In sickness and in health....

A little collage from the trip. We survived!

Cali cousins...so cute! We love you!!! ...and, um, so sorry we got you sick.

Disney....thanks Dan and Christina...we will never forget!

Yes, this is one of the only pics. Mom stayed out of puking radius for this ride...it was too fresh on our minds after hours of traveling with sick kids.


Roman did "Disney" strong....then collapsed at 8:30....big brother to the rescue.





Smiles all around. Their dreams did come true.

Santa Rosa

Roman was pretty scared to be in lock down with a dog in view. It took a while, and then it was love from then on.








We had a sweet visit with true friends. Thanks guys, u really showed us a great weekend!! It's always been my dream to see these Redwoods!! And, Kim, you put Martha Stewart to shame!!








Can we put our feet in? Ok...our ankles, can we go up to our knees.....whatever, we can figure it out later.

Our dishwasher is broken.

Happy birthday, dear Lukas!

The "pupcakes".





Everybody wanted a birthday candle...why not?






The big day was pretty busy. After cupcakes we whisked them up for our last basketball game. Lukas was a little sick, but so sweet. He kept saying happy birthday to everyone else. We ended up at IKEA...sadly, some 3 year olds are not tall enough for the play area. Grandma kept him happy though with a little treat!

This is mr stinky pants who says he was frozen in the snow...and after some lovin decided to make a snow angel.








It was beautiful and a glimpse of our Mighty God! What a fun week! We did wimp out after a few days without power though and go to auntie's house.

I think I mentioned It this weekend already, but I sure love boys!

Dugouts!

Zayin asked for a hatchet for Christmas...he got the "The Hatchet" the book instead. I guess it's still on his list!


We have had a lot of schoolwork and basketball this week, so the boys were so happy to get out...for hours today. Can't say I minded. Can you believe this? Doug came to get me and the camera.














And even a ghilley suit. I always like cleaning out..so when Darius asked if we could just get rid of these clothes I said "sure". Hmmm, was that manipulation? A needle and thread, glue, and a great imagination and voila. Boys, I sure love mine!!!

the fam

Darius's pose for us!

a few of our tries for a family pic

Who needs toys?

Our faithful God!

Sitting here getting our blog updated is actually an emotional roller coaster. First, Darius has been begging to play Monopoly all day and is breathing over my shoulder. This puts me in a state of rushing and who knows if I can focus? I don't blog much seeing as all the bloggers are intelligent and elegant people who seem to make even the mundane funny and interesting. And their pictures are quite impressive as well. Yet, I want so much to communicate with you all and thank you for so much. We are so grateful for your kindness and prayers.
We are on this "pilgrimage" as my husband calls it and the journey sure has its wears and tears. Yet, we are so blessed. We have been miraculously able to pay bills, eat like kings, fill the very large gas tank, and I even got a mocha last week. We love our families and church body and hear the preaching of the Word faithfully! Yet, we are often overwhelmed with the tasks ahead. We celebrated Doug's 39th birthday and it was surreal. We were rejoicing with what God has done, and yet nervous thinking of where we thought we would be by this point in our lives. We have the daily struggles that discourage us too easily. Yet, we know His timing is perfect and is for our good and His Glory!! May Jesus Christ be praised! Please continue to pray for us! Sorry it took so long to update.

Stockings

Crab

The Lord provides...and we eat like kings. Thank you friends, for your kindness. Next time we will eat outside and hose the kids down after...on the beach might be nice too.















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