Life is GOOD! (click for photos)

Elli is 10 (*edited - missing Megan BIG TIME!!!)

we are so thankful

and Charli is looking forward to her very first Christmas!

So much to say, so little time! We are enjoying our lives as God reveals to us new lessons each day! This week has been good; very good. Enjoying days of homeschooling - studying China...first year we are not taking the whole month of December off! Still having fun.

Recently taking a step back, looking, in awe of Gods layout of my life. God is so faithful and so gracious to me! He finds new and creative (even comical) ways of reminding me that He loves me: people on the side of the road (ask if you're interested), mentoring, humbling me on stage, children with great wisdom, friends praying for me and asking for prayer, answering prayers...

I am so blessed! .......

Phil is amazing to me. I was completely infatuated with him from the first moment I laid eyes on him back in 1987. I have watched him transform into an even more attractive man as he travels through his life in search of Gods will. My love for him is so much bigger today. How does God do that?
Elli is a young lady after God's own heart! Her desire to serve the Lord is BIG. She learns to trust Him more each day and desires a real relationship with Him. She's my BRIGHT shining star - somehow she finds a way to daily remind me that life is good!
Riley - what a joy. He's fun, gross, sneaky, creative, spontaneous, caring, romantic...all the things a great leader should be! He makes me laugh and he enjoys doing it! He cares for others in a very deep way! I can't wait to see how God uses that great gift!
Charli girl...what can I say. She's amazing. Her smile draws me in everytime! She squints her eyes, flaunts her gums and squishes her nose. You can't help but feel honored as she shines her smile in your presence! I love morning time the best. God time, breakfast, morning chores (all the while El & Ri can't wait to get Charli up...they work extra fast so they can greet her little happy body when she wakes up.) What joy.

The Lord is good to me, and so I thank the Lord for giving me the things I need the sun and the rain and the apple tree the Lord is good to me! - A song I sing often