Bellingham

After our trip to Seattle our family headed up to Bellingham where John and I both got our degrees and lived prior to moving to North Carolina. Oh.....we love Bellingham. It has a special place in our heart, both the people and the town itself. We took the kids to Western to show them where we went to school (mostly to reminisce ourselves because as you see from the next photo, Johnny slept through the whole thing). We were also able to meet with the amazing campus pastors that mentored us while at Western; Brady and Shirley and Dave and Shelly. It was so encouraging to meet with them and hear about the ministry and also to share with them what was going on in our lives. What a great way to recharge before heading to another college campus......
We were also able to meet up with some friends we hadn't seen for three years. We had all added children to our families since the last time we got together. It was great to see everyone and catch up on their lives...

As you can see...the kids got along quite well..


This is an attempt to get a photo of all of the kids. Johnny was NOT HAPPY!

Then he got to throw rocks in the water and all was well.......


While in Bellingham we stayed with the Belleme family. I realized I didn't take any photo's while at their house but stole the one below off of Facebook. They brought their daughter Elyanna home from Ethiopia six months after we brought Johnny home and then were surprised with a son a year later. We got to meet Titus for the first time and spent the evenings catching up with Joe and Janet. Thanks for being such great hosts!