Bayou Boogie!

The Bayou Boogie is a yearly Northwoods Mardi Gras. But we've found it's way more family oriented. It's more about the music and the food (which is absolutely delicious!) versus the beer and "other things". Amanda Shaw has played here several times, which was a treat. But this year it was some other young gal, a blues singer. I guess Amanda is getting too "old" to be special anymore. A shame, for she was a great fiddle player.



Our family went with a few friends: John and Brook and their two kids (Boston and Trinity); and Danielle who was babysitting two year old Emma. We started out the late afternoon hiking up at High Falls (the Highest Waterfall in MN). Then down onto the Bayou Boogie at the Grand Portage Casino. Sunday is the best day to go we've discovered this year. Not as many people.

Here's a few videos to demonstrate some great dancing!

Joshua and His Hair

Before:

After:

He wanted a mohawk, It's kind of cute on him...

Pictures of Madelynn

Madelynn is now three months old. She still has blue eyes, weighs over 12 pounds, and continues the attempt at rolling over onto her back. Sleeping through the night (sleeping more than eight hours without eating) is still hit and miss but at least we are on our way. She is a very easy baby and a blessing to each of us. Her smiles are a delight and her wide blue eyes make us laugh. Enjoy these few pictures!

Campamento Report Livestreaming

Last weekend (Aug26-29) Joshua and I were at a family camp for Hispanic churches in the Minnesota Baptist Conference. Cornerstone went with 7 adults and 12 of our own children to do the children's ministry during the camp. This allowed the parents to be more fully engaged in their teaching sessions. We re-ran the VBS program we had done earlier this summer, with much leadership from our middle-schoolers. We also had half a dozen Hispanic teenagers to teach and befriend over the weekend. Tomorrow at Cornerstone I will be presenting a slideshow of the family camp, as well as having some of those who went share. Now that our church is live-streaming every service on the internet, you can watch it live! The service starts at 10:30am CST. If you miss it it will be archived and I'll post the link to that later. But for now, here's the live-streaming address: http://cscchurch.com/livestream.html

Free Chocolate?

Yup that's right. Free Chocolate at Mars. Here's the Article about what's going on and why. Here's the link to Free chocolate.