lost pictures found!

I actually forgot I had another camera over the past year and started to use only my phone. (I forgot many things after our trip to China last year).  But I found it and have started to use it again. I found these gems from last fall and Halloween (2017) pre-Gabe.

The picture we took to send to Gabe in his care package shortly before we left for China

 Aimee ready for forest school... such a wonderful happy place for her during the craziness of last year.

 Halloween 2017...thanks to our babysitter elly for the amazing face paint

Max Patch and other fall happenings

We drove up to a nearby bald a few weeks ago to enjoy a beautiful afternoon and it was like medicine for my soul. I'm thankful to be so close to the mountains. We'll celebrate 11 months with Gabe tomorrow and as we approach the year mark I've got so many emotions. I'm so thankful for where the Lord has brought us and how he has sustained us through the past year. He has always been faithful to me.

well the blog quit uploading pictures for me so I'll stop there. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Christ the King Sunday! We love this Sunday so much. A Glorious celebration of His Kingship before we enter the beginning of the church calendar year once again with a longing and waiting through Advent for the Birth of the King. 

long overdue update

mom asked me about my blog a few weeks ago and I honestly had totally forgotten I even had one. Life is so busy and fast. Never a free moment and if I get one I often can't figure out what to do with it because there are 100 things I could do with it. But even thought I'm exhausted, there is so much good. I'm not sure when things slow down...maybe never? Maybe in 18 years? Or maybe I'll adjust to life with 4 kids and it will all seem normal. We're in a happy season right now...all kiddos thriving. We've been all over the board over the last 10 months since we got home from China so I'm beyond grateful for a season of relative peace. And I count the quiet peaceful moments I get at home as great blessings, time for a deep breath, before the crazy hits again. I'm learning to let things go and embrace messes. I'm trying to figure out what stillness looks like...I know it's possible, even in the midst of chaos. I'm praying for that!