here are some fun pictures from early summer (before mattie's birthday), including a few from her first VBS. she joined a big group of 2 and 3-year-olds in the nursery for playtime and snacks. one day, karen wyse brought her guitar and a box of fun instruments to lead the kids in a short time of singing. they loved it!
picnic at our house with grandma & grandpa nofziger, uncle galen and mattie's new friend, dave lawrence. some people thought i was asking for goofy faces in this picture...
watermelon!! at first, she was more interested in chewing on the rind...
...then she found the sweet stuff!
our lazy pooches!
helping grandpa nofziger run the loader
grandpa kisses
the guys helped with glenn's mulch project that evening
mattie wanted to help, too! dave patiently showed her how. :)
mattie's joy after eating her first swiss cake roll with daddy
mommy's little garden helper
enjoying the pool on a hot summer afternoon
singing with karen
choosing their instruments
"He's got the whole world, in His hands..."
glenn had mattie pose outside the barn at our favorite time of day - sunset!
sweet little mattie
reading a fun new book that she got for her birthday from the millers (kevin, patsy, seth & derek)
mattie and i spent a few hours at harrison lake one morning. she loved the slides!
hugging cousin bekah
block creations on the window sill
baling straw!!
we drove out to lancaster, PA to spend a few days with kevin and anna. one evening we went to a fun park downtown.
church on sunday morning was outside at a camp
uncle kevin had gone on a long run right before church, and was ready for a nap by the time lunch was over :)
thanks for a great time, kevin & anna! you were wonderful hosts!
on the way home from PA, we met gramma & grampa kauffman along the turnpike for ice cream!
mattie only slightly enjoyed her cone. i think half of it fell in her bib!
meeting our precious new niece, abigail zion, born july 11
sunday school class get-together at doug & michelle's
hunting woodchucks...from the front porch
first sweet corn
glenn and i went to a bed & breakfast in grand rapids, OH for our 6th anniversary. one evening we took a walk along the maumee river to watch the sunset.
we haven't quite mastered self-portraits :)
picnic at harrison lake with gramma & grampa kauffman. waving at the boaters.
mattie wanted gramma to go down the slide with her
before mattie...
here she comes! quick, snap a picture before she's off running again!
reading "little bobo" with grampa
