School girl

first day of Kindergarten girl!

Norah gets the honored post of lunch box carrier

Anna finds her name

Anna with her favorite thing in her new

Kindergarten room: teeny tiny animals :)

Our lil' Anna had her first day of Kindergarten on Monday. We parents had some tears, but our gal was all smiles. She loved it- her teacher, the other kids, and especially the bucket full of teeny tiny dogs and cats she got to play with.

Lately I've been reading the memoirs of the great Corrie ten Boom who survived brutal imprisonment and the horrors of concentration camp during WW II for creating a hiding place for Jews in her house. Some of her words have been encouraging me as I face this new phase in my little daughter's life.

She says "Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see."

Lord, her future is in Your hands, help us to trust You as You grow her into the woman You want her to be.

We love you Anna, and are so proud of you just for who you are.

At the Pool!!

Paba, Patrick and the kids came up to Tennessee, so we piled everyone up and headed to Granddaddy's new pool!

enjoy!

At the Pool With Fam!! from James Younger on Vimeo.

An Interview With Anna On Art...

Anna has been doing the coolest drawings... here's an interview complete with some examples of her artwork.

enjoy!

At the Marina

We took the kids and the new camera to the Marina for a walk... enjoy!

More new pics!

Sweet new nephew!

While Lee was gone in Colorado, my sweet little nephew made his entrance into the world! The girls and I drove down to see him and his wonderful family, here are a couple of pics.

Levi Patrick Hull

Look at that cute little face!

Abbers playing with her puzzle

'Siah surveying the pool

And here are a few cute recent pics of the kiddos-

Our Calm before the storm

Thanks to some of our most wonderful friends we got to get away this past week for 2 days just to be together, our little fam. It was soooooo wonderful! Restful, fun and - just being together. We didn't know it was coming, but as soon as we got home we pretty much all got sick, me with strep throat, Norah and Jack had ear infections, and pink eye touched a few. Thankfully Lee is healthy, please pray he stays that way! But before all that hit and Lee had to leave for Colorado we had this little haven of fun together. It was beautiful, thanks friends!  Please pray for me too, when Lee is gone I feel so homesick for him...

A dragonfly that enjoyed our picnic

sweet Jack with daddy

Our two little swimmers- they loved it!

Look at that view... that's all there is to say!