Wiese Weekend

This past weekend, we went up to Dad and Mom Wiese's for the weekend.  We have many August birthdays in the Wiese family so we celebrated a little.  Zach and the girls came down on Friday too.  We met at Red Robin so we could enjoy our birthday burgers.  They were delicious!

Saturday, while the men went disc golfing...

Ready to go!

Mom and I took the kids to the zoo.  We had a blast...

Ready to see the animals!

Enjoying the ride.

We were glad the elephants were still there!

Our little monkeys :)

Feeding the goats....

Cousins!

Lunch time!

They loved cooling off in the mister...

Train ride.

Mom and her grandkids.

They did a great job!

Ollie and Nancy, they had so much fun!

That evening we relaxed and watched Leverage.
After church on Sunday, we ate at Noodles & Co.  It was a first for Andrew and I and we loved it!  We had another relaxing afternoon and enjoyed the beautiful weather before heading home.
Thanks so much for everything Dad and Mom!  We loved spending time with you both :)

Florida

 On July 6th we left on a mission trip to Pensacola, FL with the Jr. High Youth Group from our church.  We took Ollie with us but Emmerson got to stay home with Papa and Grandma Massner and my sister.  It was super hard to leave her but I knew she was in good hands :)
We started out Saturday morning, all 60 of us.  Andrew got to drive a van full of girls and Monika (the youth pastors wife) and I got to drive a mini van with kids and Emily and Sarah (youth leaders on the trip)....

It was a long day driving but Ollie did really well thanks to the dvd player!  We spent the night in Jackson, MS and drove the rest of the way to Pensacola on Sunday.  We stayed at a church in Gulf Breeze that was wonderful.  We slept in the classrooms on air mattresses.  Ollie and I got to snuggle every night :)  The week was wonderful and filled with trips to the beach (for Ollie and I), service projects, and VBS in the park.  Andrew even got some disc golf in!  On the last day we all went to a beautiful beach and then headed home.  Here are some pics of the week...

Tuesday morning at the beach.

Ollie and I have fun in the sun.

We saw the crab and tons of hermit crabs!

I found this thing in the water and our new friend picked it up!

Wednesday morning we took Faith to the beach.

Ollie's new friend Becca... she pretty much had to bribe him he was so shy. 

My buddy and I.

My men on the beach.

It was perfect!

Throwing shells into the water... there were a ton of shells!

Andrew had to take it :)

Love these boys!

Loved getting to know Emily and Sarah!

One last picture of Ollie and Becca.

Monika, my traveling buddy :)

It was so awesome to see God work in our group and in the kids.  He did some pretty cool things and we are so thankful we got to be a part of it!

Back home, Emmie was having a blast with Papa and Grandma...

Missed her like crazy but I don't think she missed us much :)  Thanks so much for taking care of her Dad and Mom and Aaron and Nichole!  We are so blessed.

July 4th

We had a fabulous 4th of July this year!  Andrew had to work but our afternoon included a talent show and the pool.  From there, we met at Aaron and Nichole's to celebrate.  They had an amazing burger bar that had a recipe for any kind of burger you would want....

The food was fabulous and we had a fun time just hanging out....

Later in the evening we headed out to watch fire works at the park.  They had sparklers for the kids and they loved it...

It was such a fun day to make memories.  Thanks Aaron and Nichole for everything!  And we thank God for our freedom!