Maryland and NC

Here are some photos of Maryland and North Carolina where we were on Wednesday night.  That's the Potomac River crossing into Virginia.  It has been pleasant here this past week; not a whole lot happening, though.

I thought these bus seats were especially colorful.  I can see this pattern in a quilt.

Potomac River from Maryland to Virginia

The Long, straight roads in Northern Virginia

The city of Suffolk, Virginia, water tower

Neighboring city of Chesapeake

Still love the American Flag and am happy to see so many flying freely.

Father's Day 2013

We spent Sunday the 16th at Patuxent Baptist Church.  The entire place was decorated for Vacation Bible School with a theme of teaching about man from Genesis and the founding of America.  It will be a fun time for everyone starting Monday night.

After evening service we went to Brusters Ice Cream...yummy daily hand-made ice cream.

This last one is strawberry shortcake for me--but I thought it would be more the size in the red cup!  I shared with Henry and Sara and we managed to finish it.  It was soooo good.

California

Antelope Valley Indian Museum.  The items came from a private collection.

 Opening service at the Spiritual Leadership Conference.  "Power of the Cross" by the Getty's was sung--something uplifting and  fantastic.

 We met retired pastor Carl Herbster--dad to Matthew, Mike and Mark who visited Japan two years ago.

Sara turned 15 on June 15 and this is the cupcake party we had for her.

We had the privilege of meeting Ron "Patch the Pirate" Hamilton at the Conference. Our kids, like so many others, grew up on his songs and Christian character CDs.