Our girls went crazy the other day and decided to do every single puzzle we have. This took several days and instead of putting them away, they just kept adding them to the pile! Thought I would show you the vast array and plain ‘ole vast number of puzzles that we own…
Just wanted to show you that even in Africa we have orthodontist. And, it is entirely possible, plausible and probable (and hopeful) that Kamryn will have finished all her orthodontia work before we come home next and you won’t have even see it. So, for that reason, here is proof that she is indeed a BRACE FACE!!!
We have no excuse. Before when Julia was our youngest, we could use that excuse when we forget to take pictures or blog about them, that she is our third. But in one year, our baby Julia went from being the baby in our family (five years perfecting that role) to being the middle child. CRAZY!!! So, anyway, we did celebrate her birthday. It just took me almost exactly a month to get her blog posted!!! Forgive me my darling, beautiful, sweet, loving Julia!!! She is six now. She is six. We just watched her baby video the other day. Crazy how time flies… Three houses, a million miles and a couple new sisters later, here we are. I love you Julia!!! You brighten my day, and make me feel loved like the dad I want to be.
Happy Birthday to my beautiful wife... I was thinking about her today. Life doesn't often allow such time for just thinking. I just thought about great my life is with her, and how different a person I am through her and grateful I am that she is in my life. She is a gem that makes me more valuable. Thank you Lord for this precious gift of a precious wife. May I delight in this beauty, rejoicing in her evermore. May this priceless gem only grow in value as I delight only in her...
Brady turned 8 today! And, girl, did we celebrate!
We started the morning off with a private breakfast, just mom, dad and 
Brady! We went to a place called Kiliminjaro's, where Brady has a Milo (a hot-chocolate/coffee drink that daddy mostly drank:) and then had a cake brought to her with a birthday song and then crepes with ice cream. It was pretty sweet (pun intended). Bray and Steph went shopping for a bit, daddy took the car to get a rack put on, we met half way, and then played around the house for a bit. Nshima for lunch, Swimming in the afternoon, homemade pizza for dinner and ice cream with all th
e friends for dessert... We were exhausted but satisfied at the end.
We love our little (getting bigger by the day) Brady. She is so sweet, adventurous and the life of the party. I thank the Lord for my little girl.
Our little baby just turned one today! She is precious and beautiful and we love her like crazy. The hardest thing about being over here with a little baby is that all our friends and family don't get to know her like we do. So, here is her one year recap: Jo-Jo is active and into everything and yet she has a sweet spirit and loves to laugh. She makes the funniest expressions and can now wave and clap and do the 'ole get excited arm wave thing. It is just crazy to think that after Julia we thought we were done and we were planning on being done. And we are so thankful we did not make any permanent decisions because God changed our hearts and gave us another beautiful blessing. We literally can't imagine our lives without her. Praise God for his graciousness and for His wonderful Spirit to lead and guide us like He did.
Here is a short slide show in review...
