So it begins with David turning 13. We celebrated in a low key fashion as we are all going up to Bible camp in Rhinelander after David's birthday.
13 years and counting of parenting. It has been the best years of my life. I am enjoying the journey of making 3 little boys into 3 Godly men. As the years pass I supervise less and pray more and more.
David is a spiritualy mature 13 ye
ar old delight. I hope his love for Christ and his joy only grows.
Here is my middle son in all his birthday glory.
Caleb loves all things science. He is my outdoorsman.
He also has a keen eye (or shall I say tongue) for food science. He loves to expirement with concoctions in the kitchen. Several of his winners have made it into my cookbook. I think he should work for Jelly Belly and make the next gross jelly bean flavor.
I have truely enjoyed these years with the boys. They are flying by now with our many commitments, but it is a good kind of busy. I am amazed Caleb is already 9.
Field trip time!
Finally spring is here so off to the dairy farm we went to learn about milk and cheese production. We toured Larson Acres farms were they milk 2,400 cows 3 tmes day. Holy Cow! It is a huge business. Here are a few random pics of the boys enjoying the farm.
Nathan caught 2 rainbow trout and Caleb caught 2 brook trout. 55 inches of grilled goodness for supper tonight! Nathan caught the huge 18 inch trout. All the fish were caught with our Spiderman fishing pole. That thing can really bend! Good times.
Caleb and Nathan have been studying the Louisiana Purchase, Louis and Clark, and westward expansion. So for spring break we drove to St Louis MO to the Gateway Arch memorial.
Now, I am no fan of heights but the tram ride to the top of the Gateway Arch wasn't too bad. We went at dusk and experienced the 630 foot lookout tower at sunset. It was beautiful. The boys were fearlessly climbing onto the platforms to lookout. I took pictures and reminded myself that hundreds of people travel up there safely each day.
In addition to the Arch, we took a riverboat cruise down the Mississippi on the Tom Sawyer paddleboat. This was so much fun,especially since David read Huckleberry Fin and Tom Sawyer last year. Caleb was thrilled to buy a scorpion lollipop in their gift shop. He did lick it all the way down to the scorpion inside.Blah!
The third day we visited the Science Center and Planitatium. Holy Cow, we could've stayed there for 3 days! We didnt cover the half of it.
John and David went into a fighter jet simulator together. It was neat to watch them enjoy that together.
Clearly our boys are not little kids anymore.
The younger boys and I did experiements in the life science area. We extracted wheat germ DNA and other fun things there.
Who knew St Louis could be so much fun? What a great little roadtrip.
