Well we just keep on keeping on down here. How 'bout you? Back when I used to go to Jamaica every year, the team leader for many of those years always signed his letters "keep lookin' up". I guess that's what all of us need to be doing, huh?
My parents headed home late last week and I did remember to get a picture before they left... after Tucker was already in bed. It was so good to have them here!
After the Herrmann's left I snagged a few toys and books from their house, including these superhero capes. Which I think maybe were actually the Nussbaum's! The kids love wearing them and Summer figured out that when she swings with one on, it flies behind her and looks more authentic;) Also for some reason I cannot change the size of this picture so it's smaller than all the rest. Grrrrr.
Typically the kids all have to stay in their room until the alarm clock ball changes from red to green. But one morning Summer and Sawyer were still sound asleep when Tucker woke up. I think he's usually the waker upper of his older siblings but this particular morning I caught him in time. I said he could come out but he had to be really quiet and look at books. And he did! It was a rare moment for him. The quiet thing I mean.
Sometimes Trinity sends us cute pictures from school that make us say "awwwwww" and feel all warm and fuzzy about our kids. Looks like this particular day they got to eat their snack on the roof!
Be like this guy. Stand firm on the Word. 😁
We've had our sweet baby boy for half a year now! Six months goes way faster with the fourth kid than it did the first. Not sure how we're already at this point but we are!
In keeping with the goodbye trend, we bode farewell to Joan (on the left) last week. She was visiting from Minnesota for a few months. As a nurse, she was mostly helping out the the hospital, but she helped some with our kids too and did plenty other odds and ends jobs. We are so glad we had the chance to get to know her! Lydianne is on the right. She is from Oregon and has been here since September. I think she originally came to offer family support but things got rearranged and she has become a bit of a jack of all trades around here. We get to keep her for now:)
It's not too often that an old friend rolls into town! Christy was just down here for a week before she heads back to New York to finish up her residency. She is a friend from waaaayyyy back when and it was great to catch up and have her love on our kids!
We also have Brandon and Katelyn down here, who I have yet to get a picture of. They came in February and actually are back in the states right now for a wedding but are planning to return this week for another....... six weeks or so? Idk for sure. They are a young couple from our home church that we really didn't have any interaction with before. But we have really enjoyed getting to know them and making a connection with them! And they've been really helpful to have around so that doesn't hurt:)
Danny's family is in Florida right now for the annual Bertsch trip. Last year when we had to cancel last minute it was so incredibly hard for me. Sounds shallow, but I promise there is a little depth to why it was so hard, it's just kind of hard to explain. This year we never had plans to make the trip so it's not as hard to miss out, but still a bummer. Next year? Oh man I hope we make it!!! Pretty much I'll be eating fish tacos like three times a day to make up for missing two years!
I'm really struggling right now to figure out how to neatly wrap this up but it's just not coming to me! Writer's block or something like that. So???
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful." Colossians 3:15
