Autumn Recap

The last few months have been both wonderful and insane. God has been so good to us, and blessed us in so many ways. Busy ways though. 

I found some more pictures of my family's visit.

                                     

Autumn was beautiful here. It's a lengthy season, not just the blink-and-it's-gone fall of Boise. We got about 3 months of 70-60 degree weather. Just beautiful. Note: our first snow was last night. It's now officially winter here. Just picture this with 6 inches of snow replacing the leaves.

My firstborn turned 5! His imagination and sense of humor have taken off this year. God has been good to him, and to us through him, and we count ourselves blessed to have such a wonderful little man with us. We had a laid back day, ate donuts, cake, opened presents, handed out trick-or-treat candy, and had a good time all around.

One event I don't have pictures for was Dirk's ordination service. He's finished school, passed all the exams, written all the papers, and was officially ordained a few weeks ago. We are thankful to God for bringing us here. It's been a journey he started in 2002, and ever since I married him it's been the goal he's been working towards. I'm so proud of him for sticking with it, trusting God and leading me and our kids through some difficult times. God's goodness to us has been obvious so many times, frequently through others and at the eleventh hour. So here we are, mission accomplished. And now, for the even bigger mission----to be a minister of God's Word. 

And finally, here are some pictures from last night. I personally think they're adorable little guys.