Work, Work, Work, VACATION!

 Look at those smiling faces with Mama and Daddy's undivided attention! Boy, oh boy! There has been a lot going on lately! The adoption is coming along nicely! We're trying our best to finish up the last of our paper run and getting close to done. Up days, down days, but all around BUSY days!  The Lord blessed us with the wonderful opportunity to go on a vacation to the coast! We camped for a whole week right by the beach! It was such a blessing! We were able to visit a lovely church in Geribaldi, Oregon. It was one of the highlights of the trip for me. It was such a great time worshiping with brothers and sisters in the next state over!

I am going to photo bomb you like crazy, so prepare yourself!

The beach was amazing! Everyone agreed that the most relaxing and all around fun times were spent right there on the beach just being together and soaking up the beauty!

We also had some fantastic days browsing shops, visiting Astoria, and seeing some really fun and beautiful sites!

Seaside Shops are so fun!

Everyone really loved the Air Museum and Cheese factory in Tillamook!

The Astoria Column was beautiful and a really fun time! We went over to the Maritime Museum after and it was just an all around lovely day! 

 

I praise the Lord for the opportunity to recharge and come together as a family with no distractions to worry about. What a blessing! 

And just because I can, I have to tell you all that Gussy turned TWO! Two, y'all! Thank you Jesus! 

Living In His Mercy,

Melissa

Eight Years

This beautiful little one has given us eight years of wonderful. How can it have been eight years already? Eight years since my life was to change forever. Eight years since the day I would forever see the world in a different light. Eight years since the day I would no longer care for my selfish ambitions. Eight years since the day God reached down into my life and blessed me with a the greatest gift of all; the day I became a mother.

Happy birthday my sweet, sweet Lily! You are loved so very dearly by us! Thank you for eight years of wonderful!

 

 

Tiny handprints grow so fast
Their awkward groping soon will clasp
A ball, a book, a sweetheart's hand,
A diploma, breifcase, wedding band.

Tiny handprints grow so strong
It doesn't take them very long
To snap a shirt, to paint, to draw,
To labor hard, to drive a car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tiny handprints grow to be 

A person that is quite unique
A wonderful mix of so many things
With her own feelings, thoughts and dreams.

 

 

Tiny handprints grow to rely
On her parents to bring her up just right
Her parents pray that when she's grown
She'll say their job has been well done.

 

 

 

 

  

 

Tiny handprints are ours to love

The sweetest gift from God above

A miracle that never is surpassed

How sad they grow up way too fast.

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