Last post we had just arrived at the Brown family's home in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. We had a fun time with them. We arrived at their home on June 1st (Tuesday) night. They have 6 children. We had a great time together. The next morning they took us to the Bay of Fundy and walked out while the tide was low.
Our family with the Brown Family by the Bay of Fundy:
Clam diggers at Bay of Fundy:
That evening we did a concert in the Bayside Baptist Church.
At the Bayside Baptist Church. It was the only concert we did without a sound system this tour as it was a pretty small church with good acoustics.
The following day we left the Browns and traveled to Oromocto, NB to do a concert with the Oromocto Baptist Church. We stayed with our great new friend, James Carr. We both have a love for antiques and history so we hit it off really well. He took the little ones fishing in the afternoon by the stream near his place and after we had untangled all the lines and pulled out all the hooks ;) we headed over to the church to set up for the concert. It was really neat how God arranged this concert so fast. James had invited our family to do a concert in his church after being at our Geary concert and it worked out to do it the very next week! We were blown away at the turn out for a Wednesday night with such little notice. The church was packed. Several of them were new friends from Geary. :D They were a very responsive crowd. Right at the end of the concert Mr. Carr presented everyone in our family with a New Brunswick flag and pin. A really cool way to remember all the awesome people there.
After the concert a couple ladies took our whole family out for ice cream:
We left our great New Brunswick friends Thursday morning. Before we left, James and his parents served us the most amazing breakfast. I haven't really gone into detail much this tour on food but I really want to share what we had: :)
-Biscuits
-Hashbrown Cassorole
-Hashbrown Patties
-Yogurt
-Appe Sauce
-Cinnamon Rolls
-Baked Beans
-Toast and Jam
-Rhubarb Sauce
-Scrambled Eggs
-Eggs Omelet
-Strawberry Strudels
-Strawberry Shortcake
-Pumpkin Pie
-Juices
-Coffee
-Chocolate Fudge
-Several kinds of cold cereal
Shot of some of the breakfast:
I don't think I had ever been so full after a breakfast! Bless the Carr fam and all the neighbors that contributed. :D
James with our family:
We left Canada that day with our hearts (and bellies) very full. We traveled across the border and stayed near Boston on Thursday night. The following day we spent quite a while exploring the historic locations near Boston. It was fascinating to see so many important historic point in US History. We were able to get a tour of the Battle Greens in Lexington (where the shot heard round the world was fired) and other really interesting places.
Standing where the colonials stood when the british met them and the war started. There was a guy there that gave our family the a tour whole history on it. It was very interesting.
Monument on the Battle Greens in Lexington:
Judah re-enacting :)
Hannah in an ancient tree near that important, famous bridge in the revolutionary war that I forget the name of (lol):
While near Boston a friend of Joel and mine, Jean-Marc came down from New Hampshire to spend the day with us. It was really great to hang out with him again.
Joel, Jean-Marc and I:
Friday night we stayed in Schenectady, NY. Saturday was Judah's 6th birthday! He's such a gift to our family and we love him to pieces.
Judah having breakfast in bed:
Later that day we traveled to the McMichael family. They have 5 children. We had a really edifying stay with them. Sunday afternoon we did a concert in their backyard. It was mostly homeschool families in attendance.
It was fun to do an outside concert.
After the concert we had a BBQ and visited late into the evening with everyone.
The young people there really enjoyed old english/folk dancing:
Monday morning we said our good-byes to the McMichael family after a blessed stay there.
Breakfast at the McMichaels: (MMmmm.. )
The McMichael family sans Mr. McMichael who wasn't around for the pic:
Over the next few days we did a lot of sitting in the van (duh?) as we traveled and stayed in hotels across the states. The following nights we stayed in:
Toledo, PE
Des Moines, IA
Sioux Falls, SD
Rapid City, SD
Sheridan, WY
BTW, on the road I pulled Judahs first loose tooth: :D
On Saturday we traveled from Sheridan, WY to the King family near Billings, MT. Once again had a great visit with them. We played some whiffle ball with the kids. Also played some intense ping pong with Mr. (Jeff) King. I won't share the scores...
Judah with Will King:
Cup stacking tournament:
The King and Jost kids:
We left the King home Sunday morning and heading to Great Falls, MT to stock up for groceries for when we get home. Sunday evening we pulled into our yard here in southen Alberta extremely grateful to the Lord for His amazing goodness, mercy and grace. The tour really went awesome at all the glory goes to the Lord. There were some tough moments on tour but it was so worth it.
Glad to be home:
We were so excited to see Jon, Sharla and Lucy the day after we got home. Lucy is just adorable. She's walking like crazy now.
Lucy walking from Hannah to Amy :D :
Since arriving home we've been doing yard work and catching up on a ton of other things.
Until later!
In Christ,
Josiah
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