We had a wonderful time last night at the Fall Festival! The kids were so excited. Riley had to get the schedule all straight so that she’d know exactly when she could put on her Cinderella costume. When I told her that it would be after I got back from helping with set-up at the […]

What a blessing it is that God uses our kids to help us have a sense of humor about ourselves. I just love the things they say. Just this morning, Zoe was studying Kevin’s face carefully and said, “Daddy, you have a very sneaky nose.” I almost choked on my cereal. Just last week, my […]

Riley and Adam tracked back in to school on Monday, and I came up for air only to realize that October will be over before I know what hit me. They were so excited to go back to school. Yesterday morning Riley followed Adam around all morning carrying his backpack and making sure he was […]

We started our day with a celebration. My kids taught me a long time ago that one never needs a reason to celebrate. All you need is some whipped cream and chocolate drizzle on top of about an inch deep cup of coffee. It was Zoe’s idea (she’s a walking celebration, after all), but all […]

Praise the Lord along with me! Every day Adam has more to say to us, and we are so thankful to see him slowly but surely coming out of his shell and being more verbal. Last night Adam was getting impatient waiting to have supper. I was finishing up an email, and he had apparently […]

This is Riley’s and Adam’s last week of track out, so it seems to be our week to finish up on some odds and ends and check off the to do list. Today we went to get flu shots. When I told Zoe we were going she said, “BUT girls don’t get shots.” I guess […]

Hello all, So many of you have said, “I haven’t received any updates on the kids lately (a comment for which I feel extremely blessed—that you pray for us and want to know means more to us than words can say),” that Kevin and I thought we’d start a blog that you can read if […]