Krka National Park

Two photos that came from Shane's camera.
(all we've gotten from him so far)

Krka National Park is in Sbenik, Croatia.
The whole park is filled with waterfalls and wooden walking paths that go over the water.
Very beautiful!

More Pics

I put more pictures of our trip on my Facebook page if you're interested. ~Mindy

Croatia & Italy Part 2

Here are a few pictures from the second half of our trip:

The view from our "apartment" in Dubrovnik, Croatia

City of Dubrovnik from the wall that surrounds the city

One of the great views we saw while driving along the coast

The unexpected snow storm in the mountains of Croatia

Venice, Italy

I think this is one of my favorite pictures from the trip

This obviously does not do justice to the 634 photos what were on our camera alone --Shane and Kellie also took a lot of photos that we don't have yet. But we wanted to give you a little taste of our trip. Enjoy.

Italy was Wonderful!

We had a great time! We saw so much it feels like we've been gone for over a month! Our whirlwind tour was well worth it. We'll need to tell you about it and share more pictures in person, but here are a couple pics from the first half of our trip:

Cinque Terre (our favorite spot)

The Leaning Tower (of course)

The City of Florence

David in all his glory --this picture about cost me my life.
We'll have to tell you the story!

Coliseum in Rome

...We still have to download more pictures from
Rome, Croatia and Venice.
(More to come, but this is a good start)

We're off to Italy!

We've been preparing for months and put off packing until last night... but alas, we are ready to GO!




Have a great Easter. We'll be sure to bring back lots of photos.

E + M

Benihana for Bill's Birthday

Well, actually we just kind of combined all of our Birthday celebrations into one
(but Bill's Birthday is Saturday)

--The Old "Northbridge Youth Leaders." Unfortunately Sloan couldn't join us!!

One of my new favorites.....

I really love this poem I rediscovered the other day... -erik
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may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it's sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

-ee cummings

Itser Berfday! Rachel turns 25!

Love you Dear, ee.

Missing Her Today....

February Photos

Favorite stop in Iowa....SONIC!My Grandpa and Erik's Birthday celebration at Red Lobster:
Kya about to touch someone's dinner:Snowmobiling at the cabin -watching the train go by:Just for Hannah, more photos of Gracie at the cabin: