Linnea Grace Schutte is here!

We are thrilled to be entrusted with Linnea Grace Schutte! 6lbs, 7oz, 18" for you stat keepers :) She is a blessing from the Lord. Please pray that we would exemplify Christ to her- in our complete failures and our successes! That she would have a second birth, a spiritual one, into the Lord's Kingdom. Here she is:

Aren and Mommy on a date!

Aren's ballet class :)

The new toys that Daddy made :)

My handsome little guy!

Grandma and Linnea.

Yaiyai and Linnea.

Grandpa helps Aren with her Lego.

Buddy wants to be just like his daddy!! Good man!

Aren and Daddy.

Papa helps Aren pick apples.

Fall update

We are awaiting the arrival of our 3rd baby!! Any day now little dude or dudette Schutte will arrive and we are still working on a name :) We have agreed that if it is a boy, Aaron probably won't work. Other than that, we are still debating. Stay tuned.
Pete is taking class at the seminary and working full time- it is a full load for him but he is thriving under the responsibility. We should be done with classes here in about 5 or 6 years- isn't that crazy!?! We are still waiting to see what the Lord has for us after school and are trying to be faithful in the meantime.
I am tutoring some and am able to stay at home with the kids. It is a lot of work but also such a blessing. Getting to see their personalities and teach them about who God is and who He made them to be is such a privilege; pray that I would be faithful in my task.
Here are a couple pictures of the past months:

Pete and I at the fair.

Elias trying to get the truck on the train tracks.

Auntie Beth and Elias.

Aren and Elias playing together.

This is the helmet Aren picked out.

She wanted to try these roller skates!

Aren made teepee's with her books.

My good lookin' man.

My other good lookin' man.

And our good lookin' girl!

Great Grandpa gets to celebrate another birthday!

We've put nail polish that makes her not want her fingers in her mouth.....

He loved throwing rocks in Lake Superior, 'trying to fill it up!'

Happy 90th Birthday!

They are a good lookin' pair!

Luke likes throwing rocks in too!

Aren and Uncle Joe doing a puzzle.

Pete entertaining.

At the seminary rec center after dinner one day.

She's really fun.

He's so darn cute!

Summer update

Elias at his sister's dance recital in need of a hair cut

Aren showing us her ballet moves

I finally cut off her mullet tail! I still can't believe I did!

He wanted to carry around a pink bag.... but he loves wearing his backpack so I distracted him with that instead.

Her new thing is dress up- particularly as a 'bumble bee' (lady bug)

Look who can feed himself! We just need to work on the attrition.

Getting ready to pick blackberries and peaches at the farm.

Sampling is encouraged.

This is a peach tree! Maybe we will grow one......

I think more made it into her tummy than the bucket.

Pete built me a new shelf! He just, 'whipped it up.'

A 'bumble bee' that cuts paper- who knew!