Come cool off...

If the weather is too hot where you are, Natasha shows how you can come cool off by eating part of the glacier!! That's right, for millions of years **eyes rolling** this snow and ice has been ever so slowly forming, moving and calving just for you to enjoy on a warm summer's day! Come on over, it's free!!

I'll help you pack, Mom

So, Natasha's excited to be moving to the new house. I guess she thought she'd speed the process along by packing up her toys....right on top of her brother!

He didn't seem to mind, though!

YES??!!

Natasha has a new, misguided way of saying "yes." If you ask her if she wants something that, to her, is particularly appealing--say, a ride on the city bus, or anything orange, or to play with our neighbor upstairs--she will answer with three words: "Yes. Sure! (and this last word is said very excitedly as if to cinch the deal) MAYBE!!"

One week to go...

We are scheduled to close on our new house in one week. This is only an event that God can finish. There are so many things that have to happen before we can sign papers that it just seems impossible. But then, the whole thing has seemed impossible so far and God has made everything happen up to this point, so I just trust that He will continue to work things out. Meanwhile, I still have to pack! That's not going to happen without some effort on my part!

Brotherly (and sisterly) love

Natasha and Elias really just enjoy each other immensely!

Those pearly whites

I realized that many of you might not have officially met our son, Elias. Here he is in all his toothy wonder. Adam says that for Elias, happiness is not an emotion, it's an attribute. I'd have to agree.

Elias, the paraplegic Marine

Elias is definitely crawling, well...um, make that scooting...no it's more like slithering except it's not side to side. Okay, think inchworm meets Marine. Got that? No legs involved except for the occasional bear crawl manuever when he seems to be inspecting every fiber of the carpet for those sneaky, yet oh-so-yummy pieces of gravel (helps with the digestive tract, you know.)