Here's a recap of what we've been up to lately:
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| Noah got an electric guitar for Christmas. He's quite the rocker! |
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| Make your own pizzas for Family Fun Night! |
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| I went on a date with this fine young gentleman. |
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| When my mom came she taught us how to play dominos. Here we are on Christmas Eve having some fun family time. |
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| Christmas morning breakfast, complete with bacon that Justin brought from England! |
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| Callie came up with a Christmas morning plan, wrote a song, and led us in worship. It was hands down my favorite part of the day! |
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| Our Christmas tree! |
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| Callie posing with her gift from Grandma. |
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| Noah and Lucy were pretty happy with their gifts, too! |
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| A NASA exhibit came to town so we walked on the moon one day. |
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| A wooden concrete form fell probably 100 feet from the construction site across the street and smashed the top of our car. Here they are towing it away. |
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| Miss Lucy got her first report card! All 5's! |
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| We started off the two week winter break with some fun! Doughnuts at Krispy Kreme and... |
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| ice skating! I signed Lucy up for a lesson to help make everyone's life a little easier. |
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| Noah is a pretty good ice skater, and Calllie keeps a nice firm grip on the wall! |
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| A buddy from high school came through our city on the way to a conference. It was so fun to see him and catch up! |
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| Justin had back surgery. Praise the Lord, the surgery went well and he has recovered completely! |
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| This princess turned 10 years old!! |
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| So, we stuck her in this machine to punish her for growing up! |
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| They continued to grow up, so we tortured them some more! |
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| My mom had a BIG birthday this year, so I flew over to surprise her. |
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| My beautiful mother and my Daddy (my coconspirator). |
So, as you can see, although the blog has been blank, life has been full!
The weather has gone from this:
To this:
And I am praying that my heart will, too!
"This is what God says,
the God who builds a road right through the ocean,
who carves a path through pounding waves,
The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—
they lie down and then can’t get up;
they’re snuffed out like so many candles:
“Forget about what’s happened;
don’t keep going over old history.
Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.
It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it?
There it is! I’m making a road through the desert,
rivers in the badlands. Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’
—the coyotes and the buzzards—
Because I provided water in the desert,
rivers through the sun-baked earth,
Drinking water for the people I chose,
the people I made especially for myself,
a people custom-made to praise me."
Isaiah 43:18-20 MSG
