The Short Years: March 2013

Mar 21, 2013

recap continued...

an October day with Papa Allen

we spent the day making memories in the sun, picking pecans, carving a bow, and target shooting

We miss you Papa, but we will cherish these memories with you.

Thanksgiving 2013 at the Farm

a beautiful day for a football game

family hayride!

love this place

Christmas Eve

goof balls

Christmas morning at Mimi's

our little Christmas play. Ellie didn't like her angel costume, so ran off crying... nice.

Grandpa came by to deliver silver dollars to all the grandkids

we spent New Years' at the cabin.

Buddy

Jack and Daddy camo-ed up

Tanny and Ellie set up jewelry shop

Papa D

Jack and Ellie helped Dad and Uncle Jim make burn piles to thin the forest

they loved the work project

morning cuddle time includes all the four-legged kids too

Mar 18, 2013

Here's to another go at this bloggy thing! H has kicked me in the pants again (ever so sweetly), reminding me what a special place this can be to record these short years and memories with our littles. Where do I begin though? I left off with our trip to Uganda last July, meeting our little guys there... and nine months have gone by already. It's neat to look back on how we were not sure how to respond to all that we experienced there and yet, now, we are responding, getting involved, and seeing how God is using us and using that time to change us.

This has been a tremendous year. A crazy year really. Africa, homeschooling, our 10 year anniversary, my dad's illness and death, Thanksgiving, Christmas, my baby turning 6!!! What could God have next? Sometimes in the middle of it, I feel like I won't survive, but looking back is when I have perspective and I see God at work. I see His Hand holding mine, keeping me from falling headlong.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so here we go... a recap.

end of the summer lake fun