Summer Fun

A Day at Great Grandma Burroughs' Farm

Summer Fun

Together with cousins at Great Grandma Burroughs' farm

We left Illinois the last of July and began our trip South

Our first was Santa Claus, Indiana -- home of the family the family friendly amusement park - "Holiday World."

Cousins enjoying their first trip to Holiday World!

Precious time together!

We were able to stay with Brett's mom, brother and family at a cabin in Southern Indiana after our trip to Holiday World. We had a great time!

The kids LOVE being with their cousins!

It was hard to say goodbye to the Bundy gang!

Next we headed to meet my family in Kentucky.

Together with family at Cleft Rock Retreat Center in Kentucky

We played!

We hiked!

We enjoyed being together!

Saying, "Goodbye" made my heart break! It was soooo hard to leave!

After leaving Kentucky, we headed to Alabama, where we enjoyed southern hospitality in Prattsville, AL. We thank the Lord for the support of such a loving church! After a weekend in Alabama, we drove down to Florida.

We spent two days at Vero Beach Inn, Florida just before flying back into Haiti.

We thank the Lord for His Many Blessings!!!!!!!

First Day of School!

Alanna had "THE BEST Day" at Kindergarten!

The kids are ENJOYING being back in School! PTL! :)

Pretty, Pretty!

The kids have been enjoying their time in the States! One of their favorite things is getting to be on the go. There is so much to do and see; and of course we have many friends, family members, and churches to visit - so we are "on the go" a lot! As we go - it is a LOT of fun to listen to the kids as we drive along. One day, we heard Kristina squealing, " Pretty, Pretty, Pretty!" in a VERY excited voice. We looked out the window and saw streamers of sparkly, colored flags hanging over a car-lot. :)

Fun in the Domincan!

Our first night in the Dominican we got to have icecream!!!

Look at this cool bread shaped as a turtle!

Nice shot!

Waiting for the Bus

Hooray! Its time to get on!

The 2 hour wait for the bus

Bri reading her Bible during our wait for the bus.

Which seat should we choose?

The Bus Trip

Brianna not feeling well - though she still enjoyed the trip!

We're having fun!

Gideon and Jake had some quality time together! They kept themselves entertained the whole trip!

Alanna is so excited about the bus!

We enjoyed our trip to the Domincan Republic! The two days of traveling could have been pretty awful had all the kids not been such troopers! The kids were eXtremely thrilled by the bus trip - though Brianna did get sick on the way. We left home at 6:30 am and arrived at our hotel at just before 7 pm that night. It was a rough trip! The twists and turns as the driver tried to dodge all the holes, coupled with a constant up and down of going through holes - was something else! I can't even begin to decribe how rough the trip was. We were thankful that the seats on the bus were plush!!! The bus was awesome!

Enjoy the pics!