I sing the mighty power of God, that made the mountains Rise!
that spread the flowing seas abroad,
and filled the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day, the the moon shines full at his command and all the stars obey!

There's not a plant or flower below, But makes Thy glories known!

And clouds arise, and tempest blow, By order from Thy Throne.
While all that borrows life from thee is ever in thy care,
and everywhere that men can be thou, God art present there!

Announcing the arrival of Samuel Vande hei!!!
He was born July 24th 2007. he weighed 9 pounds, 6 ounce's
and he is 21 inch's long! Congratulations Amy and Amos!!!!!

Pig wrestling!!!
Our Brother pig wrestled!!! he apparently caught it but it looks like he got just a little bit dirty!!!
way to go Amos!!!!!!


(oh, by the way he is the one on the right.)

Happy 27th Birthday Josh!!!

Happy Birthday George!!! My you are getting old! (smile) We really love you a lot and are very glad we have you as our Brother!!!

Happy 7th Birthday Debbie!!!!!!


Happy Birthday Debbie!!!!
We always thought of you as the baby of the famliy,
but now your growing up! Happy 7th Birthday!!!
We love you Lots!!!!

Our week in reveiw.



Cherry Picking!!!
We went cherry picking it was Loads of fun and we got 30 buckets of cherries!!!!!!!

Ezra up high

Up in a Tree!!
all 30 buckets and us.


The beach!

After Picking cherries we went to Lake Michigan. we were going to go swimming

we found out fast that the water was way to cold. We had fun anyway and got to see a
storm rolling across the water till it caught up to us and we all ran to the van.

Josh's Plane!
As many of you know Josh has been waiting and saving up for a plane for
a long time now.

Well, the waiting has ended and God has blessed him with a beautiful Airplane!
I'm sorry I can not give the detailed report on every mechnical part as Josh could,
But I'll try to at least describe What kind of airplane it is. and for those who want to know more about his new plane I'm sure Josh would love to tell you all about it if you want to give him a call! make sure you have a few hours to spare, he is very proud of it!
It's a Cessna 172 with a lycoming engine and it is IFR equiped with a nice stack of radios. He 's very proud of it.

Water Fight!
Not much compares with a all out family water fight! Oh the joys of summer!
That's one thing I like about a water fight, every one plays.
Once your wet your in the game.

No one is ever left out!

Oh, sweet revenge!

A Trip To The Zoo!
On Sunday we went for a trip to the Milwaukee zoo!
it was Very fun but it got a little tiring at the end.
we were glad Esther had her camera along so we got a lot
of wonderful picture's! here's a few.

A picture is worth a thousand words, Right?