Picking up where we left off...

We're sorry it's taken us so long to chime in with an update. Shortly after my mom left in early July, we took a road trip to Santa Fe and Albuquerque, NM to spend some time with my cousin, April, who was finishing up some coursework there. The highlights from that trip were: the pool at the hotel, shopping, the zoo, and good Chinese food (finally!).


After that our dear friends, the Woods came to visit for a few days. They're on furlough from their mission work in Turkey and we cherished our time with them. The boys, as always, loved meeting new friends (and the extra loving, too).


Shortly after the Woods departed, Jeff's parents came to visit. We were able to go out and celebrate our anniversary ALONE. :) We had part of our date before bedtime, came home for bedtime, and then went out again afterward, so that we didn't have to be rushed. It was so nice to take our time celebrating. We also did lots of fun things with Jeff's parents while they were here...parks, hiking, the Discover center...fun times!


After Jeff's parents left, we celebrated Jeff's birthday. Go karts, cake, and Chinese food...does it get any better than that?!? Jeff says not...


Since then, we've been relaxing and watching the Olympics. And, now that the Olympics are over, we're gearing up for Bible study to start in the fall. We're so excited to be studying our Pastor Jimmy Evan's book and video series "Marriage on the Rock." It should be fun, if you think of it, pray for us as we facilitate this group.


Well, that's probably plenty for now, hopefully, not as much time will pass before I update you again. :)

He said holy...

...and my heart melted.

I was rocking Will to sleep for the roughest nap of the day (the one that starts at 3-4 p.m. after a long hard day of eating, sleeping, pooping, and lately playing!). Sometimes singing helps to calm him down while I rock, so I was singing the worship song "We Fall Down." If you're familiar with the song, you know the chorus has a line that says "...and we cry holy, holy, holy is the Lamb." In the middle of the song, Elliot (who has been adding a word or more a day to his vocabulary) starting singing "holy, holy, holy" with me, smiling, and twirling around in the middle of the living room with his arms spread wide...and my heart melted. And, I think God's did, too.