Gideon's Blessing

My week at home ended with a beautiful baby blessing.  All of Ben's family and most of ours (minus Bob and Laura and kids) were able to attend and some choice friends.  We ate really yummy food and adored our newest family member.  It was very special and even more so since that is the last time I will see them in person for a while because Asia and Ben are moving to Germany in September and have the nerve of taking Aurora and Gideon with them! :)  We will miss them terribly but are so glad that they get to live as a family.

Aurora, Ben, Asia and Gideon

Aurora

Father and Son

Mother and Son

Katherine holding Gideon

The Leavitt's visit the Farm

On Friday afternoon Donna, Brad and kids came to the farm to visit.  It was nice and relaxing.  We had yummy food, feed the cows, hung out on the hammock, rescheduled cows, ate lots of dessert, visited and watched a beautiful sunset.

The kids in the back getting ready to feed the cows

Cowgirl Katherine

Cameron feeding the cows

The back pond

David

Cyndi, Jeremy, & Michael

Katherine chasing after Victoria

Donna and Victoria

Mandy being silly

The Ocean and Aquarium

After NASA we drove the rest of the way to Galveston.  The next day we went to beach with the Turpins, Lowes, and Selims.  We had a lot of fun.  Later Mama and Mandy joined us for the Aquarium.

Andrew, Michael, and Jacob

Some of the kids in the distance

Michael loved the water

Gideon

Sam and Gideon

A cool starfish

Sammi being a fish

Nathan and Jessi having fun together

The Selim's checking out the pigeons

Becca is taller than all of them!

In a shark cage - we should lock them up and maybe they will stop growing up so fast!

Aurora

NASA

On Tuesday we went down to NASA.  It was a really hot day so being inside was great!  I hadn't been there for a long time so it was really cool to go back and see things and see some things I hadn't ever seen.  The boys loved it!

Jacob

Mandy

Jacob and Nathan

The Boys and Cyndi

The in-door shuttle for training

These are some of the trees that were planted in memory of those lost in space shuttle accidents.

Baby Gideon's Photo Shot

After church I headed over to Asia's to take some pictures of her beautiful baby.