Category: Family

The Vikings (Elias’ Flag Football Team) here in Florida remain undefeated! Elias is learning more each practice and really improving in his game. Phil’s sister, Leslie, took this picture during his last game as the team huddled around the coach, preparing for the next play.

For the kids’ Open House, Callie’s teacher had an ingenious way to help the kids’ describe themselves. She had them paste different things that described them onto paper and then cut out their profiles around it. Notice the undertones of pinks in Callie’s profile and the central theme of “broccoli”! 🙂

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Callie started her tennis a few weeks ago. She enjoys the once a week lessons and is catching on slowly but surely!

One of the treats Phil and Elias experienced on their trip to Kennedy Space Center was a tour of the massive Vehicle Assembly Building. This building has not been available to tour for over 30 years. Inside they experienced another treat, getting a close-up view of the retired Space Shuttle Endeavor. Next week Endeavor will […]

For years now Phil and Elias have been planning a trip to the nearby Kennedy Space Center. They finally made it happen this past weekend. Here are a few pictures of their experience. This is Elias in front of the Saturn V rocket that powered the Apollo missions.

After 10,000 miles and 7 weeks on the road we made it back to Florida. A couple of days later the kids started school. Besides being a little nervous they were excited and have enjoyed their first days. Fortunately school is nearby. In the photo the kids are standing next to our apartment. Their school […]

Callie and Elias being sworn in as Junior Park Rangers at the Mission San Jose in San Antonio. This is an educational program of the National Park Service where kids learn about the history and features of the park. They have this program in each National Park.

We praise the Lord for multiple answers to prayer over the past week. First of all we are thankful for a safe trip home. He also helped us find a reliable car (pictured here) to purchase for use on our home assignment. We got word that there was an apartment available for us to rent […]

I (Phil) remember that as a kid my grandparents always had BBQ as our welcome home meal when we returned on home assignment from PNG. The family still continues the tradition. We had our BBQ fix soon after our arrival.