a blessing & answered prayer

Just a few months before the time we found out that we would really, really need a van [4th child on the way, now almost 4 months old!], God was working to get it for us.

so HERE is our miracle. 

that we can look back upon and SEE GOD'S HAND MOVING:

It has a few of the fancy gadgets and gismos that come on vans these days. Electric doors, stow-n-go seats, deep cargo hold, etc. There is no DVD player, but I am pretty sure we can live with that [WHAT? yes, we don't watch movies when we are out and about. We sing songs and read books. or have conversations. with each other.  lol]. It does have a CD player, which aids in our singing. And now John and I can hold hands on the way to church again. [Kyria was having to sit between us in our car.] {smiles}

surveying the local managerie

or:

a trip to the ZOO. 

elephant mask
I think

WILD mask.... 
she couldn't reach the eye holes
so she just looked out the mouth

was such a sweet baby 
the whole morning!

YEP. this is HER instrument!

that's her LION face

hmmm.. not too ferocious 

she was excited about the lions
they were the only animal 
she wanted to see

But of course, the sun was at just the right angle to make picture taking of the lions horrible. But they had 5 cubs, and they were ADORABLE.

the SISTER TRIO on the DRUMS

[offertory practice? {LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY}]

seeing the tortoise 

also seeing the tortoise

"look at him, Mikalah.
He's HUGE"

and he was!

well, I told them all to smile
guess Mikalah was still trying to be a lion.

my silly girl

We had a wonderful morning at the zoo today with just me and the kids with Nana. It was not too warm this morning, though I was glad our plans were to leave around lunch time because the temperature was rising quickly!

For some reason I cannot get more pictures on this post, but they were just of some animals... nothing important like my kids silly faces. {smiles} But I may post some of them later. I was also trying out a new photo logo for my pictures. What do you think? There is a story behind it... for another time. I hear the game Clue, Jr calling my name.

Red & White. again

I got to wondering today just how long it has been since I began this blog. Mikalah will be 3 next month-and I remembered posting her baby pictures.... June of 08... just over 3 years ago. What a journey has been documented!

Here is a post from the end of September that year. Just before Mikalah made her debut.

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Just some pictures from Sunday...

The girls were pretty in red and white...

All ready for church...Let's GO :)

current news: Mikalah has already outgrown the dress that Anya is wearing. and Anya will be wearing Kyria's dress next spring [?].... and now we have another baby besides the one expected at the time of this first posting.

Thank you for stopping by... 

again.