Finally!

Trying for that perfect picture… This one was too blurry….ugh… So someone said, “Let’s all do crazy faces”….   obviously some are better at crazy faces than others.. We had Grandma get in for some.   Just my treasures {so far}.  =)  My Girls….  My Boys So I’m wondering….do I replace the picture  in the header with…

Sweet Memories

Today I am feeling rather lonely for my big kids…. the days are just far too long between visits… {and I know many of you know what I’m talking about} And then I remembered I hadn’t posted this picture… it was just a spur of the moment before we all parted ways… {Autumn had left the…

Family Fun in San Francisco

Thought you all might like a little peek into what we’ve been doing…. This is from the stoop at Abi & Ryan’s apartment…. Sidewalk chalk is leaving Abigail and Ryan’s neighborhood a bit more cheerful….thanks to all the artistic talent that abounds from all the kids…… And what else would Emma be writing?? Loving Uganda…

Finally! Abi’s House!

Being at Abi & Ryan’s – well, it’s THE BEST This thing threw a couple of the kids off….not sure what part of it was fun?? Hanging onto big sis… Reading with Big Sis? Doesn’t get any better…. Candid shot…{my favorite kind} Elizabeth and Isaiah are pretty tight buds… and Jubilee and Elijah are too…

Grandma Gert Meets Jubilee

One of my motivations for driving across the country with the kids was for Jubilee to meet her Grandma Gert. There is something about being able to say, “I met my grandma before she passed away” that just was really important to me. Grandma G has been so excited for her four newest grandchildren to…

Garden City, Kansas

Yesterday morning we left the hotel in Blue Springs and headed straight to Starbucks. It was almost 10am. I had had a hard time getting movin’ and we were definitely lagging! Graham texted to ask where we were. I had just parked the car at Starbucks so I texted him that we were at the…

Playin’ on Silver Lake

Tuesday we rented a boat and played on the lake that Dw had grown up on….and take a gander at that smile of his…you can see how much it ministered to his sweet soul….this man loves being on a boat probably most of all… Checkin’ out the water just as we start to take off…….