Graduation

Jonathan's graduation was Friday.  

 With his mom and grandma.  Thanks for coming!

 With his pastor when he went to University Lutheran at IU.

 With my parents.

Australia

Jonathan got his call at the call service on April 30.  Victoria/Tasmania District, Lutheran Church of Australia.  

Here we are after the call service.  My sister Becky, Me, Jonathan, my dad and mom.  Thanks for coming Becky and Mom and Dad!!

 At the Fort Wayne Zoo an entire section of the zoo is called "The Australian Adventure."  Here are Amund and Elijah.  We found where we will be living on the map.  Kind of to the left of where Amund is standing.  The climate is classified as semi-arid.  Average highs range from 56-87 (depending on winter or summer) and average lows range from 37-54.

Amund takling to a real Australian.

We still have a lot to do.  And we still don't know when we will be moving.  We have to wait on our visa and then get everything packed up and shipped over.  I'll try and be better about updating what is going on with us.

Elijah

Elijah is our little troublemaker!  He goes straight to the most dangerous spot in the house or outside as quickly as possible.  He loves getting into the bathroom and playing in the toilet....so we have to keep the door closed at all times.  He also goes straight for the steps so we have keep the gate up at all times.  His other favorite thing to do is play with dada's stereo by pulling all the knobs off.  When we go outside he crawls as fast as he can down the sidewalk.  He is also just figuring out how to walk.  Once he is steady on his feet we're going to be in for even more trouble I think.

Amund

 My little Amundito.  He is our happy snuggly boy.  He loves being outside and eating fruit.  Especially juicy fruit like this "juicy apple."

 Helipopter!

 I call him my little snuggle factory because he loves to sit with us and give us lots of hugs and snuggles.

 We're so happy that you're our little BIG boy.

Islwyn

Since when did my little baby Islwyn get to be so grown-up.  He is always busy taking notes, writing stories, and giving other members of the family examinations of various things.  He keeps copious notes of these exams....

We love to see how you have grown so much and how your reading and writing have just taken off this year.

Mount Rushmore

Islwyn and Amund got to fulfill a lifelong dream this summer and visit Mount Rushmore.  We camped for the first time.  Still not sure how into camping I am .....

 There was mini-golf at the campsite and Amund had to play multiple times a day.

 Elijah's private tent.  He liked napping in the shade in his tent.  Or just playing I guess....

 Our gigantic tent that friends let us borrow.

Oh, here is Amund at the top of the arch in St. Louis.  When he got up there he asked where the giant white rainbow was.  He didn't realize he was inside of it!

 On our way back to Indiana we stopped for a couple of days in Kansas to see Jonathan's grandparents.  The boys were really into the Insect Zoo at Kansas State.  Here is a picture of them with their great-grandma.

 Mmmm, Amund got "Purple Pride" ice cream at the ice cream shop on campus.

 With Willy.