It is hard to believe that the second installment of the Huffman Family will be here in just 6 weeks.  There is much to be done upstairs in Simon’s room and the baby’s room before that day comes.  Julie is doing good and feeling good although she is getting very tired in the evening and I am sure Simon is wearing her out during the day.  This baby has been moving a lot more than Simon did and seems to get the hiccups more often. 

Things have started to slow down a little around the Huffman household. Don’t get me wrong, we still have plenty to keep us busy.  But on a beautiful day like today we just couldn’t stay inside. Simon and I went for a walk to enjoy the colors on the trees.  Then while I raked the lawn Simon was introduced to playing in the leaves!  I raked a pile around him and for a while it served as an automatic playpen.  He was too afraid of the leaves to move!  Before long he figured out my scheme and got a little braver.  Soon he was playing and laughing and crawling all over right where I wanted to rake.  Needless to say I didn’t accomplish much! 

August 18th, 2007 took Julie and her sister to Columbia to be a part of her oldest brothers wedding.  On Sunday August 19th, 2007, Jonathan and Juanita Tarp were married in Bogata, Columbia.  It was the longest Julie had ever been away from Simon and they were both happy to see each other (I was also happy to see my wife back safely). 

August 23rd Marked a Very Special Occasion

Matt’s sister Becky and her son Carlos came to see the rest of the Huffman gang in Wisconsin.  They came over on the car ferry across Lake Michigan and arrived in time to participate in the last Western Jamboree of the summer. 
Carlos especially loved the Buckin’ Bronco (the Camp Forest Springs version of a mechanical bull) and the CFS Express (a small train donated to camp earlier this summer). 

Part of the evening included a collecting tickets and than paying to have someone “arrested.”
I managed to stay under the radar for the first three weeks, but couldn’t escape a sister’s sinister plan to use her son’s ambition to earn as many tickets as he could and then use them to have her brother arrested. 
Of course Carlos wanted to go to jail with Uncle Matt! 

We had a great weekend with Becky and Carlos and we can’t wait till Christmas when we will be together again. 

Julie, Simon and I want to post a
Special Thanks to Steve and Linda Borchardt, Dick and Viv Angelo, Mike Harrenstein, Jesse and April Schutt, Tawnya Smith, Carl and Becky Bishop, Lisa Trimble, Joy, Jessica and James Tarp, Adam and Jennifer Scheele and Charlie Huffman for your generosity in helping us clean the house to get it ready and in helping us move on Saturday.  Your willingness to help on the one day off many of you had was a real blessing for the Huffman Family. Now the joy begins of finding a home for all the stuff.

As of Saturday August 11th our new address is 310 Park Row Rib Lake, WI 54470 Same phone number 715-427-0431.>