Kellon's 2nd Memory Verse!

Here's Kellon sharing his 2nd memory verse...his parents like this one!

Allie Grace Lincoln - She's HERE!

We're proud to announce the birth of our beautiful daughter - Allie Grace. She was born at 2:33am on Saturday, August 16th. She weighed in at 6lbs 8oz and was 19in long. Lisa did a fantastic job of birthing this little girl - even going "au naturale" and not taking any pain medication or epidural.

Mommy and baby are doing great. Enjoy these early pictures. We'll upload more over the next several days...

















Lisa and Allie Grace, just moments after she was born...
















Two beautiful ladies...
















Kellon meeting his little sister for the first time...he's SO good with her.
















Mommy with her little girl...

















Kellon holding Allie Grace...it's so cool to see how gentle and aware he is with her already.
















Kellon giving kisses to Allie Grace.

















Kellon with Allie Grace...I love this picture.

















Allie's first visitors - Dale, Susie, and Danny.

















Danny jumped right in...he's a natural.

















Grandma Cindy and John stopped by for a visit...

















Lisa's parents (Opa and Oma) stopped by with Cheryl, Ryan, Kevin, and Karen.

Mom and baby are doing really great. We're hoping that they'll both be able to come home by Monday morning. We're still waiting for visits from Grandma Carol, Grandpa Dean, Uncle JD, and a host of other family members and friends.

Lisa and I are very excited that Allie Grace is so healthy and strong! More pictures and posts to come...

Kellon's first memory verse

Lehmans Visit

Matt, Tasha and the boys came for a great visit in the middle of June. We thought we would post some pictures from that visit. Kellon had a great time having his cousins here. He really looks up to Chandler and Chase. They stayed with us for about a week and it seemed so short. We're really looking forward to their return to the northeast - hopefully in just a few months!

So we decided to post some pictures and make some comments...This first picture is of the boys getting cozy on the couch and watching some TV.
















Here the boys are having too much fun on the gator at Grandma Cindy's. I can't help but comment on this one: Charlie is driving and definitely looking for the next thing to run into; Kellon is the passenger and he's trying to determine if he should get off now; and Chase is giving Charlie an earful on how to drive. What a great picture!
















Here's Kellon teaching Charlie how to rock out.

















More jammin'.
















The boys loved to ride in the trailer behind the tractor...Lots of fun.
















Notice who's driving this time! It was so funny, Chandler could barely reach the pedals, he had to almost lie down to drive it. BUT, he also had to keep pressure on the seat to keep the safety trigger from stalling the machine. It was probably harder for him to drive it than anyone....a lot of skill to be able to pull that off!

















Chandler must be a nice big brother because his younger siblings aren't worried at all that he's at the wheel!
















I think this picture says a lot about these boys. Chase is relaxing but he's VERY aware of everything going on around him. Kellon is attached to his ball and sitting forward - because he hardly every relaxes. Chandler is being his goofy self....and Charlie....well, he's a cautious happy.


WHAT A GREAT VISIT from the Lehmans! We thoroughly enjoyed having them here and the only bad thing was that they only stayed for one week. If you notice, there are no pictures of the adults: we were too busy having fun watching the kids!


We love you Matt, Tasha, Chase, Chandler, and Charlie. We're praying the God directs every step of this next season and that your transition back to the northeast will be smooth and quick!

Kellon Drumming - June 2008

We shot these videos after my concert this spring. Kellon really wanted to go up and play the drums. Nearly everyone had gone and we let him sit down and play. He's just wearing a t-shirt because it was incredibly hot and sweaty in the auditorium that evening.

If you really listen to his playing, you can hear two beats: a "hip-hop" beat and a straight beat. Click on the picture to play the video. Enjoy!







Hope you enjoyed the videos!

The Tulip Festival and Ottawa Trip

Each year, Ottawa holds the "Tulip Festival." Lisa, Kellon and I went up for a Saturday to enjoy the tulips and have a fun day. Lisa's sister, Melanie, and her husband Chad, were arriving later that evening in Ottawa so we decided to make a day of it. This first picture is relatively early on in the day. The tulips were really amazing and we enjoyed our walk through the sprawling display. The weather dudes forecasted some rain but we didn't receive any until later that afternoon. Kellon really enjoyed being on our "trip" and he had a great time with Aunt Cheryl, who spent most of the day with us. After seeing the festival, we picked up Cheryl, got a sausage from the famous sausage vendor across from the Parliament buildings and visited Andrew Hayden Park, flew a kite, and then visited the Museum of Nature. The rest of the pics show you a bit of the fun we had that day. Best of all, we picked up Mel and Chad at the airport later that evening. Fun day...















Kellon having fun on the sidewalk. This picture just looks cool to me.

















Posing for the Camera!



















On the slide with Aunt Cheryl (the headless lady...) at Andrew Hayden park. The park was Cheryl's idea and he really loved it. He love that slide. He must have gone up and down that thing dozens of times before we had to peel him away. We bought him a kite and that finally got him interested in something else!
















At the museum of nature...showing the T-Rex who's boss....

















After the Museum of Nature, we went to Wakefield, Quebec. It's a really cool town outside of Ottawa only 15 minutes or so. Lisa and I have been her before and we remembered this really cool covered bridge. So we stopped by. Kellon got to throw rocks into the water with some strangers...he loved it. Here's Kellon and I going for a stroll in this cool bridge.

















I just love this picture...



















All of us on our special day...

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Today was a great day. We went to church in the morning, then Kellon and I took Lisa out to lunch. After lunch, we came home and Kellon had some time in the swing. We also took some pictures. But, we missed the window for Kellon's nap, so Kellon stayed up and mowed the lawn with Dad.

We wish a very happy Mother's Day to all the Moms in our lives. Hope you had a special day!



(Lisa at 26 weeks!)




















Kellon, Mommy, and the little girl...















Kellon LOVES his swing!