Clemson Baseball

A friend gave us some tickets to a Clemson baseball game, so while Kevin was turkey hunting, I decided to take the kids to their first official Clemson sporting event. Krieg was SO excited about it, as you can imagine if you know anything about his love for baseball. He was excited, that is, until he saw him...the dreaded "mascot tiger." He spotted that thing from all the way across the field and immediately asked to go home, 2 minutes after we got there. I made him stay, and for the next hour he followed the tiger with his eyes and anytime it came into our section he clung to me as tight as he could. Poor guy. We did get lots of practice being brave and having courage though! I sure hope one day he loses his fear of costumes! But, he did actually enjoy some of the game in the moments that the mascot disappeared temporarily. And Karis thought it was great-anything outside is just fine by her!

Baptism

We finally made it to our home church in Greenville to have Krieg and Karis baptized. It has been something we have wanted to do for almost 3 years now, but could never make it happen. We were so thankful that we were surrounded by so many staff, friends, even some students, who have and will continue to help raise our children to know and love Jesus

(This seems to be a common pose for family pictures!)

Somebody...

Loves Her Daddy!

Birthday Girl

Yesterday Karis turned one!! We celebrated at our staff dinner tonight with some cupcakes and a little singing. Here are some pictures of the birthday girl...

Checking out her new baby doll

Enjoying being sung to


Especially like the icing

1sts before her 1st

Karis is turning one next Wednesday, and she decided to sneak in one more "first" before her big day. I took the kids to Chick-Fil-A for an early dinner tonight and brought them in to play on the play place. I know Karis loves to climb things, but I had no idea she would actually be able to climb the play place. She made it all the way to the top by herself (with me following behind, cramped up in there!) and then I lowered her about halfway down the slide on her belly to Krieg who met her at the bottom. You should have seen the smile on her face! She proved, yet again, that she and her brother could not be more opposite. It took Krieg until he was probably 2 1/2 years old to go up that thing by himself, and he still gets nervous about going up there when there are other kids around. Not this child. She has no fear! Which scares me, a lot. She has no concept of things being dangerous, like falling head first off the bed, down the stairs, etc. She makes me so nervous. But I love her adventurous spirit and look forward to seeing how God will use it for his glory!