It's already March!

I'm a bit behind on the blog! (Again!) I've had trouble organizing/finding my photos on the new little mac, so until I could get that bit of my life together, I've postponed the updates here. Iphoto and I don't see eye to eye on things. Or would that be i to eye? At any rate, we've had a long string of fun events in our little family! Over the last 8 weeks or so we've had a family vacation to the dells, the Hartke's came for a long weekend, we traveled back to Saint Louis, I attended a conference in Chicago, and we took in an Admirals game. So much to post about and so little time!
So here's some pictures from out trip to the Wisconsin Dells. Traveling to the Dells is sort of like traveling to Branson. Everything is very family-friendly and there lots of activities to do. But better than Branson, the Dells have a bunch of huge, indoor waterparks. The place where we stayed had 4 indoor waterparks attached to the hotel/condos, so we never had to bundle up in coats, mittens, and hats. We could just put the swimsuits on and walk down the hall to the attractions. It was delightful.
This is the indoor wave pool at our hotel. We LOVED all the natural sunlight coming into the building! Sunbathing is such a rare experience in January in Wisconsin!
Ava is EXCITED to get into the pool!
So is Owen!
He's a big fan of the water! Coop an O-boy had buckets of fun in the water together.
Here is Ava conferencing with the men of the family.
There was also a huge, indoor dry playground at the hotel. It had a nice little toddler area on the side, plus a big, 3-story play structure for the bigger kids. Ava loved it. Here's Owen weaving through the playground obstacles.
Poor little Ava got sick the 2nd day we were there. Such a bummer! She didn't get to do any swimming after that, but we checked a kid movie out at the front desk and watched it in the room. She thought that was pretty special. Even though she was sick, it was still nice to be away and in a different location for a long weekend. Plus, we've had a very healthy winter overall, so that's a blessing!

Also happening: March through the New Testament!
This is an opportunity presented to our students to read through the New Testament in the month of March. This requires reading about 8-9 chapters a day. Coop and I doing this together, and it's already been a blessing. : ) The students seem excited for it, and we're praying for their time in the word to draw their hearts and minds closer to Jesus.