Two days ago the most beautiful, amazing sound was heard <3>
Watching Kate and Wes experience this incredible journey with such excitement, such joy and such love for one another and this child they will raise makes my heart soar with joy!! This is how it should be, and I am so happy for them - I feel completely inadequate to express this, and profoundly grateful that this is the life they are living - devoted to God, devoted to each other and now, devoted to this baby...
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
our lake home...
20 years together and we have had such a life - work hard - play hard - challenges and rewards and oh so many changes ~ different homes, different jobs, different roles, different goals - but one thing that has been there, almost from the beginning - the lake!
Since our first summer with our youngest child, we have been coming to the lake - my nieces and nephews, my sister in law and I - so many, many memories - many at grandma and grandpa's lake home - but newer memories at the house next door, the house we bought to fix up and call our own...
I could write a novel on the trials and heartaches of the renovations, but I won't - they are officially behind us now -New memories are being made, and after almost 15 years of coming here, our kids have no real memory of not having the lake be a highlight to their summers ~ yesterday hitting our favorite restaurants, playing a couple of rounds of goofy golf and now, as I sit here savoring this moment, Lexi and her aunt Stephanie and cousin Brian are swimming off the neighbor's dock, Josh is fishing and I am enjoying a little peace and quiet in my new favorite chair :), and then tonight, I am certain -movies, popcorn and stretching out on the big sofa <3>lake house has officially been upgraded to lake home...
Since our first summer with our youngest child, we have been coming to the lake - my nieces and nephews, my sister in law and I - so many, many memories - many at grandma and grandpa's lake home - but newer memories at the house next door, the house we bought to fix up and call our own...
I could write a novel on the trials and heartaches of the renovations, but I won't - they are officially behind us now -New memories are being made, and after almost 15 years of coming here, our kids have no real memory of not having the lake be a highlight to their summers ~ yesterday hitting our favorite restaurants, playing a couple of rounds of goofy golf and now, as I sit here savoring this moment, Lexi and her aunt Stephanie and cousin Brian are swimming off the neighbor's dock, Josh is fishing and I am enjoying a little peace and quiet in my new favorite chair :), and then tonight, I am certain -movies, popcorn and stretching out on the big sofa <3>lake house has officially been upgraded to lake home...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
so very blessed...
So. my beautiful daughter is about to be a mommy! And I'm about to be a grandma <3
Although I got a bit of a late start on things, I've truly desired to be a Proverbs 31 wife and mom, and have committed myself to this for more than a decade now ~ I make no claims to having achieved success in this, but I have tried ~
Based on how my children are doing so far, I can truly see God's hand and His grace in my life and theirs ~ I don't know how I could be more pleased. I am so completely filled with joy for them and with gratitude to my merciful God for the way He answered the first prayer I ever prayed for my children...
My life has been full and blessed and rarely without challenges. A faithful, hardworking husband and 4 completely different children :) ~ we've never known a dull moment. Our oldest is now married and expecting their first child ~ and although we still have 3 at home, I know this time will fly by...
So, as I near the end of one beautiful season of my life and begin another, I have decided to try to hold on to these memories, savor the moments and treasure all that God has for us in the coming years, and this journal will be a small part of that...
Although I got a bit of a late start on things, I've truly desired to be a Proverbs 31 wife and mom, and have committed myself to this for more than a decade now ~ I make no claims to having achieved success in this, but I have tried ~
Based on how my children are doing so far, I can truly see God's hand and His grace in my life and theirs ~ I don't know how I could be more pleased. I am so completely filled with joy for them and with gratitude to my merciful God for the way He answered the first prayer I ever prayed for my children...
My life has been full and blessed and rarely without challenges. A faithful, hardworking husband and 4 completely different children :) ~ we've never known a dull moment. Our oldest is now married and expecting their first child ~ and although we still have 3 at home, I know this time will fly by...
So, as I near the end of one beautiful season of my life and begin another, I have decided to try to hold on to these memories, savor the moments and treasure all that God has for us in the coming years, and this journal will be a small part of that...
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