Frank's wedding

A good buddy of mine, Frank (some of you call him Frankie), tied the knot last weekend in Mobile. Along with a few other Auburn guys and a future brother-in-law, I was asked to be one of the groomsmen. Ellen and I had a fun time seeing some of our old friends while the boys stayed with Grandma and Gramps.

Frank and I went to the same church as kids, were in Boy Scouts together, sang in the church choir, and were roommates together at Auburn. He also sang and played the guitar at my wedding.

Here we are with a good friend Tommy and his wife, Melody.
Some quick trivia: Frank and I were roommates and we both married an "Ellen". Tommy and my brother, Rob, were also roommates, and they both married a "Melody". Huh.

This is what we found when we went to pick up the boys. Apparently Davis played pretty hard at the lake!

Friends from Far Away

This past weekend had very special friends of ours come and visit. We served with Jean and Del in the Philippines and also lived just down the hall from them for a lot of that time. Scruffy always wanted to stop at their place after his walks and would often just sprint to their door wanting to visit. (He especially appreciated all the hugs he recieved this weekend!) They are now living in Dallas and preparing to be recruiters for Wycliffe in the USA.
We realized the morning that they were leaving that we hadn't taken any pictures all together, so here we are just after the boys were up. Dan is ready for work, but I've just gotten up also!


Davis and Aunt Jean spent a lot of time together. SO much fun to have them with us!!

Davis decided it was a great idea to push Isaac around in his Tonka truck. No major injuries occured, in fact, I think Isaac enjoyed the ride!

Goodbye Manila

Although we are now in Seattle, I can't tell you about our trip until I finish up our time in the Philippines. We had a whirlwind few days before we actually departed and didn't have a chance to tell you about our last couple days! Here are a few pics!

Before church on Sunday the Chesnut family met us in our church parking lot to say a final goodbye. I think this was the first and last photo of our families together for a long time.

At church Nanay and Tatay spent a lot of time with Davis. They kept him during the service just about the entire time. Here they are singing with the congregation. :)

After church we went out to lunch with Nanay, Tatay, Alex, Emi and Joni, who have been some of our closest friends. It was really special as we enjoyed time together and also some of our favorite Filipino foods!

Baby Joni has grown up a lot since she was born! Davis and her love each other. We are sad to separate them! (aren't they cute!!)

Before we left we also spent a lot of time with our friends, Melissa, Andrew and Sarah. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to share with you!!

All I can say is we already miss you all very much!!!