We're so excited to be having Dan's brother Nathan & his girlfriend Anna to come stay with us for 2 weeks. They leave early tomorrow morning & will arrive at 6 pm in Tampa. Please pray that they have safe travels tomorrow & that all their flights will be on time. I will be sure to post more pics from their stay. Thank you :)

Please keep my family in your prayers. This morning I just found out that my cousin Collin was killed yesterday. Please pray for my Uncle Mike and Aunt Judy, his two sisters Nicole and Meghan, and his son Tyler. On top of that, my uncle Wayne is having surgery tomorrow. He came home from work early today do to a hernia. His wife Barb also goes to see her cancer doctor tomorrow. Please pray that everything is clear. She's been clear of cancer for about a year now. Thank you. And I will keep you posted as I know more.

On Tuesday my friend Jame and I took Anna and her daughter Maci Kate to our local animal refuge. They just have a few animals there. It's fun and a cheap place to go that's close. Here are some of the animals that we saw.

African Tortoise

A mean looking Ostrich.

Bussard

Cougar

Two raccoons playing with each other.

Mommy and Anna

Jame and Maci Kate

Anna and Maci Kate :)

Red Fox

Three turtles. I thought it was cool how they are lined up!

Gator swimming towards us!!!

Can you see the two gators sun bathing??? They are both laying left of the tree.


We had fun! Even the babies enjoyed it.

Some friends of ours invited us out to their lakehouse on Lake June for the 4th of July. We had a lot of fun hanging out on the dock, riding wave runners, and tubing. Thanks for inviting us out Jame! Here are some pics of our 4th of July fun!

Mommy & Anna hanging out on the dock.

Sarah & Morgan floating on the raft.

Me & Jame

Me & Jame getting ready to go tubing :)

There we go!

Dan getting geared up for knee boarding.

Anna playing in the walker. Looking a little serious!

Anna & Morgan

Driving home.....I think Anna had a great day! And on our drive home we saw the most amazing sky!

We got to see the sunset with storm clouds. The streaks you see is rain. Isn't that amazing?

What a great view to end our day. It sure does remind you of how great God really is!!!

I just thought this was really cute. I found her just chillin' out against the couch this morning. She always pulls herself up to the couch and walks along it, but she thought she'd just stop and relax for a bit :)

Anna has been working very hard to climb underneath her exersaucer onto the tray. Well.....she's finally achieved it! And I think she's very pleased with herself too :) We call her a little monkey because she is trying to climb on everything, and when she crawls she puts one foot forward.

Today our landlord is finally installing our central air! Praise the Lord!!! As you all know, Florida can get very hot and humid in the summer time, so air conditioning is very much needed. We have 3 A/C units in our house: one in Anna's room, one in our room, and one in the living/dining/kitchen. The A/C unit in the living area hasn't been working very well for awhile now, and the one in Anna's room is very loud although it doesn't seem to bother her much. So we are very thankful for this :)