Family Visit

I spent last weekend with my family. They were in town for the Brickyard 400, but before heading to the track we spent some time walking through Conner Prairie. Here's a few fun photos from our time there on Friday afternoon!

Mom with a 10 day old calf.

This duck got a little creative and decided to use the tub of water as his own, personal lake. The other ducks weren't too happy and the idea resulted in a fight! Here are the ducks attempting to pull the very creative duck out of the tub of water!

My brother "chasing" the wild pigs.

Cool shots from the Prairie

You Decide...

Well, its either a unique gift that I have or I'm terrible at timing pictures! The past two years I've been to the Brickyard 400 and for two years in a row these are my pictures of Dale Earnhardt Jr!

July 2007

July 2008

Now...just for the record - both years I've gotten great shots of other drivers ... maybe next time I will get a great shot of Jr!

Living Life Together...

Getting involved in a Life Group was one of the best things that I've done during the past year! It's provided a great group of friends ... and we certainly love to have a good time! Seriously, consider joining a group this fall during the Life on Loan Series!

Surprise! Steve and Sandy visited us last Spring...we dressed "formal" for them!

Fun Night @ Cool Creek Park

The Girls @ Kristin and Tyler's Wedding

My roommate and I

Family Service Project - Fall 2007

Several families raked leaves and cleaned up around Third Phase last fall -here's some photos from our Saturday morning of service!

July 4th!

July 4th came and went quickly this year! Nestled between the Brookside Trip and the South Dakota Trip I had a little bit of time to catch the Carmel Fireworks! Here's some shots from that rainy, but warm evening!

Some Black and White Favorites...

Here are a couple of my favorite photos from the past few years...

Catalooche Valley - Great Smoky Mountain National Park - Tennessee 2007

Cade's Cove - Great Smoky Mountain National Park - Tennessee 2007


Glacier National Park - Montana 2006


Ft. Belknap Indian Reservation - Montana 2006

Over the Years

Here's a quick look at some of the teams I've served alongside over the years...

South Africa - 2002


Ecuador - 2003 (no picture) - 100+ Team Members

Kentucky - 2004

Ohio - 2005 (no picture) - 10+ Team Members

Montana - 2005

Kentucky - 2006

Montana - 2006

Brookside - 2008

South Dakota - 2008

Mitten Tree - Christmas 2007

Preschoolers collected hats, gloves, and mittens on the tree.

Delivering the hats, gloves, and mittens to Brookside Community Church

South Dakota Favorites

Here are a few of my favorite photos from last week!

Painting

Global Expedition

Mt. Rushmore

A home in White Clay, Nebraska

Working in the garden.

The Tee-Pees that we slept in/White Clay, Nebraska!

The Badlands

Family

Here's my family during a Memorial Day Bike Trip near Cincinnati, Ohio. My mom and brother joined me on what turned into nearly a 13 mile trip!

South Dakota Team

I traveled to South Dakota for 8 days with this team of 9. Including myself there were 4 adults and 5 teenagers between the ages of 12 and 14! While in Rapid City we "adopted" two additional teens who joined our team for the week - which made a total of 7 teens!

Brookside Team

This is the team I spent 3 days with in the Brookside Community of downtown Indianapolis! Altogether there were 6 adults and 6 children between the ages of 8 and 10!