Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
Check this out… this place even has a waterfall…..which is completely amazing!! It pelts your body like none other…and makes those aching muscles and bones feel oh-so-good.. I was able to catch three different shots of little miss Lizzie Lu singing and dancing…. like here…. although Elijah is covering her up…she was dancing here too…….
Left to right: Jubilee, Isaiah, Elijah, Liberty, Emma, Graham, Daddy & Elizabeth.. The place we are staying at has a water park attached….which since we are staying here is included {another off-season perk!}…the water park has several pools, a lazy river raft ride, giant slide, lap pool, wading pool and even miniature golf….so very refreshing……and…
You know how it is? Large families who are away? Big kids, little kids, everyone sleeping everywhere…and then there is that one {usually the youngest} who just doesn’t appreciate the joy of sleeping in….so this handsome little guy was up at the crack of dawn….I tried having him snuggle with me in bed…and that worked…
Apparently not many people choose to vacation in Phoenix in mid-July. Not really sure why. Maybe it’s that 112 degree thing. But this family is still needing to thaw out from winter in the mountains {which most will agree was an exceptionally long, cold, snowy one}. Phoenix seemed like the perfect place. Rates are low….
Sometimes when we are recalling the things that the Lord has done, we see His protection as well as finding what some of His purposes were for a particular situation. A few years back, when we were pastoring in Virginia, Autumn, Emma, Graham and Liberty had gone with me to Richmond to take Tyler to…
Many, many of you followed along last fall, laughing with us across the country to NY and back to CO with our wild and crazy RV adventure. We were soooo excited!! Remember this picture? We were giddy with anticipation!! Yes, it was the dumbest thing we have done in a long time…..and we often wonder…
Something is on my heart that I need to share. We’ll be back next week with another Memorial Box Monday. I’m sorry for any inconvenience. I’ve gotten literally dozens and dozens and dozens of letters from women asking something like this: What if my husband isn’t into adoption? or What if my husband doesn’t want…
America – it’s your birthday! But your birthday, sweet land of Liberty, didn’t come without a very, very high price….. 234 years ago 56 men pledged together: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our…