Another couple months have passed since our last post so I figured it was time to get caught up on our blogging....

With the help of some very dedicated family members (a.k.a. Mark and Don), we built a swingset for the kids. Josiah has found a love of tools in the meantime. Grace seemed to enjoy just supervising the whole project.

My sister Mandi and her daughter Faith came to visit us mid April and we had lots of fun. We went up to pick them up from the airport and as evidenced by the picture, Josiah and Faith were slightly happy to see eachother.

One of the highlights of thier visit was going to Como Zoo and Arboritum. Very neat to vist and free!

A few pictures from our visit to Wisconsin a few weeks ago. Even after "helping" dad and Opa rake hay for an hour, Josiah still wasn't ready to be done with his tractor ride.

Ryan hosted a Brazilian coworker this past week. His position is the same as Ryan's, just in South America. We were able to learn a lot about Brazil and he got a few homecooked American meals, like hamburgers and rice krispie bars.
While our visitor was here, we took trip to La Crosse for some pizza via plane. Ryan's summer help also happens to be a very good pilot who offered to give us a ride. How could we turn a plane ride to go get some pizza? We got to fly right over our house, up to Lake City and down the Mississippi. Josiah LOVED it and both of the kids were fantastic the whole ride there and back. Ryan got to fly the plane on the way back (with a little help from our pilot). He may have found a very expensive hobby to delve into.

That's all for now. Hope to get to see some of you this summer if life allows! God Bless.