7.25.2023

I swear braces ages them 2 years!  

 

7.20.2023

The time has finally come!  Another licensed driver in the house!

 

7.16.2023 Iowa

We took a brief weekend trip to Iowa!  

goat love

Linda had a great cookout for everyone.  Her new home is absolutely gorgeous and the property truly is stunning!  It was so fun to get together with everyone.

Sweet Buddy

Janet and Bud were up from Oklahoma and so it was so fun to see them too!

Hoosier girl 

 

7.16.2023 Mission trips to Belize and Kansas City

A short few days after landing, our amazing daughters were traveling to their destinations for mission work in our world!  Allie and Isabelle served in Belize City, Belize where they worked closely with the community by moving sand to make the ground safer, building and painting, working with children and putting on vacation bible school, cleaning and fixing houses and most importantly creating connections with people!  Juliette headed with the domestic mission group to serve in Kansas City!  They did great things like sorting donated clothes and items for various organizations, rearranging and working hard in a food pantry, VBS and other activities in the city of fountains!  They all had a meaningful and amazing time serving others!

Howler monkeys

They visited a Mayan ruin

Were able to snorkel (and kiss) off the island of

7.4.2023 Delphi and last evening in Athens

This trip went so fast and we try to see as much as possible when we travel.  We certainly feel like more the better, but it is tiring when there is such a big world to see. We maximized this area of Greece with another day trip to Delphi.  This was on a bigger bus and had a tour guide.

Arachova is a town on the southern slope of Mount Parnassus.

We then had a guided tour at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.  It has many statues, architectural elements and other ancient objects.

The ancient Greeks considered Delphi to be the center of the world , marked by the stone monument known as the Omphalos of Delphi.

It is part of UNESCO and is now an archeological site.

We then had lunch and time to explore Delphi (the town).

You can even ski here in the winter. Parnassos Ski Resort is the biggest in Greece.

We got back to Athens with some time to finish exploring the city.

Hellenic Parliament

The Evzones is a special unit of the Hellenic Army also known as Tsoliades.  They guard the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in from of the Hellenic Parliament House.

We explored the Municipal Park

A last sunset in Greece.