08 February 2014

the group

We spent the last weekend in January in South Haven, MI with our out-of-state potluck group...we don't really like the term potluck, so we lovingly named ourselves "the group"...I know, original.

We left pretty bad snow/roads in Central IL but ended up making great time to South Haven where they have a lot of snow...folks, I'm not exaggerating. They.have.lots.of.snow.  So much snow in fact, Jon's Aunt & Uncle who live up there said they have no where left to push the snow so they are taking it to the lake & dumping it on.  The lake is frozen 25 miles out from shore & Lake Michigan itself is over 65% frozen.  Unbelievable numbers even for them.

It's been about 3 years since we formed "the group"...click here for the first post.  This group of friends has been a great sounding board & it's been humbling to see how God is working in each of our lives.  As Believers. As Dad's. As Mom's.  As people.  And this was the kid-free weekend...so we had lots of great uninterrupted conversation!


 Our house in S. Haven was amazing!  Huge. Very large.  Very nice.
7 + bedrooms and 5 bathrooms...and Jon B. got us a great deal during off season!









 while this was the kid-free weekend, any nursing infants are welcome and thus we had two darling infants...Charis Schlipf...


 ...and Callum Virkler.  They were both such good babies!








 The fabulous Mexican restaurant we went to again...Su Casa.


 Based on this picture, you'd never guess we really like each other!



1 comment:

J and A said...

Love it :) I might "borrow" a couple pictures, as I was hoping you'd post a group shot. I forgot to ever take out the camera besides the phone shot you have! So good to be with you guys again. Joel had a busy week, but we haven't forgotten your email. Hopefully we will answer it by the end of the weekend!