1.30.2023

Remember these JAMMIES?!

How cute are these THREE?!  


We saved those "BroBro" Jammies and it was time to bring them out again!!!

Here is Andrew realizing they are "matchey"!!  It was SOOOOO cute!!! 

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Doing "school together" πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

Cutest matchey boys EVER!! 

1.27.2023

Randomness round-up of the week!

More drumming sessions and impromptu dance parties...
Out and about with these two is always entertaining!! 
We conquered every single Costco sample in the building!

Waiting for YMA to be done is SUPER EXCITING these days...the construction around the corner keeps the little boys whooping and hollering with each move the machines make...
Mama be like...
And the boys are like "WOOHOOO!!!  DID YOU SEE THAT ONE MOOOOOVE?!  WOWWWWW!!!!"

More excitement comes from a full package box on the way home...
We covered James in boxes! πŸ˜‡

1.25.2023

Beauty, cuteness and...Chicken Milk?!

I have not been doing a good job documenting the gorgeous artwork that God daily displays out of our back window each evening!! 

Cutest. Toddler. Ever.  
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And in a ragingly hilarious toddler moment this week, as we were putting the groceries away, Andrew kept telling me about the "Chicken Milk" and I had NO IDEA what he was talking about...then he showed me the "Chicken Milk": 
Which makes perfect sense to him, because πŸ‘‡this containerπŸ‘‡holds our "regular milk" and they DO look quite similar!!
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So...Chicken Milk it is!!!!!

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1.23.2023

Sunday Worship!

The most important aspect of our family life is worship of Christ!  
It is a wonderful and glorious treasure, but I don't often picture it here in proportion to the space that it occupies in our life...
So, here is a regular, joy-filled Sunday gathering! 


It can be "messy" in a good way (no high liturgies here ;) - families together, babies cooing, little ones learning alongside their parents and siblings - but we are all in it together and it's truly a transformative and beautiful thing! 
πŸ₯°πŸ₯°One of my FAVORITE aspects is the multi-generational worship...Grandmas and babies all together...sometimes even dancing together!! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

Afterwards we have a meal and fellowship that often goes into late afternoon/evening!
😍 Cutest twinsies ever!! 😍

And I suppose there's nothing like a good 'ole game of Homeschooler-Human-Chess, right?! πŸ˜‚

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ThisπŸ‘‡ was the sweetest moment ever...we have a wee one among us with a seizure disorder, and despite all medical interventions and drugs, the seizures cannot always be stopped or controlled...so she started having one on Sunday afternoon and in a precious moment, everyone stopped what they were doing to lay hands on her and sing her favorite songs to comfort her until it passed.   
What a kindness of the Lord to remind us all to love one another well with the time we have here on earth.  
πŸ˜‚And then there's the eight-person SQUEEZE into your Dad's antique car to ferry people to other cars!! πŸ˜‚

Sunday is our favorite and best day of the week!!  

1.20.2023

And on to THE Winter Ball for some more dancing!!

We donned our fancies yet again for some more dancing at the Winter Ball!! 
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Let the photos begin!! 
Group photo...
Family photos...
Milling and munching ;) 
The food spread was AMAZING!!! 
Can you find Joshua in all those January birthdays from our church?!  
Snack buddies...my beautiful friend responsible for the beautiful food!! 
Andrew was in heaven, I think πŸ˜‚
Lots of lovely dancing!! 

I LOVE how the big people love the little people and totally include them!!  So, so sweet! 



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What a wonderful way to kick off the new year! 

They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty of the Lord—
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,
    the young of the flocks and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,
    and they will sorrow no more.

Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into gladness;
    I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

I will satisfy the priests with abundance,
    and my people will be filled with my bounty,”
declares the Lord.

-Jeremiah 31:12-14