Happy "Half" Birthday

On July 16th, we celebrated Lydia's half birthday. Yep, she has passed the 18th month mark. Here is a video to capture this fun day! The video is a little longer than normal (around 9 minutes). The first part is us singing and the second part is reminding Lydia what she can do at this point in her life. We love her! Happy "Half" Birthday little girl!

Our Table Display

Taking on a project with design and craftsmanship doesn't exactly fit the Stock household. We have many, and I think, good ideas. But to put those ideas into reality are difficult to say the least for us. But, we work as a team, Lydia cheers us on by sleeping quietly, and we eventually have something put together. And now that we are missionaries and have to "brand" ourselves to all who would listen, we have taken the past couple of weeks to create a few things.

Here is our latest project we just finished tonight. It is our table display for when we go to churches and a booth in the lobby/fellowship hall.

After a week or so and many trips to Home Depot, the finished product!!!

Come right over, and hear about what God is doing in South Asia!

BONUS: Mommy and Lydia having a little fun with the camera.

One Step Closer

Any takers?

Since we blogged last... (alternate title: "Cute Pictures of Lydia")

A lot has happened.


Lydia says "Pop-Pop" all the time.

She learned how to make French toast with Nana.

She played in the water a lot.

We celebrated Independence Day.

This is still cute.

We went to the beach.

Lydia grew her hair long enough to be put in a ponytail.

She still really loves this duck.