Day 4,269

The Day of Simple Beauties

"For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."

Romans 1:20

Day 4,268

The Hometown Downton 

Spokane Falls

The house I grew up in <3

Brother!

Day 2,940

The Last Day of 2019 Season

Our face knowing that after today, Daddy is HOME FOR THE OFFSEASON!!

2019 was sort of like this photo for us. Specifically, like the lipstick on Ella Mae’s face. The right color, the right ingredients, the right excitement and enthusiasm, and certainly the right face...the results, well, yeah. Not quite right. 

Like I’ve said before though, truly, it was our best year yet as a family...which is saying a lot considering the results on the field on top of the fact that we have four children now, complicating things beyond what I could compile in a short blog post.

 We are grateful for this season. We learned a lot. Grew a lot. And struggled WELL a lot. I’m not sure I could’ve ever said that before about another time in my life. Our lives. 2019 was a good year - and though the numbers and stats may say otherwise, the health and strength and faithfulness of my family are tangible proof that if you’re rooted in Christ, everything that happens to you IS for your own good. Even a 6.53 ERA. I said it. 

However, I will say that I won’t argue for a more detailed and finesse approach to the results of Ella Mae’s lipstick application next year :) Finally touching that elusive 100 MPH mark would give the finished product the perfect shine. 

In other Day 2,400 news...we packed up and went to my brother’s farm yesterday, where Ella Mae touched snow for the very first time!

WHAT IS DIS, MOMMY?!

IT’S SNOW! 

(In September!)

AND YOU CAN EAT IT!

Weeeeeeeeee!

















We had THE BEST time at Uncle Jacob’s house and enjoyed his company dearly! What a way to cap off the end of our season. Thank you SO much, Brother. 

And THANK YOU, Marlins. 

We love Our Colores. 

Truly. 

Day 2,938

The Downtown Date

Lots of action. Lots of pictures. Lots of beauty. 

Lots of sleepiness on Mom’s eyelids. 

Goodnight. 

Enjoy!

Day Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-One

The ONE Photo of 50 that Sorta Works

It's officially nearly impossible to take a reasonably good-looking photo of four children under 6 years old. It's right up there with achieving world peace. Truly. But we managed at least something sorta close to good-looking...and that's only because our kids are that good looking that even a completely insincere smile (or none at all) still passes as adorable. So, here's our gorgeous kids smiling together only half-heartedly while they impatiently await the park directly behind them. Love you four far more than you know!

And especially you, My Lovey!!!

You're my picture of perfect.

My heart just can't understand how a face can be so beautiful and how a personality can be so divine.

You're so scrumptious, I could eat you faster than a maple bar from Jupiter Donut! Yum!

You too, Parker B!!

*If only I was both skilled enough and fast enough with my camera, I would have had plenty of perfectly sincere faces of elation at the park yesterday. Maybe by the time our second baby comes around, I'll have learned something about my camera. Eye roll.*

Day Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Eight

The Wild Crazy

Wild

and

crazy!

Just how we like it around here!

We're having fun loving on our family and can't believe how much time has already gone since arriving on Monday. We miss them all so much and do our very best to spend every possible moment alongside these crazy redheads. So pardon the short posts, but we've got family to hang with!