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Amy had the hardest time getting up on the wake board and knee board, her legs were too long. Andrew and Ann hopped right up, they have such good balance. Andrew even went no handed on the wake board. No smiles from the boys while they were on them, it was all business. The girls smiled ear to ear when they had success! Thanks Schraders and Gudemans for a fun weekend we won't forget.

Lake Webster

Last weekend we spent some time with friends at Lake Webster in North Webster Indiana. The kids learned a lot of water sports and had a blast. We had fun catching up with old friends. The weather was beautiful, we couldn't have asked for better.

U of I

So my second Masters packet has been mailed and I got an email today that it was received.
"Why?" you ask am i sending a second one out? Because silly me got a C in statistics and IUPUI didn't like that. University of Indianapolis has Statistics for Nurses on their curriculum. I am hoping that they accept my C though and I don't have to endure another semester of it.

We prayed and layed hands on the packet. Amy even added some heavenly music whilst praying!

It is my belief that if this doesn't work out, I heard wrong and this is not what God had intended for me and my whole family. Worst case: I continue working at a place I love for a great doctor. boo hoo.

I should go for an interview next week.

At the Lake

While Joe and Aaron where at Cooperstown, the rest of us went to visit my parents. they live on a lake and the kids(and dog) love it. The house is for sale and the kids have just come to the realization that they will not be living there forever. "After they sell it will we still get to come play on the lake?" "No",was the answer to their shagrin.

Summer Fun

Swimming at our neighbors pool! The kids had a blast. Aaron was at Cooperstown.
It's July 4th and we are headed to Noblesville to sit in the rain and watch baseball. Not your typical 4th. Luckily we watched fireworks at "Symphony on the Prarie" thursday night. In my opinion, the best way to celebrate the 4th!

Happy Birthday Porter!

These are from our friend Porter's Birthday Party. Isn't he a doll?

Ketchikan

The last city we stopped at was Ketchikan. We loved each city, but this city is the most fun to say. Instead of going on any excursions we picked up a map and did our own walking tour. It is a hilly city, and it was hot that day. Ketchikan is the "salmon capital of the world", but the salmon don't run until the end of the month. It is really pretty and we had a lot of fun walking. Remember we are tourist geeks, so we were reading our book and a brochure as we were walking.
We got chocolate/ raspberry fudge at a shop.(I want to replicate the recipe, it was so good!) I ate it while Joe tried to talk the girl into scalping some tickets for the lumberjack show. Residents get them for $5. and we would have had to pay $38. No luck though, each resident gets a kick back for tourism. We were just kidding her, but she thought about it for a minute.

We had some crab at a vendor on the street, yummy. It was friday night and all the stores and vendors, restaurants included, close at 5pm. Shocking since the cruise ships were all docked there.

We headed back to the ship. There was a magic show and an impersonator. They were pretty good, entertaining. At 11pm there was a "late night dessert presentation" Yummo- chocolate fountains and all different kinds of desserts. I just got a plate of strawberries and drizzled chocolate on it. (the creme brulee on another nights dinner menu was delicious)Glad we had walked so much.

The next night was the farewell reception with the company, pretty boring for the wives. So a group of us got a drink(I actually got one this time. It had rum in it, so I liked it) and headed for a show before dinner. It was fun and I don't really think anyone missed us for that hour. They are all networking and talking about work.

The rest of the cruise back to Vancouver was uneventful. Joe and Heath and the CEO of the company and a friend had a ping pong battle and Joe played some 2 on 2. He gets bored easy, can't sit still and read for too long.

As we left the ship the last morning we were delayed and got a late start due to the ship and our luggage mishap(we all got our own, but it was a mess) There are 2 customs stops you have to take when in the Vancouver airport, so needless to say it was rushed. We were the last 2 to board. They were announcing "Bennett party of 2 last call" ugh.

We got home at 1030pm. We were happy to see the kids and are so grateful to my parents for watching the kids for the week.

Next trip..............San Francisco 2010!