Here is a quick synopsis of our life at the moment

DC Academy:
We have arrived at the end of another semester, a semester that was probably the most difficult we have had since being here. It's hard to believe that this is the close of our 3rd school year here at DCA. Even though it is a small school, we have seen well over 200 students in our time here and worked alongside several wonderful people. Unfortunately, we will be losing the majority of our staff again and will have to start next fall with a whole new team of people yet again.

Ranch:
We are making some progress towards purchasing and running a teen ranch. Nothing is official at this point, but we are in the process of seeing years worth of dreaming coming to fruition. We are still a LONG was off from there being anything tangible at this point, but we want to share that we are the closest that we have ever been. Towards that end, Cami and I are taking a 6 week road-trip this summer to tour other programs that are already doing what we want to do. The idea is to see what others are already doing and learn from them, rather than trying to start a program out of nothing.

Family:
Cohen Nathaniel is already 6 weeks old! Cami and I have been so blessed to have TONS of help. My mom arrived the day he was born and stayed for 10 days. While she was here Cami and I simply recovered and adjusted as she took care of everything. She literally did everything (cooking (lots of cookies ) cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, changed diapers, you name it). As you can imagine, we were all sad to see her go. But a few days after she left, my 15 year old sister came to visit for a week full of fun adventures (shopping, beaches, etc.) And the day after she left Cami's mom arrived. She stayed for a week, and again Cami and I were spoiled by her servanthood! And they keep coming: this weekend Cami's sister and dad are visiting at the moment. We are so blessed by all our family and it has been fun to introduce them all to our son.

And here is my new favorite picture