Happy Birthday, Micah

As of 8:47am, Micah is 15! We are very thankful that we decided to have one more baby and not get a dog! Micah has been a great kid who is very talented, smart, funny, and handsome. God has gifted him with a wonderful voice and he uses it all the time (and I don't just mean that he talks a lot!) He has been in three major productions this year where he has sung and acted. I can't believe he can sing a solo like he did in "Grease" and not be afraid. His song stole the show! We are just thankful that Micah has a relationship with God, he serves in the kid's ministry at church (leading worship of course!), he is a dedicated student, and a good brother and son. We love you, Micah, and are very proud of you.
Micah was John in the Muse production of Peter Pan.
He got to fly which was a highlight for him.

He practiced long hours, but he loved every minute of it.

Micah was a greaser, one of the rough guys, in Grease.

"Greased Lightning"was my favorite song they did besides Micah's solo.

Dancing at the prom



Micah and his main woman in the play, Katie = aka "Petunia Pig"

New Blogs!

I have added three new links that I think you may be interested in seeing. Jennifer (Greg's niece) has started one and now we get to see a lot more of Ben and Anna Kate - aka- ring bearer and flower girl at the Trout wedding. Beverly has also joined the ranks and now we can keep up with the other five kids! Mitch and Shelley (our friends from Florida) have a daughter, Rebecca, and we have enjoyed watching her two children grow up. Rebecca worked for Greg one summer and we love keeping in touch via pictures. I thought you might want to see them - they are really cute. Anyway, I have more wedding pictures to post this weekend plus pictures from Micah's spring musical, GREASE. My burner quit working so I can't view pictures from a CD on my computer. I have to use Lauren's laptop and she usually has it with her. As soon as I get a chance, I'll add pictures. Anyway, happy viewing. Now all we need to do is convince Darlene and Kelli to join the club. What are our chances?

A Sad Day

This was truly a sad day at the Trout house. Greg and I decided to plant a garden this year and in order to do that, the fort needed to come down. It's not like anyone plays on it anymore and it was rotting so it wasn't safe, but it was a very special play place. There will be no more secret meetings, no more eating popsicles with the neighbors under the canopy, no more playing in the sand, no more hooking up the hose to the slide, and no more pictures of our beloved fort. Of course, I had to take pictures of the process, but I must admit that I teared up as I watched Greg do the dreaded task. (I'm actually crying now as I write this:) Those of you with little ones, take lots of pictures and enjoy the simple things. Before you know it they will be married and no one will want to be pushed on the swing anymore!

Micah was sooo excited when we bought this house because of the fort. His only question about our new house was, "Do we get to keep the fort?" He could hardly wait to get moved so he could play in it and being the youngest, I think he played in it the most. Of course, we got his permission before we began the demolition.
Greg did get to use power tools which made him feel manly even though I saw tears in his eyes too!
It's going..........
It's going.........
It's gone!