When I look back over the past few months, I can't believe how much harper has changed. Soon after she took off walking towards the end of July, the words started coming! She can now repeat almost anything. Some of her favorite words and phrases are: apple, oh my, oh boy, oh no, up, hot, ouch, cool dude, so cute, egg, ball and shoe. She loves music and dancing, and she has even started to make some of her own jokes. Of course her silly faces are still coming, her newest addition is the grandpa face. We also taught Harper how to jump. It is hilarious to watch her doing what she thinks is jumping.
Earlier this month we had the opportunity to take a family vacation to the farm in Pennsylvania to visit my Mom's family. I had been dreading the plane ride for weeks, but to my surprise it was completely painless! In Pennsylvania we got to do so many fun things. We went to Hershey Theme Park on our first day with my cousins Amelia and Ethan. We had a great time and rode a total of 12 roller coasters! When we got home from the park the family celebrated Gramps' 98th Birthday! Whoa! In the next few days we saw cows, piglets, goats, chickens, horses and many other animals. Bret also got to ride in the combine while they harvested corn! A dream come true for him!!
We got to see piglets!
After five days in Pennsylvania we headed to my parents' house in Lagrange. Our time there was much more relaxing. We caught up with Katie and Carly, spending some time in the suburbs and some time in the city. One day we went to Lincoln Park Zoo with Katie, which was especially fun because it was free! Harper enjoyed all the little monkeys, probably because she is a little monkey herself. On our last day there, Bret and I went to New Buffalo Michigan where my family used to vacation. It was great to show him the place where I had so many memories!
We are now home and gearing up for our Young Life fall banquet on October 5th. This year we are going to have a silent auction for the first time. I am so excited about the items, I can't wait to see how it goes! Last Friday night, we had the first Kings Young Life club. I was thinking maybe we would have 25-30 kids...well, we ended up having 65!! Holy Cow! Praise God! I can't wait for more exciting things to happen this year!
