Happiness is Homemade
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 16, 2010
We Did It!
pic is from here.
Today... April 16, 2010 - we are rejoicing. We did it! We, with the Lord's help - did it. We survived it. We pulled through it. Our family is so proud of Darrel. He completed the didactic portion of his studies today and we are so thankful. The journey is not over yet but we are grateful (so grateful) to have made it this far.
On September 9, 2009 we began this journey. The reality (the actual real life process) of raising our growing family while Darrel continues to further his education has been a "minute" (Baltimore City lingo) in the refiner's fire. It would have been a challenge if Darrel was single or if we were married without children but we had NO idea what we committed to in January of 2009. There was no way for us to really know except to experience it for ourselves.
Now, we add our real life testimony to those that have gone before us that this is the hardest thing we have ever done. We thought our missions were hard. We thought the first year of marriage was hard. We thought twins were hard. We thought a lot of things and they are still true. However, this whole experience has topped them all. And we have a hope, that like those hard, life changing experiences, this one will be worth it too.
Shout it from the roof tops... WE DID IT!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Our Little Lilly is Crawling!
Picture comes from here.
Daryl has really been working with her little sister to encourage her to crawl. Last night as we were getting ready for bed I watched our baby girl crawl across the floor for a toy. No matter how many children one has, I think each milestone is exciting because it is your first experience with that child. It was thrilling to watch (the simple pleasure in life). The kids were all shouting "Lilly is crawling!" What a fun time.
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