Two years ago today.....

.......we were blessed.....

.....with our first son...

Look at that chub!!!!

I think Ben was born to make people smile.

BLUE!

Happy 2nd Birthday Benny!  You sure have blessed our lives!

Family Photos

Still haven't gotten around to the kids' individual photos, but we finally have a couple of family photos!  I don't think we have gotten a picture of the whole family together if a few years.  Thank you so much Kelly!  :)

Photo Shoot To Be Rescheduled

I try to take the kids' pictures in the spring every year.  We have all of this gorgeous land around us now to use as a backdrop.  All we need to do is wait for a nice day and go out and snap a few photos, right?  Everything was fine until a few (thousand) mosquitos decided to join us!  So, when this is all you can get for photos, I think its time to reschedule:

We will pull out the bug spray and try again another day.  But, here is one to tide everyone over for now.  Look at that pile of cuties sitting in their nice bug free home!

And don't mind Elaina.  She isn't choking Josie.  She is just popping Cheerios in her mouth so that she will sit still for a minute. 

Overheard...

 

Today while we were learning about stars and galaxies Abby asked, "Is that where heaven is?"
I told her that I'm not sure where heaven is and she said, "I do.  Its up in the clouds in the sky."
I asked, "Well, how do you know that?"
Elaina piped in and said, "Because Jesus went up to heaven on a cloud."
Abby said, "Yea, and He's coming back on a cloud too."

I thought that students weren't supposed to be smarter than their teachers....
On the other hand I'm glad they are more interested in heaven than in supernovas!

Our silly Ben

Ben was trying to blink his eyes the other night and Brett had to pull out his phone to capture a quick video.  Ben kept raising his eyebrows up and down and moving his cheeks, but couldn't quite get it right.  Its so cute to watch him try!

(I have no idea how to rotate the video, any ideas?)

We are expecting!

After spending almost half of my married life pregnant, I wouldn't expect anyone that knows us well to be shocked by that announcement! 

But, this time is a bit different....

God is placing His desires on our hearts and we are excited to see where he will lead us.  Right now we feel He is calling us towards adoption.  When this little face was placed before our eyes we could not say no.

Graham will hopefully be joining our family at the end of the summer.  We will try to keep everyone updated here on our blog as we move through this journey!

Today's Quote

If you live without a vision of the glory of God filling the whole

earth, you are in danger of serving your own dreams of greatness, as you wait to do "the next thing" God tells you. There are too many over-fed, under-motivated Christians hiding behind the excuse that God has not spoken to them. They are waiting to hear voices or see dreams all the while living to make money, to provide for their future, to dress well and have fun.
~Floyd McClung