Asher is such a happy little guy! He is two months old now!

Grandpa

On August 9th, at a little after 11:00 p.m., my grandpa, Lyman Carpenter, passed away. He knew and loved the Lord, becoming a Christian at the age of 15. I know I will see him again in heaven and he will be whole and healthy. We miss you, grandpa!

We love you grandpa! 

Giving grandma a hug at grandpa's graveside service. 

Grandma getting the flag from grandpa's casket 

Grandpa got a 21 gun salute 

The arrangement at Grandpa's memorial service 

We were able to babysit Asher one day. We had trouble getting Asher to burp, but the moment he got with dad, watching football, he belched quite loudly. I guess a "manly environment" will do that to a little guy. 

giggle giggle giggle 

Goofy face 

Hi there! 

What is that freaky black thing in my face? 

The traditional baby mug-shot 

I love grandma! 

Navy Pier 

Kim's family in Chicago 

Neat building in Chicago 

Cheese! 

Thugs on the side of the building. Don't they look dangerous? 

As close as I got to Mount Rushmore 

Chicago or Bust!

The Triple P puppet team went to Chicago (actually part of Chicago called Cicero). We helped with VBS and did puppet performances in the park. It was fun. We drove 3 days there and 3 days back and were there for 4 days. We were all glad to be back to dry heat. You certainly sweat a lot more in Chicago!

We visited Wall Drug, which is a goofy tourists trap. It had this dinosaur which roared every 15 minutes. 

Asher the pioneer 

Yippee Yi Yo Ki Ye! 

I LOVE my mommy!!!! 

Quina, Janice, Cindy, Asher, Donna, and Marjorie in the park in Chicago. 

Carl and Sam having a hot salsa eating showdown. 

Eating Chicago pizza. It wasn't anything spectacular in my opinion. It tasted like regular good pizza.