Good News!

We are excited to announce that we've got another bun in the oven! Over Christmas we surprised our families with the news. Dirk and I are ever so grateful for this blessing and are looking forward to meeting our little one in August. We would appreciate your prayers for a timely and safe delivery---hopefully no NICU visits this time around!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving week was a blast for us. We fit so much in it's taken us a good week to recover and get back to 'normal', but it was totally worth it. We drove a big loop through Portland, Seaside, Santa Cruz and Monterey, Boise, and back up north to home. We took 10 days and had so much fun. We drove most of the time with Dirk's brother Cory and his wife, which was a lot more fun than putting in that many hours with just the three of us. Arie was so good while we did hours and hours of driving; that made the trip a great deal more pleasant than it could have been.
Here are some select photos of our trip. I never get as many pictures as I thought I did, but at least these give a taste of what we did.
Oregon


A gorgeous yet noisy waterfall by the ocean seemed to be a perfect place for a picture. Arie didn't think so. Damp and too loud!






Monterey
Aquarium




Random pictures
Mmmmm. Chocolate.





The DeWinkle Family Pictures

Just for those of you who might wonder, the order of babies, left to right, is Gideon, Tys, Logan and of course Arie.







Thanksgiving Day in Boise


And Last of All...

A picture of my man.