Summer

School is out! It is nice to have a change of pace and be able to relax and sleep in a little bit. (At least hopefully sleeping in)

This summer is going to be a busy one for us Stobbes come the end of July as we plan on doing a bit of travelling. The kids and I (Tina) are headed to Cincinnati for 1 week to visit the Taylor family. The kids are so excited that we decided to make a chain to hang up in the house, allowing us to rip off a link of the chain for each day that we get closer to visiting our family. Thankfully this has stopped them from asking "how many more sleeps until the trip?" because they can now see........thanks to the chain. :-)

After our trip to Cincinnati, we will travel to Abbotsford (Canada) with the Taylors. We are very much anticipating a trip up to the lake with all the family. (Stobbe's and Taylors) We are very excited about this. Dad Stobbe has just bought a new dirt bike and there is a rumor that they are trying to fix up the small bike that perhaps Isaac can learn to ride all by himself. This was VERY exciting news for him. Makes mom a little nervous though.

From Abbotsford our family will head over to Calgary for a long awaited visit with the Dow family. More importantly we will be celebrating Dad Dow's 60th birthday! We will stay there for about a week and then return home.

At the end of August we are planning a little excursion with our good friends Chris and Rachel Smolko and their family up to Birch Bay, which is very close to the Canadian Border. The guys will fish, the girls will shop. Life is good. :-)

So........until the travel starts, we will hang out, play with friends, swim at the lake, BBQ, mmmmmmmm. Let the good times roll.

Catching up!

~Wow, it has been a long time since we have written anything! Sorry to those of you who may have come to see new news and found nothing. ~

Since the last entry, much has happened for the Stobbe family.

- We have had two new additions to our family. Tim's sister April and her husband Jeremy welcomed their daughter Naomi Corrine Taylor to the family last August. Tina's sister Heather and her husband Mike welcomed their son Ewan George Joseph Mitchell in October. We are so blessed!

- Megan started her first year at preschool and Isaac went to 2nd.

- We received our green cards and are now free to travel to Canada and the US as we want! We are super excited!
- We welcomed our puppy Tucker to the family this past April. So far he has been an excellent dog for us and look forward to many happy times with him.

This past spring, Isaac and Tina were involved in a musical at the local theater in Gig Harbor called "A Pirates Life For Me". It was tough work but in the end proved to be an excellent experience. I(Tina) am so proud of Isaac. He danced and sang his way to a very successful first theatrical experience as the boy who wanted to be a parrot.... And all he wanted was a cracker.

We are pleased to say that we have begun the building project for the new church! Our ground breaking ceremony was held yesterday. As we stood in the spot where we will hold our services, I was overwhelmed with joy! After we sang a couple of songs, the children were invited to come up for the turning of the dirt. It was explained to us adults that as much as this new building will be for us to use, it is also for our children as they will be the ones to come after us. It was such an encouragement to remember that we need to teach our children that the building to come is to be used as a tool to reach out to those who need Jesus! May the words of the one song we sang be ever true in the future at Waypoint Church.

"Let your glory fall in this room, let it flow forth from here to the nations. Let your fragrance rest in this place, as we gather to seek your face."