Christmas gifts?

Our family has never been focused on Christmas gifts a lot. Aaron and I have never gotten gifts for each other. Last year was the first time my kids received gifts from us. I have always loved getting gifts (my selfishness!) but over the past few years it has seemed pointless to [...]

death.life.sorrow.joy

I am moved to tears nearly every time I visit Licia’s blog. She does a great job of letting us get a look into her life. I have no idea how she and her sister, Lori, do what they do. They sacrifice day in and day out to help the people that [...]

Sponsoring children

My friend Amy called me today and told me that she read Aaron’s blog today and the post about him meeting our sponsored child led her to cry like she had not cried in a long time. Not only did it lead her to cry, but it led her to go to the Compassion [...]

driving to Haiti

mommy: Why don’t you and your brother pretend like you’re driving a car.
Big Boy: Okay, come on bubbie.
Mommy: Where are you going to go?
Big Boy: We’re driving to Haiti to pick Amos up.
Mommy: Oh that is great!
Big Boy: Hi Amos! I like your house!

29 reasons I love him.

Happy Birthday to the love of my life. Aaron is turning 29 today and he is in Peru and last I heard from Bush he was not feeling too well. I spent all night praying for him and thinking of him and wishing I was there to lay in bed with hiim while [...]

want to change.

For a while now Aaron and I have been sensing God doing something in our lives. Sometimes I feel as though my life that I live now surely can not be how God intends for me to live. We live in a comfortable neighborhood, hardly have interatction with anyone that is poor, and [...]

I miss Aaron because …

1. He makes dinner for me every night and the dinner I make is not good at all
2. He gets the kids ready for school on Tues & Thurs
3. He sings silly songs with the kids and they crack up
4. He wrestles with the boys every night before bed
5. He [...]

my AMOS.

Tonight when I sat down after a long night I opened up my email and there they were! Two emails full of pictures from Licia. They made my night. His face is so bright and shiny. His smile is huge and his eyes are full of hope. He is such [...]

Happy Birthday Deacon!

Today is my little boy’s birthday.  He is two today!  I can’t believe that two years ago today we were sitting in a hospital waiting room all day long waiting to hear that he had arrived.  Today I am so thankful for this little boy. He brings so much joy and happiness to our home.  [...]

love boys

I am loving my boys so much lately. They are so fun and crack me up! Here are some pictures of them recently ….
Big Boy was a cowboy today for their western themed party at school. He loved the whole outfit and kept asking for a real horse to ride.

Little Boy with [...]