Firetrucks and Spaghetti
The annual firemans spaghetti supper is another sure sign of spring. Families walking to the fire department, reuniting with old friends after a long winters hibernation and just good food!!
Dayne and Diego and Yerly were more than excited to go. Dayne… because his friend Joseph would be there and he is a superstar at the firestation with his dad the firefighter and his grandpa the old fire chief, Diego and Yerly were just excited to go somewhere as a family.
Easter Blessings! We are without words some days as to how Great is our God.
These days as we hit a milestone in our pregnancy….we revisit the memories often….Seven years ago when we lost a baby boy midterm, we did not understand how “all things work for the good of those who love Him.” We could not understand how the loss that was felt so deep was in some way a part of God’s plan in shaping our lives.
That loss lead our hearts in a whole new direction. We were very unsettled and felt God’s calling to expand our family. We were not getting pregnant after several ( 5 to be exact) years of trying and after two losses. The desire for a baby was placed in our hearts and left unfulfilled for a reason. So that would examine all that God has to offer. We wondered if God was calling us to use our experience in Mexico to adopt a sibling set from a latin american country.
After many prayers and seeking….Now we have two little love bugs in our family and God has decided to bless us with a baby as well. After all of these years, we just sit in Wonder!! We can only imagine that God had a plan for Diego and Yerly to be in OUR family and that God has a plan for this new gift.
As we approach the midterm of this pregnancy and the period of loss, we can completely envision this new little life and with a renewed hope that all things do work for the good of those who love Him.
We continue to pray that this baby will remain free of the GBS infection.
CELEBRATIONS
we celebrated ella and greenly’s birthday!!! 12 and 2 yrs old!
Easter Finest!
We had a great time decorating eggs this year, with a new excitement brought to the table from two little people.
The city easter egg hunt was almost as exciting as we walked out our front door, across the street to the park!
We woke up at the crack of dawn to go to the free Kalahari indoor theme park admission from 530 am until 8 am. Tired, but so much fun!!!!
Spring has brought a new love….BIKES. For spring break, we put the training wheels on both of the little love bug bikes. They love the freedom of being able to ride around the sidewalk!!
For St Pattys Day we celebrated with all things Irish and we had an Ireland Unit Study day for homeschool coop.
Diego and Yerly said their names and ages in english with their lovely shamrock hats!
Gretta gave a report on scones, a tradition from england and ireland and she gave samples of her own scone recipe.
Ella told a little about St Patrick and served a green sherbet drink.
Dayne told a little about leprechauns and had a little tootsie roll hunt for the kids.
