Kansas Trip

We had a fun trip to Paradise Park. It's a really neat place just East of the Royals stadium where kids can do creative play, like face-painting, "cooking", splashing each other with water, pretend play, crafts, and just all sorts of fun things. It has activities for all ages and all of the kids really enjoyed it. Here are the Anspaugh grandkids cooking: Ethan did great, Charlotte just kept eating the sprinkles, and Isaac could really care less b/c he didn't realize it was a cookie =)

We went to Topeka and Isaac and Ella hung out. It was great b/c it was finally a beautiful day and we could have an Easter egg hunt outside, which Isaac was really into. Mike's Aunt Renee and her daughter came over too who we haven't seen for forever so that was really special. It's fun to see as much family as we can since we don't make it back very often.

Isaac and Ella with the staredown. This photo was taken right after Ella gave Isaac a kiss

Why We Love Our Church

Today's message was so fun and interesting. I love it how we are always engaged at Mars Hill in whatever the Pastor in saying. We are lucky to have found a great church in Dayton and now a great one here. Rob Bell, the pastor, just got back from traveling as a guest speaker to a few places in Ireland and England. It was interesting to hear how many people listen to the Podcasts that he does all over the world and how all of these people in other countries feel like a member of our "little" Mars Hill church in Grand Rapids. Pretty cool. Some of our Dayton friends were wanting to come up and listen to him and we would definitely love to see you! I'm not a very good writer and just can't describe how engaging and interesting he makes learning the Bible so I guess you'll just have to hear a Podcast yourself. Today we had a lesson on Jonah, I've never really paid attention to the last sentence in the book before and he did a whole lesson on that, it just kind of ends where you expect more. Isaac was funny today because he gets so excited about playing with the blocks at church that he practically jumped out of Mike's arms into the playarea and said, "bye, da". It was cute =)

Unfortunately I have to work a 24 hr on Easter Sunday so will miss church but I'm sure it will be excellent =( I'll have to listen to it online or something.

Hope you all are having a great Sunday!

1 Kid and Counting . . .

Well, we're not exactly up to Duggar numbers with 19 kids, but we do have one more on the way!! I am 14 weeks now and we are expecting our next little one on Sept. 20th. We are so excited about this new bundle and are curious what God has in store for us now. We are so pleased He has blessed us with another little one. We call our new baby, Dosito, "dos" for two in spanish and "ito" meaning little one. We will change it to Dosita if we find out we are having a girl. As for the real name, we'll keep that a surprise until due day =)

We just went home to visit the Kansas families for a little bit. I had a few vacation days left so we used it to go home and tell our families. I think it will probably be another year until I come home again with the new baby coming and needing to use my vacation for maternity. I'm sure Mike and Isaac will make a few trips back though. They are already planning to go back for a couple of weeks in May because I'm working long night shifts and don't ever see them anyway. I'll post some latest pictures of our trip home when I get a chance.

Just wanted to share our news real quick!