pastor brad

coincidentally, brad was preaching the sunday we were in fort myers.  not only that, but he was preaching at the church where we got married almost 12 years ago!  he had a bear of a story to cover (1 kings - division of israel between jeroboam and rehoboam) and he did a good job considering the pressure of having his big sister in the audience... :)

after church brad and abby had to be available to answer questions about the church they are planting in gainesville so we used the time to recreate a picture that we had taken in front of a stained glass window after our wedding - now with kids.  unfortunately, the kids were not feeling it because they were so hungry for lunch (manning just couldn't take his eyes off the window).  once again, there wasn't a clear 'good' one so i post them all because i love the different expressions - especially maddux.

now i suppose i need to find the picture from our wedding, scan it and post it too... maybe.

manning and wyatt being entertained by straws

farewell picture with me and my 'little' brother brad

ford wouldn't hug or give a high-five but uncle matt's suggestion of "fingers" got a response and a smile.

and then we were off to the beach and uncle brad, aunt abby and their crew were off to their new home in gainesville!  we were so happy to get to see them in fort myers one more time.  next time we will have to visit them in gainesville.  love.