Graduation Day

With great joy we celebrated our friends and their families who made it through RTS! We are so proud of these guys and their hardworking wives and grateful to the Lord for His faithfulness and their friendships.

Sean (going to serve with MTW in Honduras, Dave, and Jake (going to serve with World Harvest in Prague)

Dave and Matt (going to serve as an assistant pastor at West End Pres in Richmond)

Sean and Tyler (starting an RUF on the campus of Johnson and Wales, Charlotte)

Melissa, Bennett, and Mary after the ceremony

the flanking of the graduate, Hunts and Kulps

Dah Devastation!

We recently went to Greenville to visit Molly, Kate, and Nancy. It was a short but eventful trip. Celia fell in love with Nancy of course. She is absolutely adorable. It was lovely to see the older girls not arguing this time around and they even attempted to share Kate's room for bedtime but to no avail. Instead Celia slept in Nancy's room on the floor in her sleeping bag; Bennett was in the master bathroom. It was a short trip because poor Molly hardly slept that Thursday night and when she finally woke Friday morning, it was to pink eye and a sinus infection. We said our goodbyes and when we arrived in Charlotte there was no dah in sight. It's been a tough couple of weeks for Benno but she's managing ok now. E sent a replacement but we're still praying that it will turn up in the next year or so. Its sad because her sweet dah is what she came home in from the hospital and she's slept with it every night since. So please pray little Bennett as she mourns the loss of dah. In the meantime check out these sweet pics of the girls at Molly's.

Celia holding sweet Nancy

Kate and Celia on the bean bag

Sam I Am

Little boy Hunt proved to not be so little after all. He is adorable and looks so much like Jake (we think!) He is precious and Celia just can't get enough of him. Melissa is an absolute champ and continues to be a great mama! What a sweet little family!

Samuel Nash Hunt is born!

Here is Bennett sharing her card she and Celia made for baby Sam

Bennett's heart has little room for anyone else other than the Hunts. She adores them and calls them by name....dake and deeta...she's so proud of Daddy Jake!

Celia getting her first hold of baby Sam

Jake and I are acting as Celia's spotters should she make a quick move

Though Bennett loved seeing Sam she was more interested in playing peekaboo ("peeboo") with the privacy curtain!

"PEEBOO!"

Pool side

This summer it looks like we'll be spending much more time at the Camden pool. Celia has really taken to loving it and Bennett slowly warms up to the idea of being submerged into frigid waters but as the water warms, I'm sure her love will grow....

it's go time!

Please take a minute and pray for some of our best friends here in Charlotte, Jake and Melissa Hunt are having their baby boy today! We have all been praying for this little guy for over months and months and its finally happening! We can't wait!

the constant gardener...

Little Celia looks like she's inherited some sort of horticulture gene from aunt Mols, clearly its not from me, but we still tested our green thumbs (though Celia may have sucked all the green off by now, still facing that battle). Here we are admiring our work!

please notice we don't have a trowel (sp?...see i don't even know how to spell it!) We had to opt for a kitchen utensil!

pointing to the hanging basket

bird's eye view

Mols are you proud of us?

changes...

These next couple of weeks will be difficult ones for us as we are losing some dear friends to different parts of the country. God has been so kind to bless us with such precious friends and we will miss them terribly! Here is a picture of the last WRTS meeting and you can see many of my closest girlfriends. What sweet ladies!

sing me that old song....

this goes out especially to my clemson girls....
I entered a new phase of my life this week and I thought you should see it. We all voted and thought that this honor would first come to Molly, hence the organizer she received for her birthday sophomore year. Molly, its officially time to hand over the goods.

Here she is....I lovingly refer to as "my Molly"

So come on ladies, from all around the globe. sing with me, this time let's just change the name...
Minivan Mary, Minivan Mary, Mini-mini-mini-mini-minivan Mary!

Free Scoop Day!

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Free Scoop Day at Ben and Jerry's with several of our friends in Charlotte. The line was long but it was worth the wait! Bennett dug in this year. It was her first attempt and she did glorious!

Here are the kids waiting patiently

Bennett's indulgance

Celia's turn

Austin Williams, mid-cone

and lastly, the Hamm family enjoying the sweet goodness of ben and jerry's!

It was a great way to spend the day with lots of our friends! Thank you Ben and Jerry's! We'll see you next year!