Thursday, December 10, 2020

Here We Go Again....


     A wise man once said, “we expect nothing, but are grateful for anything!” We align our hearts with that quote and appreciate the thoughtfulness of our family and friends.
     Nicely, Party of Six sounds so real and long awaited for our family. We’ve desired to grow our family for many years, yet life and Church Planting took priority. Go back a couple years, Hope Victoria began a savings in her Baby Bottle Bank declaring “this is for my brother!” We watched her be faithful, each time she received funds a good portion would go into that bank. Shortly afterwards, we agreed to begin praying about this more as a family and in October 2020 God confirmed that we were to move forward with pursuing our boys! You read that right! We have watched our girls do so well together, that we would want nothing more than for siblings to have one another as they grow. Therefore, we look forward to becoming “Nicely, Party of Six within the next six to twelve months. 
     Adoption is a beautiful thing, the road can be hard yet so rewarding.  As we build relationships with birth families, consultants, attorneys, home study workers and others, our desire is to be a light to all we encounter along the way! Will you join us in praying for our Birth Parents, our boys and all those who will help us in the Adoption process? Your prayers would mean so very much to us and you can trust that we are extremely grateful for whatever way you decide to partner with our journey!



 

Friday, October 9, 2020

The 2020-2021 School Year

 

Welcome to The Esther Institute where we are developing Strength and Dignity into our girls!
We decided there would be much more peace at home if we took on homeschooling and the girls are doing GREAT. Each week we add a little extra like babysitting, River-ology, hunting, home ec with GG and lots of other fun! 
I never thought this would be us, but it definently is and I'm enjoying our at home time. Each morning the girls meet me outside at 7:15 am for PT, then breakfast and then they meet me on the floor for devotions and time in the Word. This year we are studying the many names of God and who He is to us. It's my favorite time of the day. Daddy is teaching the Constitution and he's the perfect math tutor. 
Homeschooling allows the girls to pursue more time with their own passions like music, I'm so proud of their gifts and how they share them.









She is my BABY LOVER!!!!




Samson proved to be the perfect dove hunter!


Each month they share a report on their reading book.

They get lots and lots of recess!

7th grade!


5th grade!

River-ology taught knot tying, sailing and lighthouse history!


These days with GG are a treasure!



Youth Camp 2020

COVID isn't stopping us, we wouldn't miss Youth Camp for anything!
We have 2 brave girls that tackle the three level high ropes course, white water rafting, gaga ball, the zip line, great teaching from the WORD, fun and lots of junk food!







 

Family

Our girls are growing beautifully and with such spirit! God has been good to give them great health, talent, love and joy!
We are so thankful and know all good things come from Him!




 

Last Day of School 2020

Our Annual end of school year celebration!














 

May 2020


During the month of May, Daddy and the girls watched E_V_E_R_Y Star Wars Movie...EVERY ONE!!!!
They are hooked!






 

HVN & 12 years Old

 Happy 12th Birthday sweet HVN!

This girl loves her family, Jesus, piano, legos, camping and friends!