Stanford

Isaac is officially moved in to his dorm at Stanford University! 

Isaac and Gavin

Rohan and Isaac

Change is hard. Change is necessary. Change is required for growth. May God continue to bless this young man and his purpose.

Game Day

Mason and Tucker got to tag along with the Hamilton's to kick off the first game of the Husker football season.  It was a steamy day in Lincoln, but they all had a good time and got to celebrate a big red win over Ohio.

AZ or Bust

After months of anticipation, sorting, packing, moving to Holdrege, unpacking, resorting and repacking Jentry finally got her Jetta loaded up and ready to drive west. 

The night before her departure we celebrated with diner at Catrina's and dessert at Dairy Queen. We are definitely going to miss not seeing her as often.

Joey flew to Nebraska to make the drive with her and thankfully they had an uneventful two days of travel with an overnight stay in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A week later, I flew out to help her move into her dorm room in Ironwood Hall and attend the orientation event.

Commissioning Jentry with an official GCU pin!

Kaitlyn and Jentry - roomies

We are so excited for Jentry and this next adventure in life. No doubt she ready and that God has big plans for this young lady. Lopes Up!

Lake Day

The move to Holdrege brought me closer to my long time girlfriend, Lindsay. We met in 7th grade and have remained close friends ever since. We have experienced lot of life together and I cannot wait to share more adventures with her in our second half of life. 

We loaded up all of our kiddos, minus Jentry, and headed to the lake for day. The weather was perfect and the kids had a blast. 

Go Dusters!

The boys started school on August 13th. A new school meant new everything but they were both excited and handled the change impressively well.

Tucker - 3rd Grade - Mrs. Florell - Wants to be a Farmer

Mason - 7th Grade - Wants to be a Teacher or Diesel Mechanic

It's a great day to be a Duster!

1st Day of School treat at the Funky Monkey Truck

Nathan

On July 31st, Nathan was admitted into the Henderson hospital. He suffered from acute paralysis in his lower legs, low blood pressure, low sodium levels and dehydration.  They monitored him overnight and decided to send him on to Bryan in Lincoln the following day. He was in the ICU for 10 days and then transferred to Bryan West to begin rehabilitation. 

The boys and I went to visit him on August 15th and they had fun peppering him with all kinds of curious questions. They even played a round of bingo with some of the other patients.

Nathan is still unable to stand on his own but he is making small improvements and his attitude remains positive. He plans to move home on August 28th and will be in a wheel chair for a while and work with the amazing Sutton PT team.

End of Summer

The final days of summer always get a bit dicey in our house. The kids have done did all the summer things and are bored with life and each other. And I am ready for the house to be quiet again so I can focus on work. 

When the patience runs thin, I call for reinforcements.  

Fortunately, we have an Aunt, Uncle, two cousins, and Papa & Grandma willing and ready to take the kids for some end of the summer fun.

Mason talked both Grandma and then Papa into the Drop Zone in Kearney.  They also went to Fort Kearney and the Archway. 

One evening, Uncle Chad and Kelly let them ride along to Anna's softball game in Kearney and Aunt Kelly took them to the Sandy Channel for an afternoon of swimming.

Grandma took Jentry shopping, to the Tasty Bowl and snuck in a stop at the quilt shop.

The cousins shuffled them to and from their house a few times and they are always so good to entertain them.