lot more in character, so we are still glad we went...pizza celebration after the tournament, all the boys deserved it!...
...upon leaving College Station and Texas A & M behind, Jadon and I headed to Blue Bell Creamery, on a Mommy/Son Day Date...spending some one-on-one time with each of my boys has become a summerly event. The Blue Bell Factory was neat!
...meanwhile back at home, Kirk and Janessa are enjoying a game of memory outside on the fire pit ledge...
...a great group of people, that we got to call fellow laborers for a week on a mission trip in Ft Collins, CO...it was a week of helping support a church plant and helping in their community reach out to the people there....
...working on sanitizing toys...
...these two besties sharing a snack bar...
...preparing for some events for the next day...
...collecting food for a food pantry at the Adventure Camp in the park..
...we worked in a couple of short jaunts to Horsetooth Falls in between working and activities and the last day we all went together to Rocky Mountain National Park...hindsight, never go to RMNP during the summer tourist season, it was SO packed with people on the trails!...but still saw some pretty views...
...the whole group...
...hiking...
...a pic from a quick jaunt to Horsetooth Falls...
...a view at Horsetooth Falls...
...this buck was totally desensitized to people...
...an evening card game for the kids at the hotel...
...wading at Horsetooth Falls...
...at the bottom of Horsetooth Falls...
...God's beauty...
...Bear Lake...
...another Bear Lake pic with one of the sweet families...
...the view with sweet kids...
...the view without the sweet kids...
...Dream Lake...
...these three cuties...
...he is quite handsome ;)...
...the kids LOVED the snow up in the mountains!
Janessa witnessing snow for the first time...
...standing on about 3 feet of snow...
...snowy walkway over a creek...
...Kirk found a shop for himself-lol!...
...enjoying an amazing hot chocolate at Nuance Chocolate! I'd highly recommend this place to any chocolate lover!...
...another hot chocolate and chocolate truffle balls at Nuance Chocolate...
...Janesssa giving a hand at this bow with Aunt Nicki...
...Janessa loving on Simka...
...wanting a ride...
...this young man getting a ride with Aunt Nicki...the young man in the background went second...
...helping Aunt Jan feed the horses...
...yep, she has the wheelbarrow fully under control-lol! :)...
...checking out a history museum in Lyons, CO with Daddy, while Mommy went shopping...
...we SO enjoyed connecting with some of our family that we have in Colorado...we didn't get pictures of everyone and missed the ones we didn't get to say hello too...
...our time spent catching up with some of our family was truly a blessing!...
...a pic of some Rokey cousins together--2nd cousins...
...1st cousins with spouses...
...headed back home towards Texas...
...stopping at Focus on the Family Center...
...the kids loved Whits End and Mommy LOVED the bookstore, although, everyone LOVED the bookstore :)...
...we didn't get pictures of everything we did...but we did remember to grab some here at the Manitou Cliff Dwellings...
...her highlight at the Cliff Dwellings!...if it was real, it would of been better....
...stopping in New Mexico to see Capulin Volcano was SO worth it! The view was amazing and NE New Mexico was gorgeous!...looking into the distance we could even see the snow covered Rockies in Colorado...
...almost to the rim of the volcano...
...a flower in the volcanic rocks...
...we came home to the pullets starting to lay...the first two-yay!...
...I forgot about my birthday on the day of, but my hubby and kids sure didn't...
...a Mocha cake from Unrefined Bakery...pure deliciousness!...
...our Money/Mo steer, he is such a sweet boy :)...
...making pickled eggs-yum!...
...a sad, sad day! Sebastian unexpectedly died! We think from playing with a Black Widow Spider and getting bitten...he was such a fun, loving, sweet, friendly cat! Kirk struggled in loosing this furry friend...
...a couple of days after Sebastian died, we decided to let Kirk adopt another cat...
...here is Meeko, formerly known as Not-the-Boss at the Animal Shelter, but here he is known as Meeko...
...Meeko is settling in...
Love and Blessings Y'all as July rolls in!
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