Warrens in Denver

We flew out to Denver for James and Malia's wedding.  But a huge benefit and great experience was spending just over a day with Michelle and Dave Warren. It was amazing to catch up and so comforting and delightful to enjoy their beautiful home and see all of the work they had put into it.

We didn't get to see too many of the kids with camps and outings, but it was sure fun to catch up at least a little bit -- and getting a tour of Open Door's work was a huge highlight.  Even a short day made us eager to get to Colorado for a future trip!

Airplane Mixup - Sandlin & Woodward

A great video by Laura and Gabi telling the story of their airplane mixup.  Thankfully, the made it to Austin ? ? ? I think. 

Rania's Lost Tooth!

Just last week, Rania lost her first tooth -- but it was at Cedar Point and we never discovered when it was lost.  So Michael took the lead in getting Rania's second bottom tooth out.  It was super duper loose and Michael was able to gently coax it out of Rania. 

Another milestone.  Our little baby is growing up.  


You can see her adult teeth are coming in a bit behind the others. But it was big smiles for a little girl, especially after the Tooth Fairy visited.

Movie Making

The tradition of most summers finally got underway with some video footage.  We had fun with Gabi and Laura preparing a movie about two girls caught in an airline snafu and having to sort out their journeys.

Under Michael's leadership, the immortal, "Who's on First" was begun.  Here are the mug shots, but you'll have to wait for final production to see the video extravaganza.

July 4

We had a pretty low-key 4th of July. We ate left over hot dogs and hamburgers from the big reunion and enjoyed a pretty relaxing day.  The evening of the 3rd, Grandpa Barrie took Reeve and Laura and Doug to the Maumee/Perrysberg fireworks.  We sat ride on the edge of the street outside of Rite Aid and enjoyed the festivities. After the reunion, it made for a busy day!

Renaux Reunion

What an amazing day.  After months and months of planning, especially by Julie, the Renaux Reunion came together.  It was so fun to see all of Tracy's family and to have the chance to meet cousins that some of us had only heard together.

The weather sure cooperated, as Sidecut Metropark was the perfect locale for the get together.  What a great time and lots of fun was had by everybody.

Some highlights were playing with Kody -- the beautiful Husky (dog) that the girls sure loved, getting to wade in the river, and of course the introductions where everyone had a chance to tell about their families and share what they had done.

Barrie was a hero on the grill and it was a spectacularly successful day.  You can see all 431 pictures that were uploaded to celebrate the event -- but what a great chance to get together and celebrate family!

Quockert Dinner

We had a fun dinner with the Quockerts.  Kids got to play -- delicious dinner, including dessert and lots of fun together.

And especially fun to see more of Ethan!

Tracy is 40!

Tracy had a fun 40th birthday.  We had skits (showing how Grandpa Barrie helps everyone, but sometimes needs help with cooking), and festivities (games guessing what Tracy likes better), presents (a memory book, Handel's gift card and hand-made sweater from her mom, and a magazine book from her sister), and of course cake (gluten-free) and ice cream.

It was a fun day!

Cedar Point

We had a very long and very fun day at Cedar Point.  We met Reeve's friend Josh there and rode gobs of roller coasters and had a big, fun day with lots of fun.  Daddy even went for Top Thrill Dragster -- the second tallest rollercoaster in the world -- or something insanely crazy! 

After taking a view of the scene, we decided it wasn't worth taking the camera inside, since we'd be in lines and on roller coasters for much of the day.  But from a few shows (Xtreme Sports was sure amazing!) to lots of rides, we had a long, busy day.