Hello Friends and Family,
Life has been one busy season after another. I thought summer was busy with youth camp (where 3 of my kiddos got baptized), family trip Missouri for a wedding and Wisconsin for a family reunion, and trying to catch up with home school. But now we are in full swing of our home school schedule with something new for us added in this year. Our oldest, Liberty, is attending a christian school for Junior High. It has been a big adjustment for our family with my ups and downs, but I think we have the hang of it now.
She is adjusting great to all the new things that come with transitioning from the home school environment to the traditional school routine. She loves volleyball, even though she had a major accident at the last practice. The knee of a teammate collided with her mouth and her lips got stuck in her braces :( It took a whole hour at the orthodontist to get them unstuck. (major swelling and cuts) One of her teeth was pushed back so we'll have to wait and see if it survives, but she is back to school after missing 2 days.
Liberty wasn't the only one with a recent boo-boo. Isabella tripped and fell and hit her head on our fireplace (again!). So part of her birthday celebrations included a field trip to the ER where they glued her forehead closed (again! did I mention that already? She already did this once about 5 months ago!) Above is a picture of her celebrating her 4th birthday, Hello Kitty :)
Our family recently took a quick vacation to Niagara Falls. It was a new experience for all of us to be in another country, but we love an adventure, so off we went!
We spent a whole day just walking and enjoying God's magnificent creation, creating memories to last a lifetime.
We were even able to Journey Behind the Falls where we could go to a lower observation deck (and get wet!). There was also a tunnel that went being the falls with two peep holes where you could see the massive amounts of water that go over the falls.
And no trip to the falls would be complete without a trip on the Maid of the Mist. Bella loved the boat ride, but was not a fan of getting wet again.
After all the walking and late nights spent at the hotel pool, we were all ready to head home and thankful for being back in our own beds again. But I'd have to say that my favorite memory of the weekend was waking up to my little 4 year old singing Jesus Loves Me in the dark hotel room. I love that the first thing she did was sing praise to the Lord, and I asked Jesus to help me to be more like that! Too often I hurriedly get up because there is so much to do that day, I bet it would go smoother if I had taken a little time to praise the Lord!
God bless you friends :)
