Just catching up...

These are some random photos from the last month or so... Just wanted to update quickly. It's just everyday activies... reading, marveling at the snow in the back yard, eating together, dancing in the kitchen, being silly. This is the stuff that life is about... being together. It's unspeakable joy. We are so thankful... and yet we need to be more thankful. Those boys are pure joy... unfolding them is the single greatest honor of my life.

When home feels like heaven...

Being with my family is the thing that really grips me. It is here that I say, this feels so right. I feel like I was made for this... hungry to experience such richness. I don't deserve it. I just know it is here. love is here. Today, I laid with my 3-year as he fell asleep at nap time. My eyes were closed and I was listening to the ice hit the window. Although I thought he was asleep, my son gently leaned over to me, kissed my nose and whispered, "I love you mommy."
The love in this family is from God. we just pass it around in kisses and sweet whispers... it is a piece of heaven.





















In these pictures: we made cut-out cookies (practicing for Christmas) for the first time together. Malachi got ahold of a spoon and was whacking my foot while we waited for them to cook. When I winced, he promptly kissed my foot. :) Micah is the silly one. He has to be making a face, or making us laugh, or making his brother squeal with delight. His heart is so big. And Malachi. Can a one year old be cool? Well, he's made a case for it. His hair even grows cool. Must have got that one from his daddy. :)

Malachi is ONE!

Yes, I can't believe the year has gone by SOO fast. Our neighbor made Malachi a "Lightning McQueen" cake. She's amazing. He LOVED it. And you know he had a little too much red frosting when he ends up with "Lightning McQueen" underwear on his head! :)

FUN at the Pumpkin patch!

For Malachi's Birthday, we visited Apple Ridge Orchard. We found our way through corn mazes, ate apples off the tree and traipsed through a pumpkin patch. What great memories!