Our Little Flower - February 26

Laurel Joy

two months old

From Dimmitt to Grangeville - February 11-16

February 11 - The kids watched from the driveway as the movers loaded the last of our belongings onto the moving truck (including their bikes and our backyard swingset!). Then the truck drove away...

February 16 - The kids watched out the upstairs window as the same moving truck arrived at our new house and began to unload all of our belongings (including their bikes and our backyard swingset!).

We love our moving truck!

Saying Goodbye - February 10-11

This is a hard post for me to write...in fact I almost didn't do it. It's not easy to say good-bye, but it is part of life and right now it is a part of our life, so I wanted to take a moment to document it.

The week of the move we had to say many good-byes to many very special people. These are just a few of those moments that I was blessed enough to capture with our camera. So many memories wrapped up in just a few photos as we said good-bye to...

friends (both big and small)...

favorite teachers...

very special neighbors...

our family...

and countless others who have touched our lives in so many ways.


A very dear friend reminded me that the reason we cry at good-byes is because we have loved each other well. And in the midst of our tears...

is a joy that comes from knowing that this life is not all there is. We have a hope in something so much greater, so much bigger than anything we can experience here. As our family follows God in obedience and seeks to be a light for Him by sharing the hope we have with others, we are blessed to know that these good-byes are not forever.

"...so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." Titus 3:7

Mommy's Helper - February 7

Sabrina has been such a great helper with Laurel while I've been packing this week. I couldn't help but smile when I walked down the hall and discovered this sweet scene in one of our empty bedrooms. Love this girl...

Cathryn's Shower - February 6

The girls and I drove to Lubbock for Cathryn's baby shower. Here are just a few pictures from that fun-filled morning...

Mom and Cathryn

Monique, Sabrina, Jen, Laurel, Cathryn, Carol, Megan, Kim and Grady

Lots and lots of wonderful presents...

for a sweet baby girl!

My sweet girls...ready to welcome their new cousin into the family!

Pizza with the Bairds - February 5

Our friends the Bairds invited us over for supper...the kids had lots of fun making bagel pizzas for everyone...

and then dressing up in crazy costumes.

A couchful of ten wild and crazy kids...we love the Bairds!