Tuesday was a rough day at the Dr.’s office. The girls both had their yearly well-child exams and immunizations. Both were quite excited to see Dr. Rhonda and give her the pictures they’d colored for her! …BUT… all that changed when the needle came out. (click to continue) Now, my precious Nya bug is a […]
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There’s No Place Like Home
The girls reading up on evacuation plans in case of an emergency landing 🙂 This past April we got to go “home” to Alaska for 7 weeks! Ty had the privilege of working turnaround at Tesoro doing his exact same job that he left over a year ago. Though the days were long he thoroughly […]
From Our Family To Yours…
By now you’ve probably received our first newsletter from our family to yours!We are certainly not pro’s at this type of thing, but we’re having fun in the process… (click to read more and see pics) Believe it or not that one-page letter took many many hours, several revisions, and lots of input from friends […]
The Face of Repentance
Posted by: Niki (approved by Ty) 😉 What does repentance look like? What IS repentance? If you’re a Christian you’ve probably heard this word in sermons, maybe even used it in conversation, or consider it something you did in order to receive salvation. Or maybe you’ve never stopped to consider it at all… repentance. By […]
It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!
by: Niki … ok, I have to confess I’d be lying if I actually said that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year … I do enjoy hearing the song every year at Christmas but I’m always a little bit like “hmmm… if this is the most wonderful time of the year then […]
Five Going On Ten
By: Niki December 28th, 2006… a day that changed our hearts and lives. Nya has always been our BIG girl… always learning, always striving for the next phase, always taking the world in and learning to articulate it back to us. Her first night in the hospital she layed next to me and neither of […]
Two Weeks With Grami & Papa
What a blessed fall we’ve had! We’ve enjoyed the company of family from back home to carry us through summer into winter. In October (just in time for Niki’s birthday!) Grami Tami and Papa Ray arrived in St. Joe… they literally sneaked in the back door! And the fun, squealing, snuggling, apple picking, and playing […]
10 Days Is Too Short!
We recently had our sister, Tera, and her two precious girls (Sadie and Ruby) with us for 10 days ~ which we have concluded is NOT long enough! We crammed in almost every possible activity, making the most of every moment together and had an absolute blast together. Lets get on with the pictures and […]
Off To Preschool!
Oh my goodness, is it here already? What a bittersweet time for a mom… excited to have my big girl getting to experience something new (something she’s been looking forward to for soooo long) and yet so aware of the fact that once school begins her life will pass before me even fast than it […]
A Magical Night
A couple of weeks ago we got to take the girls to their first carnival! Our little town of St. Joe hosts the Venetian Festival every year and it supposedly brings in about 200,000 visitors every year (that’s what I read online anyways)… and everything on the internet is true, right? We chose not to […]