august, so far

hello everyone! we hope you are all doing just great. eric and i just got back from spending 11 days in ohio. i know what you all are thinking, "you guys were in ohio, and you didn't come to visit!" we tried, but the day we set aside to visit, molly got her top tooth and it was an awful night and day! so we will hit you all up the next time we come to ohio, or we may just plan a special weekend trip to go only to cincy. trust me, we wanted to see you all! we just ran out of time. we were so busy running around visiting family, and friends. but trust me, we will see you all next time!

while we were in ohio, molly turned 1! i still am shocked that she is 1 already. this past year really flew by. we had a big party for her at grandma and grandpa's house. it was so much fun planning for it, and it was great to have all of our family there for it too. we made a plate at a pottery store and painted it, and then had everyone at the party sign it. so now she can eat off it on her birthday every year.

also in ohio, eric performed the wedding for his best friend, ryan. we had a great time! we got to see a lot of people we haven't seen since college, and just seeing ryan get married was truly amazing. he has always said he was never getting married, then karis came along, and bam! now he is married. they are awesome together. god is going to do great things through them.

i can't really remember all of the other things we did in ohio, but we were busy. eric played a lot of golf :) i will leave you with some pics from our ohio visit.

also, please be in prayer for our student ministry. tomorrow eric is taking the high schoolers on a lake trip. it should be awesome. we have been planning for this for a couple of months now. and then next week the jr highers are going to six flags. but in sept. we are launching our small groups for students. we are trying to do everything with excellence, and more importantly, with gods timing, and help. since most of our adults have not been "churched", it's hard to get their kids involved in activities. so please pray for participation, and encouragement for our students.

if you are ever in the area, let us know. we love visitors, and love to hear from you all!