Courageous Joy: May's Tidbits

Saturday, May 31, 2025

May's Tidbits

The one where we capture various tidbits from May which I was too lazy to blog...but want to remember...

Stacia has been counting down the days to Thunderbolts - a new Marvel movie. At the first opportunity she convinced a variety of siblings to meet her at the theater! A great time was reported.

Jamin, Stacia, Arielle, Jared, Allie
Luke & Nolan in the back 📷by Jamin

Millie loves all the sun these days.

Everyone is out enjoying the beautiful, early spring.

Noah - 📷by Larissa

Hitting the trails - 📷by Arielle

Ellie - 📷by Arielle

Stella seems to be taking her job as a doorman quite seriously!

May9th Alaska Bible College hosted a BBQ for students and families of students. This is the last day of classes of the year. Next week is finals and then Stacia will be a Junior. She invited us all to join her. I dropped by and Bre and Arielle both stopped by with their tribes. The cousins had fun checking out Auntie Stacia's college.

Benny & Gideon 📷by BreAnne

Danny and Jojo📷by BreAnne

We love it when Nolan drops by to visit or play games. I believe they are enjoying random reels and memes.

Stacia, Millie & Nolan

Joseph has been such a great influence on both the girls. Allie enjoyed a spring hike with his family.

Ellie is certainly a day brightener!

Trudy has a unique make up style all her own.

Bre has a cold room. In this room she stores school supplies, gifts and all the fun snacks - under lock. Trudy was discovered in the cold room....amidst the sprinkles (check out the carpet).

Bre reports vacuuming up a pound of sprinkles is actually pretty fun.

Bre implemented a new security system. The hopes is this will keep Trudy out until Izaak is home to come up with something better.

Noah!

Exercises are a part of the military experience. I am not talking about fun runs or cardio. Think war games. A team thinks of scenarios which allows all to practice their responses before arriving in a war theater. Chaplains don't carry guns. This exercise required others to protect her, alas, the system failed, and she was a fairly early casualty. NOW they had to carry her out of the brush, trees and over hills. I don't think this exercise built confidence in the system for the chaplains.

May 20th found Bre and kids around town celebrating Gideon's birthday. They stopped by the Big Foot Gallery and Big Dipper Ice cream and sent along some photos to share.

May 21st brought the end of the school year. Charles excelled with the routine of school. He receives a cornucopia of therapies and such as well. The summer will be a challenge for him, prayers for their little family and for his continued improvement in all of his challenging areas are appreciated. He is a doll.