Like most of our friends and family, we took the customary “First Day of School” pics today. But for the first time in a long time, Levi was conspicuously absent. He and Charlie and Jase opted to sleep in this morning rather than turn up for the photo session. So we got pics of our 2 beautiful high school girls and 3 wonderful middle school kiddos. They all look so grown up to me…
Josie Lilly 1st day of school 5 kids 1st day of school MS kids 1st day of school

Our summer came to a grinding halt this week. Levi has started his fall semester at Penn State. At the same time, there’s a newborn snoring in a crib next to my bed as I write this. Our family continues to expand, and I love it. Family vacation didn’t truly happen for us this summer. We opted to stay in town and host a 4th of July party, and then Jase arrived, which has been wonderful and wacky. Over the last 2 weeks I accompanied Levi and Lilly’s thespian troupe on their trip to the largest theatre festival in the world (Scotland’s Fringe Festival) while Kim took a couple of days to visit her sister and family on the other side of Pittsburgh.

All that to say that it was a different summer than we expected, but it’s been good. I am looking forward to this year on so many fronts. I believe that this is going to be a great year for our family, for our church/student ministry, and for our community.


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