Florida Adventures!

We enjoyed a couple exciting weeks in Florida with meetings and also special family time!  Enjoy these few photos of our fun adventures!

We celebrated Valentine's Day in Jacksonville, FL.  A kind family from the church watched the boys so Caleb and I could go out on a date!

We had wonderful services all day Sunday, Feb. 15, with Pastor Greg Neil (pictured above with David) and Immanuel Baptist Church.

Jonathan is excited to be in Venice, FL with PopPop and Grandma!  Grandma's excited too :)

On our first day in Venice, my dad took us out on his boat!

This was David's first time out on the ocean...he loved it!

Wheeeee!!!!

Then we had a picnic lunch on the beach and David played in the sand...as you can see, he was pretty proud of the bucket he filled with sand all by himself!

First time on a swing! He loved it :)

We spent all day Weds. at Busch Gardens!  This was David's first trip to a theme park - he really enjoyed it!  

Yeah, we're still crazy about roller coasters!  Hope we never outgrow this passion for thrill!  

My brother, Stephen and his friend from church, Dan, taught us Settlers of Catan!  Such a fun game!

It was warm out, but the pool water was still too cold to actually swim. David, however, definitely enjoyed splashing his legs in the water!

We did a little impromptu photo shoot on my parent's lanai one day...love the boys' serious faces in this one! haha!

smiles :D

My favorite family shot :)

My parents sure do love their grand babies!

Grandma bought David some animal toys at the thrift store and he was thrilled!

My family joined us for our Thursday night meeting at Victory Baptist in Nakomis, FL!

Another fun day at the park!

Jonathan had baby food (carrots) for the first time and LOVED it!  He couldn't get enough!

Not all of our mtgs in FL are pictured or mentioned here, but we are SO thankful for each church and each pastor who allowed us to come, minister and be a part of their services!  One of our last mtgs was on a Sunday night at Bible Baptist Church in Bradenton, FL (pictured above).

These boys love their Uncle Steve (or Umpa Vees, as David calls him!)

My parents have an outdoor fire pit of sorts, so we enjoyed roasting marshmallows and eating S'mores!

Sticky sugary goodness!

Last mtg in Florida - Indian River Baptist Church in Edgewater (near Jacksonville).

So thankful for this ministry that God has called us to, and that we get to do it as a family :)