Elliot is THREE!

My sweet boy, you are THREE years old today! I can't believe it! Watching you grow from a baby into a little boy over the past year has been one of my life's greatest treasures. You have taught me so much about love and forgiveness and I see so clearly how weak and incapable I am of being a perfect mama to you-- but I have seen so clearly how good and gracious God is and by his grace, he is molding us and shaping us and making us new. Oh, how faithful He is to us!

Elliot, my sweet, first-born baby, life with you is a joy and being your mama is a privilege! I am grateful that I get to spend these days with you. God is so, so kind to me and I see that clearly through your life. You are such a sweet, kind, funny, tender, smart boy-- you love to build puzzles, play outside, read books, do "crafts", play with Haddon, you love your friends and cousins, you love your baby sister well, you love to sing hymns and read the bible with your daddy. You are a joy. Happy third birthday, my boy!


"I want you to be one of the best men that ever lived—to see God and to reveal Him to men. This is the burden of my prayers. My whole being goes out in passionate entreaty to God that He will give me what I ask. I am sure He will, for the request is after His own heart. I do not pray that you may 'succeed in life' or 'get on' in the world. I seldom even pray that you may love me better, or that I may see you oftener in this or any other world—much as I crave for this. But I ask, I implore, that Christ may be formed in you, that you may be made not in a likeness suggested by my imagination, but in the image of God—that you may realise, not mine, but His ideal, however much that ideal may bewilder me, however little I may fail to recognise it when it is created. I hate the thought that out of love for me you should accept my presentation—my feeble idea—of the Christ. I want God to reveal His Son in you independently of me—to give you a first-hand knowledge of Him whom I am only beginning to see. Sometimes more selfish thoughts will intrude, but this represents the main current of my prayers; and if the ideal is to be won from heaven by importunity, by ceaseless begging, I think I shall get it for you."
-Forbes Robinson

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She's here!

Our sweet baby girl was born on January 28, 2015 at 10:45 in the morning. She weighed 7 lbs 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. My labor was quick and sweet and after one hearty push, Annie Elizabeth was born. She is beautiful and lovely and sweet and already brings so much grace and joy into our little life. Her name is so special to me; Annie means "grace" and she has been nothing but a reminder of God's infinite and unchanging grace to our family and Elizabeth means "God is satisfaction" and my heart's longing for my girl is that she would find her true hope and satisfaction in the Lord. My mama's name is Marianne and we love that there was some heritage being passed down to our children. We are beyond thankful for the Lord's provision and grace to us through Annie!!

anticipation!

"Let us celebrate and keep this festival of our church with joy in our hearts: let the birth of a Redeemer which redeemed us from sin, from wrath, from death, from hell, be always remembered; may this Savior's love never be forgotten! But may we sing forth all his love and glory as long as life shall last here, and through an endless eternity in the world above! May we chant forth the wonders of redeeming love and the riches of free grace, amidst angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim, without intermission, forever and ever! And as, my brethren, the time for keeping this festival is approaching, let us consider our duty in the true observation thereof, of the right way for the glory of God, and the good of immortal souls, to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ; an event which ought to be had in eternal remembrance." 

ONE!

I can hardly believe that my sweet baby boy is one-year-old today! Haddon boy, your life brings real joy and light into our lives. We see God's love and kindness very clearly when we see you. The Lord has blessed us and gifted us with you and we are forever thankful. You are sweet, gentle, sensitive, funny, so happy (when your mama is around;)) and you sure do love your big brother a lot. My son, every part of me yearns and aches for you to grow and know how deeply you are loved by Jesus and my hearts cry is that he would reveal himself to you. Time is going by faster than I thought that it would (about as fast as they said it would) and I feel really, really privileged to be your mama. I am so grateful for these days with you.






"I want you to be one of the best men that ever lived—to see God and to reveal Him to men. This is the burden of my prayers. My whole being goes out in passionate entreaty to God that He will give me what I ask. I am sure He will, for the request is after His own heart. I do not pray that you may 'succeed in life' or 'get on' in the world. I seldom even pray that you may love me better, or that I may see you oftener in this or any other world—much as I crave for this. But I ask, I implore, that Christ may be formed in you, that you may be made not in a likeness suggested by my imagination, but in the image of God—that you may realise, not mine, but His ideal, however much that ideal may bewilder me, however little I may fail to recognise it when it is created. I hate the thought that out of love for me you should accept my presentation—my feeble idea—of the Christ. I want God to reveal His Son in you independently of me—to give you a first-hand knowledge of Him whom I am only beginning to see. Sometimes more selfish thoughts will intrude, but this represents the main current of my prayers; and if the ideal is to be won from heaven by importunity, by ceaseless begging, I think I shall get it for you."
-Forbes Robinson

blueberry pickin'

We went blueberry picking with some of our friends from church the other night. It was the first time we've picked blueberries and it was such a fun time! This particular place is open until 9pm and it was nice to go when the weather was cooler. That has always been my reservation about blueberry picking-- I'm a wimp when it comes to heat especially when I'm pregnant (and it sure seems like I'm always pregnant) so I've never really wanted to go.  Anyway, we ended up picking 30 lbs (!!!!!) and have spent the last few days washing, snacking and freezing them. By the way, 30 lbs is as much as it sounds like ;)! Looking for all kinds of blueberry recipes to put these guys to good use! 

a new baby!

Our family is so, so blessed! The Lord has graciously given us another sweet baby to love on! I am due in January and am feeling pretty good but pretty anxious for the second trimester to start ;). We're  talking all kinds of baby names and anticipating the months to come! 

central oregon family vacation!

We spent last week in central Oregon on our family vacation! It was actually the first time we've ever gone away just our little family and it was such a sweet and refreshing time for us. We spent our time reading, napping (a lot of napping), talking, going on hikes and walks, going to the beach (!!!!), exploring, and just being together. We had originally planned on tent camping but found out that it was going to be too cold so we decided to rent this little rustic cabin, and I'm so glad we did! The first two days were cold (so, so cold) but the rest of the time it was so warm and sunny. We really had a wonderful time and the boys loved spending so much time outside!