Oh My Word! I love this song...

Multitude Monday

223. home

224. chatty time with my sisters

 

225. time for my kids with cousins they only see a few times a year

 

226. a very helpful foster daughter

227. snuggle time with my niece and nephew

228. siblings that are sweet and helpful to each other

229. super fun time with an "old" friend

230. sweet things and photos from my Grandparents home and the memories that come with them

 

231. besties who come through when you truely need them

232. pork and a husband that will drive 900 miles to get some

233. a husband who will hold me up when I want to fall

234. time to laugh and be with my kids

 

Check back next week for another installment of Multitude Monday. God IS Good...and gratitude precedes the miracle...

Enough

"...All of You is more than enough for all of me, for every thirst and every need. You satisfy me with your love. And all I have in You is more than enough..." Chris Tomlin

Standing in church with eyes lifted high, voice lifted high, soul lifted high.

Isaac on Daddy's shoulders, Julia with her new step-daughter, me, my new sweet foster daughter, Anna and a friend, her friends dad, all in a row...ripples...of my heart...

Overflowing...Completely...Welling up...Tears Overflowing...

Understanding, completely grasping, and living these words...

Multitude Monday

213. flip flop weather 

214. sisters

215. new relationships

216. struggles

217. laughing with a friend

218. the gift of Brenda

219. successful spring cleaning

220. fresh snow sparkling as it blows off the evergreens (in the same week as flip flop weather)

221. selling old furniture, getting ready for beautiful furniture that was my Gram's

222. super cute excited kids - excited to go to Kansas!

Check back next week for another installment of Multitude Monday. God IS Good...And gratitude precedes the miracle...

Flashback Friday

(a few days late)


Ellie Marie
March 2004 ~ 5 months old
In my dress from 30 years before



We love to be on the go

~~ Josh had a great time in Wisconsin with his Dad, Grandpa and Grandma Friesema, Grandpa and Grandma Wiersum, Uncle Fred and Aunt Clara, Katrina, and Kari. It was a great visit for him.

~~Spring Break starts today. So thankful - I got out of bed at 9:15!! And have no plans for the day. It's supposed to be 60 degrees so maybe some fun at the park is in order.

~~K, E, I, K, and I are heading to Kansas on Monday for 7 days. Our grand adventure includes a fun swimming pool with water slide in Hays, visiting a friend I haven't seen in 20 years, checking out my sister's new business - a kids consignment sale in Topeka, getting to take care of my cute niece and nephew for 4 days in Olathe, going to the zoo with my other sister and her 2 cute boys in Kansas City, butchering a pig on a farm in central Kansas, bringing some furniture home from my sweet Gram's house, and who knows what else our grand adventure will entail.

~~Looking forward to our trips coming up to Kansas, a long weekend in Florida, camping in Ouray, camping at Yellowstone, camping at the Ranch, 4th of July in Sterling, and many more camping and hiking trips. I love summer!!!

Kenny fishing last summer

I hope you enjoy your spring break!

Multitude Monday

 203. when big sisters play dress up with little brothers

204. special time for Josh with his Dad and Grandpa and Grandma in Wisconsin
205. special time at cousin Ava's birthday party in the park
206. opportunity to share my heart at church
207. fun time catching up with a new girlfriend and an old girlfriend
208. helpful kids
209. how Kenny can suck his thumb and pick his nose and sleep at the same time and look so adorable doing it

210. sunshine later in my day

211. a blue springtime flower

212. opportunities that bring hard decisions

Check back next week for another installment of Multitude Monday. God IS good...and gratitude precedes the miracle...

Flashback Friday

Cousins Noah and Keziah ~ March 2003
Ellie's bestie
born 7 months before Ellie

Multitude Monday

189. soft 4 year old boy kisses

190. Isaac: I'll never not snuggle you Mommy.

191. a daddy that completely adores his daughter and a time to celebrate that

192. an adorable beautiful daughter excited to have a date with her daddy

193. found library books

194. the sound of little girls practicing the piano

195. little boys loving to help Mommy

196. a special time coming for Josh to just be...with his dad...and his Grandpa...

197. excitement of vacations coming

198. siblings loving to play together

199. walking hand-in-hand as a family to the gas station with allowance in pockets to buy a candy on a cold Sunday afternoon

200. the reminder this week that giving thanks is not only for the "good" things but for the hard things too

201. Sunday morning sermon about how to love especially when it's hard
202. time with my best friend/husband talking about real stuff and laughing

Check back next week for another installment of Multitude Monday. God IS Good. Gratitude precedes the miracle... 

Flashback Friday

March 2006
What Ellie and Daddy did for entertainment before there were brothers!