I'm back!!!!!

WOW! I can not believe that it's been almost 3 years since I have posted anything on my blog. A lot has changed in the last few years, but then again a lot has stayed the same. The biggest change has been the addition of our baby girl, Ellis Kate.

 

 Just a little side note about her. I had never been someone who "had to have a girl", but now that she's here I, of course, can't imagine our family being complete without her. The best way I have found to describe it is that the Lord knew the desire of my heart before I did. Which makes me think of what my favorite verse has always been:

                                               Delight yourself also in the Lord,
                                     And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
                                                                                   Psalm 37:4

When I was younger I believed that meant that if I was being an obedient child of God then He would give me what I wanted. :) As I've grown I have realized that if I delight in the Lord, His desires will become my desires.

  Anyway, I never understood how much joy I would have in a mother/daughter relationship and I feel like I am just at the tip of the iceberg in what's to come. My desire is to share that with a gentle spirit. I have many girlfriends who yearned for a daughter and were blessed with boys, and having both I have to say I believe there is something just as precious about a relationship between a son and a mom and I feel honored to get to help raise these young boys I have into men.

So, back to returning to blogging. I recently got off of Facebook and one of my biggest hesitations in doing so was that I would be unable to share pictures of the kids with our family. Aside from documenting our family life, I also want to have a place to share my thoughts and feelings, like a journal. I'm not even sure if anyone will be reading this, but I felt led back here and am excited to see where it leads.....until next time here's a few updated pictures from the past few months....