Monday, August 24, 2009

The good life...

So this is what I call the good life......

Having a wonderful day with my sister...making lunch together for the kids...having Ava at our home for the afternoon and making brownies with her and reading her books while the babies napped....seeing Clay come in our door after his school day.....and watching Olivia cheer as she sees Luke and Isabel in her driveway!

They are officially moved in...and still in the works of unpacking, box by box...
but, making progress!  Kristen is unbelievable - I can't believe her attitude and 
energy she sustains for her kids.  

As Kristen and I stood together in her kitchen making lunch, we just kept saying how thankful we are to be together and to God for bringing the children together.   THey will actually know one another growing up.  

I am so thankful for my sister and her family!



I am also thankful for my other dear sister, KARA!!  She's home...she's really, really home!
It feels SO good to have her home.  She is so sweet!  When I saw her, it just felt like part of my heart came back.  Kara is such a special one!  She is here for another week before she goes to NY for her big new job!  We are so proud of you, Kara Ann

Kara, Kristen,  and Ava Grace....the night of the move in!
Don't u love Kristen's gas stove??  

All the kids....doing what kids do best - playing in the most peculiar places :)


Welcome to Alabama everyone!!!!!!

1 comment:

Schulke Family said...

Amazing stove is right!!!!!!! I am jealous, cooking with gas is the best!!!
So sweet to have your family together again, what love you all have for eachother! It's precious.

2 days before the twins arrived....

2 days before the twins arrived....
I am so thankful my Dad took this picture....to remind me what it felt like to hold two precious lives inside of me...

Be encouraged!

Lord fill my heart with Yours
that I may know Your will,
those things that I should act upon
and when you want me still.

Guard my mind from useless thoughts
that clutter, harm, confuse.
Create in me a closeness
that Your course I'll always choose.

Clear my hearing, teach me
to identify the lies,
that I may only hear the truth
of who I am in Christ.

Lord, satisfy and fill me
with Your Spirit from above,
that I may truly know the freedom
of Unfailing Love.

Then planted deeply in that love,
my heart in full surrender,
Lift the veil for all to see,
my life display Your splendor.


Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I BELIEVE......

I BELIEVE......
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11